The Dean's Business Forum Board is made up of alumni and friends committed to enhancing the visibility of Gonzaga University's School of Business Administration in the community. The Board promotes the business school’s outreach throughout Spokane and the Inland Northwest, by serving as a conduit to engage the business school in the community for events, lecturers and guest lecturing in the classroom. Members of this board, also advisory in nature, provide invaluable educational support for students of the school. They are a subset of our community partners dedicated to volunteering their time to network and advise the students. They play a role in experiential learning in the classrooms, providing feedback for the students as they develop their soft skills in the business world. If you are interested in being involved, please send an email to AJ Hawk at hawka2@gonzaga.edu
DEAN’S BUSINESS FORUM BOARD MEMBERS
KENNETH ANDERSON ’93
Dean, School of Business Administration
Gonzaga University
MICHAEL BANTA ‘23
VP Business Development, Anmar Mechanical
JEFF BROWN ‘94
Co-Founder and CEO, HAIWAVE
KELLY BROWNCommunity Development Officer, Idaho Central Credit Union
CHERI BURNHAM ‘94
Partner, Moss Adams LLP
SARAH CARLSON
Founder, Fulcrum Financial Group
GUILLERMO CARTAGENA ‘18
Chair (June 2025-May 2027)
VP, Dir. Enterprise IT, Washington Trust Bank
PEGGY DOERING ’71
Director, Valleyfest
PEGGY E. HAUN-MCEWEN ‘86, ‘90
Director of Community, Gonzaga Family Haven
Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington
Founding Partner of Starling Community Consulting
RYAN HOLCOMB
Financial Analyst, The Bloom Williams Group
CALLIE JOHNSON ‘15
Vice-Chair (June 2025-May 2027)
Founder Made with Love Bakery
Wealth Management Associate, Financial Forum, Inc
RENE JOHNSTON
Founder + Owner, Employee Engagement Solutions
LONNI MARLOW
Budget Assistant
Center for Community Engagement-CCE
JIM MCPHEE ‘96
Witherspoon Brajcich McPhee, PLLC
KEVIN MCQUILKIN ‘83
(HONORARY MEMBER 2021)
SBA Executive in Residence, Gonzaga University
KATHERINE MORGAN ’06, ‘14
Deputy Associate Administrator | Office of Field Operations at U.S. Small Business Administration
Adjunct Faculty, Marketing, Gonzaga University
CAJER NEELY
Retired from Banking Management
JENNIFER O’CALLAGHAN ’18
Chief Marketing Officer, Secured Investment Corp.
MOLLY PEPPER
Associate Dean of Impact, Professor of Management
Gonzaga University, School of Business Administration
JAXON RILEY ’17 COML MA
Executive Director, Leadership Spokane
REILLY ROACH ‘17
General Manager, Rainier Seeds, Lakeside Companies
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS
Associate Dean, UG Programs, Professor of Entrepreneurship
Gonzaga University, School of Business Administration
KIM THIELMAN ‘91, ‘93
Regional Sales Director, Aegis Living
COLLEEN VANDENBOOM ‘20
VP Student Services, Walla Walla Community College
KURT WALSDORF ’84
Retired Market President, E. WA/Idaho
Commercial Banking, Bank of America
MICHAEL WINGER ’91
VP Store Development, URM Stores, Inc.
STUDENT MEMBERS
HANA GRAY, UNDERGRADUATE
BA in Economics, BBA with concentrations in Finance & Law and Public Policy
BRAD MCNEILL, UNDERGRADUATE
BBA, Accounting and Finance
ETHAN MOUSSA, UNDERGRADUATE
BS in Applied Mathematics with minors in Computer Science and Analytical Finance
ALEXIA SAAD, MBA
BBA, HR Management and Marketing
GRACE SIKORSKI, UNDERGRADUATE
BBA, Economics and Marketing
SARAH ISHADI SPARSHA, MBA
EX-OFFICO MEMBERS
AJ REHN ‘12
Program | Events
Gonzaga University, School of Business Administration
CINDY LUBAHN
Program Assistant II
Gonzaga University, School of Business Administration
EMERITUS MEMBERS
GREG BEVER ’92
MARY DUNN
SHELDON JACKSON
JACK HEATH ’88
LARRY KRAUTER
TIM MURPHY
MARK NEUPERT ’94
SCOTT O’BRIEN ‘01
JERRY REED ‘99
LOWELL RUEN ‘76
JESSIE WUERST
ZINZI KELLEN