For over 35 years, the MIS Advisory Board has been the primary point of contact between
industry and the Department of MIS. It helps ensure that the MIS curriculum meets the needs of employers, supports cutting-edge
research, provides speakers for classes, funds scholarships for outstanding MIS students,
and more. It is an invaluable resource for the MIS program at the Terry College of
Business.
Members bring a diverse spectrum of expertise to the board, which provides a broad
perspective on new initiatives. For example, current membership includes CIOs, partners
in consulting firms, recent graduates, and current student representatives. Companies that heavily recruit UGA MIS students are
often corporate members. People who have a strong affinity with Georgia’s MIS program
hold individual memberships.
The Spring Board Meeting will be held in Athens on March 4, 2020.
Corporate Members
Membership Information
There are three levels of board membership (e.g., individual, corporate RED level,
and corporate BLACK level).The individual membership is targeted to those who want
to maintain a personal relationship with the department, maybe via guest speaking
opportunities and/or attendance to our spring advisory board meeting in Athens. The
RED level will be of interest to organizations that want to maintain a close relationship
with the MIS program. As to the BLACK membership, it is for those corporations that
want to foster even greater collaboration with our department.
Become an advisory board member
Scholarships
Scholarships, in the amount of $500, are often generously offered to our best students
by our Advisory Board members. These scholarships are typically offered during our
spring Advisory Board meeting, during its social event; both students and Advisory
Board scholarship sponsors are then recognized.
Sponsor a Scholarship
Below are the individuals and companies that provided scholarships in 2019.
- Aflac
- Bill Rajczk
- Brambles
- Deloitte
- EY
- Hugh Watson
- Hugh Watson Endowment
- ISACA
- Jay Ferro
- Johnson Lambert
- KPMG
- Mark Bryson
- Mark Mahoney
- Patrick Gresham
- Protiviti
- PwC
- State Farm
- Steve Follin
- Terry Chase
- Verizon Foundation
Board Members
- Callie Abernathy, Truist
- Adam Ames, PwC
- Michael Anton, Kedelski Security
- Chris Aramburu, Fastpath
- Mukesh Arora, Isaca
- Jason Barrett, Perficient
- Rob Bearden, Docker
- Greg Bell, KPMG
- Dustin Bennett, The Home Depot
- Tyler Bennett, Aflac
- Drew Bingham, Pariveda Solutions
- John Cahill, Protiviti
- Kevin Campbell, PwC
- Andrea Castresana, Deloitte
- Matt Clark, Grant Thornton
- Dennis Cobb, SRNS
- Marline Santiago-Cook, Brambles
- Brian Cossaboom, IBM
- Brett Croker, PwC
- Kim Curley, NTT DATA Services
- Benjamin Daniel, Home Depot
- Sandeep Davalbhakta, State Farm
- Chris Draper, ETS
- Eric Drobny, CGI
- Roger Dunkin, Riskonnect
- Mark Eclavea, Wells Fargo
- Kaylee Ewing, Dixon, Hughes and Goodman
- Chaz Fails, Deloitte
- Jaime Davenport, Salesforce
- Jay Ferro, ERT
- Jim Flannery, Four Athens
- Steve Follin
- Mark German, KPMG
- Jawvid Ghaffari, Grant Thornton
- Jennifer Gilmer, Deloitte
- Rob Goldberg, Deloitte
- Regina Guinn, Datum Software
- Tiffany Greenway, Chick-fil-A
- Micah Gremillion, EY
- Patrick Gresham, Chick-fil-A
- Jonathan Hanak, EY
- Jan Hayslip, Cloudera
- John Holm, CGI
- William B. Hull, PwC
- Patrick Janda, Grant Thornton
- Russ Johnson, Cox Enterprises
- Chris Konecny, KPMG
- Jason Lannen, TurnKey Compliance
- Garrett Leffelman, Aprio LLP
- Peter Lester, PwC
- Temisan Leonis, EY
- Mark Mahoney, Jackrabbit Technologies
- Chris Manning, Protiviti
- Megan Mansfield, Johnson Lambert
- John Marzullo, UPS
- Darryl D. McDonald
- Matt McGivern, Protiviti
- David Merry, IBM
- Phillip Miles, CGI
- Jeff Miller, EY
- Kim Mobley, Johnson Lambert
- Doug Mohme, Deloitte
- Justin Orcutt, NCC Group
- Hal Pate, The Halpate Project
- HaQuasha Pendarvis, Aflac
- Rachel Phipps, Chick-fil-A
- Raymond Phillips, Daugherty Business Solutions
- Jon Powell, Moore Colson
- Bill Rajczak, Mitre Corporation
- Colin Rice
- Eric Rivard, Cerulium Corporation
- Darren Rogers, Truist
- Chris Sanders, Charles Swabb
- Christie Sauermann, The Home Depot
- Uso Sayers, Johnson Lambert
- Tim Seigler, BDO
- Erin Shroyer, Johnson Lambert
- Will Shuman, Protiviti
- Kevin Solchenberger, BCS
- Daniel Spartlen, SunTrust
- Andrea Spoeke, Chick-fil-A
- Edward Sun, Deloitte
- Ed Thomas, Deloitte
- Bob Trotter, Gartner
- Gina Vacsulka, PwC
- Brian Valeyko, NCR
- William VanCuren, NCR
- Johnny Walston, Aflac
- Sarah Williams, Protiviti
- Tyler Williamson, KPMG
- Brenden Worth, PwC
- Barney Young, NTT DATA Services
Advisory Board Student Representatives
Board Requirements
As student representatives on the board, we:
- Work directly with Hugh Watson, our board’s director, assisting him in a variety of Board-related tasks. Student
Board members will have one or more projects that they are responsible for.
- Have a direct impact on the MIS program, interacting with senior Terry faculty and
having the opportunity to share your unique perspective and voice peer concerns
- Reap the benefits of developing both IT and business skills as you help advance the
Board, generating new memberships, shaping strategy, and managing communications.
- Receive a one-year personal membership to the board after you graduate. This will
allow you to continue networking with industry professionals and gain access to industry
thought leaders
Board Responsibilities
These are some of the responsibilities that you could be involved in. Not all activities
are performed every semester — a few projects at a time will be emphasized on the
basis of personal interest and aptitude.
- Assist with the MIS Advisory Board meetings
- Pre-meeting: agenda setting and dissemination (standard information emails), RSVP
confirmation, name tags, and event coordination
- During meeting: take notes, take pictures, and act as a host, greeting guests and
assisting the event coordinator while representing the MIS program
- Post-meeting: compile and organize notes into an easy to read document, post pictures
on website and debrief to discuss possible changes
- Facilitate valuable discussions between students and faculty regarding what students
are looking for from MIS classes and what they need to know to bridge the gap between
the classroom and the boardroom
- Develop ideas to help forward the mission of the UGA-MIS Industry Advisory Board (e.g.,
additional advantages to being a corporate member, ways to get appropriate students
to the attention of corporate members, ways to get more companies interested in our
students, ways to get more students into MIS)
- Develop proposals for faculty to enhance the MIS program, based on suggestions raised
in board meetings from both the business community and faculty
- Conduct formal surveys highlighting fellow student’s feedback on certain concepts
and/or implementation of new programs
Student Representatives
Ryan Muehlberger
BBA, 2021
Meeting Minutes
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