CFO Bootcamp is taught by practitioners — executives who have held the CFO title, made the hard calls, and built the frameworks they now teach. No academics, no theory for theory’s sake. Just hard-earned wisdom, made immediately applicable.
Jack McCullough has spent his career at the intersection of finance and leadership. As a three-time Chief Financial Officer in the technology sector, he has led companies through growth, transformation, fundraising, and the full spectrum of challenges that define a CFO’s career. He is the founder and president of the CFO Leadership Council, the largest community of CFOs and senior financial executives in the world, with 3,000 members across the United States and Canada.
Jack is the author of MBA for Lunch — a concise, practical guide to essential business concepts — as well as Secrets of Rockstar CFOs and The Psychopathic CEO. A senior contributor to Forbes, his work has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and CNBC, and he has appeared on Fox Business Network and Your World with Neil Cavuto. He hosts the Secrets of Rockstar CFOs podcast, where he brings the insights of top financial leaders to the broader community.
When Jack teaches, he teaches from experience — the kind that only comes from sitting in the seat.
Wayne Cooper is Executive Chairman of Chief Executive Group and CEO of Chief Executive Network, organizations dedicated to improving the performance of CEOs, CFOs and other senior business leaders through peer networks, research, events and media. An entrepreneur and growth-focused executive, Wayne has built and led multiple high-growth businesses since 1995. Prior to joining Chief Executive Group, he served as Chairman and CEO of Kennedy Information and Pyramid Research, where he helped drive significant growth and shareholder value creation. He is also a Managing Partner at Greenhaven Partners, a private investment firm focused on media and information businesses. Earlier in his career, Wayne worked as a strategy consultant with Bain & Company and Monitor Company in Boston, London, Milan and Los Angeles.
At Monitor Company, he worked closely with founder Michael Porter, the Harvard Business School Professor who authored 2 leading books on business strategy — Competitive Strategy and Competitive Advantage. Wayne holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Stanford University.
Kristina Campbell has spent her 20+ year career at the intersection of finance, strategy and operations, specializing in building and scaling high growth, venture-backed technology companies from the office of the CFO. Currently, Kristina is chief financial officer at Wrapbook, a software platform that provides payroll and accounting services for the entertainment industry. Previously, she served as chief financial officer at several other tech companies including Maven Clinic, Ripple, and PayNearMe. Kristina also worked at Green Dot Corporation, a banking-as-a-service technology company, where she held a variety of positions across general management, operations, and account management and worked with a variety of clients including Uber, Walmart and Intuit. She spent the early part of her career in professional services, as a manager at Bain & Company and as an investment banker at Smith Barney/Citigroup.
Kristina holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Kristina is a Fellow of the 2021 Class of the Aspen Institute Finance Leaders Fellowship and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
Donna Cohen is a senior finance leader at CarMax, where she plays a key role in leading financial operations within one of the nation’s largest and most complex consumer-facing businesses.
She brings deep experience navigating dynamic economic environments, including the post-pandemic shift in consumer behavior, rising inflation, and increasing credit risk. In her current role, Donna has been directly involved in managing large-scale financial portfolios through periods of rapid change—balancing growth, risk, and customer realities in a business that operates at a national scale.
Donna is particularly known for her strength in building and transforming teams. Throughout her career, she has been repeatedly called upon to step into situations requiring organizational change—whether building teams from the ground up or reshaping existing ones to meet evolving business needs. Her leadership approach centers on trust, talent alignment, and clear vision, with a strong emphasis on developing people and creating cultures where teams can perform at a high level.
She is a passionate mentor and advocate for developing the next generation of finance leaders, with a particular interest in expanding access and opportunity within the profession. In addition to her work at CarMax, she actively contributes to mentorship initiatives and leadership development programs, helping emerging leaders navigate the transition from technical expertise to enterprise leadership.
Donna’s perspective reflects the modern evolution of the CFO role—from traditional financial stewardship to cross-functional leadership and enterprise value creation—and she brings a practical, experience-driven approach to leadership in complex organizations.
Glenn Hopper sits at a rare intersection: deep financial leadership experience combined with genuine expertise in artificial intelligence and data strategy. As an experienced CFO who has also become one of the most recognized voices on AI in the finance function, Glenn brings a perspective that is equal parts practical and visionary.
He is the author of AI Mastery for Financial Professionals and Deep Finance: Corporate Finance in the Information Age — two of the most cited books on the application of artificial intelligence, data analytics, and digital strategy in modern finance. Glenn leads the AI, Technology, and Data modules in CFO Bootcamp, helping participants cut through the hype, develop genuine fluency, and confidently lead their organizations through digital transformation.
Glenn’s instruction is built for CFOs who know they need to master this space — and want to do it without the jargon.
A hands on finance professional with over 20 years of experience in providing finance leadership and delivering results:
As FNRP’s Chief Financial Officer, Bill oversees the firm’s vast accounting department and spearheads financial reporting and analysis for the executive team and our investors. His efforts also guide the efficient use of the company’s capital.
Bill brings our team 20 years of financial experience, including multiple CFO roles at private firms, institutional funds, and nonprofits, including 10+ years as the CFO at DLC Management. In his prior engagement, Bill oversaw a $50M development project.
Bill has a MBA from Manhattan College and a BBA from Baruch College. He’s also a registered certified public accountant (CPA) in New York State and has served as an adjunct professor at New York University.
Brett is a transformational executive who has closed over $1.5B in strategic transactions while serving in senior finance roles across Fortune 500 companies like Walt Disney, AIG, and Warner Bros., and high-growth organizations, combining the rigor of publicly traded organizations with entrepreneurial agility and leadership over the past 25 years.
From the CFO seat in various organizations, his data-driven approach to financial operations and strategic planning has earned recognition from the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Business Journal, OnCon Awards, and Acquisitions International, while preparing organizations for critical inflection points—from funding rounds to private equity transactions and acquisitions—consistently delivering record-breaking revenue and EBITDA performance. Brett’s expertise spans complex financial restructuring, operational system design, digital transformation and cross-functional team leadership.
Jack is an experienced M&A and capital strategy advisor with more than 40 years of work in complex transactions, corporate growth, and financial leadership. His background includes partner-level public accounting, serving as Founder-CFO/COO of a highly acquisitive NYSE-listed company, and advising private equity firms and CFOs on significant transactions.
He has led more than 65 acquisitions from strategy and LOI through diligence, negotiation, closing, and integration, and has supported 50+ additional transactions as an interim executive and consultant.
He led the acquisition of nine companies alongside a simultaneous NYSE IPO and later integrated 68 companies into a single operating platform and unified IT environment, reflecting experience in managing growth and operational alignment.
His financing experience includes debt offerings, sale-leasebacks, PIK structures, ABL facilities, stock buybacks, and private equity-backed recapitalizations. He advises leadership teams on strategy, operations, risk management, and tax-efficient deal design.
He is a CPA, CFF, CFE, and CRISC, with AICPA certificates in SOC for Cybersecurity and Cybersecurity Assurance Services.
He graduated magna cum laude, Beta Gamma Sigma, from Syracuse University.