Of the 19 people with ties to UWM who have been named to this year’s Milwaukee Business Journal Power Players list., more than 40 percent are Lubar graduates or honorary degree holders. Congratulations!
- Nick Bauer (’00 BBA Finance), Managing Partner, Operose Advisors
- DeVona Wright Cottrell (’06 MBA), Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel of GMR Marketing
- Steve DeCleene (’93 BBA Business), President, Neumann Companies
- Sheldon B. Lubar (’88 Honorary Doctorate), Founder and Chairman, Lubar & Co.
- Eric Schmidt (’07 MBA), President, CG Schmidt, Inc.
- Dave Spano (’88 BBA Business), President & CEO, Annex Wealth Management
- Mary Ellen Stanek, (’84 MBA), Founder and Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer Emeritus, Baird Advisors
- Jeff Yabuki (’24 Honorary Doctorate), CEO Investcloud, Chairman Motive Partners
Farouk Dey (’98 BBA Finance) was named president of Palo Alto University, effective July 1, 2025. He joins PAO from Johns Hopkins University, where he served as the founding Vice Provost for Integrative Learning and Life Design.
Emily Di Nardo (’10 BBA Accounting and Finance) has been named to the Milwaukee Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 for 2025. Emily is a partner at Baker Tilly US.
Nick Falluca (’09 BBA Marketing) has been named to the Milwaukee Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 for 2025. Nick is the chief product and innovation officer at Palermo’s Pizza.
Nathan Roth (’08 MS Accounting), CPA has been promoted to partner at Andaloro, Smith & Krueger LLP. Nate was a graduate teaching assistant in 2007-08, plus a Tax Accounting II lecturer 2017-19.
Kristen Wright (’99 MS International Business) was named to The Software Report’s Top 50 Women Leaders in Software. She is the chief marketing officer at Arcoro.
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