Haworth College of Business
Western Â鶹´«Ã½Ó¦Óà University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5457 USA
Main office: (269) 387-5050
Advising office: (269) 387-5075
2021 Department of Accountancy Outstanding Alumni Award
Christopher Abate, B.B.A.’01
Chief Executive Officer, Redwood Trust
Prior to joining Redwood, Abate was employed by PricewaterhouseCoopers. He studied finance and accounting at Western Â鶹´«Ã½Ó¦Óà University, and holds MBAs from the University of California at Berkeley and Columbia University.
Abate currently serves as chairman of the board of the structured finance association, a Washington, D.C.-based industry trade group. While at WMU, he served as president of the Financial Management Association and represented the University as a member of the Sunseeker Solar Car Team, driving the car across the nation in the biennial Sunrayce in 1999.