The UW Foundation is managed by the 48 members of its Board of Directors. Directors are elected by the UW Foundation members at the annual meeting of members. Each director holds office for a three-year term and may serve up to four consecutive terms.
Ex-officio members include all former, living board chairs, the chair and president of the Wisconsin Alumni Association and the chair of the Women’s Philanthropy Council.
Frances S. Taylor – Chair
- Retired Executive Vice President, Bank of America
- Retired Chief Executive Officer, BA Asia Ltd
Richard L. Antoine – Vice Chair
- Retired Global HR Officer, Procter & Gamble
- President, National Academy of Human Resources
- President, AO Consulting
John E. Berndt
- Retired President, Sprint International
Paula E. Bonner – Ex Officio Member
- President and CEO, Wisconsin Alumni Association
Nancy T. Borghesi – Ex Officio Member
- Chair, Women’s Philanthropy Council
- Retired Sr. Vice President, CCC Information Services Inc.
Jerome A. Chazen
- Chazen Capital Partners Inc., LLC
Paul J. Collins – Ex Officio Member
- Retired Vice Chairman, Citigroup
Jeffrey J. Diermeier
- Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, CFA Institute
- Chairman, L.B. White Company, Inc.
Thomas J. Falk
- Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Wade Fetzer III – Ex Officio Member
- Retired Partner, Goldman Sachs and Co.
David F. Florin – Ex Officio Member
- President, The Hiebing Group Inc.
Jere D. Fluno – Ex Officio Member
- Retired Vice Chair, W.W. Grainger, Inc.
W. Jerome Frautschi
- Chairman of the Board, Overture Foundation
Colleen A. Goggins
- Retired Worldwide Chairman-Consumer Group, Johnson & Johnson
Phillip T. Gross
- Managing Director, Adage Capital Management LP
George F. Hamel, Jr.
- Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, ValueAct Capital
Jeffrey C. Hammes
- Chairman, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Jon D. Hammes
- Chairman and CEO, Hammes Company, LLC
Jill S. Hatton
- Retired Managing Director, BlackRock Realty
John P. Holton
- CEO, SCI Solutions
Ted D. Kellner – Ex Officio Member
- Executive Chairman, Fiduciary Management Inc.
Michael M. Knetter – Ex Officio Member
- President and CEO, University of Wisconsin Foundation
Paul A. Leff
- Partner, Senior Managing Director, Perry Partners
Michael E. Lehman
- Retired Chief Financial Officer, Palo Alto Networks
Peter A. Leidel
- Founder/Partner, Yorktown Partners LLC
Sheldon B. Lubar
- President, Lubar & Co.
Thomas P. Madsen
- Chairman/CEO, Pack Ryt Inc.
Jean N. Manchester – Ex Officio Member
- Retired CEO, Neesvig’s Inc.
Jane R. Mandula
- Retired Owner, Gen/Tran Corporation
Alice R. McPherson, M.D.
- Professor of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine
Melinda J. Mount
- Corporate Vice President and CFO/Online Services Division, Microsoft
John S. Nelson
- Adjunct Professor, CEM/CEE, UW-Madison College of Engineering
Albert O. Nicholas
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Investment Advisor
Nicholas Company Inc.
Kathryn A. Oberly
- Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals
John J. Oros – Ex Officio Member
- Managing Director, J.C. Flowers & Co., LLC
- CEO, Financial Guaranty Advisors LLC
San W. Orr, Jr. – Ex Officio Member
- Retired Chairman of the Board, Wausau Paper Corp.
Linda L. Procci
- Vice President, Service Line Operations, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Frederick A. Robertson
- Operating Partner, Baird Venture Partners
- Retired President and CEO, TomoTherapy Inc.
Ricky C. Sandler
- Managing Member, Eminence Capital LLC
Allan H. “Bud” Selig
- Commissioner, Major League Baseball
Paul S. Shain
- President & CEO, Singlewire Software LLC
Michael S. Shannon
- Managing Director & Co-Founder, KSL Capital Partners
Steven F. Skolaski
- President, Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Inc.
Michael R. Splinter
- CEO and Chairman of the Board, Applied Materials, Inc.
Todd E. Warnock
- Partner, Roundtable Healthcare Partners
James J. Weinert
- Entrepreneur
Doris F. Weisberg
- Professor Emerita, The City College of New York
Jeffrey D. Wiesner
- Retired Partner, Accenture
