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Atkinson Advisory Board
The Atkinson Graduate School of Management has an advisory board composed of professionals from local businesses, government agencies and not-for-profit organizations. For more information on the advisory board, contact Debra Ringold, Dean and JELD-WEN Professor of Free Enterprise at dringold@willamette.edu, 503-808-9901.
Chair
CURRENT CHAIR:
James A. Fitzhenry, L'81 M'81
President
Schmitt Industries, Inc.
Chair, Atkinson Committee of the Willamette University Board of Trustees
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR:
Patrick J. Waite, M'84
Vice President of Finance, retired
Seagate Technology
Members
Brad Adams M'97
Managing Director, Acquisitions
Kennedy Wilson
June Scott Brothers, M'84
Vice President of Safety, retired
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Gary Conkling
President
CFM Strategic Communications, Inc.
Denise Callahan '95, M'00
Interim Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
Willamette University
Jay A. Dressler '79
Division Vice President
K/P Corporation
Cort Garrison M'09
Chief Information Officer
Salem Health
Betsy Gilchrist M'79
Chief Financial Officer
Viking Community Bank
Rob Harris
Professor of Geophysics
Oregon State University
Ann Kristine Jackson M'84
Executive Director/CEO, retired
Oregon Hospice Association
Linda Navarro-Wilhelms '90
CEO
Oregon Bankers Association
Dennis Smith '60
Chairman/Owner
Eagle Newspapers, Inc.
Susan B. (Gordenier) Wilson M'77
Director, Certificate in Public Management Program
Willamette University
State Human Resources Director, retired
State of Oregon, Admin Services/Personnel Division
A. Richard Vial JD'81
Partner
Vial Fotheringham LLP
Stewart Williams M'09
Senior Vice President, Treasury Management
Columbia Bank