Marquette
Board of Trustee Member, John Underwood, spent time with Dr. Krause and the AIM
students this week
John P. Underwood (Bus Adm ’91) is a managing director of Goldman Sachs Private Wealth
Management in San Francisco; he majored in finance and accounting at Marquette.
Since 2016, John has been a member of the Marquette University Board of Trustees.
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| John Underwood |
On
Tuesday in the AIM Room, John met with David Krause, Matteo Arena and Joseph
Wall to talk about Marquette’s finance programs. The group shared ideas about
the future of finance – with the discussion focusing heavily on FinTech, data
analytics, artificial intelligent and other trends in the asset management and
investment banking industry.
Dr. Krause, AIM program director, stated "It was again to host John in the AIM Room. Matteo Arena and Joe Wall were able to also spend time with John - along with AIM students. We had an excellent conversation about the trends in the finance industry and what we are doing at Marquette to provide students with the tools they need to be competitive in the job market. As expected, John supported our view that things have changed a lot since the Financial Crisis and that today's finance and accounting students need to have more programming and data analysis skills."
John
Underwood is a valuable member of the Board of Trustees – he has more than 20
years of investment experience and advises senior executives, family offices,
foundations and endowments. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, John was a high
yield fixed income analyst covering multiple sectors.
He
is a national trustee for the Boys and Girls Club of America (Pacific Region)
and a trustee of the United States Ski and Snowboard Foundation. He also serves
on the board of visitors of the Owen Graduate School of Management at
Vanderbilt University and the advisory board of the Make-A-Wish Foundation
(Greater Bay Area).
Formerly, he was a founding member of the Global Institute
of Sustainability Board of Trustees, the United States Lacrosse Foundation,
Larkin Street Youth Services and the Squaw Valley Corporation. John is a member
of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the CFA Institute and the CFA Society
of San Francisco. John received his bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting
from Marquette University and his MBA from Vanderbilt University.
