Our Bridge to the Sport Industry


Our MBA SEM Advisory Board volunteer members provide expertise and guidance to establish connections with local and national sport organizations, they also provide professional insight into business standards to ensure our curriculum is designed to meet the needs and challenges of the sport and related industries, they are also our executive ambassadors furthering the program mission and standing in our community.

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Shaney Fink

Director of Athletics
Seattle University Athletics

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Buffy Filippell

President
TeamWork Online LLC

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Talisa Rhea

General Manager
Seattle Storm

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Thomas Ross

VP Finance & Strategy
Brooks Sports, Inc.

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Rosie Selle

VP Marketing
Climate Pledge Arena

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Tosh Semlacher

President
Outage, LLC

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Sarita Carter

Vice President, Human Resources
Seattle Seahawks

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Frances Traisman

Senior Vice President, Sales
Seattle Mariners  

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Nick Forro

Senior VP, Business Development
Climate Pledge Arena

Mike Belcher

Senior Vice President of Business Development and Partnerships, T-Mobile

CONTACT

GENEVA SEDGWICK

Director

(206)-296-6368

gsedgwick@seattleu.edu

Rose Kaser

Associate Director of Operations

(206) 398-4610

kaserr@seattleu.edu

Graduate Admissions

(206) 220-8010

grad-admissions@seattleu.edu