Meet Our Board of Directors

Marv Siegert

Chairman of the Board

Marvin G. Siegert is currently retired but remains active by serving on company boards and pursuing private investments.

From July 2007 to September 2009 Marv was employed by Hat World, Inc and Impact Sports, distributors of team apparel. Prior to that, he was President of The Pyle Group, a private equity group, from December 1996 to July 2007.

Marv previously worked at Rayovac Corporation, a manufacturer of batteries and lighting products. An employee from 1970 to December 1996, his most recent position was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Marv earned his Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from U.W. Whitewater in 1970 and a Master’s degree in Management from U.W. Madison in 1976. He completed an eight-week program at MIT for Senior Executives during the spring of 1993. Marv received U.W. Whitewater’s Beta Alpha Psi Outstanding Alumnus Award in 1987. He was also inducted into U.W. Whitewater’s School of Business Hall of Fame in 1994.

Marv currently serves on the following Boards: Uniek, Inc., Nautilus, Inc. and NorthStar Education Services, LLC. He is a past member of both the University of Wisconsin Madison Foundation and the U.W.-Whitewater Foundation. He previously served on the Board of Directors for Greenwoods State Bank, The Pyle Group LLC, Rayovac Corporation, Hy Cite Corporation, Behrens Acquisition, Inc. and Georgette Klinger, Inc. Marv is also a past member of the Nakoma Golf Club Board, Edgewood High School’s Board of Trustees, Edgewood’s Athletic Board, National Association of Accountants, Planning Executives Institute, In Business Advisory Board, and West Metropolitan Business Association. He is an avid supporter of the U.W. Madison Athletic Program including membership in the Mendota Gridiron Club and The Overtime Club.

In April 2012, Marv became one of the initial members of the Badger Air Community Council(BACC) along with Pat Richter, Dave Lenz, and Dave Anderson. The goal of the BACC is to support the efforts of the Wisconsin Air National Guard 115th Fighter Wing. Today Marv is the Chairman of the BACC Board.

Pat Richter

University of Wisconsin (Ret)

Pat Richter is Director of Athletics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin. He currently is a consultant in the Sports Practice of DHR International, a worldwide executive search firm.

After an 8-year career in the NFL Pat had completed requirements for his JD Degree at the UW when he joined Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation in 1972. He was employed there for more than 18 years and was Vice President-Personnel when he was recruited to be the Director of Athletics at the University of Wisconsin by Chancellor Donna Shalala in 1990.

Taking over a debt-ridden athletic department Pat was charged with re-energizing the Badgers athletic program and returning success and pride to Badger fans everywhere. Through key coaching and staff hires Pat and his team were able to reposition the Badgers into an academically sound, financially successful, gender equitable and highly competitive athletic program. Numerous facilities were also built during his tenure including the Kohl Center, the Fetzer Academic Learning Center, the University Ridge Golf Course, the Goodman Softball Diamond and the start of the renovation of Camp Randall Stadium. Pat retired from Wisconsin’s athletic department in 2004.

Pat was an Honorary Commander of the 115th Fighter Wing and is a member of the Badger Air Community Council Board of Directors

Jack Salzwedel

American Family Insurance

Jack Salzwedel is chairman and chief executive officer of American Family Insurance, headquartered in Madison, Wis.

A native of DeForest, Wis., Jack began his career with American Family in 1983 as a claim adjuster. In 1985, he followed in the footsteps of his father, Tom, and became an agent for the company. Jack then took sales and product line leadership roles at AmFam, leading up to his election as chairman and chief executive officer in November 2011.

In his current role, Jack oversees the American Family enterprise of companies, which includes American Family and subsidiaries, Homesite and The General. He serves on boards for the Property and Casualty Insurers Association of America, the Insurance Information Institute, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and United Way of Dane County.

Jack is co-chairman of the board at the American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison. Jack and his wife, Sarah, have also established the Slife Institute for Social Work Consultation, Research and Training at Wartburg College, in Waverly, Iowa.

A social media advocate, CEO.com recently named Jack the most engaged Fortune 500 CEO on Twitter. You can follow him at @AmFamJack and read his latest blog posts about leadership, culture and innovation at jacksalzwedel.com.