The Board of Trustees of the Graduate School of Banking at UW–Madison (GSB) announced that Paul C. Katz has been selected as the next GSB/Prochnow Educational Foundation president and CEO. Katz succeeds Kirby Davidson, who announced his retirement in October 2023. Katz will begin as president on June 1 and assume the role of CEO upon Davidson’s retirement on Dec. 31.
A national search, managed by The QTI Group of Madison, yielded applications from more than 300 candidates for the position.
Katz comes to GSB following 25 years in banking industry leadership roles. He most recently served as managing director and head of bank relations at Promontory MortgagePath in Danbury, Connecticut. Prior to that, he was executive vice president of the State Association Alliance with the American Bankers Association in Washington, D.C.
