For over 40 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.
The fall MIS Advisory Board meeting will be held in Atlanta on October 23, 2026. The Meet the Companies recruiting event will be held on February 3, 2027. The spring MIS Advisory Board meeting will be held in Athens on March 26, 2027.
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.
Corporate Members
Black Corporate
- Ad Victoriam Solutions
- EY
- Goldman Sachs
- Home Depot
- KPMG
- Iron Rhino AI
- PwC
Red Corporate
- Amazon AWS
- Cerulium
- CGI
- Cherry Bekaert
- Coastal Cloud
- Deloitte
- FHL Bank
- Funding Force
- Jackrabbit Technologies
- Johnson Lambert
- Moore, Colson and Company
- Protiviti
- Riskonnect
- State Farm
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.
Scholarships
Scholarships, in the amount of $500, are generously offered to our best MIS students. These scholarships are typically awarded during our spring Advisory Board meeting. At this event, scholarship recipients and scholarship sponsors are recognized.
Below are the individuals, companies, and endowments that provided scholarships in 2025:
- Ad Victoriam Solutions
- Bob Bostrom Scholarship Fund
- Terri Chase
- EY
- Jay Ferro
- Craig and Angela Fleisher
- Steve Follin
- Goldman Sachs
- Mark Huber and Denise Spangler
- Johnson Lambert
- Protiviti
- Bill Rajczk
- John Rossiter
- State Farm
- Bob Trotter
- Verizon Foundation
- Hugh Watson
- Hugh Watson Endowment
Board Members
- Adam Ames, PwC
- Jasmeet Anand, Gartner
- Chris Aramburu, Delinea
- Shaun Bank, ImagineX Consulting
- Kessler Barlow, Meta
- Lauren Barton, Deloitte
- Greg Bell, KPMG
- J. Porter Bellew, Federal Realty Investment Trust
- Dustin Bennett, The Home Depot
- Tyler Bennett, Aflac
- Angie Brown, The Home Depot
- Marc Buckman, ServiceNow
- John Cahill, R1 RCM
- Kevin Campbell, PwC
- Robert Carlisle, Riskonnect
- Andrew Chase
- Terri Kellum Chase, Verizon
- Virendra Chawra, Deloitte Consulting
- Jeremiah Clark, InterviewMaster.ai
- Chris Condom, EY
- Deanna Cook, State Farm
- Brian Cossaboom, IBM
- John Craven, Coastal Cloud
- Keith Credendino, Macy’s
- Brett Croker, PwC
- Benjamin Daniel, Unifiservice
- Jaime Davenport, Salesforce
- Tim Davis, Amazon Web Services
- Ted Dorner, State Farm
- William (Chris) Draper, Educational Testing Services
- Roger Dunkin, Riskonnect
- Steve Edwards, Goldman Sachs
- Jay Ferro, Clario
- Craig Fleisher, Fleisher Analysis & Insights
- Matt Flynn, Johnson Lambert
- Steve Follin, Big City Technology Services
- Randy Geoghagan, Blue Yonder
- Mark German, KPMG
- Harshendra Gite, Proton.me
- Karl Goodhew
- William Goodlow, Riskonnect
- Scot Goodman, Goldman Sachs
- Sarah Goss, KPMG
- Micah Gremillion, EY
- Patrick Gresham, Chick-fil-A
- Jonathan Hanak, EY
- Daniel Heath, PwC
- Devin Hicks, AWS
- Jon Higbie, Providence Wealth Systems
- John Holm, CGI
- Jon Higbie, PrimeAI
- Hanson Hodges, Hive Financial
- Mark Huber
- Ester Lee Johnson, Ernst & Young
- Scott Johnson, Equifax
- Taylor Johnson, Ally Financial
- Sarah Jordan, Protiviti
- Russ Johnson, Piedmont Hospitals
- Taylor Johnson, Ally Financial
- Zack Johnson, The Home Depot
- Jeff Jones, Ad Victoriam Solutions
- Sarah Jordan, Protiviti
- Justin Gravino-Kickman, AWS
- Chris Konecny, KPMG
- Jason Lannen, TurnKey Compliance
- Louis Leclerc, AWS
- Peter Lester, PwC
- Mark Mahoney, Jackrabbit Technologies
- Chris Manning, Protiviti
- Darryl D. McDonald, AmorphousDB.AI
- Matt McGivern, Protiviti
- Megan McLeroy, Amazon Web Services
- David Merry, IBM
- Phillip Miles, CGI
- Jeff Miller, EY
- Kim Mobley, Johnson Lambert
- Godswill Nwankwo, Google
- Andrew Nyham, KPMG
- Keon Odum, Microsoft
- Saee Pansare, Door Dash
- Eric Phillips, Iron Rhino AI
- Raymond Phillips, Daugherty Business Solutions
- Dustin Pitts, Salesforce
- Jon Powell, Moore Colson
- Aedan Radvanyi, Costal Cloud
- Juliana Rafla, Protiviti
- Faisal Rahman, Witness.ai
- Major General Bill Rajczak
- Devin Ramo, 3Ci
- Eric Rivard, Cerulium Corporation
- John Rossiter, Delaware Consulting
- Chris Sanders, Charles Schwab
- Gayatri Satpathy, Goldman Sachs
- Andrew Sexton, The Home Depot
- Nabeel Shah, Goldman Sachs
- Will Shuman, Protiviti
- Kevin Solchenberger, Federal Home Loan Ban
- Claire Sonksen, Cherry Bekaert
- Rachel Steinhauser, Protiviti
- Jerry Stephens, causaLens
- Lauren Stone, Valent Partners
- Kiefer Sturisky, Cherry Bekaert
- Edward Sun, AWS
- Ed Thomas, Deloitte & Touche
- Michael Tripoli, Glean
- William Velasquez, Highspring
- Jennifer Warren
- Lyndsey Wells, Johnson Lambert
- Joanna Wilford, Truss
- Tyler Williamson, KPMG
- Jeff Wood, Elevate Strategy Consulting
- Chris Yoder, EY
- Barney Young, Construction Resource
Advisory Board Student Representatives
Board Requirements
As student representatives on the board, we:
- Work directly with Hugh Watson, our board’s director, assisting in a variety of Board-related tasks. Student Board members have one or more projects they are responsible for.
- Have a direct impact on the MIS program, interacting with Terry MIS 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 allows 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
- RJ Alexander, BBA, 2027
- Maggie Craig, BBA, 2027
- Madeleine Ebert, BBA 2027
- Daniel Ferrer, BBA, 2027 (Coordinator)
- Jacob Greenwald, BBA, 2027
- Noah Hirschfield, BBA, 2026; MSBA 2027
- Rita Ma, BBA, 2028
- Avery Nelson, BBA, 2028
- Adriano Onate, BBA, 2027
- Taran Patchigolla, BBA, 2027
- Carson Sams, BBA, 2027
- Lizzie Stewart, BBA, 2027
- Jude Zekra, BBA, 2028
Feedback
Your opinion matters to us. If there’s anything the Advisory Board can improve on, let us know and we’ll be in touch.
- Temporary Professor, Department of Management Information Systems