Albert E. Asebrook, ’84 B.S.B., a partner in the assurance and advisory services practice of Deloitte & Touche, is the College Outstanding Alumni Award winner from the Raj Soin College of Business.

Asebrook graduated magna cum laude with a B.S.B. in accountancy from Wright State University in 1984. Upon graduation he went to work with the public accounting firm Touche Ross, which later became the present-day Deloitte & Touche with whom Albert has worked for 25 years.

Throughout his career, Asebrook has never forgotten Wright State. He has personally led many recruiting efforts to hire Wright State accounting students and has provided valuable counsel to many alumni once they joined the firm. His involvement with Wright State is not just limited to recruiting, however. Over the years, Asebrook has regularly either maintained or established relationships with accounting faculty to provide them with useful input on how Wright State can enable its accounting students to excel upon graduation. Asebrook’s counsel has also included serving on the Raj Soin College of Business Dean’s Advisory Board.

Diane L. Pleiman, ’97 M.B.A., vice president of hospital operations for Miami Valley Hospital, is the College Outstanding Alumni Award winner from the School of Graduate Studies. 

Pleiman joined Miami Valley Hospital in 1999. She is currently responsible for the Shaw Emergency Trauma Center, CareFlight Air and Mobile services, Level I trauma program, medical imaging services, laboratory, outpatient clinics, and the neuroscience and oncology product lines. 

She was previously director of Miami Valley Hospital’s nursing financial operations, patient placement, and staffing. In this role, she helped develop an interactive model to predict nursing staff demand, nurse recruitment, and retention strategies. She also directed the design and implementation of new patient flow standards to increase the availability of patient rooms and speed the transfer of patients from the hospital’s emergency trauma center to inpatient rooms. Prior to this role, she was business manager of nursing and business manager of the emergency and trauma center. 

Pleiman began her career as a nuclear medicine technologist at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney before moving to Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy.   

In addition to her M.B.A. from Wright State, Pleiman has a B.A. in nuclear medicine technology from the University of Findlay. Her professional presentations and articles include analyses of emergency department management and patient turnover. She has served as an adjunct faculty member at Wright State, where she taught finance for the nursing administrator.

Pleiman’s community involvement has included: serving on the boards of New Choices, Inc., the Covenant Society, and the Epilepsy Foundation of Western Ohio; volunteering with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra; and being a member of the United Way Young Leader’s Circle.

Pleiman was a recipient of the Dayton Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 awards in 2008.

Larina Kase, ’02 M.B.A., ’03 Psy.D., a professional public speaker and author, is the College Outstanding Alumni Award winner from the School of Professional Psychology. 
Kase is a recognized expert in peak performance, anxiety and stress management, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Her unique approach is regularly seen in media such as Inc., Entrepreneur, SELF, and on national TV and radio. She is the author or co-author of seven books, including The New York Times bestseller The Confident Speaker. She has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs and executives from companies such as Verizon, Intel, Morgan Stanley, and Ernst & Young.
Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kase has provided motivational keynotes and seminars for various organizations across North America.