Dean's Advisory Council
Connie Parker
Connie Parker began her career in the field of banking before going on to spend nearly two decades in the private equity sector. At one point, she served as chief operating officer of an international private equity fund with some $26 billion in assets. Currently, Parker serves on the board of directors of Rather Outdoors and as the executive chairman and managing partner at Henley Ion, a biotech start-up. She has previously served on the boards of the Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, and she was selected for the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Blue Ribbon Panel on Sustaining America鈥檚 Diverse Fish and Wildlife Resources. Parker says her career evolved into working with boards and CEOs to build businesses, thanks to the people she met along the way.