Dr. Morgan R. Olsen,

President

Morgan R. Olsen Morgan R. Olsen serves as the President of the ASU Research Park Board, Inc. Dr. Olsen is the Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer at Arizona State University. He came to Arizona State from Purdue University, where he served as Executive Vice President and Treasurer. Before he joined Purdue, Dr. Olsen, served as the business and financial vice president at three other higher education institutions, Southern Methodist University, Eastern Illinois University and Emporia (Kansas) State University. His responsibilities at Arizona State University include oversight of treasury and financial functions, budgets and financial planning, capital projects, real estate, facility operations, business services, human resources, environmental health and safety, information technology, ASU Police and auxiliary services. He also serves on the ASU Foundation Board and holds an appointment as Professor of Practice in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College of Education. He is on the board of directors of the United Educators insurance company, and is past chair of the board of directors for the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). He is also a past president of the Central Association of College and University Business Officers (CACUBO). Dr. Olsen earned a bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, in political science and a master's degree in public administration from the University of North Dakota, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and a Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Kansas. He served as acting executive budget analyst for the North Dakota Office of Management and Budget before entering university administration in 1985.

Joanne Wamsley,

Secretary/Treasurer

Joanne Wamsley is the Senior Associate Vice President for Finance and Deputy Treasurer. Serving as ASU’s chief accounting officer, she oversees student business services, investment management, tax compliance, business technology services, debt issuance, general accounting and other financial management services. Ms. Wamsley earned bachelor’s degrees in economics and accounting, as well as an MBA, from Arizona State University. She began her professional career in Denver, Colorado with KPMG, formerly Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co, prior to joining the Arizona State University Financial Services office in 1983. Since that time she has held progressively more responsible leadership positions within the financial services office until her current appointment in December 2009. Ms. Wamsley is a certified public accountant, certified government financial manager, and chartered global management accountant. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Association of Government Accountants.

Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan,

Member

Dr. Panchanathan is currently the Senior Vice President of the Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development for Advancing Research, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development. He is a foundation chair in Computing and Informatics and Director of the Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing (CUbiC). Dr. Panchanathan was the founding director of the School of Computing and Informatics and was instrumental in founding the Biomedical Informatics Department at ASU. He was also the chair of the Computer Science and Engineering Department. Panch’s research interests are in the areas of Human-centered Multimedia Computing; Face/Gait Analysis and Recognition; Haptic User Interfaces; Medical Image Processing; Media Processor Designs and Ubiquitous Computing Environments for enhancing quality of life for individuals with disabilities. CUbiC’s flagship project iCARE for individuals who are blind and visually impaired won the Governor’s Innovator of the Year-Academia Award in November 2004. Panch has published over 400 papers in refereed journals and conferences and has mentored over 100 graduate students, post-docs, research engineers and research scientists who occupy leading positions in academia and industry. He has been a chair of many conferences, program committee member of numerous conferences, organizer of special sessions in several conferences and an invited speaker, panel member in conferences, universities and industry. Panch is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE) and a member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Dr. Amy Hillman,

Member

Dr. Amy Hillman is the Dean and Rusty Lyon Chair of Strategy of the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. She received her PhD from Texas A&M; University in Strategic Management and Business and Public Policy. Her areas of interest include corporate political strategies, boards of directors, and firm performance and resource dependence linkages. She is former Editor of Academy of Management Review and a former Associate Editor of Academy of Management Journal. Her research has been published in leading journals such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, and Journal of International Business Studies. She also serves or has served on the Editorial Review Boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management and Journal of International Business Studies. Amy joined ASU in June, 2001. An award-winning undergraduate and MBA teacher, she previously taught at the Ivey Business School at The University of Western Ontario, the Broad Business School at Michigan State University and the Mays College of Business at Texas A&M; University. In addition, she has spent several summers as a guest professor at the Institute for International Management at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria. Prior to joining academia, Amy was general manager of a retailing and manufacturing organization in the Southwest United States.

José Cárdenas ,

Member

José Cárdenas is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Arizona State University. He serves as ASU’s chief legal officer, and serves as a University representative on and to the boards of directors of ASU affiliated and related entities. Mr. Cárdenas graduated from UNLV in 1974 and from Stanford University Law School in 1977. Before joining ASU in 2009, he practiced law for 30 years as a commercial litigator with Lewis and Roca. He also served as the firm’s managing partner and later as its chairman. Mr. Cárdenas is active in the community, which includes his service as a trustee of the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust. He is a member of the American Law Institute and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Richard Parker,

Member

Richard Parker Richard spent 40 years in the construction industry providing marketing, business development, construction management and program management services for single projects and multiple project programs. He retired in 2009 after serving for 26 years as Vice President of the Building Division for Sundt Construction, Inc. Richard previously served as Chairman of the ASU Foundation, President of the ASU Alumni Association, President of the Arizona Building Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America’s Arizona Building Chapter (now Arizona Builders Alliance), President of the Arizona Association for Economic Development (AAED), a two term Board Member of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce and an Advisory Board Member of the Salvation Army’s Southwest Division. He presently serves as a Board Member for the ASU Research Park and is working with the ASU Division of Construction to help develop the marketing section for a Construction Management Executive Training Program.

Ann McCartney,

Member

Ann McCartney is the owner and Managing Director of Lighthouse Commercial Finance, a commercial mortgage banking firm based in Phoenix, Arizona. Ann is responsible for all aspects of the company’s operations, which include origination of debt and equity investments on all commercial property types. Ann has been in the commercial property finance industry for over 30 years. Her prior experience includes serving as Senior Vice President in commercial real estate lending with Enterprise Bank & Trust. Prior to that, Ann served as SVP of a $730 million private equity debt fund, responsible for managing a $250 million loan portfolio and also serving on that firm’s investment committee. She was also a Principal of Keystone Mortgage Partners, a mortgage banking firm with five offices in three states and $2 billion in mortgage servicing. Keystone was sold to GMAC in 2001. Ann earned an undergraduate degree in Real Estate from Arizona State University and an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management. She is a licensed real estate broker in both Arizona and California. Ann is active and has served on the Boards of several industry and philanthropic associations including Urban Land Institute, LAI, AZ CREW, Arizona Commercial Mortgage Lenders Association, Social Venture Partners and Gabriel’s Angels. She is a licensed commercial pilot and flight instructor.

F. Rockne "Roc" Arnett,

Member

Roc is engaged in consulting: focusing on opportunities including transportation, educations and economic development. Roc was formerly President of the East Valley Partnership for 13 years, leading the non-profit business coalition advocacy on issues of regional significance in the PHX East Valley. Prior to accepting the EVP assignment, Roc had 38 years’ experience brokering risk and insurance services to clients of a range of complexity including self-insured programs as well as more traditional fully insured programs. Roc, an Arizona native, lives in Northeast Mesa with his wife Sydney. They have 5 grown children and twenty grandchildren, and not a through away in the bunch.

Dr. Kyle Squires,

Member

Kyle Squires is the dean of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Appointed in February 2016, Squires previously served as vice and interim dean, as well as the director of the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, one of the six Fulton Schools of Engineering. A professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, Squires holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Washington State University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. Squires’ expertise encompasses computational fluid dynamics, turbulence modeling of both single-phase and multi-phase flows, and high-performance computing.

Brad Jannenga,

Member

Most recently Brad Jannenga co-founded WebPT and grew the company from an idea in 2006 to its Series B investment with Battery Ventures in 2014 while serving as Chairman, President & CTO. Prior to WebPT, Brad developed successful SaaS platforms for Franchise.com, Shea Homes & Stewart Title. He was honored with Ernst & Young's 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year award and the Phoenix Business Journal's 2013 Tech Titan award. In 2012, Brad earned HealthData Management's EHR Game Changer Award, 35 Top Entrepreneurs in AZ, Innovator of the year and made Phoenix Business Journal's Top 40 Under 40 list. Currently he is in stealth mode on his next venture. Committed to giving back to the community, Brad mentors local entrepreneurs, works with a variety of nonprofit organizations, and serves on the boards of The Partnership for Economic Innovation, StartupAZ Foundation, and the Warehouse District Council. He is also incredibly passionate about the revitalization of our historic Warehouse District and creating density within the entrepreneurial tech community. Brad is a proud dad, a lover of the outdoors, and a certified archery instructor.

Drena Kusari,

Member

Born and raised: In Kosovo, moved to the U.S. at the age of 17 Career highlights: Worked on Wall Street/finance for Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and the Carlyle Group; receiving my MBA which, has opened many doors throughout my career; worked in strategy and management consulting at McKinsey; have worked in technology for about 10 years now, culminating in my current role at Lyft, which has been every expanding. First as the GM for Phoenix, then the GM of Southwest and most recently, GM of Southwest and Hawaii. My role at Lyft has by far been the highlight of my career to date.

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