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SUMMER 2017
TIPPIE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

MAGAZINE

INSIDE 10 External Funding Increasingly
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Important and On the Rise
Celebrating Our Success The amount of funding brought in by research
pursuits in the college has risen by a factor of three
Thanks to the Tippie College’s alumni, friends, faculty, since 2013-14.
staff, and corporate partners, the college has met
its $125 million comprehensive campaign goal. By Jennifer Wagner

By Lesanne B. Fliehler 13 Finishing Her MBA Degree

8 All Because of a Fortune Cookie 7,700 Miles from Home
Iris Hui began her MBA studies in Hong Kong
How a fortune cookie set in motion the creation and is finishing it on campus.
of the Tippie Society.
By Lesanne B. Fliehler
By Sara O’Leary

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COVER Story

T he Tippie College of Business community
came out in force to support the college during
the most recently completed UI comprehensive
campaign, For Iowa. Forever More. The campaign,
which raised $1.975 billion to support the university,
included $126.6 million for the college.

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The college’s bucket list — its campaign
goals — covered all areas, including support
for faculty, students, programs, and facilities:

b. Student Support: $27.4 million
b. Program Support: $27.4 million
b. Faculty Support: $16.1 million
b. Facility Support: $2.4 million

“I can’t stress enough the INCREASED NEED the use of private support
importance of each and every FOR FACULTY in the form of fellowships,
gift,” says Sarah Fisher Gardial, SUPPORT professorships, and chairs.
dean of the college. “All gifts Unrestricted funds from private
combined will truly help us One of the college’s important donations have also become
make transformational changes requests was for faculty support. increasingly important in
within the college. The college recent years as state support
is already feeling the impact of “It has become very obvious to has decreased,” he says.
these gifts, and we’re so indebted me how important private funds
to our alumni, faculty, staff, are to the Tippie College of Among the many alumni who
and friends for their support.” Business,” says Kurt Anstreicher, stepped up to support Tippie
senior associate dean of the faculty members through their
college. “In particular, we would gifts were Linda (BA68) and
never be able to hire and retain Dale (BBA68) Baker, president
our tenured faculty without of Baker Healthcare Consulting.

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Cover story continued

Spencer Anderson (BBA09,
MBA13), Young Alumni Board
fundraising chair

“Because of this Their gifts allowed the college to offer GIFTS CREATE
funding, I know increased summer research support to
the college cares assistant professors. For many, summer NEW FUNDS
about and is the perfect time to work on research
supports the without interruption. More than 2,000 gifts the UI Foundation
research activities received were from first-time givers, and
of its junior Because of the financial support assistant some gifts created newly endowed funds,
faculty members.” professor Samuel Melessa received last ranging from gifts for faculty support
summer, he was able to devote all of his and student scholarships to funds that will
– Sang Hak Le, “time and attention to making progress support study abroad and experiential
on my research agenda.” For example, learning experiences for students.
assistant professor he completed revisions and submitted
of marketing a paper to the Journal of Accounting and One new gift came from the college’s
Economics, worked with co-authors from Young Alumni Board (YAB) members.
Iowa and Nebraska on another working
paper regarding the growth in the length For the past five years, 100% of the
of annual reports over the past century, YAB board members have contributed
and spent time working closely with to the college through the UI Foundation.
doctoral students Olivia Huseman on The new fund takes their giving to
her dissertation and with Wei Chen another level — the board pledged
on several joint research projects as $50,000 to support alumni programming
well as his dissertation. and engagement activities in the
Undergraduate Program.
Summer funding is critical, says Sang
Hak Le, assistant professor of marketing. “From our perspective, giving back to
It not only provides the financial means the college has been a priority, especially
to move his research projects forward, to get to 100% participation,” says
but it motivates him emotionally. Spencer Anderson (BBA09, MBA13),
YAB fundraising chair and manager
“Because of this funding, I know the of basketball administration with the
college cares about and supports the Indiana Pacers. “Late last year we learned
research activities of its junior faculty that the college hadn’t quite met its
members. The fact that I belong to campaign goal, and given the competitive
an institution that values and supports nature of most business students, we
my research is always encouraging and wanted to make sure we helped put the
very meaningful to me,” he says. college over the top.”

Giving back and showing the impact
that young alumni can have are points

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“The Trevor Schauenberg
Global Internship Fund will
make study-abroad experiences
for students more accessible
and will, I hope, broaden
their educational experiences
and help shape how they
view the world.”

– Trevor Schauenberg (BBA91),

president and CEO of GE
Capital Industrial Finance

of pride for the YAB, but the board Trevor Schauenberg (BBA91), who “I can’t stress
is also proud that they are contributing today is president and CEO of GE Capital enough the
to the success of current and future Industrial Finance in Chicago, knew importance of
students. The gift will be used for working abroad for a summer internship each and every
student services such as career readiness was something he wanted to do, but it gift. All gifts
programs, current YAB mentoring was a struggle to make it happen. combined will
programs, and for alumni engagement truly help us make
activities, which will encourage young “I started to look around for resources transformational
alumni to stay connected to the college at the university, and my best find was in changes within
and to give back. the basement of Phillips Hall in the small the college. The
library there,” he says. “I found a tiny college is already
“Making the transition from being brochure where I learned about how feeling the impact
a student to being a successful young to obtain a working visa for London.” of these gifts, and
professional is one key activity the we’re so indebted
board supports, and this gift will help After writing 50 letters to financial firms to our alumni,
us sustain that,” Anderson says. “While and banks in London, he received two faculty, staff,
we’re making an impact today, board internship opportunities — one with and friends for
members years from now will be able PricewaterhouseCoopers and one with their support.”
to direct funds to adapt to students’ Merrill Lynch. – Sarah Fisher Gardial,
needs in the future.” (To give to the
YAB, visit givetoiowa.org/yab.) “I chose Merrill Lynch and received dean of the
a paid summer internship. At the time, Tippie College
MORE STUDY-ABROAD I didn’t know anyone else who was of Business
OPPORTUNITIES doing something like that.”
AVAILABLE TODAY Summer 2017 b 5
Schauenberg returned to the United
Typically, about 20% of Tippie students States a changed person, he says.
participate in an international experience
before graduating — and the college “In Merrill Lynch’s Central European
wants that to increase. Private Banking Group, I worked with
people from all around the world,”
Thanks to the recent comprehensive he says. “Just being exposed to how
campaign, there are new funds to make it other people think and are motivated
a reality for more students. One gift came was invaluable. Plus, I learned to listen
from an alumnus whose life was enriched and understand people more, and that
in many ways due to study abroad. made me a different person.”

Throughout his leadership roles with
GE Capital, Schauenberg has lived

MOST SUCCESSFUL overseas for about six years and has traveled abroad many
FUNDRAISING times throughout his 26 years with the company. When he
CAMPAIGN TO DATE became the lead recruiter for Iowa, he came to the University
of Iowa twice a year to recruit students for the company’s
The For Iowa. Forever More. financial management program. He found few had
comprehensive campaign is the most international experiences or weren’t very mobile.
successful fundraising campaign in “Many students hadn’t left the Midwest, hadn’t traveled
the history of the University of Iowa. outside the United States, or even had the travel bug,” he says.
More than 272,000 UI alumni and “GE Capital is a company with many global locations, and we
friends — enough to fill Kinnick Stadium want employees to move among those locations, so the more
nearly four times — contributed more students have traveled, the more receptive they are to leaving
than $1.975 billion to help the UI remain the Midwest. The Trevor Schauenberg Global Internship Fund
at the forefront of education, research, will make study-abroad experiences for students more accessible
and health care. and will, I hope, broaden their educational experiences and
help shape how they view the world.”
Donors from 99 Iowa counties, 50
states, and 76 countries contributed UPDATING OUR FACILITIES
to the campaign, directing their gifts
to benefit the areas of the university When was the last time you stepped foot in the Pomerantz
they care about most and helping the Business Library in the Pappajohn Business Building? You may
UI pass its $1.7 billion goal. This support remember you needed to walk through turnstiles, check out
includes undergraduate and graduate materials from someone at the desk, or wait until 8 a.m. for
scholarship funds, new faculty chairs it to open. When you visit campus in 2018, you’ll be surprised
and professorships, funds that support at the renovations.
vital research and academic programs, For the past two years, the college has considered renovations
exceptional performing, visual arts and to the Pappajohn Business Building that would allow for more
creative writing programs, and Hawkeye group study spots, collaborative areas, and spaces “to relax in,”
student-athletes and programs. says Jim Chaffee, assistant dean of information technology
and facilities.
More than half of the contributors “Education is very different today than when the building was
to the campaign gave $100 or less, opened in the spring of 1994,” Chaffee says. “We knew we would
totaling $4.6 million and showing the eventually have to modify some areas.”
collective power of the UI’s generous As part of the comprehensive campaign, the college received
donors. Thirty-two percent of donors several estate gifts to support the remodeling plans, and Kevin
are alumni, and 68 percent are Iowa (BBA80) and Donna Gruneich gave a lead gift of $1.25 million
friends, patients, and fans. Many (matched by Henry Tippie) for renovations to the Pomerantz
donors chose to invest their gifts in Business Library.
an endowment, with annual payouts The enhancements, which begin in June, will create more group
benefiting the university for future study spaces, lounge areas, standing laptop cubicles, and more
generations of students. traditional table seating. A new café will offer smoothies, espresso,
and other items yet to be determined. In addition, office space
“Our donors are helping to ensure the will be created for the Judith R. Frank Business Communications
UI continues its role as one of the top Center so students have easy access to peer tutors while working
public research universities in the nation on assignments in the library.
and as the state’s premier academic “The entire space will be wide open,” Chaffee says, “and students
medical center, with world-renowned will have access to the area 24 hours a day, without someone
arts programs and exceptional having to be at the checkout desk the entire time.
undergraduate and graduate programs,” “Our hope is that the space will be inviting to both faculty
said UI President Bruce Harreld. and students. Maybe a faculty member needs a coffee, runs into
“Private giving is crucial to our a student, and has the opportunity for a relaxed conversation
university’s success, and we are about class that day,” Chaffee says. “We hope the area pulls
incredibly thankful to everyone who in faculty and staff with students in a more robust way than
contributed to the campaign.” is currently possible.” b

Gifts to the Tippie College of Business
may be given online at givetoiowa.
org/business. b

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TOTAL GIFTS LARGE GIFTS

$126,617,523 39
NUMBER OF GIFTS
CAMPAIGN TOTAL EXCEEDING $1 MILLION

FOR IOWA. FOREVER MORE. THE U.S. REST OF THE WORLD

The Campaign for the University of Iowa 50 25 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
concludes as the most successful fundraising AMONG UI GIFT GIVERS
campaign in the history of the university. DONORS REPRESENTED
More than 272,000 UI alumni and friends ALL U.S. STATES
contributed $1.975 billion, surpassing the
$1.7 billion goal, to help the UI remain at the BUSINESS ALUMNI
forefront of education, research, health care,
and athletics. 11
More than 10,651 donors contributed a total of $127 million
to the Tippie College of Business, surpassing its $125 million
goal. Donors supported programs, centers and institutes,
faculty research, student scholarships, the Tippie Excellence
Fund, and facilities.

YOU GAVE WE’VE GROWN WE’RE GIVING BACK! PERCENT OF TIPPIE
ALUMNI WHO GAVE TO TIPPIE
DURING THE CAMPAIGN

TOTAL DONORS FIRST GIFTS FACILITIES GIFTS

11,3 0 0 + 2,046 $2.4 MILLION
GIFTS GIVEN TO BUSINESS FACILITIES
DONORS TO THE CAMPAIGN FIRST-TIME GIVERS

TIPPIE EXCELLENCE NEW ACCOUNTS TIPPIE EXCELLENCE

83 149 $5.8

PERCENTAGE OF TIPPIE FACULTY AND STAFF WHO TOTAL OF NEW MILLION
GAVE TO THE WE ARE PHIL CAMPAIGN ACCOUNTS ESTABLISHED
GIFTS TO THE
TIPPIE EXCELLENCE FUND

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“You’re not going to For Iowa. Forever More. campaign That call set in motion a
believe this,” he said. goal. At the close of the meeting, $15 million matching challenge
Henry didn’t give a definitive from the Tippies: Donors
It was summer 2014, and all eyes answer. It was a significant gift, who gave $1 million or more,
were on Henry Tippie (BSC49). and he and Patricia had a busy outright, to the college during
He and his wife, Patricia, along week ahead; he’d need some the remainder of the For Iowa.
with a small group from the time to think it over. Forever More. campaign would
University of Iowa, had just have their gifts matched.
finished lunch at Henry’s So they went to lunch. And
favorite Chinese restaurant then Henry opened that lone THE NEXT
in Austin, Texas. Henry was fortune cookie and erupted GENERATION OF
the last of the group to pluck into laughter. The message? LOYAL ALUMNI
a fortune cookie from the
middle of the table. He was “Giving makes you smile.” That visit to Austin and the
about to read his fortune aloud. ensuing fated fortune cookie
“It was a moment that could not (which, by the way, was not
The group, which included have been scripted in Hollywood; orchestrated), grew from a
Tippie College Dean Sarah everyone at our table nearly series of conversations between
Fisher Gardial, had met with fell to the floor,” says Dean Henry and Dean Gardial about
Henry in his office earlier Gardial. “And after I recovered, a campaign that was lagging.
that day to discuss a major I thought, ‘Wow. I think he’s And about who could step up
contribution to the college — going to do this.’” and become the next generation
one that would energize of transformational givers.
the college’s $125 million Henry called the very next
day and said, “I’m going to To complement the challenge,
do it. Here’s how it’s going the college established the Tippie
to work.” Society, a recognition group for
those who make an extraordinary
impact on the Tippie College
by giving $1 million or more.

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The society will live beyond Dore, a highly successful THE TIPPIE SOCIETY
the campaign, and the two businesswoman, wanted to
incentives were exactly the help attract top female MBA Membership in the Tippie Society
boost the campaign needed. candidates to Iowa and create recognizes donors who, in a single
programming to help them rise gift or commitment, give $1 million
“Our donors are business to leadership roles in business. or more to the Tippie College of
people,” says Dean Gardial. Business. Members are:
“They understand leverage, “This gift was crucial for the
and those who responded to the college,” she says. “As women b Mark and Melanie Albertin
challenge loved the idea of being move up the corporate ladder, b Robert C. and Amy L. Arzbaecher
able to double their impact.” we see a drop off in the b Dale and Linda Baker
percentage of women in b Mary H. and David Q. Bell
Donors did indeed step up and leadership roles. Our program b Alan G. and Diane M. Bunte
did so gladly. By the time the focuses on skills development, b Sue W. and Frank Cannon
campaign closed on December 31, networking, mentoring, and b Todd S. Caven
2016, the challenge resulted in building a community.” b Daniel W. Collins
a total of $30 million in gifts b Keith L. Cook and Sharon Kress
to the college, which provided The first cohort of women b Betty C. and Vernon Cox
critical funding for students, to complete the two-year b James C. and Mary B. Cozad
faculty, facilities improvements, leadership program graduated b Barbara A. Davis
and programming. this past May, and Blackhurst b Kathleen Dore and Keith Jepsen
notes “this unique and valuable b Helen G. and Keith Dunn
DEVELOPING experience would not have been b Janice and Bruce R. Ellig
FUTURE BUSINESS possible without the generous b Harris and Judith R. Frank
LEADERS support of its founders.” b Dennis F. and Bonnie J. Geer
b Kevin R. and Donna R. Gruneich
Jennifer Blackhurst is one of Dean Gardial also is grateful b Leonard A. and Marlene Hadley
the many faculty members who for the remarkable gifts this b Lorraine R. Hart
is grateful for this visionary challenge inspired. b Judelle Walke Havener and Gary Havener
collaboration. b H. John and Florence Hawkinson
“The Tippies, and those b Robert E. and Eleanor G. Henry
“It has been my honor and who responded to their call, b Robert T. and Emma Holmes
privilege to be a Tippie Research reenergized this campaign b Stanley and Helen Howe
Fellow,” Blackhurst says. “Support and were the reason that we b Kurt S. and Sandy S. Huneke
such as this makes working at the reached our campaign goal,” b Richard O. Jacobson
college so rewarding. It ensures says Gardial. “More important, b Francis E. and Muriel J. Jeffries
that my fellow faculty members our Tippie Society members b Roy G. Karro
and I have the resources we helped us set the bar higher. b Chris and Elise Klein
need, not only to develop ideas We’re the smallest school in b Thomas A. and Margaret M. Kloet
and tools to help companies the Big Ten, and we have the b Curtis K. and Carol Brindley Lane
thrive, but also help shape and lowest tuition. We are funded, b Michael and Julie Mahoney
develop our students into future through tuition and the state, b William Mann
business leaders.” to be good. We are not funded b John L. Miclot and Cathy Rinchetti
to be great. Support from our b Herbert E. and Lenore S. Miller
Blackhurst has seen the benefits alumni and friends is what b Barbara L. and H. Richard Montross Jr.
to students as well. One of the allows us to compete and to be b Bob and Kathy Nicolls
collaborative gifts established the best we can for our faculty b Lloyd J. and Thelma W. Palmer
a leadership program for women. and students.” b John and Mary Pappajohn
A gift from Tippie alumna b Amanda H. and David G. Pickering
Kathy Dore helped establish the And the bonus for donors? b Marvin A. and Rose Lee Pomerantz
Kathleen Dore-Henry Tippie MBA Well, it’s in the fortune cookie: b Dempsey J. and Mary T. Prappas
Women’s Leadership Program. Giving makes you smile. b b Frederick J. Ray
b Michael A. and Sandra R. Rocca
To learn more about joining the Tippie Society, please contact b O. Wayne Rollins Foundation
Greg Lamb, Executive Director of Development, UI Foundation, b Soumyo Sarkar and Chinyu Huang-Sarkar
319-467-3804, [email protected]. b Mark J. Smith
b Jerre L. and Mary Joy Stead
b Dennis R. and Margaret M. Stessman
b Scott L. and Elizabeth R. Taylor
b Henry B. and Patricia B. Tippie
b Erik M. and Rima J. Torgerson
b Carol N. Vavra
b Larry V. and Lori Wright

Summer 2017 b 9

Dave Frisvold sometimes On reflection, Frisvold normally chooses the sandwich with the lower
travels, and when he does, calorie count. And in doing so, he unwittingly becomes the subject
he typically ducks into a of his own research experiment.
popular restaurant chain for
black coffee and a breakfast Frisvold is the principal investigator for the largest grant received
sandwich. The calorie count in the modern history of the Tippie College of Business. A member
in the sandwiches — which of the Carver College of Medicine’s Obesity Research and Education
are posted in the menu —
range by a good amount. Initiative — a group of multidisciplinary
Some climb to 500 calories researchers positioned around the University
and others, depending on of Iowa — Frisvold is leading a $1.4 million
the ingredients, contain less project that examines how restaurants and
than 250. their patrons will respond to a national
law requiring all restaurants with 20 or

more locations to post calories of
standard menu items. The law took
effect on May 5.

“The intent of the law is consumers
should have more information to help
guide decisions,” says Frisvold, associate
professor of economics and Henry

B. Tippie Research Fellow. “We’re
examining whether customers,
armed with the knowledge of their
menu item calorie counts, will switch
up their orders or choose different
restaurants entirely.”

The amount brought in by funded
research pursuits like Frisvold’s
has risen significantly at Tippie
since 2013-14, according to Senior
Associate Dean Kurt Anstreicher,
and external funding is becoming
increasingly important. “We have
a very research-active faculty,” he
says. “But most of our people don’t
have outside funding as they are
working in areas where funding
doesn’t exist.”

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Kang Zhao, Zhao’s research concerns social network analysis
of large-scale data. “My research looks at individuals’
assistant professor of behaviors online to understand and predict
whether they will be able to quit smoking in their
management sciences offline life,” he says.
In collaborating with the Truth Initiative, a
Anstreicher points to three main reasons why nonprofit in Washington, D.C., Zhao and his team
funded research is more and more critical. First, utilize a text-mining technique that examines over
while business schools don’t internally use grants 1.5 million public posts or messages generated by
as primary indicators of success, faculty members over 675,000 people. “This kind of research allows
are often evaluated for promotion and tenure by early intervention for people who, given their
“external constituents” — that is, academic peers online behavior, appear that they will likely go
outside of the business school who typically put back to smoking,” he says.
a higher value on funded research. Second, a Tippie Professor Greg Stewart is also engaged with
reduction in state funding translates to a reduction a segment of health care. He is part of a nationwide
in graduate student funding. Grants help supply effort examining how health care can be improved
research assistantships, among other things. when individual patients are assigned long-term
Frisvold’s grant for instance, funds one full-time to interdisciplinary teams of coordinated health
graduate student and five undergraduates working care professionals, as opposed to a random
hourly. Third, the level of funded research is a high selection of doctors, nurses, and clerks for each
priority for the larger university, and especially for visit. His grant is funded by the U.S. Department
the UI Office of the Vice President for Research. of Veterans Affairs.
This “team,” says Stewart, consists of a doctor, two
“In the last five years, we have made a number nurses, and a clerk. “Often clerks are overlooked,”
of efforts to provide support for our faculty he says. “But they are the ones who initially
seeking these grants,” says Anstreicher. One such interface with the patients and
effort was creating a research support manager develop a human side
position, and in 2012 Sara Maples was hired to to health care that
help generate ideas and find sources of funding. is often missing.”

“I am here to help facilitate research,” says Maples. Dave Frisvold,
“I help break down administrative barriers, and associate professor of economics
to also help faculty members become aware there’s and Henry B. Tippie Research Fellow
a team member here to help them succeed.”
Summer 2017 b 11
The level of support varies among researchers.
For Assistant Professor Kang Zhao, Maples helped
review his initial budget and proposal, making
sure all requirements were met. Zhao succeeded
in receiving a major, highly competitive research
grant from the National Institutes of Health.

EXTERNAL Greg Stewart, Colbert hopes to develop a model that
FACULTY will categorize people’s stories on how
SUPPORT professor and Henry B. Tippie Research to deal with tough circumstances in
jobs they feel called to do. “We want to
Tippie College Professor of Management and Organizations learn from people who are resilient to
faculty who have stressors and continue to find meaning
received external The overall goal, he notes, is to have across their careers,” she says.
support in the members of each team work to the This particular grant is housed at
last five years top of their abilities and competencies. Notre Dame, where Colbert spent three
include: The latest studies suggest that using years before arriving in Iowa in 2007.
these teams results in higher quality She is the co-investigator. Most of her
Accounting health care for patients, higher funding goes toward supporting a Ph.D.
b Doug DeJong satisfaction ratings, and lower costs student — both his tuition and stipend
due to fewer emergency room visits are paid for out of the grant monies; she
Economics and hospital admissions. also employs a consultant in qualitative
b David E. Frisvold research. “I’m grateful to have others
b Nicolas Ziebarth “It’s very satisfying research,” says working with me on this project,” says
Stewart. “We are having an impact Colbert. “It’s important to have multiple
Finance on these vets by improving their lives.” perspectives on these difficult questions.”
b Tom Rietz Asked whether she finds her own work
Finding satisfaction in one’s work is meaningful, Colbert remains resolute.
Management a subject Tippie Professor Amy Colbert “Absolutely!” she smiles. “I’m inspired
and Organizations knows very well. She is in year three every day by the stories I hear from the
b Ken Brown of a $375,000 grant funded by the people I study. If our research can help
b Amy E. Colbert Templeton Religion Trust that focuses them thrive through challenges that
b Maria Kraimer on why people choose meaningful they face, then all my work will have
b Greg L. Stewart employment, and how people handle been worth it!” b
burn-out and stress while working
Management jobs to which they feel called. Amy Colbert,
Sciences professor of management
b Ann Campbell “My research examines this sense and organizations and
b Johannes Ledolter of ‘calling’… this sense of a broader Lloyd J. and Thelma W.
b Barrett Thomas contribution than what is just Palmer Research Fellow
b Kang Zhao immediately in front of us,” she says.
b Xun Zhou “We research the work of pastors,
relief workers, doctors, teachers.
Marketing We examine the challenges they
b Gary Gaeth face and are trying to figure out how
they can continue to focus on their
John Pappajohn profession and what’s really important
Entrepreneurial to them as opposed to burning out.”
Center
b Dimy Doresca

12 b UI Tippie College of Business

Tippie’s MBA Although the vast majority of students start and finish
programming in the same location, for the intrepid few, the opportunity
can be found does exist to take MBA coursework in more than
in three one location.
locations
around the What’s it take to enroll in an MBA program in Hong Kong
world: in the and finish it on campus in Iowa City? A strong desire in
United States, the student and supportive staff in the Tippie College
Hong Kong, of Business.
and Italy.
Iris Hui began her MBA coursework in
the college’s Hong Kong MBA Program, Iris Hui, recent
specifically choosing the program because MBA graduate
it was one of the very few taught on
weekends and taught by American faculty. Summer 2017 b 13

Before enrolling in the Tippie
MBA program, Iris was the
assistant to the general
manager with the Monty
Group in Mainland China
where she helped set
up a 3,500-worker
garment
factory,
the
Monty
Group’s
core
business.

She would eventually move schools that offered an American “Before I enrolled in the
up through the company to education in Hong Kong,” MBA program, I would
become a financial business Iris says. “Many programs offer do whatever the Monty
analyst, business analyst, and courses at night during the Group assigned me to do.
project director, helping the weekdays after work, but But I was limited,” she says.
general manager with the daily Tippie’s program was very “Now I know what my value
management of the facility’s attractive to me because it was is in the market, and I can
operations. Five years ago she taught on weekends and courses better choose the kind of
transferred to the company’s were taught by professors from career I want.”
agriculture division, participating the United States,” she says.
in new business development. “I also knew I wanted to study – Iris Hui
After analyzing the company’s abroad, and when I learned
agriculture business in Central I could study abroad for two MBA Program student in the
America where there was a months as part of the course Finance Career Academy.
7,400-acre farm, she suggested work, I chose this program.”
that the company begin growing “At first, I thought my chances
agricultural markets in China, Hui flew the 7,700 miles from of staying here were really low,
too. She spent 1½ years Hong Kong to Iowa City last but after talking with David
conducting market research, and August and enrolled in the few Frasier, who was teaching the
the company eventually set up courses she needed to graduate. Strategic Cost Analysis course
a small, 123-acre farm in China. But once here, she found she I was taking, I knew I was in
loved being a full-time student. good hands.”
Iris studied at Zhanjiang Ocean
University in China, but because “We study more deeply and have In order to enroll, the Hong
it wasn’t a business degree, she more interaction with classmates Kong MBA team, including
felt something was holding her as a full-time student,” she says. Brandelle Unkrich and
back. After moving to Hong “Plus, I appreciate the support Stephanie Schnicker helped
Kong, she studied management I get from faculty here. I feel this her find local Iowa City housing
accounting part-time with the is just the right place for study.” and complete the visa and
encouragement of the owner I-20 paperwork, which is
of the Monty Group. Iris is the first student to transfer a certificate that gave her
to the program and continue nonimmigrant student status.
“The executives I worked with taking courses as a Full-time
were talking about strategy all Although Iris took more courses
the time,” she says, “and because than she needed to graduate,
I didn’t know the language she says they will be very useful
of business, I knew I needed to her. Iris would love to work
that in order to pursue a
management career.”

“At the encouragement of
the Monty Group owner, I
considered getting a degree
in microeconomics,” she says,
“but a successful entrepreneur
friend thought I was ‘going
too deep’ and suggested
I get an MBA.

“I started to search online and
narrowed down my choices to

MBA students in Hong Kong listen to a lecture in a Data and Decisions course.

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MBA students learn key skills in a negotiations workshop MBA PROGRAMS WORLDWIDE
in Paderno del Grappa, Italy.
In addition to offering its MBA programming in the
in the United States if she can find United States (in Iowa City, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and
a job that she is passionate about. the Quad Cities), the college also brings its MBA coursework
and its faculty to Hong Kong and Italy. In the Italy program,
“I had been involved in the corporate students travel to the University of Iowa for the final month
management strategy role, but I would in the program, competing in a real-world business simulation
like to transfer to the financial services course, getting an inside look at U.S. companies, and receiving
area. I knew I’d need more finance their degree at a formal graduation ceremony. So far, students
courses in order to find a position in have transferred from Hong Kong to the Full-time MBA Program,
that field in Hong Kong,” she says. to Italy, and have participated in a Global Learning Opportunity
trip to Hungary, Austria, and the Czech Republic. Others have
The MBA Career Services staff were moved from the full-time on-campus program to Italy and to
very helpful, she says. Hong Kong for coursework.

“The staff give me a lot of insight into Hong Kong MBA Program: Students in Hong Kong learn
my career options,” she says, “and the from the same internationally recognized faculty who teach in
alumni who return to campus to hire the college’s on-campus MBA programs. The program is ideal
strong MBA graduates have been for working professionals who continue working while enrolling
helpful, too.” in courses held on Saturdays and Sundays. Most students have
at least four years of full-time work experience before enrolling.
Iris says she feels more confident, New courses begin almost monthly, so students can choose to
knows herself better, and realizes what begin at a time that works for them. Many students complete
she values in a career. the program in as little as 15-20 months. More than 250
students have graduated from this program since 2002.
“Before I enrolled in the MBA program,
I would do whatever the Monty Group CIMBA Italy MBA Program: Students in this MBA program
assigned me to do. But I was limited,” study in the picturesque town of Paderno del Grappa, Italy.
she says. “Now I know what my value Attendance may be full-time or part-time; full-time students
is in the market, and I can better graduate in 11 months while part-time students graduate
choose the kind of career I want.” in two years. Frequent speakers include leaders from northern
Italy’s small entrepreneurial businesses and multinational
Now that Iris has forged the way, another companies as well as CIMBA alumni. Courses are taught
student from Taiwan has come to the by top U.S. and European professors, including Tippie faculty
college to study. Iris and Maggie lived members. Over the years, CIMBA has attracted students
with a young American couple and their from more than 50 countries. Students range between
one-year-old daughter, which provided 25 and 30 years old and have a minimum of two years
them the opportunity to experience of work experience. b
real American culture, she says.
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“She’s following in my shoes doing
the same thing,” Iris says. “I hope in the
future, more students in the Hong Kong
program will consider this. It’s a really
great opportunity.” b

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“I’m very, very proud COLLEGE CELEBRATES HENRY TIPPIE AT 90
to have been born on
a farm here in Iowa. The University of Iowa community came together in January to celebrate Henry Tippie’s 90th birthday
I got my foundation and his impact on the college, the university, and the state of Iowa.
here at the university
and that’s one of the During the day, Henry visited an accounting class at West High School, met with current MBA students
reasons I’ve had a lot in the Henry Fund, and had cake with students, faculty, and staff in the afternoon. The evening’s dinner
of interest on trying to included Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, former dean Gary Fethke, current dean Sarah Fisher Gardial,
make some repayments UI Foundation president Lynette Marshall, Randall Rollins, and UI President Bruce Harreld. He was
along the way, and greeted at the dinner with a sabre arch presented by members of the Iowa ROTC and by the appearance
I’ve been fortunate of two World War II military buddies.
to have been able
to do that.” Tippie (BSC49) graduated from Belle Plaine High School in 1944. He enlisted in the Army Air Force
at the age of 17. After his service in the 20th Air Force in the South Pacific, he studied at the University of
– Henry B. Tippie (BSC49) Iowa thanks to the G.I. Bill. He graduated with an accounting degree after 24 consecutive months of study.

Henry enjoyed the festivities In February 1999, Tippie made a significant contribution to the college to support its students and faculty.
alongside his wife, Pat. The college was renamed the Henry B. Tippie College of Business in his honor.

IOWA JPEC AMONG 25 BEST PROGRAMS

The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine list includes two newcomers to the list, including
list the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center Iowa (at #19). The complete listings are available
at the University of Iowa among the top 25 under- at www.princeton.com/entrepreneur.
graduate entrepreneurship programs. The 2017

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WAITT RECEIVES PIEKARSKI
HONORARY DEGREE HONORED FOR
EXCELLENCE
Personal computer pioneer Ted Waitt received an
Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at this year’s Shari Piekarski, assistant
undergraduate business commencement ceremony. dean and director of
student services in the
A native of Sioux City, Iowa, Waitt attended Iowa Undergraduate Program,
and the University of Colorado. At 22, he co-founded received a Board of Regents
what would become Gateway 2000, with a vision to Staff Excellence Award at
make an affordable, quality computer sold directly last fall’s Faculty and Staff
to home users. Gateway’s successful business model Awards Banquet. In addition
changed the way Americans bought and used home to coordinating the advising
computers. The company went public in 1993 and for more than 2,300
Waitt became the CEO of a Fortune 500 company students, she manages
at the age of 30. His Iowa start-up grew to employ the college’s international
more than 5,700 people in the Siouxland area, programs. In her role, she
soon dubbed “Silicon Prairie.” trains new advisors and
developed the college’s
Waitt left the company in 2005 for a life of philanthropy. Among other activities, he founded the Waitt study-abroad program
Institute for Violence Prevention; the Waitt Foundation, which works toward raising global awareness in London. She also
of declining marine resources; and the Waitt Foundation for Advanced Biophotonics Center. He is a established an international
member of the executive committee of the board of trustees of the National Geographic Society (NGS) internship program and
and the president of the board for the Salk Institute. provides oversight of the
China May Program, which
Waitt also is a recipient of the Oscar C. Schmidt Iowa Business Leadership Award from the Tippie this year was the catalyst
College of Business. for two alumni gatherings
in an effort to build the
college’s international
alumni relations.

TIPPIE BUILD #10 early summer. The home’s family immigrated to Tippie Build home recipients
the United States from Togo, West Africa, in 2004. Dado (mom) and Alouete (dad)
The college’s 10th Tippie Build is underway Along with their three children, the family currently with their children
in Coralville. Typically, the Tippie community lives in a two-bedroom apartment that is cramped
raises $50,000 to cover construction costs and and has had repeated flooding problems.
provide volunteer labor to build a new home.
Construction began on March 24, with the hope
that the Coralville home would be complete in

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COLLEGE News

TIPPIE WOMEN SUMMIT A panel discussion included Michelle Bates,
founder and president, BluPrairie Technologies;
This year’s sold-out Tippie Women Summit Kathy Bader (BBA97), senior vice president,
provided attendees with the inspiration to be Northern Trust; Amanda Mahoski (BBA07), vice
change agents in their organizations. Keynote president, Midwest Growth Partners; Laura Webb
speaker Ann Drake (BA69), CEO and chairman (BBA04, MBA08), global manager, compensation
of DSC Logistics, gave the keynote speech that and employee relations, Eaton Corp. Hydraulic
provided insight into her professional career. Group; and Michelle Worley (BBA07), director
Lori Pedelty (BBA80), executive coach and CEO of flight planning and operations, United Airlines.
of Pedelty Enterprises, led an interactive workshop
on learning how to influence positive change.

Ann Drake (BA69), CEO and HEALTHTECH SOLUTIONS WINS TCU COMPETITION
chairman of DSC Logistics
A Founders Club member in the Bedell using real-time mobile software application that
Dalton Shaull (left) receives Entrepreneurship Learning Lab, HealthTech is HIPAA compliant and facilitates instantaneous
the first-place prize of $25,000 Solutions took first place and the $25,000 prize communication and information flow.
at the TCU case competition. in the Values and Ventures Competition at
TCU’s Neeley School of Business. Dalton Shaull First prize also includes $75,000 worth of
Graduation time! Looks and Eric Pahl beat out 17 other teams. in-kind marketing/advertising services, 8 hours
like a beautiful weekend of IT consulting services, 3 hours of legal
for all of our graduation The company modernizes communication consulting services, and 15 hours of financial
events! Congratulations between health care providers in organ transplant, consulting services.
to all our NEW alumni!
Share your photos Other Recent Case Competition Results
#TippieGrad17.
FIRST PLACE
Justin Poe, David Frasier, Yanyu
Zhang and 5 others like this. b Association of Information Technology Business Analytics Competition
Kelcie Eisbrener, Marissa Turner, out of more than 500 students.

b CFA Institute Investment Research Challenge
Jack Abrahamson, Nick Barry, Jon Langel, Rachel Langholz, advanced to regional competition in Seattle.

b Deloitte FanTAXtic Case Competition
Kylie Beneke, Ranya Bopanna, Grant Miller, Kyle Trudeau, Amanda Rostenbach, regional competition out of 9 teams,
advanced to national competition in Dallas.

b PepsiCo TeamSales Challenge
Alexa Brown, Donghoon Han, Calvin Peng-Bulger, Hilary Rost, out of 6 teams from Iowa and Iowa State.
Alexa named “best presenter.”

b Tippie AMA Case Competition
Alexa Brown, Amy Mass, Jordan Veatch, Bryan Liman, out of 6 teams competing.

SECOND PLACE

b Association of Information Technology Business Analytics Competition
Jiahao Deng, Shuai Zheng, out of more than 500 students.

b PepsiCo TeamSales Challenge
Josh Abdo (Tippie), Brooke Langan (ISU), this “blended” team took second out of 6 teams.

THIRD PLACE

b ACG Cup
Dan Carp, Dan Kocen, Wallace King, Ajay Rajagopalan

b PepsiCo MBA Invitational Case Competition
Michaela Donaldson, Meron Myers, out of 14 university teams

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RIVERA RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Gabriela Rivera, assistant director of diversity, inclusion, and student success in the Tippie Undergraduate
Program, received the 2016-17 Susan C. Buckley Distinguished Achievement Award for Staff this spring.
This is the first time a Tippie staff member has received the award, which was established in 1994.
The award is given to a staff member who demonstrates significant impact through attributes such
as leadership, innovation, and/or subject matter expertise; and should be considered role models
for women and/or girls.

After 20 years on campus, Rivera’s impact has become widely known. She began her career as an
undergraduate admission counselor in the UI Office of Admissions where she served as a liaison to
prospective and current underrepresented students. She joined the Center for Diversity and Enrichment
as a multicultural specialist, and today she serves as an academic advisor in the Tippie College to about
200 undergraduate students and is the co-director of the Tippie Gateway Program, a summer residential
program for high school students from underrepresented backgrounds.

PRODUCE ALIGHTS ON CLEARY WALKWAY

In contrast to eating ramen noodles and In preparation, Guzman said her group Tippie students hand out free,
microwavable pizzas, many University of Iowa researched where people can buy shares of food healthy produce to passersby
students were able to take home freshly grown from local farmers. They also discovered that on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway.
produce for free on Wednesday, May 5. local produce tends to be cheaper than buying
regular groceries.
Students in the Tippie College organized the
Spring Produce Cart on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway, UI junior Sarah Flores, another student behind
offering fresh food to students passing by for free. the project, said the experience helped cultivate
This event was also supported by the University her business skills.
of Iowa Gardeners Club and the University of Iowa
Student Government. “We were happy with the turnout which means
people on campus are eating healthy,” she said.
UI junior Rita Guzman, the main organizer of “Students tend to skip meals a lot and they do
the event, said she participated as part of her final go hungry. We wanted to make sure that students
for the business class Marketing and Sustainability. were getting healthy foods for free.”

IN MEMORIAM: 76 likes

GEORGE M. HOLLINS amberluann Polished
off my second week in the
November 15, 1959 — December 20, 2016 business school meeting
the owner of the name
George Hollins was a lecturer in management that will be on my diploma!
sciences who taught project management Happy 90th, Mr. Tippie!
courses for the undergraduate, MBA, and #uiowa #tippie!
non-degree programs, training hundreds
of people in project management tools Summer 2017 b 19
and techniques. George was a certified
Project Management Professional (PMP)
and earned a professional certificate in
project management from North Carolina
State University. He earned bachelor’s degrees
in engineering and business administration and
a master’s degree in organizational leadership.
He was president of On-Track: The Strategic
Solutions Company, an organization providing
project management and leadership training,
coaching, and consulting. He previously served
as the business manager and director of Design
and Construction Services at the university..

ALUMNI News

L ost track of a classmate? Looking to connect with Tippie alumni in your area?
Check out the career moves, professional accomplishments, and personal
achievements of alumni and classmates below, and then send us your news.

An online information 2010s Dan Maniatis, Kevin Strohmaier,
update form is available BBA16, is EntreCert12, moved to
at tippie.uiowa.edu/ Brittany Cecil, PMBA15, an associate Chicago and is a desktop
alumni/update, or is a logistics management accountant with engineer with PPM America.
you can send a note specialist with the Army RSM in Dallas. He previously was a systems
to Ashley Funkhauser, Sustainment Command. analyst for Principal Financial
Tippie College of Business, She lives in Bettendorf. David R. Mapes, BBA10, Group in Des Moines. He is
108 John Pappajohn is chief financial officer at Mack currently the squadron signal
Business Building, Derek A. Coffman, BBA10, Construction in Bettendorf. officer for the 1-113th Calvary
University of Iowa, is the director of individual Squadron out of Sioux City.
Iowa City, IA 52242-1994 giving at the Philadelphia John Morgan, MBA14, is the
(or email tippie-alumni Orchestra. senior associate for strategy with Jeralyn G. Westercamp,
@uiowa.edu). Thomson Reuters in Eagan, BBA14, recently became the
Fred (Will) Minnesota. youngest person to be named
TIPPIE ONLINE Garner, a Freedom Festival Hero for
EMBA12, Jeremy R. Murdock, her extensive volunteer work
b tippie.uiowa.edu is director of MBA15, MHA15, is an in the Cedar Rapids area.
b facebook.com/TippieIowa construction at assistant administrator and
b flickr.com/TippieIowa Dilweg Companies facility compliance officer 2000s
b instagram.com/Tippie in Durham, North Carolina. at Western Arizona Regional
College Medical Center in Bullhead Ryan D. Airola, BBA00,
b LinkedIn: Search for Jennifer Hovda, BBA12, City, Arizona. is a partner with the William
University of Iowa – is a financial analyst for Gap Blair global investment banking
Henry B. Tippie College Brands in New York City. Kelsey Ricke, BBA15, is and asset management firm
of Business project coordinator for the in Chicago.
b pinterest.com/tippiecob Ashley Kaminski, BBA12, Sigma Lambda Gamma National
b twitter.com/TippieIowa is a legal secretary with Kirkland Sorority in North Liberty. Elizabeth K. Barton, BBA05,
& Ellis LLP in Chicago. a litigation associate at the
Editor’s Note: Alumni News Anthony M. Royster, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush,
are submitted by alumni and Jessica Kinney, EMBA16, PMBA15, is an information DiCianni & Krafthefer law firm
are not verified by the editors. and Adam Pretorious, BBA07, technology manager at in Chicago, recently received
While we welcome alumni EMBA16, have partnered Nationwide Insurance. He the 2016 Illinois Association
news, Tippie Magazine is not to open up The Dingo Bar, lives in Ankeny. of Defense Trial Counsel Rising
responsible for the information a coffee house in the Peninsula Star Award.
contained in these submissions. neighborhood in Iowa City. Surbhi Sachdev, BBA15,
MAc16, is a tax associate with Marshall
Benjamin RSM US LLP in Minneapolis.
Lederer, BBA14, Bridges,
is a content Rebecca Stacker, BBA11,
services associate received a J.D. from the NYU MBA01,
with Fisher School of Law in May 2016 and has been
Investments is an associate at the law firm appointed vice
in Camas, Washington. of Cravath, Swaine & Moore president and
LLP in New York City. chief financial officer of HNI
Alex Leigeber, Corporation. He previously
BBA16, is a Adam Strauss, MBA11, is served as vice president of
freight broker vice president of Stifel Nicolaus, investor relations and treasurer
with Echo a full-service brokerage and of HNI. Bridges is a member
Global Logistics investment banking firm. He of the Tippie College’s Finance
in Chicago. lives in Chicago. Advisory Board.

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Michelle Worley, BBA07, was
recently promoted to director of
flight planning and operations for
United Airlines. She is responsible
for the planning and policies related
to the flight experience, partnering
with flight attendants and food
services. Previously, she spent five
years in United’s internal audit
department. She got married in
October 2016 and celebrated with
several Tippie alumni. She is shown
with Nick Hobart, BBA07, and

Laura Westercamp, BBA07.

Austin David, BBA04, Andrew Hooyman, BBA09, 1990s Eric Gantz, BBA04,
MAc05, joined Allied Power is an associate attorney with
Group in Houston, as its chief Droel PLLC in Bloomington, Douglas Carlo, MBA92, is is co-owner of
financial officer. Minnesota. senior portfolio manager with Verena Street Coffee
US Bancorp in Lincoln, Nebraska. of Dubuque.
David E. Funkhouser III, Scott Janson, BBA08, is a Roasting Solutions
BBA00, JD03, is a partner with commercial business operations Brian Cluster, BBA93, joined LLC (also known as
the Quarles & Brady law firm in analyst with Stryker in Flower Pilot Automotive in January Verena Street Coffee)
Phoenix and a member of the Mound, Texas. 2016. He was recently promoted is a privately held,
Special Olympics Arizona board to director of consumer insights family-owned
of directors. Jacob Johnson, BBA06, is and business intelligence. organization that
an associate with GCA Advisors roasts and packages
Kristine (Tiedt) Diehl, in San Francisco. John Everhart, coffee in Dubuque.
MBA/JD06, is a tennis coach MBA95, has been The company recently
and strength and conditioning Stephani B. (Slining) elected to the completed a facility
coach at Coe College. She also Rutgers Business expansion and
is CEO of KT23Fit LLC, a phone Manning, BBA04, PMBA11, School Veteran moved into a new
app for iOS that helps users is a senior account executive Advisory Board. 34,000-square-foot
measure their physical and shareholder at Holmes site in October.
well-being. Murphy & Associates insurance Tomoko (Mitsusada)
brokerage in Des Moines. Hashimoto, MBA96, is vice
Wendy A. (Hubel) Ford, president of marketing and
EMBA03, is economic Amy Nossaman, EMBA02, conferences with Argus Media.
development coordinator is the grants program manager She lives in Singapore.
for the City of Iowa City. with the Ottumwa Regional
Legacy Foundation. She lives Tumara Campbell Jackson,
Kihoon Han, in Pella. BBA93, is vice president of
BBA01, is CEO marketing at Purchasing Power,
of the Edward Joe Schauenberg, BBA00, a voluntary benefit company
Institute in is a partner with the William in Atlanta.
Yongin, South Blair global investment banking
Korea. and asset management firm Eric LaRosee, BBA97, is
in Chicago. owner and president of Iowa
Jarin D. Hansen, BBA02, Commercial Mortgage. He lives
an assurance senior manager at Quinten (James) Tompkins, in West Des Moines.
RSM accounting firm in Cedar BBA08, is assistant vice
Rapids, has received support president of mergers and Kevin P. Manemann, BBA96,
through his firm’s 90-90-9 acquisitions at Kaufman Hall is chief executive officer of
program to adopt an orphan & Associates in the greater St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare
with spina bifida from China Chicago area. in Irvine, California.
and support Shanghai Baby
Home, a charitable organization Sara Vaughan, BBA01, is Joseph McIntosh, BBA92,
that provides medical care to an office manager at Vavricka is the managing director with
orphans with special needs. Financial Group of Ness City, Equity Group Investments
Kansas. in Chicago.

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ALUMNI News

TIPPIE Chad J. Nielsen, BBA91, of Syniverse. A leading global Healthcare at Vista del Mar
GRAD is a financial professional at transaction processor, the Hospital in Ventura, California.
NAMED UI Prudential Financial in Overland company connects mobile
MOM OF Park, Kansas. service providers, enterprises, Steve Lawler, BBA82, was
THE YEAR ISPs, and OTTs in nearly elected international president
Andrew J. Sandquist, BBA90, 200 countries and territories. for the Sigma Pi fraternity, which
Mary Lynn is senior vice president of is based in Lebanon, Tennessee.
(Rasmussen) CBRE commercial real estate Matt J. Dircks,
Fayoumi, BBA86, company’s Corporate Capital BBA87, is CEO Michael
was nominated by her Markets Group in Chicago and of Bomgar in
daughter, Nadia, who a member of the national board Johns Creek, McCaffery,
said her mother is a of directors for the Gift of Georgia.
“rock star.” Fayoumi, Adoption charitable organization. BBA85, MA90,
of Naperville, Illinois, is Linda Feiden, BBA83, is the JD91, is principal
the president and CEO Mary J. Beck Schneekloth, assistant director of wellness and at DKM Advisors
of the Management MBA96, an assistant professor engagement at Drake University LLC in Chicago.
Association of Illinois. at Kirkwood Community College in Des Moines.
She has served on in Cedar Rapids, was elected to E. Paul Quinn, BBA86, is a
a number of industry a three-year term on the board Thomas W. Foley, BBA82, partner with the Akerman law
and community of directors for the Society of JD85, is a member attorney firm in Chicago.
boards, including Financial Service Professionals. with Whitfield and Eddy Law
the Association in Des Moines. Lisa Ringen, BBA88, is
Forum of Chicagoland, Eric S. Tan, BBA95, is senior department administrator for the
and has delivered manager of operations with Van M. Jolas, BBA82, a University of Iowa Department
consulting and training FedEx Express in Singapore. partner with the Locke Lord law of Pharmacology. She was
to thousands of firm in Dallas, has been named selected the Distinguished
managers. Michael F. Wertz, BBA92, to the 2017 Best Lawyers in Research Administrator for 2015.
is a partner with the William America list for corporate law.
“While raising a Blair global investment banking Jose Sanchez,
son with an autism- and asset management firm Mark L. Keenan, BBA85, MBA84, retired
spectrum disorder, in Chicago. is an attorney with the Nelson last December
she still managed to Mullens Riley & Scarborough from the
lead an organization Charles Wilmot, MBA94, law firm in Atlanta. Metropolitan
and make it to every is senior vice president with Water District
one of my soccer Wells Fargo in Los Angeles Kyle Krause, of Southern California after
matches,” wrote Nadia where he leads the Middle BBA85, was a 30-year career in corporate
in her nomination. Market Banking group. inducted into budgeting, business continuity,
“Even now, when we He previously was a senior the Iowa Business public administration, and water
are 200 miles away relationship manager for MUFG Hall of Fame resource management.
from each other, she Union Bank in Los Angeles. last December.
wakes up early to edit He is recognized as an Iowan Mark M. Sloan, BBA85,
my medical school John A. Winga III, BBA90, who has made outstanding an attorney for the Thompson
applications and is business manager at Arbor contributions to the development & Knight law firm in Dallas,
remains only a phone Court retirement community and enhancement of Iowa’s was recognized on the 2016
call away.” in Mount Pleasant. business climate. Krause is Texas Super Lawyers and 2017
president and CEO of Kum & Go Best Lawyers of America lists.
Kenneth Koon-Kan Wong, LC and serves on the Tippie
BBA95, is a director at Standard Advisory Board. Elliott G. Smith,
Chartered Bank in Hong Kong. BBA81, is vice
James Scott Kreamer, president of
1980s BBA86, managing member administrative
of the Baker Sterchi Cowden services at the
Peter D. Butler, BBA89, and Rice law firm in Kansas Iowa Healthcare
is owner and broker at Carmel City, is president-elect of the Collaborative. He previously
Realty Company in Pebble Federation of Defense and was executive director at the
Beach, Florida. Corporate Counsel and a Iowa Business Council.
member of the Lawyers for
Laura Civil Justice and Defense Ann L. (Piotter) Vazquez,
Desmond, Research Institute. BBA85, is president and CEO
BBA87, has of the Lutheran Foundation
been named Mayla B. (Rasmussen) of St. Louis.
to the board Krebsbach, BBA82, is chief
of directors executive officer of Signature Beth Whited, BBA87, was
named executive vice president
and chief marketing officer at
Union Pacific.

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Chris Hoffman OUTSTANDING TIPPIE ALUMNI NAMED
Claudia Marban
Chris Hoffman, BBA85, and Claudia Marban, BBA99, were named the Tippie College Alum
of the Year and Young Alum of the Year, respectively, at a February alumni reception in Chicago.

Hoffman is a senior partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Chicago serving as lead audit partner
on key clients in the private company practice as well as the health care and higher education sector.
He joined PwC in Kansas City in 1990 after a few years with regional and smaller national firms.
He was admitted to the partnership in 2000 and has worked in the offices of Kansas City, Dallas,
St. Louis, and Chicago.

In Hoffman’s nearly 30 years of public accounting experience, he and his teams deliver a very high
level of client service across several industry groups, including private companies in the international
food production and distribution and medical supply and device industries. Hoffman also serves as the
Greater Chicago Market leader of PwC’s higher education practice. In this role, he serves as the lead
audit partner on some of the firm’s key Midwest universities, such as University of Michigan, Notre
Dame, and Northwestern University.

Hoffman served on the college’s Professional Accounting Council from 2005 through 2013 and is a
current member of the Tippie Advisory Board. Hoffman was instrumental in the development of PwC’s
fund in support of our accounting Ph.D. program.

Marban is a private wealth advisor and president of Claudia Marban & Associates, a private wealth
advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. She specializes in financial, tax, retirement,
protection, and estate planning. Marban has been a Chicago Five Star Wealth Manager since 2012.
She holds Chartered Financial Consultant, Chartered Retirement Planning Consultant, Chartered
Advisor for Senior Living, and Chartered Life Underwriter designations.

In addition to her business degree, Marban received a B.A. in Spanish and an International Business
Certificate. From 2009 to 2015, she served on both the Tippie Advisory Board and the UI Alumni
Association Board of Directors. She generously provides support for the Claudia Marban Scholarship,
which provides a Tippie undergraduate student with study-abroad support. Other areas of support
include the UI Alumni Association-Director’s Club level, University of Iowa Tippie College of Business,
Dubuque Community YMCA/YWCA, Friends of the Orphans, Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Vietnam
Veterans Memorial, and Wounded Warriors.

1970s Keith A. Jones, BBA71, Rod Tokheim, BBA77, is ALUMNI EVENT
is senior vice president at Hills vice president of Mercy Medical
Richard M. Beecher, BBA71, Bank & Trust in Coralville. Center in Clinton. 2017 IOWA
is a member of the board HOMECOMING
of governors for the Shriners Patrick Keenan, BBA78, 1960s
Hospital for Children in Houston. is a project manager with Cisco October 6-7, 2017
in Overland Park, Kansas. Dick Calta, BBA67, of Akron, b Friday: BBQ in the
Candace J. (Horn) Cox, Ohio, a retired colonel with Pappajohn courtyard
BBA74, is owner of UNIVentures, Robert L. Koller, BBA72, is the U.S. Air Force, is president b Friday: Parade in
a corporate learning services a certified public accountant for of the Ohio Council of Chapters downtown Iowa City.
provider in Scottsdale. Koller+Plus in Washington, Iowa. of the Military Officers b Saturday: Hawkeye
Association of America. football, Iowa vs. Illinois
Sheryll S. Dahlke, BBA79, John P. Meineke, BBA79, is For additional info:
is an accountant, certified public director of marketing and public Fred Luthans, MBA62, tippie.uiowa.edu/
accountant, and head of business relations at Black Hawk College PhD65, has retired after 48 alumni/homecoming
at St. Francis Episcopal Day in Moline, Illinois. years as University and Holmes -2017
School in Houston. Distinguished Professor of
J. Scott Paul, BBA78, of Management at the University Summer 2017 b 23
James A. Israel, Omaha, Nebraska, is president- of Nebraska in Lincoln.
elect designate of the Nebraska
BBA78, MBA84, State Bar Association and will Stewart Wallace, BBA68,
named to the serve as its president in 2018-19. of Olympia, Washington, a retired
board of directors major general, was inducted into
of Great Western Randy Smith, BBA76, retired the inaugural class of the Army
Bancorp Inc. and from ExxonMobil Corporation ROTC National Hall of Fame.
of its banking subsidiary, Great as the U.S. government relations
Western Bank. He serves on the manager.
Tippie Advisory Board.

IN Memoriam

1930s Kenneth V. Darby, BSC58 Donald H. Paul, BBA66
Max S. Davis, BSC51 James M. Rocklin, BBA64
Robert G. Fletcher, BSC39 Charles J. Drees, BSC51 William A. Stuber, BBA67
Otto J. Eichacker, BSC50 James P. Swift, BBA68
1940s Herbert W. Emrich, BSC51 Thomas R. Wagner, MA63
Harlan F. Holdefer, BSC56 LeRoy L. Watson, BBA61
Henry H. Albers, MA46 Anna (Olson) Johnson, BSC50
Virginia L. Beach, BSC48 John O. Kamerick, BSC59 1970s
Arley R. Blankenburg, BSC48, MAc71 Larry L. Luing, BSC51
Orville W. Bloethe, BSC41 Donald K. Meadows, BSC58 Paul F. Busch, BBA78
Darrell D. Coffey, MA49 Gwendolyn M. Moore, BSC53 Stephen F. Hallam, PhD73
John P. Fieseler, BA49, MA50 Dale G. Petersen, BSC50 Rodney L. Ivers, BBA72
Ellsworth J. Glattly, BSC940 John C. Rawls, MA50 Michael J. Jensen, BBA70
Glenn H. Hale, BSC48 Robert R. Richmond, BSC57 Thomas J. Mauss, BBA70
Loy L. Julius, BSC42 William E. Shields, BSC51 Richard A. McLaughlin, MBA74
Maxine (Remer) Lundy, BSC47 Harry J. Sievers, BSC53, MA56 Max J. Miller, BBA76
Ralph W. McAdoo, BSC49 Charles L. Slater, BSC50 James W. Rodgers, BBA70
Roger O. Moen, MA48 Howard A. Sohn, BSC52 Carl R. Schmidt, BBA72
George J. Moore, BSC47 Leo J. Steffen, BSC59 Richard A. Schultz, MBA77
Julius N. Peet, BSC49 Orville R. Steveson, BSC50 Jacobus T. Severiens, PhD72
Vir Jean (Peterson) Peffer, BSC45 John S. Tate, BSC55 Dan L. Weaver, BBA74
Frederick J. Ray, BSC42 Van E. Wells, BSC58
Norma (Kos) Southwick, BSC46 Allan J. Winick, BSC52 1980s
Ruth (Strub) Swaner, BSC43 Clayton J. Yoder, BSC57
Jeanne (Cone) Werling, BSC49 Daniel B. Appleby, BBA81
1960s Jeffrey R. Barry, MBA89
1950s William P. Creagan, BBA83
William E. Davis, BBA62 Joseph M. Stepp, BBA80
Kenneth G. Arnesen, BSC51 Delbert L. Eilders, MA60
Donald E. Bark, BSC54 Gerald L. Flook, BBA62 1990s
James W. Bell, BSC50 Eugene R. Glesne, BBA68
Eugene L. Bengston, BSC59 James L. Harrington, BBA62 Charles R. Hawk, BBA92
Norman K. Burnett, BSC50 Walter H. Johnson, BBA69 John W. Kivlin, BBA94
James H. Chalstrom, BSC54 W. Craig Nelson, BBA68 John C. Robison, BBA95
Allan D. Cisler, BSC51 Jeff Y. Schneidermann, BBA95
George P. Craig, BSC50 Sue Anne Voss, MBA94

STANLEY M. HOWE

(February 5, 1924 – April 21, 2017)

Former Tippie Advisory Board member Stan Howe passed away at the age of 93.

Howe was the former CEO and chairman of HON Industries and a longtime supporter of the Tippie
College. He became a founding member of the Tippie Board of Visitors (now called the Tippie Advisory
Board) in 1984 and served on the board until 2009. Howe’s impact on the Tippie College is impressive:
the Howe Galleria is named in his honor and he was instrumental in supporting the development and
construction of both the Pappajohn Business Building and the Pomerantz Center. Most importantly,
Howe provided $2.5 million to support and enhance the college’s evening MBA program in 1998.
This gift enabled the college to bring the administrative functions of that program in-house, which
has proven critical to its financial well-being ever since.

A native of Muscatine, Howe received an undergraduate degree in engineering from Iowa State
University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. In honor of his many contributions to the
University of Iowa, he received the UI Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1995 and
the Iowa Business Leadership Award in 1986.

“Stan was one of those donors who listened carefully to the plans (“dreams”) of the college and
then aggressively supported the programs that he found to be the most interesting and important,”
said Gary Fethke, former dean of the college and professor emeritus of management sciences and
economics. “He wanted to see the effects and accomplishments of both his giving and his participation.
He was always willing to listen, always accessible, and always ready to provide a quick ‘yes’ or ‘no’
to a request for assistance, usually it was a ‘yes.’ ”

24 b UI Tippie College of Business

THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

L E A D E R S H I PTIPPIE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

ADMINISTRATION TIPPIE ADVISORY Kyle Krause Margaret (Peg) M. Stessman
BOARD President and CEO CEO and Chairman
Sarah Fisher Gardial Kum & Go LC StrategicHealthSolutions
Dean Alan G. Bunte
Co-founder, COO, and Curtis K. Lane Anne-Marie Thomas
Kurt M. Anstreicher Board Member Co-founder and Portfolio Manager Corporate Director
Senior Associate Dean Commvault Concordant Partners The Commonwell Mutual
Insurance Group
David Frasier Mark Buthman Terrance Lillis
Associate Dean (MBA Programs) Vice Chairman of the Board Executive Vice President and Elizabeth Villafana
Pavillon International CFO (retired) Business Development
Kenneth G. Brown Member, Board of Directors Principal Financial Group Inc. Baird Private Asset Management
Associate Dean West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.
(Undergraduate Program) Jeffrey Lorenger Michael J. Wokosin
Jack Evans Executive Vice President Vice President, Digital Marketing
Barbara Thomas President HNI Corporation Redbox
Executive Director of The Hall-Perrine Foundation
Communication, Alumni, Leonard McLaughlin Eden Y. Woon
and External Relations Perry A. Glassgow President (former) Vice President for Institutional
Vice President and Controller Aon Cornerstone Innovative Advancement
Gregory Lamb Harley-Davidson Inc. Solutions Hong Kong University of Science
Executive Director of Development and Technology
for the Tippie College of Christopher J. Hoffman John Miclot
Business Senior Partner President and CEO TIPPIE EMERITUS
University of Iowa Foundation PricewaterhouseCoopers Lingua Flex ADVISORY BOARD

Kevin Holt Laura Newinski Leonard A. Hadley
Managing Director and Vice Chair of Operations Chairman and CEO (retired)
Senior Portfolio Manager KPMG LLP Maytag Corporation
Invesco Funds Ltd.
Sheri Salata John Pappajohn
James Israel Co-founder President
Member, Board of Directors STORY Equity Dynamics Inc.
Great Western Bancorp Inc.
and Great Western Bank Maureen Sammon Jerre L. Stead
President and CEO CEO and Chairman
Chris Klein HomeServices Mortgage IHS Markit
CEO and Board Member
Fortune Brands Home and Security Andy Sassine Henry B. Tippie
President and CEO Chairman of the Board
Thomas A. Kloet Avea Capital LLC Dover Motorsports Inc. and
Chairman, NASDAQ Stock Dover Downs Entertainment Inc.
Market LLC Kent Statler
Member, Board of Directors Executive Vice President and COO,
NASDAQ Inc. and Northern Trust Commercial Systems
Mutual Funds Rockwell Collins

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