Meet our Staff: Trish and Kerry

Trish is a first generation college graduate who studied Marketing and Accounting at the University of Washington Seattle and UCLA. Right out of college, Trish made her mark in the business world when she started her own Service Bureau company in Seattle. The Service Bureau supported other businesses with their advertising, marketing, database work, etc. Later, she sold her business to The Seattle Times and accepted a position at Microsoft. This is where she managed $60M of funds to partners in the US as a Channel Marketing Manager. Then, she became a Program Manager that managed sales of $1 billion and incentives to partners of $125M. After 13 years at Microsoft, she decided to take a job opening as the Director of Student Affairs at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Several years later, she took an offer as an Administrator for the Milgard School of Business. By August 2017, the former Dean asked Trish if she could manage the Professional Development Center for Milgard Students, which is now known today as the Milgard Success Center. Trish played a pivotal part in the development of this center because of her impressive business background and strong dedication to help students become more successful.



The Milgard Success Center is an opportunity for students to get up-to-date business advice, engage in upcoming networking events, build up their resume, and so much more. The competitive nature of the job market can be quite intimidating, especially fresh out of college. Therefore, Trish encourages students to make an appointment as early as possible to get a head start on planning their future career goals, so they can be better prepared for the real-world before their upcoming graduation date.



Trish Zander also highly recommends that, “every Milgard student should take advantage of this amazing resource.”