Board of Advisors
The Business and Transactional Law Center benefits from the experience, insight, and expertise of its Board of Advisors. The Board consists of successful business and transactional law experts and nationally-known business leaders. Board members help shape the direction of the Center and regularly share their expertise with students in Center programs.
Gerald Aaron
Senior Vice President and Secretary (retired)
Lone Star Steakhouse and Saloon
Wichita, Kansas
Washburn Law 1966
Terry Joe Anderson
Senior Corporate Counsel (retired)
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Los Angeles, California
Washburn Law 1964
John F. Bergner
Shareholder, Winstead, P.C.
Chair, Wealth Preservation Practice Group
Dallas, Texas
Washburn Law 1982
Bill D. Berkley
President
State Bank of Downs
Downs, Kansas
Washburn Law 1975
Bernard Bianchino
President & CEO
Jaguar Telecom, L.L.C.
Overland Park, Kansas
Washburn Law 1974
Rita Bicknell
Partner
Phalen Law Office; Bicknell Family Foundation
Pittsburg, Kansas
Washburn Law 1995
Robert E. Bigelow
Managing Director
Blue River Asset Management, L.L.C.
Denver, Colorado
Washburn Law 1967
Benjamin F. Blair
Chairman of the Board
Coldwell Banker Griffith & Blair
Topeka, Kansas
Washburn Law 1963
Mert Buckley
Managing Partner
Adams Jones Law Firm
Wichita, Kansas
Washburn Law 1977
William D. Bunten
President (retired)
Intrust Bank
Wichita, Kansas
Washburn Law 1956
Wharton School of Finance 1958
Frank A. Caro, Jr.
Partner
Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus, P.C.
Overland Park, Kansas
Washburn Law 1983
Daryl Craft
President & C.E.O.
GTrust Financial Partners
Topeka, Kansas
Washburn Law 1977
D. Duke Dupre
Chairman of the Board (retired)
Asier Technology Corp.
Plano, Texas
Washburn Law 1973
David A. Fenley
Co-Chairman
Husch Blackwell, L.L.P.
Kansas City, Missouri
Washburn Law 1979
Winton Hinkle
Partner
Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm, L.L.C.
Wichita, Kansas
Washburn Law 1968
Paul Hoferer
Of Counsel
Lathrop & Gage, L.L.P.
Kansas City, Missouri
Washburn Law 1975
Delano E. Lewis
Board of Directors
Colgate-Palmolive Co. and Eastman Kodak Co.
Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa
Mesilla, New Mexico
Washburn Law 1963
Michael J. Manning
Partner
Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P.
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Washburn Law 1969
David K. Martin
Head of Right-of-Way and Contracts Department
Enbridge Energy Company, Inc.
Houston, Texas
Washburn Law 1984
Daniel Muchow
Partner
Quarles & Brady, L.L.P.
Phoenix, Arizona
Washburn Law 1981
Erick Nordling
Attorney
Kramer, Nordling & Nordling, L.L.C.
Hugoton, Kansas
Washburn Law 1985
Norman Pozez
Chairman & Owner
Uniwest Construction, Inc.
Washington, D.C.
Washburn Law 1980
Frank Joseph Ross
Shareholder/Director
Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus, P.C.
Kansas City, Missouri
Washburn Law 1978
James C. Slattery
Partner
Wiley Rein L.L.P.
Washington, D.C.
Washburn Law 1975
Sue Jean White
General Counsel
Shell Chemical Corporation
Houston, Texas
Washburn Law 1980
Teri L. Wilford Wood
Associate General Counsel
IBM Corporation
Bronxville, New York
Washburn Law 1978
