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Regional Summit Speakers
Speakers for Concurrent Sessions 1:
Speakers for Concurrent Sessions 2:
Executive Officers
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Name: David R. Hopkins |
| Title/Position: President, Wright State University |
Biography
David R. Hopkins was appointed the 6th president of
Wright State University on July 6, 2006, and assumed
the office on February 1, 2007.
Hopkins has served as provost of Wright State University
since 2003. As the university's chief academic and
operating officer, he was responsible for overseeing
and guiding all of the university's academic schools
and colleges, and nationally funded research centers
and institutes.
A central hallmark of his tenure at Wright State
has been his leadership in the implementation of
the university's five-year strategic plan, a dynamic
and visionary document that defines the university's
role in the world and its future direction in the
region and beyond.
By aligning university resources and expertise,
Hopkins helped garner broad support and participation
from faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Through
their combined efforts, the university achieved
several milestones and launched key initiatives
set forth in the plan, including an increase in
student enrollment; the addition of several new
degree and certificate programs; an increase in
external funding; increased effort to recruit and
retain diversity in the faculty ranks; and enhanced
engagement with government, business and nonprofits
to focus on emerging areas of need.
Hopkins came to Wright State from Indiana State
University where he served from 2001–2003
as senior associate vice president for academic
affairs and interim dean of the School of Business.
While at Indiana State University, he also served
as interim provost and vice president for academic
affairs from 2000–2001; associate vice president
for academic affairs from 1996–2000; assistant
vice president for academic affairs from 1995–1996;
and chairperson and professor in the Department
of Physical Education from 1988–1994.
In 2005, Indiana University honored Hopkins with
the John R. Endwright Alumni Service Award, an annual
award that recognizes outstanding service and contributions
by graduates of the IU School of Health, Physical
Education, and Recreation. Hopkins is a Fellow in
the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’
Academic Leadership Institute, a member of the Honor
society of Phi Kappa Phi, and a past recipient of
the Amoco Excellence in Teaching Award.
Hopkins serves on the following regional boards:
Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute; Dayton Development
Coalition; Wright Brothers Institute; Dayton YMCA;
Miami Valley Research Foundation; Homeless Solutions
Policy Board; Dayton Chamber of Commerce; and the
Advanced Technical Intelligence Center. He is also
chair of the Horizon League and president
of the Ohio College Association.
Hopkins holds a doctorate in kinesiology from Indiana
University. Prior to his doctoral work, he received
his master’s degree in mathematics and his
bachelor’s in physical education from the
College of Wooster, Ohio. Hopkins’ research
interest in is the area of exercise physiology and
fitness and aging. He has authored or co-authored
more than 60 publications and is the inventor of
ACUFLEX instruments, which are used worldwide to
evaluate joint flexibility.
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Name: Steven Angle
Title/Position: Provost |
Biography
As the university’s chief academic officer,
Steven Angle is responsible for overseeing and guiding
all of the university’s academic schools and
colleges and nationally funded research centers
and institutes. In addition, he oversees the operations
of the divisions of Business and Finance, Advancement,
Student Affairs, Enrollment Management, Curriculum
and Instruction, and Research.
Angle is actively involved in the university’s
budgeting process. He is also involved in the higher
education compact with the state to make Ohio public
colleges and universities more accountable in return
for an increase in state budget support.
Angle coordinates efforts at Wright State to
demonstrate the program excellence and increased
affordability the state expects for its enhanced
budget support.
Another key area of responsibility for the provost
involves the campus-wide strategic plan revitalization
process. This five-year plan defines Wright State’s
role in the world and its future direction in the
region and beyond.
Angle assumed the provost position at Wright State
in March of 2007, coming from the University of
California at Riverside. A professor of chemistry,
he served as dean of the College of Natural and
Agricultural Sciences at UC Riverside. He is a nationally
recognized researcher in the area of synthetic organic
chemistry. Angle holds a bachelor’s degree
and Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California
at Irvine and a master’s degree in chemistry
from UCLA.
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Name: Eric D. Fingerhut |
| Title/Position: Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents |
Biography
Eric D. Fingerhut was appointed the seventh Chancellor
of the Ohio Board of Regents on March 14, 2007.
He was the first to be appointed by the Governor
of the State of Ohio as a member of his cabinet,
and is charged with building a system of higher
education designed to prepare all Ohioans for the
21st century and rival the nation in accountability
and innovation.
In the months since his appointment, Chancellor
Fingerhut has worked steadily to support this vision
of change, beginning with his testimony on the budget
before the Senate Finance Committee, where he made
clear that he “will not flinch from…rethinking
how we do business, and suggesting broad and systematic
changes in our approaches to higher education in
order to move our state forward.”
Chancellor Fingerhut has worked closely with the
administration and the Ohio Legislature to dramatically
increase funding for Ohio’s universities and
colleges, to put a freeze on tuition increases,
and to boost financial aid to make higher education
affordable for all Ohioans.
Chancellor Fingerhut served as Ohio State Senator
in 1991-92 and from 1999 to 2006. He was the ranking
Democrat on the Finance (Budget) Committee and served
on committees related to health, aging, environment,
insurance, tax policy, economic development and
education. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
in 1993 and served on committees related to science,
foreign affairs and banking.
Chancellor Fingerhut
has served as director of Economic Development Education
and Entrepreneurship as a member of the Business
Administration faculty at Baldwin-Wallace College
and as an adjunct faculty member in the Case Western
Reserve University Department of Political Science,
School of Law, and Weatherhead School of Management.
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Name: Bruce Johnson |
| Title/Position: President, Inter-University Council of Ohio |
Biography
Appointed Ohio Lieutenant Governor by Governor
Bob Taft in 2005, Bruce Johnson also served as Director
of the Ohio Department of Development from 2001.
In 2005, he led the successful effort to pass State
Issue 1, the Jobs for Ohio bond issue to invest
in technology initiatives in order to ensure Ohio’s
economic future. He also has been instrumental in
passing business tax reform legislation. Under his
leadership of the Department of Development, the
state won the Governor’s Cup Award in 2003
for developing the most new and expanded business
facilities of any state in the country.
Due to Lt. Governor Johnson’s efforts, Ohio
also was recently recognized in a study by the Milken
Institute as leading the nation in the growth of
venture capital investments in biotechnology between
2001 and 2003. Johnson stepped down from his state
offices as of Friday, December 8
Before serving as Director of the Department of
Development, Johnson was a member of the Ohio Senate
from 1994 to 2001, where he was appointed Chairman
of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee. He also was elected
President Pro Tempore, the second-ranking member
of the Senate.
Johnson, who earned his bachelor's degree in economics
from Bowling Green State University and his juris
doctor from Capital University Law School, previously
served as chief of staff to Columbus Mayor Greg
Lashutka. He was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1985.
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Speakers for Concurrent Sessions 1
Workforce Development and Training: Developing a Pipeline of Future Talent
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Name: Doug Fecher
Title/Position: President & CEO, Wright-Patt Credit Union, Inc. |
Biography
Douglas A. Fecher is president and chief executive
officer of Wright-Patt Credit Union, Inc.,
a position he has held since December of 2000
after serving as WPCU’s vice president
and chief operations officer. Fecher is past
director and chairman of the Ohio Credit Union
League and managing director of the Wright-Patt
Financial Group, Ltd.
In 2008, he was named winner of the Ohio Credit
Union League’s “Professional of
the Year Award” for excellence in credit
union management based on WPCU’s many
innovative member service programs.
His civic involvements includes membership
on the Boards of Trustees for both the Dayton
Development Coalition and the Muse Machine.
A 1983 graduate of the University of Cincinnati,
Fecher holds a bachelor’s degree in
business administration and is a past winner
of the “Forty under 40” award
for the area’s outstanding leaders under
age 40, as chosen by the Cincinnati Business
Courier.
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Name: Cindy Swigert
Title/Position: Vice President of Human Resources, Officer, Wright-Patt Credit Union |
Biography
Cindy L. Swigert is vice-president of human
resources and an officer of Wright-Patt Credit
Union. Her educational background includes
bachelor’s degrees in both personnel
administration and psychology, as well as
an M.B.A. Swigert has held leadership positions
in human resource management for over 25 years
in a variety of industries including education,
manufacturing, tourism, data processing, and
financial services. For several years she
owned and operated an independent consulting
business offering human resource management
services to growing businesses.
Swigert is a member of the Society for Human
Resource Management, is certified as a Senior
Professional in Human Resources, and is a
board member for the Miami Valley Human Resources
Association. She is also serving on the workforce
subcommittee of the GM Regional Response Task
Force, and is actively involved in establishing
employment connections for families and trailing
spouses involved in the BRAC relocation.
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Name: TyKiah Wright
Title/Position: Executive Director & Founder, WrightChoice, Inc. |
Biography
TyKiah Wright proved to herself that,
as a Wright State University student with
muscular dystrophy, she could “put herself
out there,” earn two degrees (a B.S.
in human resources management and an M.B.A.),
and found her own start-up business. Now,
as executive director and founder of WrightChoice,
Inc., Wright has committed her Columbus-based
organization to recruiting, developing, and
linking students with disabilities, minorities,
and women to internships with various national,
regional, and state corporate sponsors such
as BMW Financial Services, State Farm Insurance,
and Huntington Banks.
For her standout efforts as a leader with
disabilities, Wright was recognized by the
American Association of People with Disabilities
(AAPD). She is one of two recipients nationally
of the 2007 Paul G. Hearne/AAPD Leadership
Award, for which she received $10,000 to further
her work.
Wright is also the state director for the Ohio
High School High Tech program, which is design
to promote science, math, and technology opportunities
for high school students with disabilities.
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Name: Jeff Carpenter
Title/Position: Vice President of Membership & Development, Wright-Patt Credit Union |
Biography
Jefferey A. Carpenter is the vice president
of membership and development for Wright-Patt
Credit Union (WPCU). He has executive responsibility
for branches, marketing, and business development.
Carpenter joined WPCU in 2006 as the vice
president of cooperative development, which
encompassed marketing and business development.
Prior to WPCU, Carpenter was vice president
of league relations with the Credit Union
National Association and vice president of
the American Association of Credit Union Leagues.
He has also served as executive vice president
of the Oklahoma Credit Union League and held
positions with the Ohio Credit Union League
and US Central Credit Union.
Carpenter is a nationally known facilitator
of strategic planning sessions and conference
speaker. He received a finance degree from
Miami University and is a graduate of the
Southwestern Graduate School of Banking. He
is a proud board member of the Ronald McDonald
House Charities of Miami Valley.
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K-12 Education: Ohio's 21st Century STEM Education
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Name: Ricardo Negron
Title/Position: Program Manager, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB |
Biography
Ricardo Negron, a program manager with the Air
Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base, represents the AFRL in educational
outreach activities involving science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics. He also advises the
AFRL executive director in the formulation of partnerships
and collaborations with industry, academia, and
federal and state governments.
Negron has 23 years of experience with the AFRL
and other Air Force programs, and has served as
directed energy directorate representative, chief
of the Air Force Technology Transfer Office, chief
of the AFRL Strategic Planning Branch, and Research
and Technology Applications program manager. Negron
holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez,
a master’s degree in electro-optics from the
University of Dayton, and a certificate in business
leadership from the University of Dayton Executive
Leadership Institute.
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Name: Margy Stevens
Title/Position: Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Professional Development, School Improvement, and Pupil Services, Montgomery County Educational Service Center |
Biography
Margy Stevens is the assistant superintendent of
curriculum, professional development, school improvement,
and pupil services for the Montgomery County Educational
Service Center. She is also the executive director
of Ohio’s first STEM (science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics) center, the Dayton
Regional STEM Center (DRSC)—one of six in
the country sponsored by the National Governors’
Association. The DRSC is the hub of curriculum development
aligned to industry needs as identified by the Ohio
Business Roundtable. The purpose is to fill the
workforce pipeline in order to keep and attract
high-demand, high-paying STEM jobs in Ohio and to
create a positive employment climate for the Dayton
region.
Stevens has been a teacher, school psychologist,
drug-free school coordinator, and building principal.
She has led numerous local, state, and national
efforts producing awards from the U.S. Department
of Education, the Ohio Department of Education,
the Alliance in Education, and others.
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Name: Greg Bernhardt
Title/Position: Dean, College of Education and Human Services, Wright State University |
Biography
Gregory Bernhardt, Ed.D., dean of the College of
Education and Human Services at Wright State University,
is a licensed psychologist and a licensed clinical
counselor in the state of Ohio, a nationally certified
counselor, and previously a certified school counselor.
Currently, Bernhardt is leading a coalition of 27
partners in the Dayton Region to establish and develop
a STEM school for students in grades 6–12.
He has also served as one of two local educators
on the state of Ohio’s Department of Aging
Advisory Council and as president of the Board of
Trustees of the nine-county Area Agency on Aging.
Bernhardt has consulted with numerous schools, organizations,
and agencies in the Miami Valley region. His writings
have focused primarily on suicide and depression,
family counseling, brief strategic counseling, child
and adolescent counseling techniques, cyber counseling,
faculty evaluation, and general education curriculums
in higher education.
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Talent Relocation out of Region or State: Improving Quality of Life
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Name: Sean Creighton
Title/Position: Executive Director, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education |
Biography
Sean Creighton, Ph.D., is the executive director
of the Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education,
a regional consortium of colleges and universities
dedicated to advancing higher education through
collaboration. Creighton is an elected member of
the Board of Education for the Yellow Springs School
District, and currently serves on several regional,
state, and national committees, including the Dayton
Development Coalition, Midwest Higher Education
Compact, and Yellow Springs Community Foundation.
He was recently appointed as a clinical assistant
professor in the Department of Community Health
at Wright State University.
Creighton has published research on civic engagement
in the Journal of Civic Commitment, Metropolitan
Universities Journal, Higher Education Exchange,
and a chapter forthcoming in Service-Learning in
Higher Education: Paradigms and Challenges. Sean
earned his Ph.D. in Leadership and Change from Antioch
University.
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Name: Michael A. Di Flora
Title/Position: President & Founder, The Home Group, LLC. |
Biography
Michael A. Di Flora is president and founder
of The Home Group, LLC, an urban development company
raising property values one neighborhood at a time.
His latest project is restoring houses in the Historic
South Park neighborhood of Dayton. Last October,
many of these houses were featured in Rehabarama,
a program that showcases restored historic homes
and newly constructed homes, with the goal of restoring
Dayton’s urban neighborhoods to their former
splendor.
Di Flora is a 1972 Wright State University
graduate, with a bachelor’s degree in engineering.
He is a two-time winner of the Virginia Society
of Professional Engineers’ New Product Award
and 2003 recipient of the Tau Beta Pi Eminent Engineer
Award. He has been awarded 21 patents in refrigerant
compressor technology.
Di Flora serves on many Wright State University
advisory committees. For his accomplishments, the
Wright State University Alumni Association awarded
him its 2006 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award.
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Name: Theresa Gasper
Title/Position: President, Full Circle Development |
Biography
Theresa Gasper is president of Full Circle Development
and is dedicated to revitalizing Dayton’s
neighborhoods. She is currently working in South
Park, Dayton’s largest historic district,
and was one of two investors behind the 2007 Rehabarama—the
first ever using private versus public funding.
South Park recently won a national award for Neighborhood
of the Year. Theresa participated in a congressional
hearing in 2007 regarding the use of census data
in revitalization efforts at the invitation of Congressman
Michael Turner.
Theresa is a native Daytonian and serves on the
Wright State University Foundation Board, as well
as the boards of the HomeOwnership Center of Greater
Dayton, Rebuilding Together Dayton, and Preservation
Dayton, Inc. She is one of 32 Creative Class Catalysts,
and is involved in the Community Pride Initiative
known as “This is Dayton.”
She previously owned Colonel Glenn Executive Suites,
and has a background in both the hospitality and
construction industries.
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Name: Sandra K. Gudorf
Title/Position: President, Downtown Dayton Partnership |
Biography
Sandra Gudorf is president of the Downtown Dayton
Partnership. In her role as president, Gudorf manages
all economic development and marketing programs
for the Partnership and Downtown Dayton. Specifically,
the Downtown Dayton Partnership focuses its work
in five primary areas—job attraction and retention,
housing development, strengthening downtown’s
amenity base, enhancing downtown’s environment,
and advocacy for downtown. Gudorf earned a B.A.
from Wright State University in 1985, and was named
the 2001 Smitty Award winner by the Dayton/Miami
Valley Chapter of the Public Relations Society of
America.
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Speakers for Concurrent Sessions 2
Health Care Access and Delivery: Addressing the Nursing Shortage
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Name: Debi Sampsel
Title/Position: Executive Director, Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio |
Biography
Debi Sampsel, M.S.N., R.N., is the executive director
of the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio, which
brings together nursing professionals from 22 area
counties in a regional effort to recruit and retain
nurses.
Sampsel brings a wealth of experience at the state,
national, and international levels to the Nursing
Institute. A pioneer in technology-based nursing,
Sampsel created an integrated computerized care
management system and led the creation of a wireless
touch-screen charting system. She has beta tested
a remote presence robot, explored telemedicine’s
applications in long-term care settings, and designed
a total-quality management system.
Sampsel has held clinical and administrative positions
in academic and corporate arenas and within the
continuum of health care. She holds a master’s
degree in nursing from the Medical University of
Ohio, and a bachelor’s in anthropology and
associate’s degree in nursing from the University
of Toledo. She has completed a long-term care administration
core program from George Washington University.
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Name: Diane Mehling
Title/Position: Assistant Director, Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio |
Biography
Diane Mehling, R.N., CCRC, is assistant director
of the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio. She
works with the Nursing Institute’s executive
director, supporting all aspects of the institute’s
activities.
Mehling began her clinical experience in the intensive
care unit of The Cleveland Clinic, and has since
worked in a wide variety of hospital clinical and
outpatient settings encompassing nearly all therapeutic
areas, with both children and adults. Her management
experience has included outpatient clinic supervision,
surgical practice management, directorship of a
clinical research firm, and directorship of community
services for a not-for-profit cancer institute.
Mehling has been affiliated with the Miami Valley
Medical Group Management Association, the Ohio Partners
for Cancer Control, and the Breast Cancer Task Force
of the Miami Valley. She has devised, planned, and
implemented numerous community health programs,
task forces, diversity coalitions, projects, committees,
and leadership seminars.
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Name: Thomas Langston
Title/Position: Chief Nurse, the 88th Medical Group, Wright-Patterson AFB |
Biography
Colonel Thomas F. Langston is the chief
nurse of the 88th Medical Group at Wright-Patterson
AFB, Ohio. Prior to his assignment at Wright-Patt,
Colonel Langston served as chief nurse for nearly
three years in the 3rd Medical Group, Elmendorf
AFB, Alaska. He also served as commander of the
59th Readiness Squadron at Lackland AFB in Texas.
He has been certified in Nursing Administration
by the American Nurses Credentialing Center since
1996.
He earned two bachelor’s degrees from the
University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia,
in the 1970s, and worked six years as a registered
nurse at the University of Virginia Medical Center
before entering active duty in 1982. Colonel Langston
also earned a master’s degree in human resource
management in 1987 from Golden Gate University in
San Francisco.
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Name: Jan Hillman
Title/Position: Associate Vice President for Development, Wright State University |
Biography
Jan Hillman, associate vice president for development
at Wright State University, is responsible for developing
and implementing multi-year and annual goals and
action plans for fundraising in support of Wright
State University. As chief development officer for
the campus, Hillman supervises central and academic
unit development officers, cultivates major gifts
to the university, and assists in shaping institutional
fundraising strategy and campaigns.
Previously, Hillman served as executive director
of the Marquette General Foundation in Marquette,
Michigan, where she established the foundation’s
first-ever comprehensive campaign. She also previously
served as CEO of Hillman Associates, Inc., a consulting
firm specializing in higher education and health
care; has been director of grants and research development
for the Kettering Medical Center Foundation; and
director of institutional research and development
for Clark State Community College .
Hillman was named a 2003 Top Ten Women in the Miami
Valley by Dayton Daily News.
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Job Creation and Retention: The Future of the Region/WPAFB* Expansion
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Name: Jim Leftwich
Title/Position: President & CEO, Dayton Development Coalition |
Biography
James A. Leftwich is president and CEO of the Dayton
Development Coalition, the Dayton Region’s
economic development organization and principal
public advocate. Leftwich was instrumental in securing
a successful outcome for the Dayton region in the
2005 Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) proceedings,
which saw the region gain and retain nearly 10,000
jobs.
Leftwich graduated from the Air Force Academy in
1987, earning a bachelor’s degree in political
science at the Academy, and completing the Secretary
of Defense Executive Leadership Development Program
in 1995. He also has a Master of Public Administration
from the University of Dayton.
In 1995, Leftwich left the Air Force to return to
the private sector, working at the Rand Corporation
and Gracar Corporation. He is actively involved
in the economic development of the Dayton Region,
serving on the Board of Directors of the Greater
Dayton IT Alliance, Downtown Dayton Partnership,
and EDvention.
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Name: Neil Arthur
Title/Position: Publisher, Dayton Business Journal |
Biography
Neil Arthur was named publisher of Dayton Business
Journal in 2007, joining the company after a few
years of helping other, non-newspaper businesses
onto a fast growth track. His most recent newspaper
experience was with Gannett, publisher of USA Today.
Prior to Gannett’s purchase of Thomson Newspapers,
Arthur led the merger of two Thomson sales divisions,
turning a money-losing operation into Thomson’s
number one property (out of 57 in the country) for
two years in a row.
In 2007, Dayton Business Journal saw a 10 percent
growth in circulation and established an advertising
growth track that generated an economy-bucking positive
performance—a trend that has already earned
it a record number of editorial awards this year.
Arthur is member of the board of the Dayton Area
Chamber of Commerce and co-chairs the Strategic
Planning Committee on the board of Boy Scouts of
America Miami Valley Council.
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Business Development, Expansion, and Retention: Product Innovation and Commercialization
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Name: Alok Das
Title/Position: Senior Scientist for Design Innovation, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB |
Biography
Alok Das, Ph.D., a member of the scientific and
professional cadre of senior executives, is senior
scientist for Design Innovation, Air Force Research
Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
As the laboratory’s chief innovation officer
he serves as the principal advisor to the Commander
in formulating, planning, and implementing technology
and process innovation strategies throughout the
organization.
Das joined the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory
in 1984 as the technical lead for the emerging large
space structures area, developing it into one of
the Defense Department’s premier facilities.
He has also worked closely with the Ballistic Missile
Defense Organization, NASA, and the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency on developing the emerging
smart structures technology, from conceptual laboratory
demonstrations to applications in space systems.
Das is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics
and Astronautics and has written more than 60 technical
articles on space technologies.
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Name: Elizabeth Downie
Title/Position: Director, Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute |
Biography
Elizabeth A. Downie, Ph.D., took the position of
director of the Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute
(DAGSI) in 2002, seeing it as a great opportunity
to lead an organization with an educational, STEM-focused
mission. Prior to coming to DAGSI, Downie had a
14-year career in scientific, sales, marketing,
and management positions at Corning International.
Downie received her Ph.D. in geological sciences
from Harvard University. After teaching at SUNY
College at New Paltz and Amherst College, her growing
interest in the evolution of technology and the
process of innovation led her in 1986 to MIT and
an M.S. in management.
Under her leadership, DAGSI has added a new fellowship
program, restructured its joint program with the
Air Force Research Lab to involve more students,
and focused DAGSI’s mission on supporting
technologies critical to the Dayton region and the
state of Ohio.
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Name: Eugene Peden
Title/Position: Vice President of Operations, PECO II |
Biography
Eugene Peden joined PECO II as vice president of
operations, bringing with him 20 years of career
experience in corporate operations in Ireland, Thailand,
the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Peden has a long history in deploying subcontract
solutions across the globe. He has built start-up
manufacturing operations in Ireland, Thailand, and
China in support of Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Microsoft.
He joined PECO II from the Rittal Corporation, one
of the largest enclosure manufacturers in the world.
In his most recent position as senior vice president
of operations, Peden led a re-engineering of Rittal’s
operations, driving significant culture change by
establishing a customer-focused organizational structure,
instituting cost-control measures, and implementing
lean manufacturing practices.
Mr. Peden earned a bachelor of engineering degree
in mechanical engineering from Queens University
in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Name: S. Narayanan
Title/Position: Executive Director, Wright State Research Institute |
Biography
S. Narayanan, Ph.D., is executive director of the
Wright State Research Institute and professor and
chair in the Department of Biomedical, Industrial,
and Human Factors Engineering at Wright State University.
He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering
from Georgia Tech.
Narayanan has executed over $7.5 million of collaborative
research projects on interactive simulations, information
analysis, systems analysis, and human computer interaction
from a variety of sponsors including the Air Force
Office of Scientific Research, the human effectiveness
directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory,
Ohio Board of Regents, Intel, Lexis-Nexis, and other
industries.
He has published over 75 technical articles and
is Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Systems,
Man, and Cybernetics, the International Journal
of Modeling and Simulation, and Transactions of
the Society for Computer Simulation. He is a Fellow
of the American Institute of Medicine and Biology
in Engineering.
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Name: Robert Barthelemy
Title/Position: Director, Wright Brothers Institute |
Biography
Robert R. Barthelemy, Ph.D., is director of the
Wright Brothers Institute, a nonprofit corporation
serving Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the
region with a mission to energize collaborations
to promote aerospace research and development. He
is also a consultant to a variety of aerospace industry
companies and federal government organizations,
including Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Ball, GRC, Dual,
Cubic, UTC, various DoD and Air Force organizations,
the Training Systems Product Group at WPAFB, the
Air Force Research Laboratory, and all Directorates
of the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Barthelemy earned his master’s degree in nuclear
engineering and physics at MIT in 1964 and his Ph.D.
in nuclear physics/mechanical engineering at The
Ohio State University in 1974. He has published
two books, High Performance and The Sky Is Not The
Limit: Breakthrough Leadership, and is the author
of over 250 technical papers and 700 technical presentations.
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