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FACULTY/STAFF NEWS

Arrivals

Seann Sweeney has accepted the position of student services coordinator with the MBA Program Office effective Sept. 25. He will be the assistant director of marketing and recruiting for the full-time Wisconsin MBA program. Sweeney comes to Wisconsin from Colorado State University, where he was project research coordinator.  Previously, he was with the Sierra Club in San Francisco, as associate director, donor development and membership acquisition. He also was a media planner with Universal McCann in San Francisco. He has an MBA in management from the University of San  Francisco.

Eric Thornton has joined the Financial Management Office of the School of Business as a financial program supervisor.  Thorton  received his MBA in management from UW-Whitewater.  He is a Certified Public Accountant as well as a Certified Management Accountant and has previous experience as a financial program supervisor at the Central Wisconsin Center and the Mendota Mental Health institute. 

Leon Kenman joins the School of Business as a lecturer of business communications.  He received a PhD in linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin and previously has taught Russian, English and business communication.

Kirk Peter is a lecturer in actuarial science and risk management at the School of Business.  He worked with CUNA Mutual Group in both marketing and finance.  He received his BS in mathematics with a business administration minor at UW-Oshkosh.

Ronald Charkowski  has joined the Technology Support Center as an associate processing consultant and is the school’s new computer lab manager, replacing Shane Gillis. His office is in 1257. Charkowski is an graduate of  UW-Madison and has extensive experience in technical support.

Mary Dohm is a new university services associate 2 for the Business Career Center.  She has previously worked for Capitol Insurance Company, Visiting Nurse Service and WPS Insurance. 

Carol Birkholz is a new university services associate 1 with Executive Education. She comes to the School of Business from the UW-Madison History department.  
 
Gil Roth is an LTE marketing specialist with Executive Education at the Fluno Center. 

Departures

Jerry Weygandt, a long-time professor in the accounting department, officially retired in July although he will continue to teach during the fall semester. Weygandt has taught undergraduate and graduate accounting courses at UW-Madison for more than 30 years and is a national leader in the field of accounting, having served as president of the American Accounting Association and on several key committees of the American Institute of CPAs. Among his many honors, he has received the Outstanding Educator Award from the American Accounting Association and the Lifetime Achievement in Accounting Education Award from the Wisconsin Institute of CPAs.  

Roger Formisano is leaving his position as a faculty associate with Executive Education on Sept. 5 to join the UW Medical Foundation. At Executive Education, Formisano created and led the Center for Leadership and Applied Business (LAB) which offers new way for organizations to develop their high-potential executives. Formisano’s work with Executive Education focused on the areas of strategy, leadership, governance  and mergers and acquisition. Formisano returned to the School of Business in 2001 after nine years in the private sector. From 1975-1992, he taught courses in finance, risk management and insurance, and healthcare management, mainly at UW-Madison.

Katy France, a university services program associate A with the Evening MBA Program, resigned her position Aug. 18.

Transitions/Recognitions

Steve Schroeder, the director of the Business Career Center,  was elected president of the HireBig10+ consortium, a group within the Committee of Institutional Cooperation (CIC). The HireBig10+ consortium is an association of career services staffs from the 11 Big Ten schools, plus the University of Chicago and Notre Dame.  He will serve in this capacity for two years.

Blair Sanford, director, MBA Career Services, has been asked to serve another three-year term on the Alumni and Friends of the London School of Economics (AFLSE) Board of Directors.

Amy Climer will be a lecturer for the General Business 365: Diversity and business S.E.E.D class this fall. Climer previously was the director of undergraduate leadership development at the School of Business.

Sachin Tuli is now a lecturer in International Business for the School of Business. He previously was assistant director of the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at the School of Business.

Abby Sanford Capper, senior marketing specialist at Executive Education, has been accepted into UW-Madison’s 2006-2007 Leadership Institute, a nine-month-long initiative where participants engage in a sustained dialogue within a diverse learning community.

Lori Strelow,  senior artist in the Office of Marketing and Communication, will teach an evening class this fall in Typography and Design for the UW-Madison Art Department.

Terry Maxwell, a lecturer in Finance, will teach both fall and spring semesters. He has an extensive background in investment banking.  He received a BS in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA from Northwestern University.

John Weltin  of the Technology Support Center, who worked in the first floor audio/visual office, is now working with faculty and staff computers on the fourth floor, taking the place of Scott Kohl.

Adam Havell has accepted a project appointment of IS resource support
technician-intermediate with the Hawk Center, effective Nov. 1.  He is
currently an LTE with the Hawk Center.