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Business Advisory Council

The mission of the Linfield University Business Advisory Council is to provide to the School of Business:

  • Professional, external program review
  • Strategic direction
  • Advocacy and development

Meet our council members

From the community

  • Clay Cooper ’12, partner/wealth management advisor, Clearview Financial Partners
  • Jeff Dunbar ’00, managing director, Blackrock
  • John Ermatinger ’75, Strategic Advisor, Zliide (Denmark)
  • Jenny Evers ’96, vice president of global sourcing and product development, Pendleton Woolen Mills
  • Brian Gerritz ’98, president, Pavilion Construction
  • Dustin Greer ’01, vice president/corporate controller, Satellogic
  • Kellanne Henry ’83, director of asset management, SMARTCAP, Inc.
  • Sean Hoar ’80, partner and chair of cybersecurity team, Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, LLP
  • Wahida Khan ’86, US Head of Talent Management, Baker McKenzie
  • Ann Klein ’08, president, Majoris Health Systems Oregon, Inc.
  • Chanda Leger ’98, director of workplace benefits, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
  • Cinthia Manuel ’05, CEO/Founder, Autentica Consulting
  • Craig Ostbo ’15, CEO, Oh! Strategic Branding
  • Katie Paullin ’03, chief marketing officer, Moda Health
  • Graham Petersen ’03, shareholder, Geffen Mesher and Company, PC
  • Jack Phan, NOD ’04, CEO, AirDeck
  • Rachelle Quinn ’99, vice president of risk adjustment, Kaiser Permanente
  • Kent Sasaki ’07, partner and senior vice president, USI Insurance Services

From the School of Business faculty 

  • Jennifer Madden, dean of the School of Business, Paul S. Barber Chair of Design & Innovation,
    professor of management
  • Virlena Crosley ’89, associate provost, associate dean, associate professor of business
  • Christopher Dahlvig, associate professor of business
  • Denise Farag ’88, associate dean, graduate program & new initiatives, associate professor of business law
  • Madeleine Romero, associate professor of practice
  • Gayatree Sarma, assistant professor of practice
  • Rainer Seitz, assistant professor of business 
  • Ken Smith, associate professor of business
  • Erin Lutz, visiting assistant professor
  • Khari Jones, visiting assistant professor
  • Anna Maria Ponzi, director of the Linfield Center for Wine Education
  • Alex Fredrickson, assistant professor of practice
  • Meghan Hall, assistant professor of practice

From the Linfield University administration

  • Rebecca Johnson, interim president
  • Joseph Hunter, vice president of university advancement
  • Scott Bernard Nelson ’94, chief marketing officer/associate VP for strategic communications