Managing Director, Bow River Capital Denver, Colorado Ben Schnakenberg is a Managing Director on the Private Equity team at Bow River Capital, a Denver-based multi-strategy alternative asset management firm with more than $2 billion of assets under management, where he focuses on control investments in middle market, human capital-based businesses. Ben graduated from Valpo with […]
Category: National Council Members
Mary (Burce) Warlick ’79
U.S. Foreign Service Officer, Washington, D.C. Arlington, Virginia After graduating from Valparaiso University with a major in Political Science and a minor in Humanities, Mary Burce Warlick attended The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University where she received an M.A. in Law and Diplomacy. After working for a U.S. refugee resettlement agency in the Philippines for […]
Rene Steinke ’86
Novelist and Professor of Creative Writing Fairleigh Dickinson University Brooklyn, NY Rene Steinke is a novelist and Professor of Creative Writing at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her most recent novel, Friendswood (Riverhead), was named on of National Public Radio’s Best Books of 2014. Friendswood was shortlisted for the St. Francis Literary Prize; it was also an […]
Jason J. Hallman ’06
Senior Manager for the Collaborative Safety Research Center, Toyota Motor North America Research & Development Ann Arbor, MI Dr. Jason Hallman is the Senior Manager for the Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC) at Toyota Motor North America Research & Development (TMNA R&D) based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In this position, Dr. Hallman supports people leadership, […]
Sarah Benczik ’07
Principal, Deloitte Consulting’s Government and Private Sector PracticeWashington, DC Sarah Benczik is a Principal in Deloitte Consulting’s government and public sector practice in Washington, DC. Sarah advises government leaders on people-focused strategy that delivers business and mission results. Sarah is dedicated to providing innovative and practical solutions for human capital challenges like cyber workforce planning […]
Kevin P. McCusker ’02
Director, Compound Screening Biology, PTC Therapeutics Mountain View, CA At Valparaiso, Kevin majored in Biochemistry and Humanities. Upon graduation, he attended graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley, receiving his PhD in Biochemistry in 2009. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, he joined Edison Pharmaceuticals in 2013 as a […]
Katelyn Donnelly ’14
Guidelines Specialist, Infectious Diseases Society of America Buffalo, New York Katelyn Donnelly (née Stermer) is a Guidelines Specialist for the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) where she works with technical expert panels of infectious disease physicians, pharmacists, and microbiologists to set national standards of care. She is concurrently pursuing her Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) […]
Pamela (Carey) Sieving ’70
Biomedical Librarian/Informationist Sieving Information Solutions Sacramento, California Pam Sieving completed an MA in English Literature and Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1971, and an MS in library science at Southern Connecticut State University in 1974. She is accredited at the ‘distinguished’ level in the Academy of Health Information Professionals. Since 1986, she has […]
Matthew Provenzano ’00
Pediatric ENT Franciscan Health Michigan City, Indiana Matthew Provenzano is a pediatric otolaryngologist at Franciscan Health in Michigan City, Indiana. He graduated from Valparaiso University and Christ College in 2000 with a bachelor of science and then obtained his medical degree from Johns Hopkins Medical School in 2004. He completed a surgical internship at the […]
David Piehler ’77
Attorney, Piehler and Strande SC Wausau, Wisconsin David Piehler is an attorney and managing partner of Piehler and Strande, S.C., a legal firm in Wausau, Wis. Piehler graduated from Valparaiso University in 1977 with a degree in civil engineering. He earned the J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1980, where he was […]