Dean’s Advisory Board

About the board

The expanded School of Business Dean’s Advisory Board provides strategic guidance, helps build external partnerships and deepens the school’s relationship with the business community. Spanning manufacturing, retail, aerospace, accounting, telecommunications, design, software, services, healthcare and consulting, volunteer board members bring their rich experience and broad expertise to bear on the advice they provide the school. We cannot thank them enough for their generous commitment and look forward to collaboratively building a great future for our students and the region.

Chair

Tony Gepner
Director Program Management, Oracle

Members

Harshul Asnani
SVP & Business Head- Technology Business and West Coast, Tech Mahindra

Dustin Birashk
Partner, Moss Adams

Kathleen Carroll
Chief People Officer, EquipmentShare

Yi Ping (Y.P.) Chan
Principal, Chanden, Inc.
Owner and CEO, Avidian Technologies

Aseem Datar
Corporate Vice President AI, Microsof t

Kristie Duffin
CTO, Cascade Asset Management

R. Brooks Gekler, Executive in Residence
Former CVP Corporate Development/M&A, General Mills

Tony Gepner
Director Program Management, Oracle

Tom Goos
President & Co-Owner, Image Source

Lisa Hufford, Emeritus

Gerald Jackson
Vice President and Chief Evangelist, Oracle

Albert Jalso
Managing Principal, SkyRiver Advisors

Mark Kim
Senior Director, Boeing

Julie Kouhia, Emeritus

Dhiresh Kumar
Senior Vice President, Tech Mahindra

George Lampe
Director, Revenue Accounting, T-Mobile

Pritam Parvatkar
Chief Alliance Officer, AlonOS

Lisa Sharples (Immediate Past Chair), Emeritus
Co-Founder & CEO, Relish

Mathew Sutorius
Shareholder, Clark Nuber

Sharmila Swenson
Vice President of Public Affairs and Social Impact, Symetra Life Insurance Company

Daniel Terry, Entrepreneur in Residence
Founder & Principal Development Technologies, LLC

Jason William Therrell
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management, Portfolio Manager, UBS

Ken Williams, Emeritus
Tax Principal in Charge, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

Rob Wright
Founder & President, Wright Wealth Management

Katie Young
Senior Vice President, Store Operations, Starbucks

Katrina Zamets
West Region Executive Seattle Office Lead, Avanade