BROAD - Key Persons
Alex Mannella is part of the Accenture Strategy leadership team with a heavy focus on analytics and data strategy. At Accenture Strategy, Alex operates at the intersection of business and technology bringing together capabilities in business, analytics, technology, operations and function strategy to help clients envision and execute industry specific forts that support enterprise wide transformation. Alex focuses on issues related to digital disruption, competitiveness, global operating models, talent and leadership models, Alex's current key focus areas include him bringing over two decades of analytics experience to the strategy team at Accenture.
Prior to Accenture Alex was the Chief Analytics Officer at eLynx Technologies. As part of the eLynx team, Alex helped lead a group of Data Scientists, Engineers, and Oil and Gas experts focused on using sensor data to optimize well production and identify anomalies that can negatively impact production or lead to component failure. In addition, Alex worked closely with eLynx senior leadership to help with the strategic vision and with product development at eLynx Technologies.
Prior to joining eLynx Technologies, Alex was a founding member and Partner in PwC's Information and Analytics practice. Alex proudly served clients for over 17 years as part of Diamond Management and Technology Consulting and then PwC after PwC acquired Diamond. Alex has helped clients in the telecommunications, gaming, financial services, tax preparation, airline, public sector, health care, consumer products, and pharmaceutical industries. Alex is an expert on the issues of customer value management (CVM), response modeling, database marketing, and data mining. He has extensive experience in developing response and segmentation algorithms for marketing organizations of varying sizes, database development, and the use of
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- Associate Director / Executive MBA Program
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- Chairman, Department of Finance
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- Vice President Human Resources
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- Assistant Director, Executive Development Program
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- Financial & Student Services Manager / Executive MBA Program
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- Director, Management Doctoral Program
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- President, North America West
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- Chief Executive Officer / Michigan Health & Hospital Association
- Position of CEO at the Michigan Health & Hospital Association
Brian Peters holds the position of CEO at the Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA), one of the nation's largest state hospital associations. His responsibilities include executive leadership of the MHA Health Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit entity, as well as the MHA Service Corporation, which provides fee-based services to the healthcare field.
In his 30 years with the MHA, Brian has served as the Executive Vice President, and the Senior Vice President of Advocacy. He has also served as the association's director of the Legislative Policy Panel, the Business Advisory Council, the Council of Physicians, the Council on Small or Rural Hospitals, and the Council on Osteopathic Health Care.
Brian serves on the MHA Board of Trustees, the MHA Health Foundation Board, the MHA Keystone Center Board and the MHA Service Corporation Board. He is a member of the American Hospital Association (AHA) Regional Policy Board (Region 5) and serves as the Chairman for the State Issues Forum Steering Committee. He is a member of the American Hospital Association Political Action Committee (AHAPAC), Board of Directors and a member of the State Hospital Association Executive Forum (SHAEF). He also serves on the AHA Nova Award Selection Committee, the AHA Strategic Leadership Group (SLG) for Urban Hospital Sustainability.
He currently serves on the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) Board of Directors and Executive Committee, including the BCBSM Health Care Delivery Committee and Audit Committee. Brian is a board member of The Capitol Club. Most recently, he was appointed by Governor Whitmer to serve on the Michigan 2020 Census Complete Count Committee and recently became an advisor and member of Michigan Economic Recovery Council (MERC), a council of senior health and business leaders formed to provide guidance to Governor Whitmer during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brian holds a Master's Degree in Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Michigan State University.
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- Data & Analytics Executive at USAA
Carl Bell is a Data & Analytics Executive at USAA. He uses business intelligence, data science, and application development to enable growth and operations for multiple USAA Bank lines of business, to include Real Estate, Central Risk Governance, Compliance, and the Portfolio Management Office. He also leads Bank Privacy and Sensitive Data Management Functions.
Prior to joining USAA in 2012, Carl worked at GE, where he spent nearly seven years holding several leadership roles with increasing responsibility, including IT Director roles at GE Asset Management (acquired by State Street Global Advisors in 2016) and GE Healthcare. At GE Asset Management, Carl created teams to drive strategy, data, and technology solutions for investor information services, sales, and marketing for the over $100B Institutional asset manager of pension plans, endowments, foundations, and sub-advisory relationships. He digitized investor reporting in response to heightened transparency and compliance demand post the 2008 financial crisis. At GE Healthcare, Carl led Global Applications Maintenance and Support teams responsible for IT operations which also included large systems services, third-party vendor effectiveness, business intelligence, incident reporting, training, process engineering, and production support for GE Transportation.
Before GE, Carl worked at United Technologies - Pratt & Whitney, where he initiated the development of the a Data Warehouse to reduce internal data risks for the company's military engines business.
Carl is a former Air Force Master Sergeant who served in various leadership roles across Europe and the U.S., managing Combat Arms Training & Maintenance and Security Forces functions, to include Operations & Training for the Lackland Air Force Base firing range complex, and Operations at the Air Force Security Forces Academy.
Carl holds a master's degree in Computer Resources & Information Management and a Masters of Business Administration from Webster University, and a bachelor's degree in Education from Wayland Baptist University. Carl also holds an Accredited Mortgage Professional (AMP) designation from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Carl and his family live in San Antonio, Texas.
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- Assistant Dean for MBA Programs / Dean
- Assistant Dean for MBA Programs / Senior Director of Marketing and Communications
- Executive MBA Staff
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- Program Operations Assistant
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- Interim Associate Dean for Faculty and Doctoral Programs
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- Data Scientist at NeoPollard Interactive
Daniel Sementilli is a Data Scientist at NeoPollard Interactive where he works closely with business leads to translate their challenges into analytical problems and implements data driven solutions. His projects at NeoPollard Interactive have included customer segmentation, customer churn models, forecasting financial impacts of potential new features, and lottery game prize structure optimization. In his spare time Dan enjoys gardening, wood working, and exploring the great outdoors.
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- Assistant Dean for Outreach and Engagement
David Friday, a renowned economist, is appointed president of Michigan Agricultural College. He creates new courses, including an economics major.
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- Regional Chief Nursing Officer
Doug Dascenzo, MSN, RN, CENP is a healthcare executive who serves in the role of Regional Chief Nursing Officer for Trinity Health Michigan. He has attained certification in executive nursing practice by the American Organization of Nursing Leadership. He is also an active member of the Board of Visitors at Oakland University School of Nursing and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Detroit Mercy.
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- Professor of Business
- Professor of Management / Management
- Venture Philanthropist
Broad's strategic management (SM) faculty examine a broad range of issues centered on process-oriented aspects of organizational strategy. SM faculty members draw upon theoretical perspectives from the management literature as well as from disciplinary fields, such as economics, psychology and sociology, to study the strategic actions and positioning of organizations. Specific topics currently being examined by our faculty include strategic decision making, the selection and integration of resources, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, organizational risk taking, organizational learning, and innovation and change.
Mr. Broad was a renowned business leader who built two Fortune 500 companies from the ground up over a five-decade career in business. He founded both SunAmerica Inc. and KB Home (formerly Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation).
The son of Lithuanian immigrants who settled in Detroit, he graduated with honors from Michigan State University in 1954 with a degree in accounting. In 1991, Eli Broad made what was at the time the largest gift commitment ever made to a public business school. His $20 million commitment to the Eli Broad College of Business and the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management - both renamed in his honor - was designed to help Michigan State University's new full-time MBA program emerge as one of the nation's top graduate management programs.
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- Chief Business Officer
- Partner
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- Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
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- Program Coordinator / Executive MBA Program
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- Director, M.S. in Management, Strategy and Leadership
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- CEO
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- President and CEO of Delta Dental of Michigan
Goran Jurkovic is President and CEO of Delta Dental of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. Previously, he served as COO and CFO responsible for the financial operations of Delta Dental of Indiana, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina and Ohio, as well as the position of Chief Risk Officer, developing a comprehensive enterprise risk management program.Before joining Delta Dental, Jurkovic was an audit associate with Plante Moran, PLLC, a public accounting firm headquartered in Southfield, Michigan. He is a certified public accountant and member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, and sits on the Board of Directors of the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP).A proud Spartan, Jurkovic holds a BS in Accounting from Michigan State University.
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- Head of Data & Business Intelligence at Jackson National Life
Heather Fitzgerald is the Head of Data & Business Intelligence at Jackson National Life. She is a data visionary and analytics leader stemming from Chicago, Detroit & Silieon Valley with 20+ years in driving innovative global solutions and data-driven insights that create operational efficiencies, growth and success. She has deep expertise in business automation, data technology platforms, digital transformation, sales, marketing and storytelling. She leads world-class data-centric teams through full transformation by way of the usage of agile, SCRUM and SAFE methodologies.
Prior to joining Jackson, Heather was the Senior Vice President & Head of Global Strategy, Media & Analytics at various agencies throughout the Bay Area and worked directly with numerous global B2B & B2C tech firms.
Heather holds a BA in Economics from Michigan State University, and an MBA from the University of Detroit-Mercy. Her professional passions surround providing holistic data, measurement and insights to tie online and offline platforms together and to drive insight-driven storytelling. Additionally, she enjoys building teams to meet varied client & corporate needs, as well as mentoring junior staff.
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- Center for Executive Development
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- Manager of the Data Analytics Department at Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan
Jason Culp is the manager of the Data Analytics Department at Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan. He has experience in developing and managing predictive modeling solutions for insurance use cases, in data visualization, and in leading the organization's data governance initiatives. Jason also has prior experience in the PC Actuarial space, and has his FCAS and CPCU credentials.
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- Interim Chairperson, Department of Supply Chain Management
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- Chief Revenue Officer / Leon
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- Vice President, Ticket Sales and Service
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- Management
- Professor in Business Administration
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- Associate Dean of Research
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- Lead Physician Assistant of Cardiovascular Surgery at Beaumont Health
John Young is the Lead Physician Assistant of Cardiovascular Surgery at Beaumont Health in Royal Oak, Michigan. Before joining Beaumont Health in 2013, John was a Nuclear Medicine Technologist at MED-SHARE Diagnostics.
John is a Past President of the Michigan Academy of Physician Assistants (MAPA), Lansing, Michigan and is the current Chairmen of the Communications Committee. Mr. Young has previously served on the board of directors of SEMATA, a nuclear medicine association in Michigan, and former board member of the South Oakland Family YMCA.
John holds an MS in Medicine, Physician Assistant from Western Michigan University and a BS in Nuclear Medicine from Oakland University.
Jonah works at the intersection of business and data combining his technical skills with strong business acumen to great effect, generating actionable insights from data. His main areas of focus are spatial analytics and data visualization. He has worked on analytics projects across various industries, including state and local government, education, financial services, manufacturing and distribution, and health care. When not working, Jonah enjoys staying active and spending time outdoors with his family.
Jordan is a Strategic, Executive Partner with extensive experience in Solution, DataOps, AI, Analytics systems architecture with track record building account strategies, account penetration / expansion, and aligning advanced analytics use cases from on-prem and to cloud architectures. From a career standpoint and as a practioner, Jordan Martz helps businesses transition from applications that suit silioed behavioral or business items, to broader metrics from data and analytics. Further distilling this, the understanding of human process gives the drive to help business increase profitability through analytics
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- Director, Sales, Midwest Region
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- Interim Dean of the Broad College of Business
Judith Whipple is the Interim Dean of the Broad College of Business.
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- Associate Director / Executive MBA Program
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- Director, the School of Hospitality Business
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- Assistant Director of Admissions, Marketing and Communications
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- Assistant Director, International and Custom Programs
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- Chairman
- Chairman, Department of Management
Kevin Raketich - Chief Commercial Officer, EVP
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- Chief Commercial Officer
- Executive Vice President
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- President and Chief Executive Officer / McLaren
Kirk Ray, MBA, brings a wealth of health care leadership experience to his role as President and Chief Executive Officer of McLaren Greater Lansing. He leads McLaren Greater Lansing's two current hospitals while overseeing the construction and opening of a new, state-of-the-art $600 million health care campus in Lansing. Ray is the Executive Sponsor of McLaren Greater Lansing's Diversity & Inclusion Committee and is an active member of the local community through his service with a number of organizations focusing on patient safety and quality, population health, and economic development.
Previously, Ray was the Chief Executive Officer of Lutheran Health Network and has held President/CEO positions at ValleyCare Health System of Ohio, DeKalb Health in Indiana, St. Joseph Hospital and Select Specialty Hospital, both in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
Ray earned a Bachelor of Science from Ball State University and a Master of Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University. An active member of the Ball State University Alumni Association, he received the Ball State University Distinguished Alumni Award in 2012.
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- Senior Director of Field Engagement / Michigan Health & Hospital Association
Lindsay Peters, MS, FACHE is the Senior Director of Field Engagement at the Michigan Health & Hospital Association. She gained a passion for healthcare in her 12 years as the Director of Strategy, Marketing, and Fund Development at Eaton Rapids Medical Center. Lindsay earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Ferris State University and a Master of Science in Healthcare Management from Michigan State University. Lindsay serves as a member of the Michigan HomeCare & Hospice Association Board of Directors, Sparrow Specialty Hospital Board of Directors, Eaton Community Health Collaborative Board of Directors, Great Lakes Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives Board of Directors, Rotary Club of Eaton Rapids, and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
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- Co - Founder / HistoSonics Inc.
- Co - Founder of HistoSonics Inc
M. Christine Gibbons is a co-founder of HistoSonics Inc., an Ann Arbor-based maker of ultrasonic medical devices to non-invasively destroy cancerous tumors. In her eight years with the company, Gibbons served as President and COO, as well as CEO. Previously, she served as CFO of Ann Arbor-based Sensicore Inc., a developer of smart sensor systems and sensor networks, and Vice President of Finance at Ardesta, a private equity and venture capital firm.
Currently, Gibbons is utilizing her industry knowledge and entrepreneurial experience as an independent consultant, partnering with early stage company leadership teams to support growth and value enhancement by providing strategic planning and financial modeling services, clinical strategies and trial execution, finance and operations system development and implementation.
She holds an MBA from Wayne State University and a BA in Accounting from Michigan State University.
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- Assistant Director, Executive Development Program
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- Chairman, Department of Accounting and Information Systems
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- CEO
- Clinical Psychologist
- President
- President and CEO of Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services
Mark Eastburg, PhD is President and CEO of Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, a position he has held since 2006.
Dr. Eastburg is a clinical psychologist, having received his doctoral training at the Fuller Graduate School of Psychology in Pasadena, California. Mark serves on the Board of Directors for the Michigan Hospital Association.
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- Director of Career Management
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- Chief Fianacial and Administrative Officer / Professional Physical Therapy
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- Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Associate Professor
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- Executive Director / Greater Lansing Sports Authority
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- Senior Vice President of Provider Network and Health
- Senior Vice President of Provider Network and Health Plan Operations
Mike Jasperson is the senior vice president of provider network and health plan operations, is responsible for provider network development, provider operations and performance, value-based arrangements, customer service, claims, enrollment and other key operational areas focused on ensuring exceptional experiences for Priority Health members, providers and others.
He has served as the senior vice president of provider networking since March 2020 and held previous roles with Priority Health since 2016, including vice president of provider network eastern region. Before coming to Priority Health, he served as chief marketing officer for Hospice of Michigan for six years. Jasperson also spent 11 years with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in various roles.
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- Chief Sales and Operations Officer
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- Senior Vice President
- Senior Vice President, Analytics
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- Data Science Executive
- Director of Data Science / Backend Engineering
Nicholas Ross is an experienced data science executive and academic leader who specializes in leveraging business, engineering, and data functions to optimize for better decision-making. His various roles have ranged from architecting and designing production ML/AI systems, to hiring, growing, and leading engineering and data science teams.
Currently, Dr. Ross leads the data science and backend engineering efforts at The Meta, an esports training platform used by millions of competitive gamers. Before joining The Meta, Dr. Ross was a Professor of Data Science at the University of San Francisco, where his research focused on how to effectively use data and data science techniques to answer business questions. During this time, he was also the Assistant Director of the University of San Francisco's Data Institute, where he led and developed academic-industry partnerships to create a world-class masters of data science program. Under his leadership, the Data Institute placed hundreds of students into top data science positions in both the private and public sectors, with a job placement rate of over 90% within 3 months of graduation. Previously, he spearheaded data efforts at leading tech companies in the video and online game industry, from early-stage startups to multinational companies.
Dr. Ross received his PhD from UCLA, his Masters from UC Davis, and his Bachelor of Science from UC Berkeley. He has published papers in a variety of journals as well as given talks in both academic and industry settings.
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- Director of Customer Analytics at Consumers Energy
Nick Cross is the Director of Customer Analytics at Consumers Energy. Nicholas, originally an Electrical Engineer from Western Michigan University, has spent the last 6 years building out a robust Automation and Analytics team focused on data-driven solutions, waste elimination, and increasing customer experience for Consumers' 3M+ customers. He has experience in Machine Learning, Speech Analytics, Prediction Analysis and various automation and visualization technologies.
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- Director of Business Development
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Senior Vice President
- Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sparrow Health System
Paula Reichle is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sparrow Health System, responsible for all financial service functions, supply chain management, executive oversight of Physicians Health Plan and Government Relations and Advocacy. She previously held financial leadership positions at the former Ingham Regional Medical Center (now McLaren Greater Lansing) and was an executive in the financial services industry.
A certified public accountant and proud Michigan State alumna, she has served on the Accounting Advisory Board for MSU, as well as Lansing Community College.
Reichle most recently served on the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) National Board of Directors. Reichle received her B.A. in Accounting from the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University and her MBA from Northwood University.
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- Principal Data Scientist / Kellogg Company
- Principal Data Scientist at Kellogg Company
Rajnish Sinha is a principal data scientist at Kellogg Company where solves traditional and novel business problems using AI/ML techniques. He is a hands-on contributor to Kellogg's data eco-system. Prior to joining Kellogg Company, Rajnish spent over Nine years at Stryker Corporation where he led multiple high performing team(s) focused in the area of Data Analytics/Engineering/Science.
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- Associate Dean for MBA, EMBA, and Professional Master 's Programs / Associate Professor
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- Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
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- Vice President of Future of Work
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- Associate Director
- Business Manager
- Event Coordinator
- Recruiting Manager
- Associate Director, Employer Relations
- Curriculum Developer & Data Analyst
- Professor in Accounting
- Senior Associate Director for Global Career Initiatives
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- Associate Director, Employee Experience / Novo Nordisk, Inc.
- Leader, Learning & Development
- Market Access Account Manager
Ryan Martin is a servant leader, learning & development champion, and experienced life sciences account manager.
He is currently an HR leader with Novo Nordisk Inc., a global life sciences company focused on improving the lives of individuals with diabetes, obesity, and other chronic conditions. As the Associate Director, Employee Experience, he consults with executives across the U.S. to assess competencies and propose learning solutions that support measurable outcomes.
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- Clinical Associate
- Senior Vice President and Chief Quality and Safety Officer at Beaumont Health
Samuel Flanders, M.D. is Senior Vice President and Chief Quality and Safety Officer at Beaumont Health, overseeing quality, patient safety and infection prevention. He previously served as Executive Vice President of Quality, Safety and Clinical Effectiveness of Beaumont Health System. Prior to joining Beaumont Health System, Flanders was Senior Vice President of Medical Quality at Clarian Health Partners (now Indiana University Health) in Indianapolis.
Flanders is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is the co-founder of the Diabetes Youth Foundation of Indiana.
Flanders received his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and completed his residency in pediatrics at Methodist Hospital of Indiana. He also holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.
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- Admissions and Academic Services Manager / Executive MBA Program
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- Operations Leader
- Senior Director, Analytics, Manufacturing Infrastructure and Operations Data Systems
Shanhari Sivagnanasundaram is an experienced operations leader with a demonstrated history of working in the consumer electronics industry. Skilled in Management of Analytics, Manufacturing Information Systems, Data Infrastructure, Product Quality, Capital Equipment, Business Process Improvement, and Electronics.
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- Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Academic Operations and Student Experience
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- Senior VP Content Development & Private Events / Oak View Group
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- General Manager Southwest Operations / American Woodmark Corporation
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- Chairman, Department of Marketing
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- Chief Executive Officer
- President
- President and CEO of Spectrum Health
Tina Freese-Decker is the President and CEO of Spectrum Health and has served in various leadership roles within the organization, including Executive Vice President and COO, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer and President of Spectrum Health Hospital Group. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Michigan Health and Hospital Association, Michigan State University and Spectrum Health Alliance and the Economic Club of Grand Rapids. (These are just a few, which is fine)
Her work has garnered her recognition as one of Modern Healthcare's 2019 Top 25 Women Leaders, 2018 Top 25 COOs in Health Care, Managed Healthcare Executive's 2018 Emerging Leaders, Crain's Detroit Business Notable Women in Healthcare 2018, and American College of Healthcare Executives Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award for Young Healthcare Executive of the Year 2013.
Freese-Decker holds a MHA and a MSIE from the University of Iowa.
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- President & CEO / Roosevelt Innovations, LLC
Toby Hall joined Delta Dental of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana in 2003, where he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Actuary, and Chief Data Officer. In 2021 he led the spin-off of Roosevelt Innovations, where he serves as President and CEO. He earned a bachelor's degree in statistics from Western Michigan University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan. Mr. Hall is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, a Fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries, and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries. In addition, Mr. Hall has taught mathematics courses at both the high school and collegiate level. He holds a Secondary Teaching Certificate from Olivet College.
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- President / Hiring Solutions, LLC
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- Executive Vice President of Health Care Value for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Todd has held senior roles at the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association as well as Bain & Company.
Todd Van Tol is the Executive Vice President of Health Care Value for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM). In that role, he has responsibility for provider contracting and network management, medical and pharmacy management as well as end-to-end management of the total cost and quality of care for individual and group customers.
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- Vice President of General Sports
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- Program Operations Manager
Vamsi is a sports enthusiast which enabled him to get into the field of numbers/data. Fascinated by the sport outcomes primarily driven by numbers, he has taken up a journey of 6+ Years to date in the retail, transportation, internet, and consulting space. Some of the organizations include OLA cabs(India's Biggest Cab Aggregator), Walmart Labs, Overstock, Spotify(present role). Having worked at a growing startup(OLA) for 3 years, he had the chance to work on these aspects: supply-demand optimization, incentive/financial planning, customer/user retention & reactivation, churn analysis, marketing ROI, overall business growth; primarily driven by data and insights. At Walmart Labs, Overstock, Vamsi implemented machine learning techniques and designed experiments to predict user purchase patterns and improved customer funnel conversion on the web pages driving business KPIs of interest. In the present role, he primarily generates forecasts for customer service & analytics teams significantly contributing towards future planning.
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- Senior Manager of Human Resources
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- Data Scientist / Ford Motor Company
Wayne Gonzalez, MBA, holds operational experience in both the financial and legal industries, in assition to sales operations experience at a cloud software company. He has held analytic roles in BI and finance, while playing a strategic role in sales operations.
Wayne has been trusted and relied upon by Senior VPs to perform analytical analyses tackling a wide range of business problems, consistently performing and delivering beyond customer expectations, building a cadre of trusting and collaborative relationships with major decision-makers along the way. He received his MBA from Michigan State University, and is currently pursuing an Applied Data Science degree.
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- Director, MBA Program & Academic Services
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- Assistant Director, Academic & Student Affairs