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Impacting Consumers Beyond the Product

Speaker: Jonny Wesolowski
Date: March 12-14, 2026

Description: Join Biola Alumni Jonny Wesolowski as he shares his integrated experiences from local pastoring to global product strategy at Nike. Through the 3-day seminar intensive participants will learn what it means to make consumer centric product decisions at a $50 billion footwear company and how that process translates well beyond the consumer goods and our faithful stewardship in business.

Key Takeaways:

• Introduction to the Foundations of Product Merchandising
• Learn how to build trend-right short and long term consumer journeys for any business type
• Understand how merchandising decisions impact every part of consumer daily life
• Pressure test real strategies from Nike, Jordan Brand and converse
• A look inside the how and why product and go to market decisions are made at a Fortune 500 consumer goods brand
• Transparent Q&A session centered around Nike, global consumer goods, and faith in a contemporary business setting 

Jonny Wesolowski is a Biola Alum and currently in Global Product Merchandising at Jordan Brand and Nike.

Private Market Investing

Speakers: Mark & Tim Rafalovich
Date: January 29-31, 2026

Description: The Biola Private Investing intensive is an immersive experience where students spend three days exploring the dynamic world of private equity, venture capital, and angel investing. Through expert-led sessions and hands-on exercises, they will learn how to analyze private investment deals and navigate the complexities of the industry. This summit equips future investors with the knowledge and skills to evaluate opportunities, mitigate risks, and engage with seasoned professionals in the private investing space.

Tim Rafalovich is the Managing Partner and Head of Fund Investing (Private Equity) at Wells Fargo. He has over 25 years of experience in finance, private equity, fund investing, alternative assets, investment banking, and management consulting.

Mark Rafalovich iis the Head of West Coast at Merion Investment Partners. He is an investor and financier for businesses and operators in the lower middle market. He has particular expertise in advising on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and valuations. As the head of the West Coast office for Merion Investment Partners, a Philadelphia and Los Angeles based Private Equity Fund with $450MM of AUM, Mark can provide flexible debt and equity to companies with positive EBITDA to support organic growth, acquisitions, buyouts and generational transfer of ownership. The fund will co-invest equity alongside private equity groups and is comfortable investing in equity sponsored deals as well as directly with entrepreneurs.