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10 4 From the Dean The Significance A message from Dean Sri Zaheer of Collaboration about collaboration.

5 Start-up Read about the latest happenings from 14 the Carlson School and beyond. Carlson across Campus Transcending the boundaries 30 Executive Spotlight of individual colleges. A conversation with Land O’Lakes’ Chris Policinski.

20 34 Scholarly Interactions Global Learning Expanding cultural perspectives, engaging Broadening perspectives and with international business, and building leading to groundbreaking lasting connections around the globe. discoveries.

38 Engagement and Giving 26 Extracurricular Engagements A focus on benefactor engagement and its impact. Honing skills in leadership, team building, strategy, s Sweet Collaboration and more. 46 Class Notes Carlson School students Sophia Schwan, Laura Gove, and Find out what’s new with Alex Funk gather ingredients for their frozen ice cream product. your fellow classmates. The Entrepreneurship in Action students used a dairy plant on the St. Paul campus for a final production run. See page 10.

FALL 2018 | CARLSON SCHOOL3 OF MANAGEMENT From the Dean s A Meaningful Impact Bryce Quesnel (back right), along with teammates (front row) Animesh Satyam, John Arul Selvam, (back row) Justin Hagstrom, and Kevin Sorenson, used their business analytics skills to address the problem of eviction risks for vulnerable populations in Hennepin County.

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he 2007 Pixar filmRatatouille has a perfect visual shorthand for the power inherent in the blending of Tflavors. The film’s main character is Remy, a Parisian rat with a rarified sense of taste. In one scene, he is shown holding a piece of cheese in one paw, and a strawberry in the other. As he tastes each morsel separately, he sees shapes and colors swirl all around him, signifying the sweet dance on his taste buds. Pleasant as these sensations are, he decides to take the next step by biting into both cheese and berry at once—and is nearly overcome by the sudden burst of fireworks. Using Data Analytics as a Force for Good

This metaphor also can be applied to the University of Minnesota. Each of its colleges has expertise in its particular domain. BY WADE RUPARD Cutting-edge advancements in healthcare, technology, business, and many, many other fields are all found here. Bryce Quesnel wanted to change things between the combinations of those The Hennepin County assignment is But as you start overlapping these areas—jointly offered programs, faculty collaborations, dual degrees—even greater for the better. traits and renters being evicted. And by one of several immersive projects intensities than Remy’s fireworks can be reached. The collective power of the University of Minnesota strengthens everyone. the end of the semester, he and his team organized by the Carlson Analytics When the Carlson Analytics Lab In this issue, we will take a look at some of these cross-campus relationships. We will check in with classes and programs that were making the impact they had hoped, Lab. Now in its fifth year, the lab pairs brought in clients to pitch a semester-long cater not just to students from the Carlson School, but from the University at large. Both types of students will tell us how identifying attributes that could contribute companies with teams of graduate project for a team of students to take on, exposure to each other brought forth new insights and perspectives that they could not have received in isolation. to someone’s risk for eviction. students skilled in data visualization, he and a few of his Master of Science in machine learning, predictive analytics, We have many faculty members with joint appointments throughout campus. We will see how working with their counterparts Business Analytics classmates were drawn In front of a room full of nearly 100 and other data science methods. Over in other colleges opens up new avenues of impactful research. Looking to unleash the potential of such faculty collaboration, to one particular project. county leaders and community advocacy the course of 14 weeks, students act as the University launched its Grand Challenges Research Initiative in 2016. Its goal is to promote interdisciplinary research to members, Quesnel and his teammates analytics consultants and tackle real address challenges facing society today and into the future. We will learn about several Carlson faculty members hard at work Quesnel and his teammates worked presented their findings with a model that right now with their campus colleagues on their Grand Challenges projects. alongside Hennepin County officials to predicted who is most likely to be evicted. business problems using data for their try and better predict when evictions What followed was a nearly hour-long client company. Finally, there is another form of collaboration that takes place solely outside the classroom: The myriad activities that are may occur and help the county make question-and-answer session that sparked available on campus. Student clubs, athletics, volunteer organizations; they all provide students an opportunity to meet with Throughout the semester, students meet intervention techniques to prevent them. a larger discussion on evictions throughout others and grow from their experiences. with their clients weekly to report on Homelessness can dramatically alter the county and the damage evictions do to progress and get answers to questions. Now after all this talk about collaboration, I would like to take this time to pull back and focus solely on the Carlson School someone’s life, sometimes for years. families and communities. for a moment. In just a few short months, we will begin celebrating a significant milestone—our 100th anniversary. We have The lab works with client organizations “Everybody in our group picked that “That Q&A showed that people many exciting activities planned to recognize our centennial and I hope to see many of you involved. Be sure to stay tuned of all sizes and from any industry sector. for upcoming announcements of our celebration plans. project because it was meaningful,” legitimately cared about what we had Quesnel says. “None of us wanted to done,” he says. “It was nice to see that the This semester, two of the projects aimed And, as always, I hope you enjoy this issue and I look forward to your comments. choose it just because it would look good work is going to be continued to be looked to solve social issues around housing. on a resume. We wanted to do this project at and worked through and that people “It’s nice to do something you just because, by the time we were done, we found that work valuable.” know is having an impact,” Quesnel says. would have helped somebody.” In Hennepin County, there were more than “I feel a lot of times in the workplace Sri Zaheer, Dean Using county data, the team tested 92 6,000 eviction filings last year. As one of you don’t know if what you’re doing is Elmer L. Andersen Chair in variables, such as income level, number of Quesnel’s teammates put it during their going to make a change and with this Global Corporate Social Responsibility dependents, and education level, presentation, this project has the possibility you definitely know this is going to help to determine if there was correlation to make a “life-saving difference.” some people.”

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Fifty years ago, three University of founded and was first chief editor of Minnesota professors pooled their MIS Quarterly, one of the top scholarly individual areas of expertise to create a journals of the discipline—dreamed new discipline. From that small beginning, about humans with computers. As the U.S. News & World Report 1. Lead with gratitude. the discipline, Management Information three collaborated, they found they Best Undergraduate Thank you for taking the time to read this column. Systems (MIS), has grown and matured to could combine their unique skillsets to Business Programs become a major academic field in business Relationships are key to getting things done in business, create a new field of study. It was a true schools throughout the world and an so there’s tremendous value in expressing gratitude to a interdisciplinary endeavor. colleague, customer, or business partner. Start your day integral component of companies’ with an appreciation email or call and you’ll brighten two day-to-day operations. Davis, who was attending the people’s day—theirs and yours. conference, was asked if he thought To mark its first half-century, more than the field he helped found would be as Give the gift of pleasantness. 100 people gathered at the Carlson 2. School May 31 to June 2 for a special groundbreaking as it has been. He said U.S. News & World Report I had the opportunity to lead a finance team which served celebration and academic conference. they knew it was going to resonate, Best Graduate Business Programs internal customers. Initially, our customers didn’t have a very Among those in attendance were nearly because otherwise, why bother? high opinion of the team’s performance. After borrowing 60 MIS professors—current, former, training from our customer service department, we started and retired; as well as PhD graduates, And it has resonated. Starting with answering emails and calls with “how may I help you” and members of the department’s 18 graduate students registered actually became easier to work with. Not long after, the three advisory boards, for the first MIS positive feedback came rolling in. local corporate partners, classes in 1968, the

and other friends of the program currently has QS World University Rankings 3. Stories are sticky. program. 378 undergraduates enrolled Best MSBA Program Conveying your messages via well-crafted stories is way as majors and 88 as minors. more memorable to your audience. In an interview, a candidate While having time to A spin-off program launched not only told me they were a detail-oriented problem solver, reconnect with old friends in 2014, Master of Science and colleagues, conference but also brought that declaration to life through a series of in Business Analytics, brief stories that detailed what they did and the result. goers were treated to seminars has grown from 24 students in the TOP 50 CITED ARTICLES They got me excited about what they could do for my on the impact of MIS, current research inaugural class to 97 this year. OF ALL TIME enterprise and got the job. findings, and what the future holds for the discipline. On the academic research side, 132 Information Systems Activate your (alumni) network. 4. PhDs have graduated from MIS since Research “Welcome home,” said Professor Alok Your professional network is like a gym membership—it works 1971. In terms of research productivity, the best when you use it. Reach out to fellow alumni for coffee. Gupta, the Curtis L. Carlson Schoolwide U of M faculty the Carlson School is leading the pack. Get involved with your local or corporate alumni group. Chair in Information Management, (current or According to “In Search of the Primary former) and Scott Mays, ’11 MBA, is a member of the Carlson There isn’t one? Then initiate one yourself and lead it. at the keynote address to a packed PhD alumni auditorium. “It is my honor and privilege Suppliers of IS Research: Who Are They School Alumni Board and director of finance at 16 5. Set a moon shot goal and tell people about it. to welcome you to this golden jubilee and Where Did They Come From,” UnitedHealthcare. He received his bachelor’s degree published in Communications of the Once our daughter learned to ride a bicycle she declared celebration of the founding of this Association for Information Systems, in music from Colgate University and had a successful her “moon shot” goal was to ride to a local bunny sculpture, wonderful academic field.” first phase of his career in international development a three-mile round trip. We practiced riding around the block the Carlson School has more average with the Peace Corps and arts fundraising for the but failed in our initial attempt. As a family we tried again Gupta said there was no other way to publications per graduate and per MIS Quarterly recently and achieved her goal. One of my personal moon shot begin the conference than by thanking faculty/staff member than any other San Francisco Symphony and the Minnesota U of M faculty those three individuals from 1968: comparable school. Orchestra. After he received his MBA, he pivoted goals is to run the Philadelphia Marathon this November and (current or raise $10,000 for the rehabilitation hospital that has helped Professors Gordon Davis, Tom Hoffman, former) and into healthcare. He understands most of all that my father learn to walk again after his stroke. Will I be as and Gary Dickson. Gupta set the stage: “I am happy to report that the state of PhD alumni motivating and inspiring others is a key to success. successful in hitting that goal as our daughter? I am sure going Davis, with an accounting background, the program is extremely healthy, we 35 to try and now have you to keep me accountable. was all about efficiency that could be have significant presence in every major found by using computers. Hoffman loved program the school offers, and the algorithms. And Dickson—who later footprint is expanding,” Gupta said.

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Carlson Team’s Opioid Crisis Solution Nets 1st Place at BAHM 01

BY KEVIN MOE FAITH OGEGA Carlson MBA students Elisha Friesema The case, “Developing Solutions to The Carlson’s innovative plan was BSB Student 01 and Prachi Bawaskar teamed up with the U.S. Opioid Crisis,” was far-ranging, christened Community Empowerment Class of 2021 MD/MBA student Stephen Palmquist as the crisis is a multi-dimensional to Address the Substance-use Epidemic WHAT ARE YOU READING? to spend a month interviewing law problem with roots dating back to the (CEASE). 03 enforcement members, public health 1990s. As an estimated 12.5 million people I am currently reading Milk and workers, government officials, politicians, misused prescription opioids in 2015 “Critical to the Cure Violence model Honey by Rupi Kaur. 02 and various professional associations. and 33,091 had died from overdoses, was addressing violence as an epidemic WHAT IS YOUR Their goal: Finding a solution to the President Trump declared the epidemic disease, meaning that the problem SOFIA BAPNA FAVORITE WEBSITE? country’s opioid epidemic. to be a public health emergency. transmits and spreads based on exposure,” Assistant Professor 03 My favorite website would have says Palmquist, MD/MBA class of ’19. Information and Decision Sciences At least, that was what they were tasked to Case competition participants were to be YouTube! From makeup The CEASE model proposes that tutorials to lifestyle vlogs or comedic JOSEPH SCHAEFBAUER do at the annual Business School Alliance asked to select a community, identify the WHAT ARE YOU READING? for Health Management (BAHM) Case extent of its opioid abuse, and create an Hennepin and Ramsey counties provide recordings when you just need a MBA Class of 2019 good laugh, it is on YouTube. I am reading Rupi Kaur’s Competition. And their work paid off. integrated and comprehensive strategy to targeted support to high-risk areas, You can find virtually The Sun and Her Flowers. Not only did the Carlson team take first tackle the problem. attacking the epidemic in a manner WHAT ARE YOU READING? place, their winning paper was to be similar to how public health officials anything on there! WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WEBSITE? Between the World and Me by The Carlson team chose Minnesota’s would address and manage the spread of Ta-Nehisi Coates and The Lean submitted to the Surgeon General and the WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB? Google because I use it so much. White House as well as being printed in Hennepin and Ramsey counties. a contagious disease. By targeting many Startup by Eric Ries. I do not currently have a dream job, Importantly, in this age of “The most significant unmet needs in of the stressors associated with the social the BAHM journal. but I have been entertaining the fake news, an organization can these counties are the lack of community- determinants of health, CEASE addresses WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WEBSITE? thought of utilizing my talents to curate any content about itself, The case competition, which took place based support to address the root cause the root causes of opioid dependence, For news, I tend to utilize The further the health and beauty sector its products, or its services. at the University of Miami on March 24, of opioid use, controlling the spread of resulting in a decrease in opioid-related Washington Post, The Economist, for people of color, particularly Google allows one to check is another win for the Carlson Medical opioid use disorder, and meeting the most mortalities and a net societal cost savings and Reuters. Otherwise LinkedIn and the African-American and Black what others are saying about the Industry Leadership Institute team. of more than $1.9 billion in its first year SurveyMonkey are probably my favorites. affected directly in their communities,” community. It would be exciting organization, person, product, or Representatives from the Carlson School of implementation. says Bawaskar, ’18 MBA. to work for companies that are service in question. Of course, one WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB? took first place in 2014 and 2016, and currently growing, such as The should also remember to check who I would like to eventually be in a position second in 2013 and 2017—more placings After the team conducted its interviews BAHM judges in Miami found great Mane Choice, Carol’s Daughter, or the third party is, if offering where I can articulate and influence than any other team in the history of with various community stakeholders strengths in CEASE as they awarded the Shea Moisture. It would allow me their opinion. firm-level or government policy and the competition. to get a grasp on the issue, it spent two first-place prize to the Carlson School. to create and develop products and create scalable social change. weeks crafting its solution, writing a white The team is grateful for taking first and for WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB? services that effectively bring out So a dream job in this regard might be This year’s competition was of special paper, and preparing its presentation for the guidance of team advisors Mike Finch, My dream job is anything that involves unique characteristics of those VP of inclusive economies and markets interest to the Carlson team members. the Miami event. Archelle Georgiou, and Jessica Haupt. solving puzzles. If there is a puzzle, who look like me! at the Ford Foundation or chief “Stephen and I began talking about our Friesema, Bawaskar, and Palmquist are I feel compelled to try and solve it. interest in the case as soon as we heard The team modeled its solution after also hopeful that CEASE will be a administrator at the U.S. Agency for it was about the opioid epidemic,” Cure Violence, a program designed template for the future in solving the International Development (USAID). says Friesema, ’18 MBA. to combat violence in Chicago. country’s opioid crisis.

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ast April, nine students traveled to the College of Food, Agricultural and of Collaboration Natural Resource Sciences’ (CFANS) dairy plant on the St. Paul campus to make ice cream. The students were from a startup company developed in BY KEVIN MOE L the Carlson School’s Entrepreneurship in Action course. The students developed and brought to market Musa, non-dairy and low-calorie banana-based frozen ice cream, and sold more than $3,000 of products during spring semester. The final production run was at the St. Paul dairy plant.

Could the company have been as successful if it didn’t have a production facility so readily available on campus? Perhaps, but the ease of access was surely a plus.

“We could not have gotten to the point we did without CFANS,” says Carlson student Anne Nelson, a co-CEO of Musa. “Every step of the way, the food plant staff were extremely helpful and did everything they could to help us be successful. They recommended recipe changes and helped us get certified with the state government for production licensing.”

The team itself also went through a recipe change. “We started with eight Carlson students and realized with no experience in food, we needed the help of a student with a food science background,” Nelson says. So, working with the U’s Food Science and Nutrition Club, the team brought in a CFANS junior majoring in nutrition. Addressing Societal Challenges “We could not Musa is just one example of the power cross-campus collaborations can have. In this have gotten to instance, students harnessed its power to pick up valuable entrepreneurial experience in the point we did developing a new and successful product. In other cases, collaboration is used to without CFANS,” alleviate challenges facing all of society.

Recently, University President Eric Kaler says Anne Nelson. called the University of Minnesota a “remarkable college of people, ideas, and impact.” It was in this spirit that the U launched its Grand Challenges Research grants in 2016. Aggressively promoting CFANS Junior Scientist Mitchell Maher (left) works with Carlson interdisciplinary collaborations, the grants offer seed funding for projects addressing the critical issues of today. School students Ryan Kling and Andrew Erkomaishvili to produce an ice cream product for an Entrepreneurship in Action Course. Cross-campus collaborations such as these offer huge benefits.

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Several Carlson School faculty, teaming distinguished in that it is focused on “The greatest part of the dual degree Why We Give up with colleagues across campus, have designing and sustaining healthcare program is getting to experience the best received these grants and are currently supply chains that can deliver on that of both worlds simultaneously,” she says. John Lindahl is a 1968 working on their proposals. Professor promise and make the access to precision de Vries notes the Humphrey School graduate of the Carlson Myles Shaver, the Pond Family Chair in medicine affordable and equitable to of Public Affairs’ curriculum takes a School and his wife, the Teaching and Advancement of Free not only individual patients, but entire deep, systemic perspective, and students Nancy, graduated the same Enterprise Principles, is a Co-PI on a communities that have long faced serious learn how interconnected their field of year from the College of Education and Human project to create a Shared Leadership health disparities. interest is to any number of other policy Development. Although Lab to study different forms of shared issues. Meanwhile, the MBA program “In my program of research that they were from two very leadership to see which is most successful gives students the tools to navigate those is motivated by contemporary, different parts of the in various contexts. There are nearly 30 complex, interconnected systems and consequential, and complex real-world University, they are used team members on the project, including get things done. Work and Organizations professor Aaron business and societal problems such as to viewing campus through Sojourner. The other Co-PIs are from healthcare disparities, an inter-disciplinary a wide lens—as they have the Humphrey School and the School approach enables a holistic understanding Marketplace Premium touched nearly every part of the problems so that my associates of it. of Music. In total, the team received Students with dual degrees or those with and I can bring to bear relevant theories a $300,000 grant, with a $50,000 campus experiences outside of their “We’re both alums and s Twice the Education and methods from multiple disciplines international enhancement award. major domains can be a premium in the three of our parents were to structure, analyze, and address the Teresa de Vries says the dual degree marketplace. “As we look at candidates, employed at the University,” Nancy says. “We met at the University. “Are Networks Key to Solving America’s program allows her to blend discussions and problems so as to yield actionable insights We can’t think of a better place to give our time and our capital.” Healthcare Crisis?” received a $50,000 projects with insights from each discipline. we put a high value on it,” says Nicholas for decision makers and policy makers,” Currenty serving as co-chairs of the U-wide Driven campaign, these longtime grant. This project, examining how to Koewler, talent acquisition manager— Sinha says. benefactors’ gifts to the U are numerous. Just as numerous are their reasons deliver lower cost and higher quality college relations, at Land O’Lakes. for contributing. One is Gopher pride. “We spent five years bringing football healthcare, is being studied by Curtis L. Corporate Responsibility K.K. Sinha Having the Best of 2 Disciplines He uses the Carlson School and CFANS back to campus,” Nancy says. “We contributed to the new Siebert Baseball Carlson Chair in Strategic Management and coinvestigators from the Academic as an example. “We love students with a Stadium because we like Coach John Anderson so very much. We’re very Aks Zaheer, Assistant Professor Russell The intricacies and importance of the Health Center. Precision medicine dual degree or a major in one and a minor maroon and gold.” Funk, and Dr. Barbara Daniels of the nation’s healthcare system has long is an emerging approach for disease in another,” he says. “They get both Medical School. fascinated MBA student and president The Lindahl’s $17 million gift to the U in 2015 went in part to fund the new understanding of applied economics treatment and prevention that takes into of the Medical Industry Leadership Athletics Village, and the village’s Land O’Lakes Center for Excellence is now and agronomics as well as finance.” The largest grant possible, $500,000, was account individual variability in genes, Institute (MILI) Student Association home to the John and Nancy Lindahl Academic Center. “We’re proud of the awarded to “Minnesota Precision Medicine environment, and lifestyle for each person. academic record of our athletes,” Nancy says. Teresa de Vries. Koewler says students involved in Collaborative: Transforming Health and Other reasons to give were more poignant. They have a named room in cross-campus activities such as student Advancing Equity” to be studied by Mosaic While the promise of precision medicine “As I was considering grad school, the Masonic Cancer Center in memory of a lost infant son. Similarly, the U has clubs tend to be able to maneuver across Company-Jim Prokopanko Professor of is clear, Sinha’s program of research is I knew an MPP [Master of Public Policy] received funding from the John and Nancy Lindahl Children’s Heart Research different functions. “Those who have would be a natural fit, given my policy Innovators Fund. opened their college careers with cross- background,” she says. “But I had also “Northrup is extremely important to us,” Nancy says. “My dad died in cap heard about Carlson’s Medical Industry functional experiences have been able to come in with a great sense of business and gown at the [U President Ken] Keller inauguration. We did not want that Leadership Institute, and that led me building to remain empty.” s Transforming Healthcare to start exploring the MBA as a way to acumen,” he says. “That’s experience As an alum, John also likes to give back to the Carlson School. “It is the broaden my skills.” we want.” Professor KK Sinha is helping to advance engine for the state of Minnesota,” John says. “It drives leaders and really sets the emerging field of precision Of course, Land O’Lakes doesn’t the pace and the standard for the kinds of people who are going to be the medicine using supply chain principles. Ultimately, she wanted to understand both the public and the private sector parts of discount students who have stayed solely leaders of our community and of our businesses.” the health system and be able to speak to within Carlson—they’re usually at the And then there are their scholarships. From military to business to and build bridges between these various top of the pack. But sometimes, students education to athletics, you can tell the Lindahls want to help everyone at stakeholders. “Given that goal, a dual want to have that extra edge. the U, probably because everyone is interconnected. MPP-MBA seemed like the perfect “At companies like Land O’Lakes, “We have met with many of the different units throughout the University degree program,” she says. system,” John says. “They are all related to one another and they support one we do a lot of rotation. Students with another.” Nancy agrees. “That’s one of the things that has always resonated As one of 17 dual degree students in that cross experience really do set with me,” she says. “I was part of the inaugural committee when [U President] the MBA program, de Vries says the themselves apart as we look to rotate Kaler arrived and he really talked about cross pollination and that the world biggest challenge is bringing both talent here,” Koewler says. “We hope needs to know that colleges are not isolated as we draw the best from each disciplines to bear on your work—it’s the University continues to work across other to solve the world’s problems.” easy to keep them siloed or let one side those college campuses to promote those dominate your career. different experiences.”

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Carlson across Campus

BY KEVIN MOE

lthough his primary work is focused in the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering on the St. Paul campus, Sustainable Systems Management Professor Tim Smith has been an important part of the Carlson Global Institute (CGI). For the past four years, he has taught IBUSA 3080: Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, an undergraduate global enrichment course that includes two weeks of hands-on work in Costa Rica. The class is one of the many ways CGI is taking a lead in globalizing the University outside of the Carlson School.

“It starts from the beginning of what is sustainable, what does it entail, and why would a company care about it, particularly if it is not necessarily regulated,” says Smith. “Then it moves into issues of environmental performance, social performance, and involvement in the community. Many large multinationals are invested in processes for better managing these for their stakeholders.”

The course begins in October and runs through the end of the semester in December. In January, the students travel to Costa Rica “It is great for to apply the knowledge and concepts they’ve learned. “We tend to look at agricultural them, giving products, because that is a big part of Costa them real Rica’s GDP, as well as tourism,” Smith says. Students engage in data collection for resort hands-on managers to prepare them for climate change issues in their region. “It is great for them, experience,” giving them real, hands-on experience talking with companies of varying sizes—small says Tim Smith. operators and large hotel chains,” Smith says. In IBUS 3080, Carlson students get an up-close view of Costa Rican agriculture. Most of the students in the class are juniors The class is taught by Professor Tim Smith of the Department of Bioproducts and or seniors and many have really not thought beyond profit function on why companies do certain things, Smith says, which Biosystems Engineering. Transcending the boundaries of individual colleges is stresses the importance of reaching beyond your home area of study. “Other issues, effective in tapping into the strengths of the entire University. sustainability, risk management, all interact with each other in interesting and important ways for students to expand some of their thinking.

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It helps them in the long run.” engagement,” says Todd Reubold, MILI with engineering and the law and medical IonE’s director of communications and schools. One of the most significant Smith’s own collaboration with the publisher of Ensia. It’s impossible to discuss the Carlson outlets for collaboration, however, 2017 MILI Student Enrollment Carlson School has even extended to his School and campus collaboration without has to be the Medical Valuation Lab. research, as he has had two sabbaticals at The number one recommendation from mentioning the Medical Industry ENT BY C LLM OL Carlson’s partner school in Costa Rica, the Brands Enterprise team was that Ensia Leadership Institute (MILI). Since Students in the lab conduct market O LE NR G INCAE (Instituto Centroamericano de needed to focus on increasing audience 2005, MILI has been at the forefront of assessments for new medical E E E Administracion de Empresas) in Alajuela. leadership education, research, and market innovations—more than 30 analyses a S engagement. “The team developed R His current area of study is a project a comprehensive strategy that is still development for the medical industry at year, in fact. Eight schools at the U O funded by the Rockefeller Foundation informing our work over a year after the the U. University, as well as the Stockholm School C MBA • 86%

in collaboration with Stanford, Coca- of Entrepreneurship and the Swedish project’s completion,” Reubold says. Non-MBAs As all MILI classes are open across Cola, and other partners. Smith and “We shifted our entire editorial strategy to medical school Karolinska Institute campus, they have some of the highest his team have been looking at different focus on engagement and impact. This has through CGI, have an agreement with Public Health • 28% non-Carlson student participation of any 14% sustainable modeling activities where allowed us to strengthen the Ensia brand MILI for cooperation and student course offered here. As of summer 2018, Science/Engineering • 24% certain agricultural products would and better engage with our target audience engagement in the lab. there have been over 2,600 seats filled in Graduate • 19% grow better and have less of an impact of environmental change makers.” on the environment, sugar in particular. MILI classes. Fourteen percent are non- “The Valuation Lab acknowledges Carlson School • 10% “It’s to help make financial investments Reubold says he could tell the Carlson MBA from 14 different colleges and that different schools bring different Dentistry • 5% smarter, especially when there are multiple students he worked with were fully over 55 programs. expertise and the Carlson School does Law School • 3% dimensions of performance,” he says. engaged and committed to the success not have a monopoly on that expertise,” “MILI functions as a convener as well Medicine • 3% of Ensia. “The expertise they brought Parente says. “It engenders mutual Smith says it’s critical that faculty work as a catalyst for innovation and partner Liberal Arts • 2% to the project was invaluable,” he says. respect across the colleges.” across units, because the outside world to advance business education in other Other • 6% “I’m a huge supporter of cross-campus doesn’t see the University in that way. colleges,” says Minnesota Insurance Coming up on its 10th year, the collaborations. There’s such an incredible “They don’t see a difference between the Industry Chair of Health Finance Stephen Valuation Lab has enrolled more than breadth and depth of knowledge and Institute on the Environment (IonE), Parente, who served as MILI director 600 students from all across campus. accelerate the commercialization of Over the semester, students develop expertise among faculty, students, staff, engineering, finance, or marketing,” from 2006 to 2017. Home-grown Carlson students benefit U of M research-based technologies. their own personal business ideas he says. “They just see the University of and others across the University of as well. “MBA students getting a MILI through intensive customer outreach, Minnesota. I think we need to be a whole Minnesota. By working together, we This advancement is done in a variety of specialization get exposure through the The program director of MIN-Corps incorporating that feedback to improve lot better in working together.” can increase our impact while being ways, such as hosting U-wide seminars lab and other courses in a way unlike is Carla Pavone. Working out of the their product concepts and business wise stewards on funds invested in the on research topics or engaging in joint almost all other health MBA programs,” Holmes Center, she designs and leads models. “Each semester we offer a University to benefit the common good.” program development for conferences With a Little Help Parente says. The lab won top MBA commercialization education and coaching speed mentoring session, an afternoon from the Enterprises innovation of the year in 2017 from the programs for STEM students, post-docs, of controlled chaos where a swarm of MBA Roundtable, a global association research staff, and faculty. “My job is an business experts—many of them IonE, located on the St. Paul campus, of business schools. unending field trip,” she says. “Where I Carlson grads—listen to student pitches, was founded in 2007 to lead the way get to learn about amazing discoveries then circulate around the room to give toward a future in which people and Reaching out to STEM Students that can save lives, preserve the top-of-mind feedback and identify who the environment prosper together. s Campus Client environment, and change the world.” they might want to advise for the balance IonE supports interdisciplinary Another program that was purposefully of the course,” Pavone says. The Institute on the designed to work with students from research, develops leaders, and builds Environment engaged With the help of industry leaders and MIN-Corps is also working to increase cross-sector partnerships to identify the Brands Enterprise to across campus is MIN-Corps, the entrepreneurs who help to teach MIN- the pipeline of science and engineering and solve challenges that sprout up bolster the impact of its University site of the National Science Corps courses and mentor its participants, Foundation’s Innovation Corps. The innovation developed by women. at the intersection of society and publication, Ensia. her role is to educate innovators on how the environment. program teaches scientists and engineers Last year, its annual Women Innovators they can translate their technologies into how to translate their lab-based Conference brought together more financially viable business concepts. IonE is also the home of Ensia, an innovations into products and services than 250 women students, faculty, independent publication presenting that benefit society and build the economy. The flagship program of MIN-Corps is and industry professionals to discuss new perspectives on environmental innovation, entrepreneurship, and MGMT 5102, also known as STARTUP: challenges and solutions to a global MIN-Corps was launched in 2014 as a career development. audience. “I reached out to the joint initiative of the Holmes Center Customer Development and Testing, a Carlson Brands Enterprise to see if at the Carlson School, the College of two-credit, semester-long course open to When it comes to cross-campus they wanted to work with us to update Science and Engineering, and the Office students from across the U. “This class collaboration, MIN-Corps couldn’t our overall marketing plan, strengthen for Technology Commercialization. Each mixes together MIN-Corps scientists and function without it. “We bring Carlson our online content strategy, and of these groups recognized the synergies engineers with students from Carlson, School business expertise to scientists, develop strategies to increase audience they could achieve by collaborating to the arts, and the humanities,” Pavone says. engineers, and medical professionals in

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22 colleges across the U who participate LLC. It was with this group that Lindborg Mixing Business and Engineering in our workshops, courses, and clinics,” worked with MIN-Corps. Pavone says. “I’m especially excited about One of the first-ever collaborative classes at the Carlson School was New Product Design Sci Pitch, a new program we’ll be piloting “I thought it would be a way to reinforce and Business Development (NPDBD). It was an initiative than began with a set of faculty in the 2018-19 school year.” and to share what I learned at Carlson and from the Carlson School and from the College of Science and Engineering. through MILI with my University research The purpose of the class is to bring together business and engineering students to work In Sci Pitch, science and engineering team,” she says. “I thought it would help on a project for a real-world client by conducting market research, developing product faculty and grad students will pitch their us become more unified with regard to a prototypes, and crafting business plans. Students get a great hands-on, applied learning ideas to Carlson MBA students, who can strategy and a path to commercialization. experience, while at the same time gaining insights into other disciplines. apply to become MIN-Corps Fellows who I was also curious to learn more about help take the concepts a step closer to other groups on campus who were working “The U divides itself into academic areas, but the industry doesn’t have those commercialization or startup. to commercialize their research.” boundaries—they think in terms of products and markets,” says Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship Associate Professor Daniel Forbes, who is in his fourth year as one “While Carlson offers other excellent Through MIN-Corps, Lindborg received of the class instructors. entrepreneurship courses, MIN- help with analyzing potential markets and Corps programs are devoted to helping worked to develop a compelling story of The class currently holds 36 students, 18 from Carlson and 18 from engineering. participants who don’t have business how organoids could address customer “We deliberately try to observe that balance because the course works best from that backgrounds to advance their own need. Her team also received a grant mix,” Forbes says. “It’s a critical mass of business knowledge and mechanical knowledge.” innovation-based business ideas,” to fund its first animal study to work s Management Skills s Diversity of Thought Pavone says. “The programs have toward a cell therapy for individuals with Gaining project management experience Enter the Engineer also contributed to the professional Parkinson’s Disease. U scientist Beth Lindborg says true medical was one of the biggest takeaways for breakthroughs happen when people break development of science and engineering engineer Renato Conedera. Renato Conedera is in his second year in the mechanical engineering MS program. out of their comfort zones and work with graduate students planning industry Pavone also recommended Lindborg “Currently, I am a process engineer for a medical device company in the Twin Cities area. those who think differently than they do. careers.” and her team for the National Science The goal of my degree is to gain more technical knowledge to manage other engineers Foundation iCORPS program, where they and take the lead on development projects,” he says. One such student is University scientist ended up receiving a $50,000 grant for Beth Lindborg, ’12 MBA. Since graduating customer research. “It took our MIN- go in our silos and respective fields without Conedera says his two biggest takeaways from the class were gaining project working across disciplines,” Lindborg says. management experience and learning how to deal with a client. “Not all clients are from the Carlson School, she has Corps learnings to the next level and maintained a part-time position as a enabled us to form our business model “Cross campus collaborations are certainly perfect, and dealing with their asks, contradicting wants, and the way they operate not for the faint of heart—we all have was incredibly helpful,” he says. researcher at the University’s Stem canvas,” Lindborg says. Cell Institute. our own languages and our own ideas of He also appreciated the student make-up of the class. “I wish there was more cross- A lot of the success of Superior what is important or critical to a project. campus collaboration where engineering students can work with design students, With her research group at the University Organoid Technologies can be traced to But I would go as far as to say that not or business students could work with dental school students,” he says. “The value of of Minnesota, she started the biotech collaborating across the U. “As a scientist, collaborating with other departments and knowing how to work with other disciplines and, more importantly, their roles and company Superior Organoid Technologies, I feel like we have gotten as far as we can in other fields is irresponsible.” their value added to a project is critical.” Lindborg says that true medical innovations, such as breakthrough An MBA Perspective therapies for brain disorders, growing new Conedera’s classmate, Jessica Harren, agrees with his assessment. “I grew in over organs, and curing cancer—all research appreciation for my colleagues who are in the engineering field and they grew in MIN-Corps Facts $11 million that is happening now because of cross appreciation for those of us on the business side,” says the Class of 2020 MBA student. collaborations at the U—are only going to Since June 2014, MIN-Corps has included in commercialization happen if people break out of the comfort She calls NPDBD a front row opportunity. “It’s one thing to read about new product grants and startup participants from UMN colleges, zones and work with people who think s Front Row Opportunity design, but to actually apply it was really valuable,” she says. “You learn not only about 22 funding differently than they do. Jessica Harren says experiencing new the concept and the theory, but you get to experience firsthand the steps of developing fostered over 230 teams who were product design firsthand was a valuable a new product.” “I’d love to see our resources and component of the class. advised by over 80 business mentors, talents leveraged even more in this And, classmates had the added bonus of each other’s diverse skill set. “In new product regard,” she says. “Students interacting development, you’re often working on a cross-functional team and so this class forged had 11 teams accepted to the I-Corps National Teams program, with industry partners on campus would an opportunity to operate in that type of environment,” she says. “You really start to produced venture competition semifinalists and prize help industry partners recruit great understand how different functions are needed in order to do new product development 9 talent and enable students to land To view video, visit well and I would say that was an invaluable learning from this class that you can’t really winners, launched startups still in operation, and better jobs after graduation. And new, carlsonschoolmagazine.com. learn in any other way.” 14 innovative technologies developed using resulted in 12 licenses of UMN intellectual property. University resources would help fuel Minnesota’s economy.”

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Scholarly Interactions inar Karaca-Mandic, associate professor of finance at the Carlson School and the academic director of the Medical Industry Leadership Institute, is also a core faculty member of the Institute BY KEVIN MOE Pfor Health Informatics at the U’s Academic Health Center. The institute’s primary work involves designing and evaluating information The ability of faculty, such as Professor systems to support and improve healthcare. Its faculty run the gamut from nursing and medicine to computer science. Information and decision sciences is Joel Waldfogel, to meet, converse, and also represented, as Carlson School Professors Shawn Curley and Paul Johnson are also members. collaborate with those of other disciplines, not only broadens their perspectives, “Healthcare itself sits at the intersection of very different disciplines,” Karaca- but can lead to groundbreaking discoveries. Mandic explains. “My background is in economics. I can look at it like that, but it’s not going to be the same as a clinician looks at it or a data scientist or someone from public health. It’s really important for me to become connected to not miss out on these other insights. It gives me exposure to some of the things that are going on in the academic world.”

A Community of Scholars Karaca-Mandic has to travel to the East Bank to get to the Institute for Health Informatics, but the University’s Department of Economics is more closely connected to the Carlson “It’s really School—by a skyway as a matter of fact. important for A number of Carlson School faculty, me to become such as Karaca-Mandic, Hengjie Ai, Maria Ana Vitorino, Aaron Sojourner, connected to not Song Yao, Joel Waldfogel, and others, often cross this skyway for meaningful miss out on these scholarly interaction with members of the Economics Department, which is other insights,” on the fourth floor of Hanson Hall. says Pinar “I think that the nearby presence of the Karaca-Mandic. Carlson School makes the Economics Department a more attractive and productive place, and, of course, vice versa,” Waldfogel says. “Minnesota does well in worldwide rankings of business and economics because there are top-notch scholars on both sides of the skyway. And the cross-fertilization of the communities is an important part of the story.”

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Waldfogel, the Frederick R. Kappel colleagues, and the PhD students, give Through his collaboration, Ben-Ner “We tell our students that their clients Chair in Applied Economics in the me a community of scholars who share has become involved in some activities will not present them with ‘a tort Department of Strategic Management approaches to answering those questions.” at the Law School and has presented at problem’ or ‘a contract problem,’—they s A Healthy Mix and Entrepreneurship, has two affiliated conferences on corporate governance, will present them with ‘a problem,’” Marketing Professor Joseph Redden appointments at the U, one in economics Broadens and how to increase trust in society, and says Hill. “The same is true of the broader has worked with colleagues from and one at the Law School. academic endeavor. We are all trying to food science and applied economics Enriches Understanding more. “Through these interactions, I learn to look at various issues of understand what makes the world tick, to determine how to get children “I am an economist, and much of my to eat more vegetables. Like Waldfogel, Work and Organizations research and teaching interests to and how it can work better. That requires research is divided between industrial Professor Avner Ben-Ner spends some me from additional perspectives, to skills from many disciplines.” organization—a branch of economics of his time at the Law School. As an which I am not exposed in my regular that is close to strategic management— adjunct professor there, he has lately been interactions with colleagues at the and law and economics,” he says. Collaboration Makes Carlson School,” he says. “I present “Methodologically, my research falls collaborating with a colleague, Professor a Healthy Diet Claire Hill, on their common interest in in Law School classes and my law squarely within economics, so the fit Marketing Professor Joseph Redden questions related to identity and ethnic, colleagues present in my classes.” with the Economics Department is has been combining his skills with cultural, and other forms of diversity. quite natural.” Ben-Ner adds that attending seminars colleagues’ across the University on a series of projects that explore how to His role in the Economics Department “Professor Hill has been working on and conferences at the Law School encourage elementary schoolchildren is to advise PhD students, which in many legal angles, and I have researched exposes him to other ways of thinking to eat more vegetables. “We’ve been cases turn into colleagues and coauthors. organizational interactions,” he says. and broadens and enriches his doing this research in willing elementary He also teaches a PhD course that attracts “We combined our specialized skills understanding of business phenomena. school cafeterias to really test our ideas,” To view video, visit enrollment from both the Carlson and started studying how to use law and “This influences my research and says Redden, who holds the Board of carlsonschoolmagazine.com. School, from a variety of departments, public policies to ameliorate some of the teaching,” he says. “Academics are Overseers Professorship in Marketing. and Economics Department students undesirable effects of diversity and to specialized in narrow fields, but many questions cannot be answered from a “That is, can you actually get the child to interested in applied microeconomics enhance the beneficial ones.” one way. Our connections just seem to great ability to identify interesting narrow perspective. So, cross-disciplinary ultimately eat more vegetables?” in general and industrial organization keep growing in this organic way.” Hill says that law and business both need questions and then design simple, elegant in particular. interactions benefit our research.” Redden has been working with Professors an understanding of personal and group ways to test and discuss them. And Elton Zata Vickers and Marla Reicks from For its research into healthy consumption “The benefit of my relationship with the Since the legal profession is at the has a great skill set for analyzing data, dynamics as they affect what people do the Department of Food Science and among schoolchildren, the group has Economics Department is an enormous intersection of many fields and which has been useful in dealing with as well as how they perceive the world. Nutrition, Professor Traci Mann of the found several successful strategies. “One complement to my strong relationships disciplines, such as politics, economics, some of the tricky aspects of field data.” Psychology Department, and Associate of the most robust is serving vegetables with Carlson faculty,” he says. “With Currently, Ben-Ner and Hill are writing a and history, the Law School encourages Professor Elton Mykerezi from the first in isolation, either in a cup handed to paper for a law journal concerning the legal involvement by faculty members from And Redden’s contribution? “As a Carlson faculty, I share an interest in a them while they wait in line or waiting for Department of Applied Economics. consumer researcher in marketing, common set of questions. My economics treatment of nonprofit organizations. other parts of the University. them at their table,” Redden says. The relationships with these various I am often thinking about how do we professors originated from a mixture There are several reasons why this help customers see the value of what is of ways. For Vickers, Redden went to strategy works: children are most offered,” he says. “This includes how a presentation she gave on liking and hungry before their meal, people have a we communicate our messages to s Dovetailing Disciplines satiety. “After the talk, we were discussing natural tendency to eat a food when it is persuade people. So, one of my Professors Avner Ben-Ner and some of our overlapping research placed in front of them, vegetables look contributions has been bringing some Claire Hill are pooling their interests,” he says. “A few days later, unattractive when placed next to a tasty expertise in business and law to of these consumer frameworks to entrée on a plate, and there is a social examine issues of diversity. she saw a posting NASA had for some our projects, especially in the areas of food satiety studies, and we’ve been off norm to accept the “gift” of a vegetable judgment and decision making.” working together since then.” beforehand, among others. Redden says that this cross-campus As for Mann, Redden knew that she Although Redden and his fellow collaboration has been so valuable, was doing a lot of work on dieting and researchers all share a common interest that it is safe to say these projects healthier eating, so he and Vickers in doing high quality, impactful work, wouldn’t have been completed without contacted her to see if she was what is great about this collaboration is interested in joining the group. that each person brings something unique each person doing his or her part. “For Marla Reicks, I first got involved to help that goal. “Zata really drove our “The great value in my case was also with her after I served on a committee relationship with the school cafeterias that we all shared this common goal for a master’s student in the Food Science and did a great job developing a research of healthier eating in schools, yet we and Nutrition Department,” Redden mindset and flexibility with the school each were coming at it from a different says. “So, as you can see, there is no personnel,” Redden says. “Traci has a theoretical angle,” he says.

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At Your Service and determine which ones merit funding. professorship. “The job of the committee Each year, this process takes about 20 is to review all of the nomination packets International Advancement There’s more to being a faculty member hours of individual pre-work and another and select the most deserving candidates,” As experts in international education, Associate Dean of Global than teaching and research. In Marketing 10 hours of group discussion. Griskevicius says. Professor and Carlson Foundation Initiatives Michael Houston and Assistant Dean of Global Chair Vlad Griskevicius’ case, it also “The committee is important because it He says it is essential that Carlson School Initiatives Anne D’Angelo work across campus with various entails membership on various helps allocate scarce resources to the most faculty be on this committee to ensure organizations devoted to global issues. They are both members University-wide committees. deserving parties,” Griskevicius says. “It is fairness and diversity as well as help of the International Programs Council, which is charged with important that the committee represent young faculty at Carlson compete for this shaping the policies and processes that affect global programs “These types of committees exemplify diverse and varied perspectives, including prestigious professorship. and activities throughout the University. The council is made up ‘thankless’ work that’s done by faculty the Carlson School. This ensures fairness of representatives of nearly every collegiate unit and is organized at the University,” he says. “There is in the process of selecting the most The Liberal Education Redesign by the Global Programs and Strategy (GPS) Alliance, the central no compensation for these kinds of deserving proposals.” Committee is looking at the general international office for the entire University system. committees and there is no prestige education requirements that must be “It is rewarding to work closely with colleagues committed to associated with doing this kind of work. completed by all undergraduate students. The McKnight Land-Grant Committee internationalization across campus and system-wide,” D’Angelo says. Faculty serve on these kinds of was established to help retain the best “We learn from each other, engage in cross-college and campus committees because they are important young faculty at the U. “The goal of The committee consists of 20 faculty from all parts of the University. There are many issues and initiatives, and enhance policy and practice in support of in keeping a world-class university the program is to retain the best minds our students, faculty, staff, and partners here and around the world.” running—and for keeping the University in the world and compel them to stay different opinions and perspectives on the matter of liberal education and the s Building Bridges of Minnesota a world-class university.” in Minnesota, instead of leaving for Houston, the Ecolab-Pierson M. Grieve Chair in International topic is both ideological and political. Associate Dean of Global Initiatives places like Harvard or Stanford,” Marketing, also is a member of the China Center Advisory Council, Griskevicius currently serves on three “It is extremely challenging for a group which seeks to build bridges among the U’s China Center and Michael Houston’s work with the China Griskevicius says. Center Advisory Council seeks to build committees: the Provost’s Grand of 20 faculty to agree on one plan for academic units throughout campus as well as strengthening a huge university like the U of M,” bridges between the U’s China Center and Challenges Committee, the McKnight Each year, every department at the U can connections between the University and the community. Located campus academic units. Land-Grant Professorship Committee, nominate one young faculty member for Griskevicius says. on the East Bank, the China Center has supported international and the Liberal Education Redesign the McKnight Land-Grant Professorship. research, outreach, and teaching for nearly 40 years. Like Griskevicius, Strategic Management Committee. It is a highly prestigious professorship and Entrepreneurship Professor Mary In a similar capacity, Houston is on the board of the Center that is worth around $100,000 in research Benner is a member of the redesign for Austrian Studies (CAS) in the Social Sciences Building on the The Grand Challenges Committee money to the faculty member and comes committee. West Bank. CAS is the oldest research center in the Western consists of about 20 University faculty with a prestigious title. from a wide array of disciplines. Hemisphere that focuses on the past, present, and future of Austria. Benner also sits on the Research The purpose of the committee is to The committee consists of about 15 faculty, Committee of the Provost’s Council on “With our deep relationship with the Vienna University of review collaborative research proposals many of whom were past recipients of the Student Mental Health. The committee is Economics and Business and our multiple partnerships in China, undertaking research into how instructors involvement with the China Center and the Center for Austrian can design courses to avoid creating Studies is valuable in that it keeps us tuned in to the activities related to Austria and China of other university units on campus,” s Committee Committed unnecessary and unintended challenges for students’ mental health. “Again, this Houston says. “We are also able to keep these centers informed Professors Vlad Griskevicius and Mary Benner take time about our activities. The result is mutual benefits to all involved.” from their busy research and teaching schedules to represent is part of using the rich knowledge and the Carlson School on various University committees. experience we have around the University From 2010-15, D’Angelo served on the inaugural U of M metrics to improve the solutions and educational committee on internationalization, a task force established by the experiences for all students,” she says. Associate Vice President and Dean of GPS Alliance, Meredith McQuaid, to create the first metrics model for internationalization Benner says that in addition to the value used by colleagues across the U of M system. these committees have in addressing University-wide issues, they also draw “The collaboration of colleagues from the Provost’s Office, GPS faculty out of their narrower, relatively Alliance, the Carlson School, and other colleges and campuses s Creating a Metrics Model specialized worlds to engage with across the University of Minnesota resulted in an innovative and Assistant Dean of Global Initiatives Anne colleagues in different schools. “I think comprehensive model that serves as a tool to capture key data D’Angelo served on a task force to create these cross-college and cross-departmental associated with efforts to globalize the U of M’s teaching, learning, a metrics model for internationalization to connections help us understand research, and engagement,” she says. “The Carlson School is be used by the University. differences in ways of thinking, and also the first college to implement a metrics process based upon the how to communicate and find common University model.” ground,” she says. “We are all committed to educating our students, and working together makes the U a stronger place.”

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Extracurricular Engagements He’s Got Spirit,

BY KEVIN MOE How About You?

s the president of the Rooter Club, Matthew Rowley is able to combine two of his passions—sports and leading people to success. “I embrace every moment of this experience because I know that A I am lucky to have found such a unique opportunity,” he says. The Rooter Club is the official student section of Golden Gophers Football. The club exists to bring school spirit to football games and across campus and there are more than 150 members involved in the club throughout the season.

Rowley, a double major in supply chain and operations management and management information systems with a minor in business analytics, initially became involved with the Rooter Club in his first year when he was selected to be the Freshman Officer of the club. Through his continued involvement, he was named vice president in his sophomore year “I have met some before his appointment to president. amazing people “As president, I am tasked with working with Gopher Sports Marketing to coordinate through my promotional activities, organize watch experience who Rooter Club President Matthew Rowley surveys his domain at parties, and plan member engagement events with my executive boards,” he says. have had a major the TCF Bank Stadium. For Carlson School students like him, “In addition, my board and I arrive three hours before kick-off to assist in the setup impact on shaping extracurricular activities serve as an effective complement to of any game-time needs.” their studies. Here students can hone their skills in leadership, who I am today.” Rowley says cross-campus activities such as team building, strategy, and more. the Rooter Club offer students a way to not silo themselves to a particular major or school. “I know too many students in Carlson who barely ever leave because that is where they go to school, work, participate in club activities, and sometimes even live,” he says.

Cross-campus activities also provide students a more diverse outlook that can benefit them in their own personal and career development. “I have met some amazing people through my experience who have had a major impact in shaping who I am today,” Rowley says.

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because of that, I think everyone has Currently there are about 60 students learned something new from someone in the organization. They partner with else,” he says. “It is very cool to see so startups and nonprofits around the s On the Right Track many people interested in taxes who do Twin Cities area and offer services in For track star and MIS major not plan on making it their profession. research and strategy, digital design, and Emerald Egwim, athletics and I think it is a testament to the strength prototyping. Each of these divisions is academics were a winning of the organization, especially seeing composed of three to four teams of five combination. how many people become invested in students from a variety of backgrounds, helping out the community after majors, skillsets, and ages. “We work learning a valuable skill.” with an equal amount of diverse clients, from early-stage startups like Guide & For more information about VTAP, Seek to more established firms like email [email protected]. HOM Furniture,” Katarya says.

She Has Design on Her Mind Design U’s purpose is to bring together diverse students as well. “It’s so important What senior Roohi Katarya loves the to have different perspectives; not only s A Taxing Effort most about her major in product design is does it emulate a real-world experience To view video, visit carlsonschoolmagazine.com. Matthew Boehne and Victoria Anderson co-direct a 90-person volunteer that it is extremely interdisciplinary. “I get of working in industry, the diversity of group to help more than 2,000 individuals with their tax forms. to take classes in business, engineering, students helps push forward the best and design,” she says. “When I graduate, products and solutions for the clients Record-Breaking Runner While at the Carlson School, she took I hope to start out as a product design we serve,” Katarya says. “Every team part in IBUS 3999, a self-designed option A former walk-on for the Gophers’ track consultant, pursue an MBA, and member brings a valuable and unique through the Carlson Global Institute, to team, Emerald Egwim, ’18 BSB, became an Easing the Tax Burden One such volunteer is Matthew Boehne, eventually open my own design firm.” insight from their respective discipline complete her international experience accomplished athlete while at the U of M. who is in his senior year studying chemical and are able to apply it in a tangible, requirement. She went to Kuala Lumpur Also having an impact is the Volunteer She also is one of the executive directors She broke four indoor and outdoor school engineering with a minor in chemistry. meaningful way.” in Malaysia to work for KPMG as an IT Tax Assistance Program (VTAP). Initially of Design U, a student-led design records, won a Big Ten championship title His goal is to work as an engineer in audit and attestation intern, finding this starting as a course within the Carlson consultancy whose mission is to provide individually and three as part of a team, R&D for a Fortune 500 company in the As an executive director, Katarya experience to also be a fount of insight. School, VTAP has since grown by leaps Twin Cities. Volunteering with VTAP members with hands-on, real-world oversees six branches of an executive and competed for Nigeria at the 2017 and bounds. It is now a nonprofit student was a way of branching out. experience. The organization started in board, including Business Development, Track and Field World Championship “Complete immersion in a culture Games. organization that operates as an IRS- the College of Science and Engineering, Marketing, Outreach, Event Planning, different from your own allows you to During the last tax season, he was a quality supported Volunteer Income Tax but now encompasses students from the Finance, and HR. “At a high level, my expand your thinking and challenge Assistance (VITA) site. reviewer, which meant he was in charge She did all this while majoring in College of Design and the Carlson School role is focused on client outreach and your beliefs in a way that the classroom of verifying that the already filled out tax management information systems and as well. relations, member recruitment, planning, cannot,” she says. “We are a culmination “We prepare taxes for lower-income returns were correct. “Currently as one of minoring in business law at the marketing our major events, and securing of the experiences that have shaped us. As individuals to relieve some of the stress the new co-directors of the organization, Carlson School. grants and external sponsorships,” business students and as global citizens, about such a complex topic,” says co- I have been involved with applying she says. “I do not remember a time in my it is important that we understand and director Victoria Anderson, a Carlson for grants and securing corporate education that I was only going to celebrate cross-cultural differences.” School senior hoping to earn her CPA sponsorships,” he says. “My role has been From a professional as well as a personal school. I have always been involved in and go to work for one of the big four to ensure that we have the funds to help standpoint, Design U has been the a sport and often times more extra- It is also important to remember that after graduation. members of our community.” most impactful and influential experience curricular activities, but the collegiate oftentimes there are more similarities Together, VTAP’s 90-strong volunteer Boehne says he has learned a tremendous of Katarya’s college career, she says. D1 level is different,” she says. “It can be than differences, too. “I have a different group helped about 1,400 resident and amount. “As an engineer, I feel like I have “I have gained skills in leadership, project challenging at times, but support, effective appreciation for South-East Asia and the 700 nonresident taxpayers during a recent missed out on a lot of business-related management, and critical thinking that communication, and advocating for myself cultures within and for the way business tax season. topics,” he says. “I believe VTAP has been I would not have gained anywhere else,” helped me tremendously.” is conducted in that region as well,” she a unique experience in that I have had the she says. “This group has taught me how says. “I could not have obtained those “Volunteers gets hands-on experience with opportunity to learn about taxes, client to apply a growth mindset and effectively Student-athletes and students who are experiences elsewhere.” preparing taxes, which is beneficial both interactions, and leadership.” communicate with students, clients, highly involved in school have to employ as a life skill and for preparing for their and University leaders and has provided great time management skills in order to Earlier this year, Egwim was selected as career, especially accountants,” Anderson Having student groups that accept students me with a network of mentors and simply stay on top of everything, one of Poets & Quants’ 2018 Best and says. “For volunteers who are not business from across the entire campus is critical s Designing Woman industry professionals.” she says. Communication skills, Brightest. She credits many things for majors, they get client experience that is to success, as that is how the real world Roohi Katarya’s experience in Design U organization, efficiency, patience, and her successes, including cross-campus hard to get elsewhere due to the diversity operates, Boehne says. “Within VTAP, has sharpened her leadership, project More information about Design U perseverance are also qualities that are activities. “I believe they can help build of people we prepare returns for.” we have a wide array of majors and, management, and critical thinking skills. can be found at designu-mn.org. obtained from being highly involved. communities with the campus,” she says.

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xecutive Spotlight is a forum where we sit down Ewith some of the top leaders in their industries to leverage their wisdom on some of the important issues A Conversation facing businesses today. This issue’s guest is Chris Policinski, the recently retired with president and CEO of Land O’Lakes, Inc. Policinski has more than 35 years of experience in the food industry. He joined Land O’Lakes, Inc. in 1997 and was appointed Chris Policinski president and CEO in 2005. Prior to joining Land O’Lakes, Inc., he held leadership positions with Kraft General Foods, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and The Pillsbury Company. He also is an emeritus member of the Carlson School Board of Overseers.

For several years, you had been a member of the Carlson School’s Board of Overseers, now an emeritus member. What motivated you to donate your time and talent to the school in this way? I didn’t grow up in Minneapolis-St. Paul, but realized right away when I moved here what a special place it is—18 Fortune 500 companies don’t cluster in a Midwestern city for no reason. I believe one of the main drivers of their interest in the area is the University of Minnesota. I wanted to support the school and become engaged in its talent development for the region to help build for the future.

s Carlson Cheerleader Throughout his tenure as CEO, Chris Policinski has maintained and strengthened ties between the Carlson School and Land O’Lakes, Inc.

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Board of Overseers members Speaking of your company’s help guide the direction of University connections, you the school. What are your recently spoke at the U’s thoughts about the future of College of Food, Agricultural the school and what are you and Natural Resource Sciences particularly excited about? to celebrate the naming of the Land O’Lakes Collaboration It’s probably not fair to say Center in Borlaug Hall. What “everything.” But I’m going to say it are some of the key takeaways anyway. I am truly excited about the that you would want people to future of the school and the direction it’s heading. remember from your speech? I talked about the opportunity of The University of Minnesota feeding the booming global population, as a whole and the Carlson the challenge of having to do so with School in particular have Policinski speaks at the Academy of International Business’ 60th anniversary celebration last diminishing resources and tools, and June in Minneapolis. At the event, he was recognized as the International Executive of the the obligation of telling the great story received ongoing support Year. This award honors business leaders who have significantly improved the reputation and Last year, Policinski and members of the Land O’Lakes, Inc. corporate board helped donate from Land O’Lakes over the performance of their respective firms on the international stage. of American agriculture. And, most 60,000 pounds of product to Placer Food Bank, headquartered in Roseville, California. importantly, I told the graduates I knew Land O’Lakes, Inc. and the Land O’Lakes Foundation are committed to serving the common years, including a $25 million they were prepared and I believed they good, both for today and for future generations. gift to the U in 2014. Why does Our headquarters is less than 10 miles Land O’Lakes is a growth company in could do it. Land O’Lakes place such high from the University of Minnesota a growth industry and we need talent In 2014, Land O’Lakes launched value on its relationship with campus and 20 percent of our to fuel that growth. It’s simply a good I would say the highest value evolving with changes in the Global Food Challenge the University? employees came out of the U. strategic marriage. possible. We see cross-disciplinary the business landscape? Emerging Leaders for Food backgrounds as key to success Security fellowship, an in high-teaming companies like I’m probably going to start getting redundant here, but leaders in business internship and development Land O’Lakes. We look for multi- career experience, with disparate increasingly need multi-disciplinary program for 10 students at five functional and educational backgrounds. We look for our leaders universities. What have been backgrounds. We want the most to diversify across business units and the results so far? well-rounded employees. geographies. I like to say that more tools in the tool kit enable agility in We are thrilled with the program For Land O’Lakes and similar the leader. and we’ve learned a lot and have companies, what do you been evolving its next generation. What do business schools and We have access to the best and brightest believe will be some of the major challenges it will face business students need to do undergraduate students from a variety to prepare for those evolving of backgrounds and interests and are in upcoming years and how leadership roles? able to engage them—and their faculty are you preparing to meet advisors—in addressing food and them? That’s easy—be comfortable working agriculture’s greatest challenges from a in teams. variety of perspectives. The future is no longer linear. Companies are going to have to We’ve spent some time talking The theme of this issue deals learn to deal with change in real about advice you would give with the Carlson School’s time using teams from different backgrounds. others. For yourself, what has relationship with other colleges been the best piece of advice at the University, such as dual- What do you consider are you’ve received? degree programs and faculty the defining characteristics of The best advice I ever received was Policinski celebrates with University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler and Goldy Gopher when it was announced that Land O’Lakes, Inc. and collaborations. What value business leaders, especially “your career success depends on the the Land O’Lakes Foundation were contributing $21,037,500 for athletic facilities. The contribution led to the construction of the Land O’Lakes does Land O’Lakes place on at Land O’Lakes and how do number of tools in your tool kit— Center for Excellence, the home of the Gopher Athletics’ student-athlete development team. cross-disciplinary experiences? you see these characteristics get as many as you can.”

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Today, more than 750 Carlson School school and University, benefactors, school did well along with opportunities students study internationally at top advisors, and other stakeholders,” says for improvement. universities in nearly 40 countries Michael Houston, associate dean of around the world. These once-in-a- global initiatives and Ecobal-Pierson One of the group’s major suggestions lifetime experiences have a profound M. Grieve Chair in International was that the Carlson School consider A Global Decade impact on students and how they Marketing. “What you see from the creating a program that distinguished see business. outside is only a fraction of what goes itself from other top business schools in BY WADE RUPARD on throughout the year to make sure the country. This new initiative should Now, CGI will build on the successful each student has an outstanding and emphasize the areas in which the After 10 years of having an international framework it has established. Since the rewarding international experience.” Carlson School already excelled to experience as an integral part of its curriculum, expectation was established 10 years help elevate the school’s visibility. ago, CGI staff have worked tirelessly A NEW INITIATIVE the Carlson School remains at the forefront to forge strong partnerships both At the time, the Carlson School of global education. across campus and around the world. Upon her arrival as the new dean of already had a strong education abroad Because of this, CGI is poised to the Carlson School in 2006, Alison program, with roughly 45 percent of remain a leader in global education. Davis-Blake asked a group of external its undergraduate students studying faculty to evaluate both the school as overseas and Executive MBA “We couldn’t do what we do without well its curriculum and programming. partnerships with schools in the current and past leadership at the The group took a look at what the Poland, Austria, and China.

s Still Going Strong In 2008, MGMT 3010 visits China. The program has been a success for the last 10 years.

s Grateful for the Experience Undergraduate student Elise Hartwig offers a thank youyou forfor thethe opportunityopportunity toto studystudy inin BuenosBuenos AriesAries thisthis past spring. Each year, more than 750 Carlson School studentsstudents traveltravel abroadabroad forfor theirtheir internationalinternational experience.experience.

GREAT BRANDS experience requirement,” says McGinnis, students. To this day, this is one reason ALL HAVE GREAT who chairs the Carlson Global Institute’s why the Carlson School stands out as a (CGI) Capital Campaign Committee. worldwide leader in global education. SIGNATURE PRODUCTS “It is something that is unique among And that leadership will continue business education programs out there, For Patrick McGinnis, ’03 MBA and into future decades thanks to a vice president of merchandising at and it is very progressive. For me, it’s transformational $10 million donation Best Buy, the Carlson School has one what stands out as being a key reason why from the Carlson Family Foundation product that really makes it stand out students come to the Carlson School.” this past July. This new investment in from other top business schools—the the Carlson School will help the school Carlson International Experience. This academic year marks 10 years expand and enhance the work it does since the Carlson School incorporated through CGI and help cement Carlson’s “For me, the signature of a Carlson an international experience into the position as a leading business school School degree is this international curriculum for all of its undergraduate with a global reach for years to come.

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Davis-Blake, along with CGI institutions in the country each year in strong partnerships both across campus To accomplish this, CGI works closely leadership, worked together to make sending students overseas, with Carlson and around the world.” with a wide array of stakeholders to international education and global School students making up a significant ensure everything works smoothly. leadership that signature brand for portion of that number. Moreover, the FINDING PARTNERSHIPS CGI in itself is unique because few the Carlson School. School leadership Carlson School welcomes international business schools have a dedicated The CGI staff soon determined there developed a plan to incorporate an students from more than 30 partner office focused on leading schoolwide was no one-size-fits-all solution to international experience into the business schools around the world. global initiatives. providing international experiences. curriculum for all undergraduate They continued to work with students students. With the business world CGI’s leadership in international One example of this is the advising individually to assure their readiness to becoming more global, this seemed like education also helped assist the process. With plentiful options, it is travel and study abroad. a clear opportunity to contribute to Association of Public and Land-grant important students understand all the Universities (APLU) to name the different ways they can study abroad in and leverage the assets of the school. After the international experience came University as the inaugural winner of order to meet their goals. Today, under the leadership of Dean the Institutional Award for Global to be, the school expanded its already Sri Zaheer, the Carlson School’s Learning, Research, and Engagement numerous global offerings. Along with “When the requirement came to be, the traditional semester-long study we immediately worked closely with international experience has become in 2016. The award recognizes s Positive Influences a resounding success, and one looked institutions at the leading edge of abroad courses, the school also offers our undergraduate academic advisors Britta Savre says education up to by peer institutions around the inclusive and comprehensive efforts Carlson faculty-led courses between to make communication with students abroad has given her a semesters and during the summer, as seamless as possible,” D’Angelo says. world. An early teacher in the Carlson to internationalize their campuses. willingness to embrace Executive MBA-China Program, as well as independent studies for “How do we ensure every student plans new experiences. Zaheer has brought a global research “This is something that, to this day, students to design their own program ahead and integrates the international and teaching perspective to the dean’s remains unique among business unique to their academic interest. experience into his or her own learning office. As dean, Zaheer has supported schools,” Houston says. “I’m proud the goals? Together we want to ensure that CGI and its mission fully and made Carlson School has been and remains “No matter where they go or what the experience is relevant for each and education abroad scholarships a key a leader in international business they study, we want to make sure every every student.” education. But this milestone was not student has a robust, transformative priority of the Driven campaign. carry with her for years. While overseas, reached overnight. CGI has worked experience in a safe and unique way,” Advising also has helped CGI provide STUDENT BENEFITS she took the class Sustainability and Thanks to this and other initiatives, tirelessly since the international says Anne D’Angelo, assistant dean the proper support for groups of Everything CGI does works toward Corporate Social Responsibility in the U of M is among the top experience became official to forge of global initiatives. students they didn’t originally consider, benefiting students. Because of the Costa Rica. That class opened her such as athletes, because of their transformative international experiences oftentimes hectic schedule. Now, they take part in, all Carlson School eyes to the importance of investing CGI staff works closely with athletes students are able to develop academically, in projects and initiatives that and coaches to ensure they take part personally, and professionally in ways benefit others. in an experience that supports their they never thought were possible. “My study abroad experience extracurricular activities. In 2017, CGI conducted a survey with influenced my future in many ways,” CGI also collaborates with corporate alumni who graduated three, five, she says. “The first being that I am s Top of the World partners and the broader community in and 10 years ago to better understand more open and ready for new order to make these experiences robust connections between international Undergraduate Martin Falkiner experiences and am willing to be shows the school colors in and relevant to each and every student. education and their postgraduate put somewhere that may make me Trolltunga, Norway. professional experiences, as well as their uncomfortable. Also, I have a better “It has been a widespread, meaningful intercultural motivations and abilities. understanding of sustainability and collaboration across the Carlson In at least one job since graduation, how it interacts with business. I hope School, the University, and the local 92 percent of respondents have worked to bring this knowledge into my and global community,” D’Angelo says. with personnel whose backgrounds are future career and show the company “We anticipated some things but we culturally different from their own and I work for how important these couldn’t see everything coming when 71 percent have worked on projects with sustainability concepts are.” you begin such a bold initiative.” an international component. Additionally, 76 percent of respondents are working Skills that Savre acquired in her In the coming years, CGI will build virtually with people in another part of international experience are much on its partnerships and usher in more the world. programs and initiatives that will sought after in today’s world. continue to make the Carlson School Britta Savre, a University Honors And those skills can be traced to one of the top business schools in student who is a finance and HRIR that signature decision the Carlson the world. double major, learned vital skills she will School made 10 years ago.

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Advancement News & Notes

NEW MEMBERS JOIN change a family’s life, how crucial access employees, students, and franchisees. to financing is to subsistence farmers The Carlson School was measured ALUMNI BOARD wanting to expand, and the importance in three primary areas: engaging the The Carlson School recently named of trade. It’s one thing to learn about prospective military student in a five new members to its Alumni Board. what is going on in the world in the recruiting environment, educating Steve Gottlieb, ’86 BSB, ’88 MBA; Steve classroom, and it’s another thing to the military student once he or she is Silvers, ’04 BSB; Winnie Steffenson, ’02 actually see it for yourself. I have a part of the school, and enabling the MBA; Vanessa Tennyson, ’81 BSB; and feeling last summer, especially the military student in finding meaningful The West Bank is NOT an Island Emily Weidemann, ’04 BSB, ’12 MBA, time spent in Africa, will play a huge employment. This program was made will begin their service on the board this part in the rest of my life.” possible by alumni gifts totaling $10M. Travis M. Smith fall. The Gophers Of the Last Decade Assistant Dean, Institutional Advancement (GOLD) board also named several new CARLSON HAS THE ONLINE GIVING members. New members include Juhyun NATION’S BEST MILITARY MADE EASIER ne of the great joys of working in higher education often partnering with students from other disciplines across the Kwon, ’17 BSB; Vincent Phan, ’13 BSB; FRIENDLY MBA The University of Minnesota Foundation entails the countless opportunities to collaborate U to drive ideation and create solutions for a better tomorrow. Justin Schlitz, ’14 BSB; and Lauren recently launched a new online giving with colleagues across the University of Minnesota. Sheibley, ’16 BSB. PROGRAM O We also see the benefits of collaboration when it comes to tool. This new system features many We see it manifest itself daily among our faculty and Military Friendly has user enhancements, including the students with benefits far and wide. philanthropy. We recognize our donors care deeply about areas ranked the Carlson beyond the Carlson School and this drives our commitment to ability to make multiple gifts in a single School MBA Programs transaction. Visit driven.carlsonschool. For example, Carlson School faculty have long been known working closely with our advancement colleagues around the as the best in the University to fulfill donor passions. Some of the most incredible umn.edu to experience the device for as terrific collaborators and have worked closely with nation in its listing of yourself and to make a donation to help counterparts from other disciplines to produce important gifts the Carlson School has received in this campaign have graduate school programs. been blended gifts benefiting other areas of the U. These gifts transform a student’s experience at the research addressing the University’s Grand Challenges. Military Friendly has surveyed make us all better and, in many cases, reflect why giving to the Carlson School. Our Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship has been at the thousands of institutions and assembled University of Minnesota is such an important and worthwhile forefront of innovation commercialization and cross-campus lists that capture best practices in AACSB investment for our collective future. recruitment and retention of military partnerships with the incredible MIN-Corps program. SARAH VATER HONORS And, thankfully, Carlson School students seemingly don’t Thank you for your continued generous support of the NAMED GLOBAL know the meaning of boundaries or walls (or rivers!), Carlson School and U! GREG LAIS FOOD CHALLENGE The school’s Carlson School EMERGING LEADER RECORD FUNDRAISING YEAR alumnus Greg came from 2,305 total donors, Lais, ’91 MBA, has Carlson School junior Sarah Vater, from including 483 people who had been honored by FUNDRAISING BY THE NUMBERS Osceola, Wisconsin, earned a coveted never given to the school before. spot in the cohort of Global Food Within that, 37 percent of the Association to This past fiscal year, Carlson School donors came together to raise a record-breaking $38 million to support student Advance Collegiate Schools of Business financial aid, transformational experiential learning, faculty funding, and research initiatives. Challenge Emerging Leaders made donors gave less than $100. possible by Land O’Lakes’ $25M gift to (AACSB) International for making an Highlights from the record-breaking 2017-18 include: the U. She headed to Africa this summer FUNDRAISING YEAR impact in his community and serving as to work with Land O’Lakes and a team 2,305 Donors a role model to future business leaders. made up of 10 students from a variety Lais, the founder and executive director First Time of Minneapolis-based nonprofit outdoor Investors of colleges around the U.S. to find new Donors Circle ways to meet the challenge of feeding 483 adventure and education organization A $9.6 MILLION Wilderness Inquiry, is part of the 2018 ANONYMOUS corporate A $6 MILLION nine billion people by 2050. class of the AACSB’s Influential Leaders gift to support student GIFT from Brian Nine women gave 115 NEW MEMBERS On Give to the Max scholarships and the Gerhardson, ’86 MORE THAN $800,000 joined the Investors Day, an annual event Vater was able to put her supply chain Challenge. Since creating Wilderness BSB, to support to help establish WE*, a new Circle, the Carlson that raises money for Inquiry in 1978, Lais has created inclusive Holmes Center for and operations major to work in the 37% Entrepreneurship. scholarships and initiative from the Holmes School’s annual Minnesota organizations, real world. “This was a valuable chance outdoor exploration programs throughout students who Center for Entrepreneurship giving society for 227 DONORS helped The gift represents the to tackle big global supply chain issues, North America and beyond for groups of largest corporate gift ever identify with to support women donors of $2,500 or raise more than Donors Gave all types, including Carlson School Senior to the Carlson School. LGBTQ+ causes. entrepreneurs. more annually. $186,000. problem-solve, and empower people in a real-world context,” she says. “We were Less Than $100 Lecturer Steve Spruth’s Social Venturing able to see firsthand how one cow can in Action course.

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Students Make an Impact with Class Gifts

Every year, Carlson students show their school spirit by contributing to their Ver Burg Soukup says she was especially respective class gift campaign. These campaigns give graduating students an inspired by one of her classmates who gave opportunity to give back and leave a legacy at the school. $5,000 to the class gift. “When I heard the news, I was blown away by the generosity shown by a graduating student,” she says. s Expanding Diverse Talent Undergraduate students, in order for them to have the “When you know and feel all the reasons same opportunities that we had.” Nii Quaye believes expanding the The 2018 Undergraduate Class Gift why it’s so important to give back, to pool of diverse talent will make the Campaign raised $3,907 from 133 donors, see someone else make such an inspiring Carlson School a more valued partner which made up 19 percent of the class, as Full-Time MBA leadership gift, it’s truly moving.” to the local business community. well as an additional $5,871 from faculty, For the Full-Time MBA class of 2018, staff, and alumni matching dollars. In $15,225 was raised from 58 donors, MA-HRIR addition, four donors established monthly representing 57 percent of the class. gift plans and one donor made an Investors The 2018 MA-HRIR Class Gift Campaign There was also an additional $2,550 Circle-level gift. raised $1,000 from 23 donors, which was raised from staff and alumni. Sixteen of 27 percent of the class, plus an additional “We really wanted to go about this the 58 donors established monthly $600 from members of the MA-HRIR Support business as a force for good. campaign from a community perspective,” gift plans and 10 made an Investors Alumni Board. Visit driven.carlsonschool.umn.edu. says Jacob Stalsberg, ’18 BSB and chair Circle commitment. of the Senior Class Gift Committee. To help raise the funds, volunteer Angela As vice president of external relations “The goal was to bring the Carlson senior Gao, ’18 MA-HRIR, worked with a gift community together, and through that, for the MBA Association, Ashley Ver committee. “I made flyers and we held Looking to Grow a Legacy raise money to leave our legacy on the Burg Soukup, ’18 MBA, was responsible two pizza parties to create awareness of Carlson School.” for leading the class gift campaign. the campaign,” she says. For Nii Quaye, ’92 MBA, giving back to support organizations that attract and retain talent,” he says. “It has “As someone who has benefited from have helped him grow feels right and thus most of his giving is been difficult for companies in the Twin The funds raised will go toward the Dean’s the generosity of donors to the Carlson The funds will be used for MA-HRIR to support educational advancement in general. Cities to attract and retain people of color. Excellence Fund, which helps support School, I was passionate about shaping General Fellowships, which support If we at the Carlson School can help solve undergraduate students at the Carlson the culture around our class campaign to future MA-HRIR students. “Most people that problem by expanding the pool of School. “We’re excited to see the money pay it forward and give back,” she says. in the cohort are under the pressure of “Creating an opportunity for one person “I have been fortunate to have worked diverse talent, we become a more valued we raised be put toward scholarships, job searching and relocating, but still has the potential to be the first link in a for employers who invested significantly partner to the local business community.” as we know that is one of the biggest The raised funds will be used to we received gifts from a lot of them,” long chain, and value created in that in my development and provided Quaye’s dedication to the Carlson School needs at the University,” says Stalsberg. establish a new MBA student Gao says. “Giving back financially is chain will outlive the seed donor,” he says. experiences that enriched and helped actually goes way back. “In the early years, “And as students, we wanted to make sure scholarship. The committee also has a one of the most important ways to “In that sense, I think of it as a legacy me grow my career,” he says. our money went toward supporting future support the program.” I was an active recruiter for Guidant and five-year vision ot endow the fund. that can grow no matter how small or Now, he’s looking to give back in kind Cargill,” he says. “Later I participated by large the gift is.” giving talks to classes and student groups.” to the Carlson School with a gift to help Now, he serves as a member of the Like many others, Quaye was attracted to defray some of the cost of attendance Carlson School Board of Overseers. 241 the Carlson School because of its location for MBA candidates. “My goal with the Number of Students near so many Fortune 500 companies gift is to provide another tool the school The University of Minnesota is a huge who Donated headquartered nearby. “I was looking can use to recruit and retain high-caliber growth and value creation engine for the for a top business school in a vibrant students with an emphasis on diversity state of Minnesota alongside the business metropolitan setting that could provide and inclusion,” he says. As a recipient of community, Quaye says. “I am grateful for $20,132 long-term career opportunity,” he says. a Graduate Assistantship to attend the the opportunities that have come from Dollars Raised by Carlson School, Quaye is aware of the attending the Carlson School and being a Students s Campaign Celebration Since graduating, he has worked in difference this type of help can make. part of this vibrant business community. finance and marketing at Guidant, Undergraduate Program Associate I think it would be great if more people Dean and Curtis L. Carlson strategy and business development at Quaye says when he was at the Carlson like me came here because they believed 20 Chair in Finance Raj Singh (far Cargill, and corporate development at School, there were perhaps six to it could be a catalyst for them as well,” Donors who right) celebrates with students ADC Telecommunications (now part of eight students of color out of the total he says. “And I would also hope that Established Monthly after raising $9,778 for the Dean’s after raising $9,778 for the Dean’s Tyco Electronics). Now, he’s the senior population of nearly 180 graduate giving back inspires other alumnae to Giving Plans Excellence Fund. vice president of strategy, mergers, and students. “As I look around the Twin contribute in whatever way they can acquisitions at Pentair. Cities, I see many companies looking to to the Carlson School.”

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Sponsorships Since 2015

$10.8 million s HR Tomorrow Conference 2006-14 in Corporate Gifts Since 1968 s Case Competitions: Supply Chain | MIS | Elite 8 Including $3.4 million Since 2015 36 s Women Mean Business Program Enterprise Projects since 2003 Investing in Tomorrow’s Workforce Consulting | Brands | Ventures | Analytics s Centennial Scholarship s Undergraduate Diversity Scholarship 3M and the U of M: Allies with Common Goals Recruiting: s MBA Veterans Fellowship s MIS Scholarship When it comes to a strong bond between a company and the University greatest for the Carlson School and the Nearly 700 of Minnesota, 3M is one of the giants. For more than 90 years, these two College of Science and Engineering. Employees are Carlson School Alumni entities—two of the state’s largest—have worked together to better the “3M is an incredible recruiting partner and economy, education, and the community at large. Including...Jon T. Lindekugel, ’88 MBA, SVP Supply hires across programs from undergrad, Chain; Nicholas C. Gangestad, ’01 MBA, SVP and Experiential Learning MBA, MA-HRIR, and most recently CFO; and Matt Ginter, ’85 BSB, ’93 MBA, In the summer of 2017, 3M committed and math (STEM) into K-12 education; in our Masters in Business Analytics Treasurer and VP, Investor Relations s Live cases, site visits to 3M locations to a 14-year, $11.2 million sponsorship of and prepare students to succeed in program,” says Graduate Business Career U.S, Europe, Asia, South America Gopher Athletics, which included naming science and business. Center Director Maggie Tomas. “In 2016, s Case studies, site visits for Carlson rights to Mariucci Arena. The hockey 3M was the MBA recruiter of the year.” 91 New hires School China affiliate programs facility will now be called the 3M Arena The Carlson School’s portion of the gift Aside from the sheer number of students at Mariucci. Other areas in the Athletic will fund scholarships for diverse future 3M hires, Carlson School 3M alumni are Interns since 2010 Village that will be supported by 3M’s leaders, as well as programs that engage 63 strong school advocates and show support gift include an expanded and modernized emerging business minds. Supporting Departments, through mentorship, hosting regular site academic center, a nutrition education “This gift reflects our ongoing visits, and assistance in interview and and dining space, and a leadership center Research, and Faculty commitment to the University of resume preparation. “The support we 3M Employees: devoted to helping student athletes Minnesota, and STEM and business receive from our alumni at 3M is a huge develop the skills needed to transition in graduate education programs 2007-17 s Carlson Global Institute education,” says Kim Price, president reason our students land sought-after roles 154 into successful careers. s Information/Decision Sciences of the 3M Foundation. “Investing in at 3M and we are so grateful,” Tomas says. Most recently, 3M has made a $26 million our students today ensures a solid 112 in Executive Education programs 2009-17 Department investment in the University’s Driven foundation for our scientists, business s Institute for Research in Marketing campaign launched last fall. The goal of leaders, and community of the future.” engaged on advisory boards in 2017-2018 s Faculty Grants in Marketing | Info and this major investment is to benefit the 11 Decision Sciences | Business Analytics next generation of scientists, engineers, 3M’s current investment to the s and business leaders. University brings the company’s lifetime Support for Global Competence total to nearly $120 million in both 128 classroom speakers Training and Assessment The contribution includes an $8 million cash and products. Through these commitment to support scholarships investments, 3M has positively impacted 4 MN Cup judges since 2003 and outreach programs. This investment the lives of thousands of students University of Minnesota Athletics Director is helping to build a pipeline of high- through mentorships, merit-based Mark Coyle and 3M Vice President and Chief performing and diverse global talent; scholarships and investments in state- Marketing Officer Paul Acito, announce 3M’s + Active Corporate Alumni Club integrate science, technology, engineering, of the-art facilities. Support has been $11.2 million sponsorship of Gopher Athletics.

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Alumni Happenings

With more than 55,000 alumni in 102 countries around the world, the Carlson They enjoyed an evening of socializing Overseers member Bill Walter, ’72 MBA, Connect at the Minneapolis Event 8 SEATTLE ALUMNI School truly has a global footprint. And as a member of our alumni network, and networking with the Carlson School hosted the first Real Estate Networking SOCIAL Centers. Over 60 alumna kicked off you have access to resources and services that support you wherever you are community and heard remarks from Social. This event brought together the the first day of summer while growing around the globe and at all stages of your career. Assistant Dean of MBA and MS Programs talents of alumni from across the Alumni in Seattle gathered at the their networks and conversing around Phil Miller, ’97 MBA. industry and provided an opportunity beginning of August to hear remarks meaningful discussion topics. Visit carlsonschool.umn.edu/alumni for more information and to stay connected. for attendees to share their personal from Dean Sri Zaheer at the treasured journeys and experiences as a Twin Cities MOHAI (Museum of History and Family Foundation Endowed Chair in 5 INVESTORS CIRCLE real estate professional. Industry). Guests mingled while 11 3M CHAPTER 1 CHICAGO ALUMNI celebrating summer in the city with Marketing, who spoke on “The Power RECEPTION On May 9, the 3M Corporate Chapter SOCIAL unbeatable views of Lake Union. of Social Influence.” The annual Investors Circle Reception kicked off its second-annual Carlson Our Chicago area alumni met again this 7 was held at Orchestra Hall on May 4. THRIVING AS A School Day at a 3M faculty symposium. summer for the Chicago Alumni Social, Investors Circle members gathered to PROFESSIONAL OF This half-day event included hosted by Beth and John Hartmann, ’84 9 UNITEDHEALTH 3 DALLAS-FORT WORTH celebrate their support for the Carlson COLOR IN THE presentations from renowned Carlson BSB and ’87 JD. The group of alumni and GROUP CHAPTER ALUMNI SOCIAL School. Guests heard school updates TWIN CITIES faculty and leaders. 3M employees current students gathered to welcome On May 15, alumna and executive coach At Home Group, Inc. CFO Judd Nystrom, and inspiring testimonials from featured and alumni were able to take part in incoming freshmen from the Chicago area This year, the Carlson School hosted Roshini Rajkumar, ’97 JD, spoke to ’96 BSB, graciously hosted the first-ever speakers Dean Sri Zaheer; Wendy discussions on analytics, innovation, to the Carlson School’s class of 2022. a new event in partnership with members of the U of M and Carlson Carlson School Alumni Social in Dallas. Nelson; and Ashley Ver Burg Soukup, and decision making, and learn about MOSAIC, an MBA student organization alumni network at UnitedHealth Alumni from the area gathered at Mesero ’18 MBA, before attending the Minnesota what exciting new initiatives are ahead aimed at advancing the presence and Group/Optum on tips from her book to reconnect with the Carlson School Orchestra’s performance of American for the Carlson School. 2 NEW YORK awareness of diverse professionals in Communicate That! Your Toolbox for community and hear remarks from Voices: Copland, Bernstein, and Barber. ALUMNI SOCIAL the business community. The event, Powerful Presence. Dean Sri Zaheer. Carlson School alumni, current students, Thriving as a Professional of Color in the 12 BEST BUY CHAPTER and friends in the New York City area Twin Cities, featured a panel of alumni, 6 REAL ESTATE 10 CARLSON WOMEN gathered at the historic Lotos Club in 4 including Jeninne McGee, ’90 MBA; Carlson School Senior Lecturer Rand Park May to reconnect with the Carlson School DC ALUMNI SOCIAL NETWORKING SOCIAL Nii Quaye, ’92 MBA; and Joffrey Wilson, CONNECT presented “Doing Good and Doing Well: community. The event was hosted by Alumni in Washington, D.C. gathered On June 19, the Carlson School, in ’99 BSB, who each spoke about their On June 20, fellow women in the Business Ethics and Corporate Social Robert J. Kueppers, ’76 BSB, and featured this past March at the National Press partnership with Alumni Board President experience being a person of color in Carlson School community celebrated Responsibility” to the U of M Alumni Professor Vlad Griskevicius, the Carlson Club for our annual D.C. Alumni Social. Brian Milovich, ’00 BSB, and Board of the professional world. the fourth year of Carlson Women Network at Best Buy on May 4.

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1950s to live through his work at Major League The University of Texas at Engineers, transitioning LLC in Tonka Bay, Minnesota. Jennifer Laible, Tim Swanson, ’99 MBA, is CSM and other community Baseball and Austin McCombs School of ownership to Steven Carleton, Their passion for woodwork ’98 BSB and senior vice president of After many years of teaching involvements. the Major Business named Eric Hirst, ’16 MBA. Under the new started with a fun project to ’02 MBA, was Frandsen Bank & Trust in finance at the University of League Players ’92 PhD, as senior associate ownership, Rani Engineering build a dining room table and among The Baxter, Minnesota. Washington and Willamette Association named dean for academic affairs. will remain a DBE and MBE eventually transpired into a (Real) Power University in Oregon, Stephen 1970s Philip LaPorte, ’83 BSB, as a and also become a Veteran- viable business focusing on 50 of 2018 honored by Archer, ’58 PhD, retired in 2000s The President and CEO of member of its salary arbitration Laurie Kirsch, ’92 PhD, Owned Small Business. custom woodwork. Minnesota Business Magazine. 1996, recently published a Chicago-based Via Strategy panel for the upcoming 2018 was recently named vice The magazine recognized The co-founder of Penny’s book titled The Mind and the Group, Jim Treleaven, ’73 salary arbitration hearings that provost for faculty affairs, Kyle Rolfing, ’94 MBA, along Andrew Block, ’95 MA-HRIR, her for being a remarkable Coffee,Dean Phillips, ’00 Stock Market. MBA, wrote X-Formation: will be held in Phoenix, Arizona. development, and diversity at with fellow U of M alum is executive vice president, player in the Minnesota MBA, was recognized by Transforming Business This is Arbitrator LaPorte’s third the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Tom Valdivia, was chief human resources officer business community through Twin Cities Business as one through Interim Executive season serving on the MLB and recognized by Twin Cities at ABM Industries in New York. her work at Antenna, a of The TCB 100: People to 1960s Eric Olson, ’92 PhD, is serving Leadership. X-Formation is the MLBPA salary arbitration panel. Business as one of its 100 marketing advisory council Know in 2018. Phillips was as the interim dean for the Sarah Grauze, ’95 MBA, Louis Nanne, ’63 BSB, was first comprehensive guide to People to Know in 2018. based in Minneapolis. recognized for being a pioneer College of Business at the is treasurer and vice president, honored by Minnesota the dynamic field of interim The Northern Star Council Rolfing was honored in the in the Minnesota community, University of Colorado, finance, at 3M. Business Magazine as one of executive leadership. recognized Jim Miller, ’83 MBA, “pioneers” category for being Geoff Bell, ’99 PhD, was from his time working at Colorado Springs. its (Real) Power 50 of 2018, with the 2017 Spurgeon Award, a co-founder of Bright Health, awarded the 2017-18 Horace Phillips Distilling, to becoming recognizing him for getting honoring him for continuing to a startup that reduces costs Copeland Buhl & Company T. Morse—University CenterPoint Energy PLLP has promoted Jason chairman at Talenti Gelato, things done and being a leader 1980s be an outstanding leader within by partnering with health of Minnesota Alumni and finally founding Penny’s. in the Minnesota business the community and serving as a appointed Christe Singleton, providers in a given area. Frick, CPA, CFE, ’98 BSB, Association Award for Tor Guimaraes, ’81 PhD, was ’92 BSB, as the vice president to partner. Copeland Buhl world through his work at role model for young people. Outstanding Contributions to Frank Schultz, ’01 PhD, was awarded the Excellence in of the Louisiana/Mississippi is a CPA firm located in RBC Wealth Management. Steve Benson, ’95 MBA, and Undergraduate Education. He recently named a distinguished Research Award 2016-17 for his Region. In this new role, Wayzata, Minnesota. This February, his wife, Patti Benson, opened is an associate professor at the teaching fellow at the Haas outstanding contributions to Singleton is responsible Founder, Tony Youga, ’83 Excelsior Sawdust Company, Labovitz School of Business School of Business, University Tennessee Tech University’s for gas operations and new benefactor, and MBA, set out to and Economics in Duluth. of California-Berkeley. current board College of Business. bike 3,000 miles market growth. member of the cross-country Molly Jungbauer, ’88 BSB, Gary S. Holmes from San Diego, California to Minnesota Business Magazine was among Minnesota Business Center for Entrepreneurship St. Augustine, Florida in an included Chris Carlisle, ’93 Magazine’s (Real) Power 50 BSB and ’98 MBA, as one of Gary Holmes, ’69 BSB, was effort to raise money to support of 2018, honoring members Carlson School honored by the Northern Star Sierra Vista Child & Family its (Real) Power 50 honorees. for being linchpins in their Council as the recipient of its Services. With the help and Carlisle was acknowledged companies and leaders in their Community Builder Award. support of his wife, Patty, he was on the list for his outstanding industries. Jungbauer was The award recognized Holmes’ able to make the trek in 41 days, work at Gray Plant Mooty, recognized for her outstanding commitment to making our and raised over $50,000 for the longest-standing law work at Hollstadt Consulting. community a better place Sierra’s “Every Child Deserves firm in Minneapolis. a Dream” campaign. Blake Herring, ’93 MA- MA-HRIR Alumni Dinner 1990s HRIR, joined the Taylor KWS SAAT named Natalia Corporation Lysyj Rieland, ’90 MA-HRIR, in January 2018 as vice as head of human resources president of human North America. KWS is based in resources, working out of Einbeck, Germany, and has been Minnetonka. breeding crops for more than 160 years. It is one of the world’s Ron Branch, ’94 MA-HRIR, leading seed producers. is human resources manager and business partner at George Hadjiyanis, ’92 MBA, Wheels, Inc. in Chicago. has been hired as chief revenue officer leading sales and This March, Rani Engineering, marketing at the i.e. network On May 22, a group of MA-HRIR alumni gathered for dinner founded by Susan Park in Minneapolis. in Princeton, New Jersey. Alumni in attendance were (left Rani, ’94 MBA, joined forces Merchandise and apparel available for purchase online or in person at the to right) James Parker, ’05 MA-HRIR; Julie Fraunhoffer, with Progressive Consulting University of Minnesota Bookstores located in Coffman Memorial Union. ’02 BSB, ’07 MA-HRIR; Jonelle Parker, ’07 MA-HRIR; Justin Grgurich, ’07 MA-HRIR; Anne Obst; and Lindsay Wenzel, ’16 carlsonschoolstore.com MA-HRIR. Submit a Class Note » Notes and photos can be submitted to carlsonschool.umn.edu/share.

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2000s continued Heather Daniels Cariveau, Former Carlson offers national pet industry Yunyun Zheng, ’15 MA-HRIR, continue to retire. In the ’06 MA-HRIR, is senior vice Digital Marketing management and modeling Eric Jing—Outstanding Achievement Award is APAC human resources article, Boomer, president of Eric Walden, ’02 PhD, was president of global HR at Executive Alissa strategies for early-stage analytics and HRIS projects Twin City Hardware, discusses named a Texas Tech University AngioDynamics in New York. Montbriand, ’08 to established businesses In December, leader at Air Liquide in the impact this has had on Integrated Scholar, the school’s MBA, purchased using methods that have Eric Jing, ’05 Shanghai City, China. his company’s construction highest honor. Jason Grosz, ’06 MA-HRIR, Pacifier, the homegrown baby made ADOGO so successful. MBA, received projects and hiring processes. is vice president human boutique with four Twin Cities Sturgess was also recently the University Mie Johansen, ’16 MA-HRIR, Anna Kyllonen, ’03 MA-HRIR, resources, global healthcare locations. She says she plans recognized as one of Twin of Minnesota is a human resources

is a human resources leader at Ecolab in St. Paul. to expand the retailer’s digital Cities Business’ 100 People Outstanding business partner at Hertz in Engagements, at Calyxt in New Brighton, presence and broaden product to Know in 2018. Achievement Award Minneapolis. Marriages, Births, Julie Rath, ’06 MBA, is Minnesota. categories. (OAA). The OAA is and Deaths vice president, customer Sarah Denn, ’16 Stephanie Grimm, ’09 PhD, the highest honor Rutgers Business School experience planning at BSB, used her Jake Podobinski, ’05 BSB, and Alvin Schexnider, ’08 MA- was awarded the Julie Hays the University gives named Ashwani Monga, ’04 American Airlines in Fort prior experience Melissa Burns welcomed baby HRIR, is senior director Teaching Award at the Opus to graduates who PhD, as vice dean, academic Worth, Texas. working at the James in the spring of 2018. of operations at Erie College of Business, University have achieved programs and innovations. 2014 Sochi Neighborhood House in of St. Thomas in St. Paul. extraordinary Erika (Bledsoe) Berndt, ’07 Olympics as well as at the Richard Lindgren, ’49 BSB, Chicago. distinction in their James Parker, ’05 MA-HRIR, MA-HRIR, is head of human Co-Founder and CEO of commissioner’s office for Major passed away at the age of 90 field, and have demonstrated exceptional achievement and is vice president of talent and resources at HTC Americas The owner of five-star ADOGO Morning Consult in Washington, League Baseball to help her in in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. leadership on a community, state, national, or international organization development at in Seattle. pet hotels, John Sturgess, ’08 D.C. Michael Ramlet, ’09 her role at Super Bowl LII this He was a beloved husband level. Jing was honored for his exceptional work as CEO of Church & Dwight, Co., Inc. MBA, is making his next move BSB, has been nominated year. Denn works as a tour and to his wife Lois for 67 years, Ant Financial Services Group. in New York. Lauren D’Cruz, ’08 BSB, is an into the pet industry with a as a finalist for this year’s EY guest experience coordinator father of two children, and attorney at Schaefer Halleen,Wells Fargoconsultancy presents and management Entrepreneur of the Year for SMG, the company who grandfather of three. LLC in Minneapolis. company called RetrieveOne award. The awards program manages U.S. Bank Stadium. Craig Seitel, ’86 BA, ’88 MBA, Advisors. RetrieveOne recognizes entrepreneurs Theodore R. Rosenberg Rihm Kenworth named passed away in April. Craig was st who are excelling in areas Junior Faculty Fellow by Josephine Brookes, ’14 MA- Fox News 9 1 Tuesday featured Ben the former president of the such as innovation, financial the Virginia Tech Board HRIR, as a human resources Carlson School Alumni Board. performance, and personal Boomer, ’18 DINE, NETWORK, AND LEARN WITH RENOWNED of Visitors. The fellowship representative in Minneapolis. He also served on the Carlson commitment to their MBA, in a recent BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. was established in 2004 to School Board of Overseers Wells Fargo presents businesses and communities. Jackie Korpela, ’14 MA-HRIR, story about provide faculty support for the and was the founder of the is a human resources generalist the shortage of construction Pamplin College of Business New York Alumni Chapter. at Planned Parenthood workers as baby boomers and to recognize teaching and Wells Fargo presents st 2010s UPCOMING1 Tuesday 2015 SPEAKERS research excellence. Minnesota, North Dakota, Kuldeep Dhar, ’10 MBA, was South Dakota in Minneapolis. 1stTuesday KaywinDINE, NETWORK, Feldman AND LEARN WITH RENOWNEDMay 5 honored as a Fast 100 by Cintas named Frank Deutsch, DirectorBUSINESS & President, AND Minneapolis COMMUNITY Institute LEADERS. of Arts ’12 MA-HRIR, labor relations Tesla recently hired DINE, NETWORK, AND LEARN WITH RENOWNED the U.S. Pan Asian American BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. Chamber of Commerce for director in Minneapolis. Caleb Moore, ’14 MA-HRIR, HubertUPCOMING Joly SPEAKERSJune 2 as a senior human resources CEO, Best Buy the growth of his company Bancsoft. This honor highlights Michael Stanfield, ’12 MA- business partner in UPCOMING 2015 SPEAKERS UPCOMING 2015 SPEAKERS HRIR, is associate relations San Francisco. Asha Sharma August 4 the country’s 100 fast-growing Kaywin Feldman May 5 specialist at DENSO in Battle Director & President, Minneapolis Institute of Arts Asian American-owned COO,Kaywin Porch Feldman May 5 Nick Nobbe, ’14 Director & President, Minneapolis Institute of Arts companies, based on the Creek, Michigan. Hubert Joly June 2 Hubert Joly November 6, 2018 BSB, recently CEO, Best Buy Dimitrios SmyrniosChairman and CEO September 1 percentage of revenue growth CEO, Schwan Food Company June 2 GoDaddy hired Sam Kemp, ’13 launched Create your legacy at the U Asha Sharma August 4 Hubert JolyBest Buy over the past two fiscal years COO, Porch CEO, Best Buy BSB, as the vice president of Relamp, a ______of operation. A gift of any size in your will or trust is a meaningful Dimitrios Smyrnios September 1 Ken Bouyer October 6 investor relations and strategy. Minneapolis- way to support the U beyond your lifetime. You can CEO, Schwan Food Company AmericasAsha Sharma Director of Inclusiveness Recruiting, August 4 The 1st Tuesday Speaker Series Steve Furlong, ’10 MBA, is based company that invented also name the U as a beneficiary of a retirement Ken Bouyer October 6 ErnstCOO, & Porch Young Taylor Smithyman, ’13 BSB, Americasconvenes Director of Inclusiveness Twin Recruiting, Cities’ professionals a mortgage specialist with the printed light bulb. Through plan, life insurance policy, or other account. Ernst & Young became a partner at Financial to address hot topics in business, Dimitrios Smyrnios September 1 Twin Cities-based Mortgages Relamp, Nobbe hopes to add CEO,McNamara Schwan Food Alumni Company Center, University of Minnesota Impact Advisors in January Contact us today at 612-624-3333 or visit McNamaramanagement, Alumni Center, University and of Minnesota leadership. 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