Mike joined the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association as president and chief executive officer in 2010 after eight years as dean of the Wisconsin School of Business. Prior to joining UW–Madison in 2002, he was associate dean and professor of international economics in the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. He also served as senior staff economist for the Council of Economic Advisers for former presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Mike serves on the boards of American Family Insurance and Neuberger Berman Funds, where he chairs the Finance Committee and Investment Performance Committee, respectively. At WFAA, Mike has led a variety of initiatives to support the advancement of UW–Madison, most recently, the completion of the $4.2 billion All Ways Forward campaign. Mike completed his undergraduate studies in economics and mathematics at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and his PhD in economics at Stanford University.