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Photo of Larina I. Kase Thomas Duncan (’81 B.S.B.) currently serves as chief financial officer of Premier Health Partners, a position he has held since October 2007. In addition, he serves as chief financial officer of MedAmerica Health Systems. 

Duncan joined the organization in 1985 as director of finance for MedAmerica Health Systems. He has since held various positions within the organization, including vice president and CFO of Fidelity Health Care, president and CEO of Fidelity Health Care, vice president and CFO of Samaritan Health Partners, and most recently, vice president and CFO of Miami Valley Hospital and MedAmerica Health Systems. 

As a member of the executive team of Premier Health Partners—a $1.7 billion organization—Duncan serves as a highly respected leader for the second largest employer in the region. As a native of Dayton, he has tremendous pride in his community and his alma mater. 

Photo of Larina I. Kase Ron Marshall (B.S.B. '76) was appointed President, Chief Executive Officer and named a Director of the Borders Group, Inc. in January 2009. He brings more than three decades of financial and retail experience to Borders Group, as well as a successful track record of leading company turnarounds.

Immediately prior to coming to Borders Group, Ron was Principal of Wildridge Capital Management, a private equity firm he founded in 2006. From 1998 to 2006, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Nash Finch Company, a $5 billion food distribution and retailing organization. Ron led a successful turnaround of Nash Finch, quadrupling earnings over a six-year period and improving EBITDA by more than 40% over the same period, among other key accomplishments there. Prior to Nash Finch, Ron was with Pathmark Stores, Inc. for four years, where he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and again drove a turnaround of this $4 billion regional supermarket chain. Preceding that, Ron served in senior management positions in a variety of retail companies including Dart Group Corporation's Crown Books division and Barnes & Noble's college bookstore subsidiary.

Ron is a certified public accountant and earned a bachelor's degree in accountancy at Wright State University in 1976. He serves on the board of directors of the National Book Foundation and Claire's Stores, Inc.

Photo of Larina I. Kase 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.

 

Photo of Diane L. Pleiman Stacey Barhorst (B.S.B.'02,M.Acc'03) experienced what it would be like to work for the largest independent certified public accounting firm in Dayton as a intern at Battelle & Battelle during her senior year at Wright State. The job helped focus her career goals, and spurred her on to pursue a Master of Accountancy degree from WSU. She proved to be on the right track: upon graduation she was offered a full-time position with Battelle as a staff accountant.

Stacy explains that the firm provides accounting, auditing, taxation, and various business consulting services, while her duties involve primarily assisting with audit engagements. “I have experience with tax engagements as well,” she says. “My Wright State education undoubtedly prepared me for a successful future in the accounting profession.”

Photo of Albert Asebrook Mandi McKinley (B.S.B'03,M.Acc'04) is a financial specialist for the Air Force Research Laboratories (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. She was hired as a full-time employee with AFRL in January 2005 after completing a co-op for the organization that began in April 2004.

McKinley’s responsibilities include working on special projects related to the headquarters’ financial management of the research labs, gathering data to be sent to the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, and distributing information to the technical directorates regarding obligations and expenditures.

AFRL is a full-spectrum laboratory, responsible for planning and executing the Air Force’s entire science and technology budget, basic research, applied research, and advanced technology development. AFRL’s partners include the Air Force major commands that operate and maintain the full spectrum of Air Force weapons systems.

 

 
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