Mr. Troy Barnett, CFA is currently a Partner at the Chicago private equity firm Adams Street Partners. He specializes in the sourcing and execution of secondary investments. He also actively participates in all fund investment decisions at Adams Street. Prior to joining Adams Street Partners in 2004, Mr. Barnett worked at NIMCO and William Blair …
Blanton Bartlett was the President of Hannibal Industries, Inc., (Hannibal) a company that designed, developed and manufactured material handling products in Los Angeles and Houston. He was the President for 22 years and the Vice President of Finance for 10 years. Blanton was responsible for managing all executive decisions and key policy implementations at Hannibal. …
Lynda Borucki is a financial economist at the Brattle Group in Boston, Massachusetts. She provides advice and develops expert testimony on the application of corporate finance and economics for litigation and strategic engagements. Her projects have included the development and critique of damage claims, the valuation of assets, businesses and securities, cost of capital / …
Collin Brinkman is a Managing Director in the Cloud Consulting Practice of Deloitte. He also is the Lead Client Service Partner for two global clients headquartered in Minnesota. In addition to his client service roles, Mr. Brinkman is Deloitte’s Lead University Partner responsible for the firm’s overall relationship with the University of Wisconsin—Madison. Prior to joining …
Dr. Douglas W Caves was co-founder and co-owner of the Madison-based economic consulting firm of Christensen Associates, where he continues to serve as Vice-Chairman and member of the Board. He holds Ph. D in economics from the University of Wisconsin, and has published a number of papers on the theoretical and practical measurement of efficiency …
Dr. Laurits R (Lau) Christensen earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. From 1967 to 1987 Dr. Christensen was Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin—Madison. During that time, he published 65 articles in leading economic journals and established himself as …
Mr. Sean Cleary is the President of Cleary Holdings Inc., Cleary Building Corp., Cleary Real Estate, and Cleary Transport LLC. Cleary Building Corp. is a manufacturing and construction company of pre-engineered structures with 82 office locations and 3 manufacturing plant locations in the United States. Sean also owns and manages four real estate limited liability …
Dick Davies currently serves as an independent strategy consultant to asset managers and investors in the investment management industry. Until yearend 2016, Davies was a Senior Managing Director with AllianceBernstein, responsible for the overall leadership and strategic direction of AB’s global defined contribution and multi-asset businesses. He previously served as co-head of Institutions for the firm’s North America Client Group while leading …
Mr. DeWahl is President and Chief Executive Officer of Ischemix, Inc., a privately-held drug development company which he joined in 2013. He was previously Vice President of Corporate Development for Helix Therapeutics, Inc., a private company utilizing DNA repair technology licensed from Yale University to treat patients with genetically-based diseases. Mr. DeWahl is also a …
Susan Fancher most recently served as Senior Vice President of Marketing for Connections Education, a division of Pearson and a leader in online learning for students in grades K-12. Ms. Fancher directed branding and advertising, direct and online marketing, grassroots outreach, public relations, and marketing research and analytics. During her tenure the company grew from …