Tammy Thayer

Tammy Thayer is president of the Center for Advanced Studies in Business (CASB), a non-profit affiliated with the Wisconsin School of Business. She has full P&L responsibility and is chair of the board of directors. Her work involves building partnerships between public and private organizations and executive education to help develop organizational effectiveness and global competitiveness by preparing leaders to solve the business issues of today and prepare for the challenges of tomorrow.

She has more than 25 years of experience with public, private, and international companies. Thayer spent 13 years in Italy where she worked as a consultant for Hewitt Associates as for Nestle’ Perugina in Human Resources.

She also lived in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for 5 years where she was initially sent to open the first conference company in the Middle East. She set up and led two of the largest conference providers in the world (IBC Gulf Conferences and Institute for International Research). As managing director of these organizations, Thayer led teams that designed, developed and marketed conferences and training programs for senior executives and managers. Prior to returning to the USA, she worked as a headhunter.

She holds a MBA from Boston University and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.