University of Michigan - Flint

The MCEL Advisory Board selects participants for each year's Leadership Program and provides advice on program content. Members of the board serve as mentors, reactors and advisors in the feedback sessions and offer both formal and informal networking opportunities to Leadership Program candidates and graduates.


Lee Berry, MBA
Chief Operating Officer, Michigan Theater


Thomas J. Blasen, JD, LLM
Co-founder, Zebra Network, LLC


Tim Brogan
Principal, Gannon Group


Francine Cullari, MBA, JD
Director, Michigan Family Business Center


Donald B. Davis
Owner, Heat'n Sweep


Daniel Denison
Founding Partner, Denison Consulting


Jeffrey D. Fall
President, Platinum Medical Parts


Julius H. Giarmarco, Esq.
Partner, Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C.


Joseph Graczyk
Former Fortune 500 Executive


H. Michael Harrington, PhD
Executive Director, Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors


Ken Hawk, MBA
CEO, Ubidyne


Jack Helmuth, PhD
Dean, School of Management at University of Michigan-Flint


Thomas A. Hemphill, PhD
Professor of Strategy, Innovation and Public Policy, School of Management at University of Michigan-Flint


Stacy Himmelspach
Business Advisor, Insight Advisory Services


Yener Kandogan, PhD
Associate Dean, School of Management at University of Michigan-Flint
Professor of International Business, School of Management at University of Michigan-Flint


C. Peethambaran Kartha, PhD
David M. French Professor of Quantitative Methods, School of Management at the University of Michigan-Flint


Joseph J. Kreder
President, Kreder & Associates, Inc.
President, High Stakes Entertainment, LLC


Thomas Link
Managing Partner, Mercury Leads
Founder & President, Link Direct Marketing


Ron Lund
CEO, SilkRoute Global


Rodney B. McGraw, PhD
Adjunct Professor, University of Michigan – Flint


Tony Menyhart
Commercial Real Estate Broker, McKinley Brokerage Service


Keith Moreland, PhD
Professor of Accounting, School of Management at University of Michigan-Flint


Lori Putt, PhD
Director, Market Insight Center
The Dow Chemical Company


Roy Sexton, MBA
Corporate Director of Strategic Communications and Planning, Oakwood Healthcare System


Vince Shunsky
Founding Member, Corporate Planning & Consulting, LLC


John Trauth
President, Merlin International (Technology Systems Division)


Dale Tuttle
Director, Michigan Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership


Betty Velthouse
Professor of Management and Communication, School of Management at University of Michigan-Flint
Interim Dean, School of Health Professions at University of Michigan-Flint


Stephen L. Williams
Vice President
Sales & Marketing
Natural Gas Liquids
BP Products North America Inc.
also:
Owner, Olives Martini Bar & Grille


Michael D. Witt, PharmD, JD
Entrepreneur in Residence and Lecturer, School of Management at University of Michigan-Flint