SOCIAL VENTURE TRACK FINALS JUDGES
DEB SCHONEMAN ‘96 MBA, President, Piper Sandler Deb Schoneman serves as president of Piper Sandler. She joined Piper Sandler in 1990, in the accounting department, and has held several senior management positions, including global head of equities, chief financial officer, finance director of both equity and fixed income capital markets and treasurer. Ms. Schoneman serves on the board of directors of Hormel Foods, a global branded food company, and on the board of directors of Allina Health, a not-for-profit healthcare system based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and served as chair for three years. She also serves on the board of trustees for the University of St. Thomas. Ms. Schoneman is a director emeritus of BestPrep, a nonprofit organization focused on business, career and financial literacy skills. She previously served on the board of directors of SIFMA. Ms. Schoneman was named to the 2024 and 2025 lists of Most Powerful Women to Watch by American Banker and was awarded "CFO of the Year" by theMinneapolis-St. Paul Business Journalin 2014. Ms. Schoneman earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Minnesota State University Mankato and an MBA degree from the University of St. Thomas.
CASEY SHULTZ, Director of Community and Impact Investing, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation Casey Shultz brings 15 years of leadership experience in the areas of technology, startups, entrepreneurship and venture capital to the Foundation. Most recently, Ms. Shultz served as executive director of BETA.MN, a Twin Cities nonprofit that provides Minnesota-based founders of top local tech startups with the resources to grow their companies. At BETA, she diversified the board of directors, acquired Tech.MN, a startup news-gathering website, and doubled the size of the BETA team. Earlier, she gained experience at The Planning Group of the Northwest where her team was recognized by Barron’s as the top financial advising team in Alaska. She also was an early employee of Silicon Valley startup CouchSurfing Intl – a precursor to Airbnb – helping the company raise its $7.9 million Series A-round. Collectively, she has helped startups raise over $25 million. Ms. Shultz was recognized by Twin Cities Business magazine as a member of its TCB 100: The People to Know in 2021. She earned an MBA at Presidio Graduate School in San Francisco.
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