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Advisory Board

The Polsky Center is proud to have a distinguished advisory board, made up of the country's leading entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and private equity investors who provide ongoing guidance and support to the center.

The Polsky Center Advisory Board meets twice annually and gives generously in both time and financial support to advance the center's goals and activities.

  • David K. Beecken, '70, Managing Director, Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company, LLC
  • Stephen S. Beitler, Senior Managing Director, Dunrath Capital
  • Eric Belcher, '95, President and CEO, InnerWorkings, Inc.
  • Roger L. Blume, '67, CEO, Quickway Carriers, Inc. 
  • Ellen Carnahan, '84, Managing Director, Machrie Enterprises LLC
  • Keith L. Crandell, '88, Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners
  • Steven M. Dresner, '82, President, Dresner Capital Resources
  • Merrick (Rick) M. Elfman, '83, Managing Partner, Sterling Capital Partners
  • Donald W. Hamer, '58, Chairman, State of the Art Inc.
  • Susan Hapak, '89, President, Current Technologies Inc. and Adjunct Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
  • Edward L. Kaplan, '70, Chairman and CEO, Zebra Technologies Corporation
  • Steven N. Kaplan, Neubauer Family Professor of Entrepreneurship & Finance and Faculty Advisor of the Polsky Center
  • Rattan Lal Khosa, '79, President and Founder, AMSYSCO Inc.
  • Michael C. Krauss, AB '75, MBA '76, Managing Principal, Market Strategy Group
  • William A. Miller, '67, President, Miller Strategic Consulting, LLC
  • Guy P. Nohra, '89, General Partner, Alta Partners
  • John T. F. Oxaal, '81, Partner, Sevin Rosen Funds
  • Michael P. Polsky, '87, President and CEO, Invenergy, LLC
  • John F. Richards, MBA '72, MA '95, President, Crabtree Ventures, LLC
  • Ellen A. Rudnick, '73, Executive Director of the Polsky Center and Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship
  • John W. Rutledge, '94, Founder, President & CEO, Oxford Capital Group, LLC and Oxford Hotels & Resorts
  • Ronald E. Tarrson, '72, President, RET Butler Communications, LLC
  • Immanuel Thangaraj, AB '92, MBA '93, Managing Director, Essex Woodlands Health Ventures
  • James Tyree, Senior Vice President, Abbott Laboratories
  • Vijay R. Vashee, '77, Founding Chairman, TiE Seattle 
  • John R. Willis, '74, Cofounder and Managing Partner, Willis Stein & Partners
  • Paul G. Yovovich, AB '74, MBA '75, President and Principal, Lake Capital Management
  • Donna Zarcone, '87, President and CEO, D. F. Zarcone & Associates