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Carl Christensen , MD, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Wayne State University and the Detroit Medical Center, where he is also the Associate Residency Director. He is the Medical Director of the Eleonore Hutzel Recovery Center, an outpatient treatment center dedicated to treating chemically dependent pregnant women. He is the President of the Michigan Society of Addiction Medicine, and has served as the Medical Director at Dawn Farm. At Dawn Farm Detox, he is better known as "Cathy's husband"; he and his wife Cathy perform the Detox admission physicals. Carl also is an associate at Pain Recovery Solutions in Ann Arbor, working with patients with chronic pain syndrome and chemical dependency.

Dr. Iris Taylor began her career in health care in 1974. Her long history with the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) includes the positions of staff nurse, manager, educator and chief nursing officer, responsible for nursing and patient care services across the DMC. She served in various leadership roles at Detroit Receiving, where she was part of the original team that closed Detroit General Hospital and opened the new Detroit Receiving Hospital. Dr. Taylor also served as president of Harper University Hospital and Hutzel Women?s Hospital until 2004. In November 2004, Dr. Taylor was named president of Detroit Receiving Hospital. Now, working with one of Metro Detroit?s most experienced executive leadership teams, Dr. Taylor has expanded the capabilities and expertise of Detroit Receiving. Since her return to Receiving as president, the hospital has experienced tremendous growth. Dr. Taylor attended Wayne State University, earning her bachelor?s and master?s degrees in nursing, as well as a doctorate of philosophy. She also completed a management fellowship at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. She has taught in both college and hospital settings, and is an adjunct professor at Wayne State University?s College of Nursing and School of Medicine. In addition to her commitment to providing excellent medical care, Dr. Taylor is also committed to the community. She has a long history of volunteer leadership with community organizations, having served on many local boards of directors, including those of the Merrill-Palmer Institute, Detroit Central City Community Mental Health, Neighborhood Services Organization, Eastern Michigan University?s School of Nursing Curriculum Advisory Board and College of Nursing Board of Visitors.

Dr. Shobha Mehta is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Mehta has a special interest in neonatal birth injury, obesity and pregnancy outcome, and factors contributing to high-risk pregnancy. She completed a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship at Hutzel Women?s Hospital and Wayne State University and is a member of the University Health Center Ob/Gyn Advisory Board. She has delivered dozens of lectures and published numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and abstracts on obstetric and gynecological topics. Dr. Mehta is the principle investigator at Wayne State University in research involving pre-term premature membrane ruptures and cerclage, and is the recipient of a research support grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. She currently serves as Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Wayne State University School of Medicine and Hutzel Women?s Hospital.

A native of Chile, Griffor was forced to flee the regime of Augusto Pinochet after the murder of her fiance by agents of the dictator and threats against her own life. She spent 12 years in Sweden, where she met her husband, Edward Griffor, a native Detroiter and world-renowned mathematician. In 1998 the couple moved to Grosse Pointe Park, where they live with their two daughters.Griffor earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and a certificate in Montessori education, and is completing a master's degree in Media Studies at Wayne State University.She is a co-founder of the Detroit Institute for Creative Writers at Wayne State University, where she also served as Detroit Urban Woman Writer in Residence in 2003. She is curator of the Poets Follies reading series at the Grosse Pointe Artists Association. She is the author of Exiliana.

Roberta Adler is the founder of the music therapy curriculum at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, and became its first graduate in June, 1973. (The curriculum is relocated, and still active, at the University of Windsor, Canada.) Following internship at a psychiatric hospital and a small private practice serving special needs children/adults and mentally ill adults, she relocated to California in 1978. Mrs. Adler spent a year as a special education instructor at a private school, and three years as a program director at an intermediate care facility for developmentally disabled (ICFDD) persons. Mrs. Adler is a Board Certified Music Therapist, and a member of the American Association for Music Therapy. Honors and awards include the Howard J. Donnelly Leadership and Scholarship Award, Wayne State University, June 1973); the Shallway Foundation Award for Professional Excellence in Public Performance; and the 2000 Western Regional American Music Therapy Association Professional Practice Award. In 1985, she affiliated with a Community College District, and Adult Schools, bringing music therapy into skilled nursing facilities, assisted living residences, a psychiatric hospital, and a senior center. Private clients have included children and adults with developmental needs. Mrs. Adler has mentored interns since 1999, including those from Russia, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, and the United States. Undergraduate music therapy students from CSULB, and now Chapman University, have rotated through her practice for clinical experience since 1996. Mrs. Adler owns one patent, for the Adapt-a-Pick, a device designed to facilitate simultaneous use of an autoharp/Omnichord/Q-Chord between a client and a therapist. She is the author of Musical Assessment of Gerontologic Needs and Treatment: The MAGNET Survey, published in 2001. She is contributing to the AMTA effort to include music therapy on the Minimum Data Set, a global assessment tool used to authorize therapy services for recipients of Medicare. Married to a newspaper reporter, her personal interests include her family and friends, collecting handblown glass, folk and Celtic music, and remaining an active member of her religious congregation.

Jeff Weiss enters his eighth season as sports information director at Wayne State University and his third as the assistant commissioner for public relations for College Hockey America. In his first two years with the CHA, he oversaw the public relations duties of both the men's and women's leagues. This year he will work only with the women's conference. Weiss was promoted to assistant athletic director for media relations at Wayne State in January 2007 and serves as the main contact for the Wayne State football, men's and women's basketball, fencing and softball teams. He also serves on WSU's Athletic Hall of Fame committee as well as handling the logs for all radio and internet broadcasts. Weiss, 43, joined the WSU staff in November 2001, after serving 10 months as the director of marketing and communications with the American Heart Association in Toledo, Ohio. A 1987 graduate of Bowling Green State University, Weiss majored in sport management with an emphasis on information, marketing and promotion. He served as a student assistant in the BGSU sports information office all four years in college and was a tournament official for the 1984 Mid-American Conference women's tennis tournament hosted by Bowling Green. From February 1988 through July 1998, Weiss worked at the Central Collegiate Hockey Association league office. After beginning as administrative assistant, he was promoted to director of communications and served his final three years as assistant commissioner. He returned to his alma mater in August 1998, and worked as an assistant SID in charge of men's soccer, hockey, baseball, golf and swimming for two-and-a-half years. He also served on the BGSU Athletic Hall of Fame Committee. A member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), Weiss served on the publications contest committee for two years and is in his fifth year on the Academic All-America committee. Weiss also served as the host media coordinator for the 2007 Frozen Four in St. Louis as part of his CHA responsibilities. He resides in Temperance, Michigan, with his wife of 17 years, Christy, and two daughters, Jillian (15) and Madison (10).

Joseph A. Labuta is Professor of Music and Director of Music Education at Wayne State University, Detroit,Michigan where he teaches conducting and music education courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Dr. Labuta has extensive background as a teacher in many areas of public school music conducting bands, orchestras and choruses. In addition to Wayne State, he had appointments as professor and director of bands at Central Methodist College and Shepherd College. He was appointed Fellow in Music at the University of Illinois where he earned his doctorate in Music Education. He serves frequently as a clinician, music consultant and adjudicator. His highly acclaimed book, Teaching Musicianship in the High School Band, has become a standard reference for band directors. Since its publication in 1972, Dr. Labuta has led sessions on teaching musicianship in the band rehearsal at numerous conferences, workshops, and inservice clinics. Although it has been out of print for several years, this seminal work is available again in an updated, revised edition from Meredith Music Publications.

Ken is in his thirteenth year as Associate Director of Purchasing at Wayne State University. Under the leadership of Joan Gossman, Ken oversees nine buyers and assistant buyers, responsible for the procurement function at the University. Areas of activity include the purchase of Scientific & Medical equipment, Office Equipment, Contracted Services, and other MRO-oriented items to support the University in it's educational and research mission. RFP Activity and Construction bidding for ongoing renovation and new construction represent 30 - 40 % of their departmental activity. Prior to joining Wayne State, Ken spent 15 years in the Purchasing Department at Comerica Bank. Ken rose through the ranks from expediter to assistant buyer to buyer to senior buyer. His primary experience was in the purchase of forms and supplies to support branch and main office departments. Back in those days... Banks ran on paper. Ken first earned an Associated Degree from Macomb University in 1990, followed by an degree in Management and Human Resources at Spring Arbor College in 1993, and finally a Masters in Interdisciplinary Studies at Wayne State in 1999. He received his original C.P.M. in 1989, and is now a Lifetime C.P.M. He joined NAPM's board in 1991 as membership chair, and served 5 years in that capacity. He was elected Vice President in 1996, and served as President in 1997-1998. Ken continues to serve as a committee member to the board. Ken was married to Sherri (Carrier) in 2004 after a 6 year courtship, and is the proud father of three adult children from a previous marriage. Susan graduated from U of M in 2001, and Julia graduated from Hope college in 2003. His youngest, Timothy, is currently taking classes at Macomb College.

Michael H. Belzer is an Associate Professor and Director of the Transportation Research Program in the College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs at Wayne State University. He also is a Adjunct Research Scientist at the University of Michigan's Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, and is Associate Director of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Trucking Industry Program, one of 21 Sloan Industry Centers. The Trucking Industry Program focuses on trucking industry operations and industrial relations, and Dr. Belzer personally directs its Trucking Industry Benchmarking Program. Current benchmarking Best Practices efforts include a partnership with the California Trucking Association to implement a Safety Best Practices Program and a partnership with the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association to implement an Owner Operator Cost-of-Operations Survey. Dr. Belzer received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1993. His thesis, "Collective Bargaining in the Trucking Industry: The Effects of Institutional and Economic Restructuring," focused on how changing regulation and institutional structure have transformed industrial relations in the trucking industry. His research interests include all facets of trucking industry organization and operations, labor-management relations, employment policy, and safety. He currently is studying the relationship between truck driver pay (both method and level) and safety, as well as issues related to truck driver hours of work. Other continuing research interests include regulation, the labor market, occupational health and safety, and labor-management participation.

Dr. Siddique is a full time faculty at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, since 1982. He has been involved with Graduate Medical Education since he finished his residency training from Wayne State University. After graduating from Stanley Medical College, Madras, India he did Internal medicine residency at Wayne State University from 1979-1982. He has been a Program Director of Internal Medicine at Sinai-Grace Hospital, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center since 1991. He is an educator of medical students, and internal medicine residents for over 20 years. In addition to teaching, Dr. Siddique is involved in administration as well as clinical research. He is the Chief of Medicine at Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University. He serves as a Trustee in the Sinai-Grace Hospital Board. He is the Medical Director of Physician Assistant Program at Wayne State University. He sits on several Residency, Departmental, Hospital, and University committees.

Dr. Abby Butler is Assistant Professor of Vocal Music Education at Wayne State University in Detroit where she conducts the Wayne State University Women's Chorale and teachers graduate and undergraduate courses in music education. Courses taught at WSU include: General Music in the Schools, Vocal Music in the Secondary Schools, Computer Applications in Music Teaching, Piano Skills for the Classroom, Introduction to Music Education Research, and Choral Techniques for the Instrumentalist. In addition, she supervises student teachers and serves as faculty advisor for Delta Omicron. Dr. Butler completed her undergraduate studies in voice performance at Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire. She received a master of music in voice performance from Midwestern State University in Texas and a doctor of philosophy in music education from the University of Arizona. Butler is actively involved in music education research. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Research in Music Education, The Choral Journal, Contributions to Music Education and General Music Today. She has presented at state, national, and international conferences including those sponsored by the ACDA and MENC. Current projects reflect her commitment to music teacher education, cognitive processing, and renaissance music for children. Butler's classroom experience includes thirteen years in New Hampshire public schools where she taught general music and choral music education in grades K-12. For two seasons she served as vocal director of the Stephenville Festival, a professional summer theater company in Newfoundland, Canada. She was also voice instructor for the Provincial Drama Academy in Newfoundland. Ms. Butler spent two summers as choral director and voice instructor for the Summer Youth Music School sponsored by the University of New Hampshire. While on sabbatical, she substituted as a music teacher for the Karmoy Musikskule and the Akrehamn Ungdomskule in Karmoy, Norway. Guest conducting appearances have included the NH All State Honors Chorus as well as numerous city, state and regional music festivals. In addition, Butler has served as an adjudicator for the Detroit Public Schools Choral Music Festival, the Zeeland, Michigan Citywide Choral Festival, the NH All State Chorus, and the New England Music Festival Association. She has appeared as soprano soloist with the Keene Chorale, the Monadnock Chorus and various churches in New Hampshire and Texas. Dr. Butler, a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, is also active in the Music Educators National Conference, the American Choral Directors Association and as an associate member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. She served as regional representative and executive board member for the Michigan Music Educators Association. For several years she organized the district JH Festivals sponsored by the New Hampshire Music Educators Association. She also served as a member of the NHMEA executive board, the All State Choral Committee and the NHMEA General Music Curriculum Committee.

Dr. Hoffman received his doctorate from The Pennsylvania State University in 1972. He has been a professor at Wayne State University since 1974 where he created a masters degree program in marriage and family psychology which he has chaired for 26 years. He has served as an Assistant Dean in the College of Education for six years. In addition, Alan has maintained a private practice in individual, marital, and family psychotherapy for about 25 years. With his wife, Sharon Field, his research is in self-determination for people with and without disabilities. As a research team, they have brought in excess of three million dollars to the University. He is currently Co-Director, with his wife, of the Center for Self-Determination and Transition in the College of Education at Wayne State University. Alan has three children: Eric, 36; Abby, 33, and Alanna, 12 and two grandchildren.

Albert Goldstein, Ph.D., an associate professor of radiology at Wayne State University in Detroit, received the 2008 Holmes Basic Science Pioneer Award. The William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award went to Peter Burns, Ph.D., professor and chair of medical physics and professor of radiology at the University of Toronto and senior scientist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.

Andrew McAlpine Member of Local 547 since 1980. Brother McAlpine is currently employed as a Engineer at Wayne State University and has served Local 547 in several capacities. Andy has also been a major supporter and volunteer of our annual Superbowl Party.

Dr. Cano earned her Bachelor's degree in psychology from Princeton University and her Master's and Doctoral degrees in clinical psychology from Stony Brook University. She is now a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan where she conducts research on couples and chronic pain. She is particularly interested in how emotional validation and empathy for pain-related distress relates to health and relationship functioning in couples with pain. The long-term goal of her research program is to develop interventions aimed at improving physical and mental health in couples facing chronic pain. To this end, she has conducted several studies in pain clinic and community samples using multiple methods (i.e., questionnaires, interviews, observation) to assess interpersonal, cognitive-behavioral, and affective dimensions of couples' chronic pain experiences. She has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to conduct her research program and has published her research in the top pain journals, including Pain and Journal of Pain. Furthermore, she was honored for her work in 2006 with the Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology Award, given by Division 38 (Health Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. She is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Family Psychology and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for several pain and health journals.

Dr. Robin has 30 years of extensive clinical and research experience conducting evaluations, treatment and research with children, adolescents and adults with ADHD, as well as adolescents with eating disorders and family conflict. In addition to many articles, chapters and grants, he has authored three books: 1)ADHD in Adolescence: Diagnosis and Treatment (Guildford Press, 1998); 2) Negotiating Parent-Adolescent Conflict: A Behavioral Family Systems Approach (Guilford Press, 1989); 3) Defiant Teens (Guilford Press, 1999, with R. Barkley and A. Edwards). Dr. Robin received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1975. After teaching at the University of Maryland until 1979, he came to Wayne State University and Children's Hospital of Michigan where he has been ever since. He is a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and Pediatrics at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He is the Chief of Psychology and the Director of Psychology Training at Children's Hospital of Michigan. A frequent presenter of child, adolescent and adult ADHD around the region and the country, Dr. Robin is the Co-Director of the Professional Advisory Board of the Attention Deficit Disorder Association, and the Professional Advisor and a Board Member for CHADD of Eastern Oakland County. In 2002 he was inducted into the CHADD Hall of Fame for his lifetime contributions to the field of AD/HD and in 2007 became a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.

Barbara Aswad is a Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Wayne State University. She received her Ph.D. from the Univ. of Michigan and conducted research in Arab villages and Turkish cities of the Middle East, as well as in the Arab community in Dearborn Michigan. She has published three books, one on the village she studied, one entitled, Arabic Speaking Communities in American Cities., and her most recent, Family and Gender Among American Muslims . She has published 35 articles or chapters in books. Her research interests include the areas of gender, Arab American studies, urban anthropology, and peasant social organization.

Benjamin Powers is a medical student at Wayne State University. He received his BA in anthropology and Asian studies from the University of Michigan. He has conducted fieldwork on social structural HIV risk in rural China and was a co-author of the UN Millennium Project Task Force on Tuberculosis Country Case Studies. He joined Global Pulse in 2006.

In addition, Coade is passionate about education. She has been an adjunct faculty member of Wayne State University since 1998, teaching private viola lessons and orchestra repertoire. In 2005, she became an adjunct faculty member at the University of Michigan. She coaches the viola section of the Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra, has participated in the DSO summer residency at Interlochen, and has taught young musicians at the DSO Summer Institute at Meadow Brook. Previously, she was on the faculty of Temple University in Philadelphia from 1994-96, where she taught viola and chamber music in the school's Music Preparatory Division. Coade also performs frequently for community outreach programs as a member of two DSO string ensembles. Coade is a founding member of the Woodland Trio (Jeffery Zook, flute, Kerstin Allvin, harp), a group founded in 1998 that has performed throughout the world. In addition, she spent two summers at the Marlboro Music Festival, and served as Artist-in-Residence at Pennsylvania's Laurel Festival of the Arts in 1993. She was a guest artist for the Detroit Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival in July 2001.

Chidinma is a journalism student at Wayne State University. She's sharpening her newshound skills by writing profiles, features, news articles, arts stories and snapping photos for the campus newspaper, The South End. Chidinma also gets her voice out there as a member of the Detroit World Outreach Adult Choir and the Wayne African Student Society. As a former marketing intern with Comcast, Chidinma traveled around southeast Michigan, interacting with locals and growing to know communities. She'll have ample opportunity to apply those communications skills as she serves the City of Highland Park by researching services, completing needs assesments, crafting communications and implementing collaborations with the city's block clubs. At the Suburbs Alliance half of her placement, Chidinma will audit and evaluate our contact database and other communications tools.

Dr. Giroux is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and in the Institute of Scientific Computing at Wayne State University. He previously held faculty positions in the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics at Wayne State and in the Cellular and Genetic Toxicology Branch at NIEHS / NIH. Dr. Giroux his 25 years of research and teaching experience in molecular medicine and genetics that has been recognized by receipt of the March of Dimes Basil O'Connor Research Award and the J. William Fulbright Scholar Award. His current research combines experimental approaches of in vivo genetic engineering in model systems with comparative computational modeling to elucidate the genetic networks that underlie cellular mechanisms of environmentally responsive disease. Dr. Giroux has served on peer review panels in biomedical technology for the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense, and he has over 15 years of consulting and advisory board experience in commercial computational and biomedical technology. GeneGo provides cutting-edge bioinformatics software solutions for systems biology research and development. Our data mining applications cover genomics, proteomics, gene expression and more omic's data, and assist the scientific and medical community in fields from oncology research to translational medicine. Contact us for more information on our pathway analysis products or free trials today.

Educated at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Cynthia Milhem has worked for over 25 years in the field of advertising and graphic design, where she has handled all aspects of graphics and advertisement creation, production, scheduling and planning, as well as the invoicing and tracking of costs. As owner of American Independent Typography in Boulder for over ten years, Cynthia specialized in all facets of pre-press preparation. She joined Pandora & Company in 1997. A representative list of Cynthia?s clients includes the Boulder County School District; the City of Longmont, Colorado; the Colorado Council on Economic Education; Continuing Legal Education in Colorado; the Geological Society of America; Hanson Ski Industries; IBM; the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers; the National Council of State Legislatures; the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation; the University of Colorado School of Law; and Vail and Associates. View the bios of the Pandora and Company Team.

A native of Utah, Adams received a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Utah before earning his master's in business administration at Utah State University. Prior to joining the Michigan League as president/CEO in August of 1997, Adams served as the Washington League President from 1991 - 1997. He also served on the staff of the Utah CU League for 10 years, the last three as president/CEO. He began his career as an Internal Auditor for a large Savings & Loan in Utah. During his CU career, Adams has served on several boards and committees. These have included service as a Director on the Magic Line and NYCE Boards as well as the Board of Directors of U.M.T.A. Credit Union and the Utah Corporate Credit Union. Adams is also an adjunct professor for the University of Michigan and Wayne State University where he teaches Financial Institution Management courses.

We all have dreams. Few of us ever realize them. Rarely are talent and tenacity equally present in an individual as they are in David Alexander Bullock. He is a scholar, a pastor, a teacher, community leader and visionary. Born on New England shores where memories of slave ships and leather whips were cut into America's collective consciousness, David Alexander Bullock has risen to prominence in spiritual and academic arenas against the odds. He was raised in the urban metropolis of Detroit, Michigan, but always sensed that despite his small stature and ethnic vulnerability that he would take giant steps! The defining moment of David's life came on a fated day in 1993. Three weeks after turning 16 his beloved mother died from breast cancer. In the wake of her absence, he assumed extra-ordinary responsibilities. David cared for his younger siblings, graduated from high school at the age of 16, entered Morehouse College the following year, started a mentoring group, a landscaping company, and was licensed to preach the Christian gospel. Rather than succumb to grief and bitterness, David learned that life is not promised to anyone. Humanity is now the great beneficiary of the clarity induced by death. The last lesson Joan taught her son was this -- live well, while you are still alive. David Alexander Bullock is the perfect model of a superstar. He understands that super living requires super life skills that are forged by the fire of circumstance and the anvil of disappointment. In 1998, David Alexander Bullock graduated from Morehouse College with a degree in Philosophy and a minor in History. He then entered the Doctoral program in philosophy at Wayne State University, where he is currently in the final stages of dissertation preparation. In addition to being a Ph.D. candidate at Wayne State University, he is also currently a graduate student at the University of Chicago, where he is receiving advanced training in theology. In 2005, David Alexander Bullock was elevated to the pastorate in the Baptist denomination. He serves as the senior pastor of the Greater Saint Matthew Baptist Church in Highland Park, MI. He is also an adjunct professor at Wayne State University in Detroit and Saint Xavier University in Chicago. He is a highly sought-after lecturer and preacher.

Dawn Palace is a vice president in the Solutions group at Market Strategies International, with responsibility for research and development and the management of Market Strategies' solutions portfolio. She also assists the Marketing Sciences division in providing clients with consultative services related to the design, execution, and implementation of complex solutions. Dawn is highly skilled at developing innovative solutions to maximize the value of applied research, including investigations of customer and employee satisfaction and loyalty; market opportunity assessment; communications and messaging; and brand development and maintenance. Her areas of statistical expertise include conjoint and discrete choice modeling, structural equations modeling, segmentation methodologies, psychometrics, and integrative research methods. Prior to her Solutions role, Dawn served as a vice president and senior marketing scientist in the Marketing Sciences Group. Before joining Market Strategies in 1999, Dawn was an independent contractor, providing statistical and consulting services primarily in the areas of organizational behavior and union-management relations. She has extensive knowledge and experience in developing strategic models to address employee loyalty, work-family conflict, labor negotiations and elections, and related issues. Dawn holds both doctorate and master's degrees in industrial/organizational psychology and psychological measurement from Wayne State University (WSU). Her bachelor's degree is from the University of Michigan. Dawn is currently an adjunct professor at Wayne State University, and is an active member of the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Ellen Barton is a Professor in the Linguistics Program and the Composition/Rhetoric Program of the Department of English at Wayne State University. Her research interests include discourse analysis, the analysis of medical discourse, the rhetoric(s) of disability and the development of interdisciplinary research methods. As well as being a co-editor of Discourse Studies in Composition (2002), she has written for Discourse Studies, Discourse and Society, Narrative Inquiry, TEXT, Discourse Processes, Journal of English Linguistics, Journal of Technical and Professional Communication, Written Communication and other journals and edited collections.

Emily Jonas joined the staff of Troy Veterinary Hospital as an Animal Care Giver in 2004. Having always loved animals, Emily enjoys the opportunity to care for pets professionally and contribute to the strong bonds people have with their animals. Emily is currently studying at Wayne State University and hopes to go to medical school to become a pathologist. One of Emily's greatest joys is in seeing the smiles on people's faces when they are reunited with their healthy pets after a stay at the hospital. Emily also enjoys representing Troy Veterinary Hospital at our booth at the annual Troy Daze Festival in the fall. Speaking with the public and answering pet care questions is something she looks forward to. Emily lives with her parents and brother and sister along with their three cats, Cola, Willow, and Jack. Emily's diverse interests range from outdoor activities such as fly-fishing, hiking, and camping to playing the guitar and cello. Emily is also an outdoor photographer.

Dr. Abel has a Ph.D. and is the Director of the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development and a Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Psychology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. His office is located at C.S. Mott Center, 275 E. Hancock, Detroit, Michigan 48201, Telephone Number: (313) 577-1068, His home is located at 4805 Valleyview South, West Bloomfield, Michigan 48323, Telephone Number: (810) 855-2569. He was used as an expert in the Mississippi case. (Source: Mississippi Expert Disclosure.)

Mr. Katai has extensive experience in mortgage banking, and is an instructor at Wayne State University.

Dr. Wilson is an Associate Professor at Wayne State University (WSU) in the Department of Community, Family and Mental Health. Dr. Wilson holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Masters of Public Health. She is active in the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators, American Nurses Association, Black Nurses Association, Midwest Nursing Research Society, the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) and the American Public Health Association. Dr. Wilson resides in a DCHC service area and brings her children and grandchildren to DCHC for care. Dr. Wilson previously served and held the position of Secretary. Dr. Wilson has been a member of the Board since 1996. She became Chairperson in August 2006.

Fredrick Molnar is the Chief Sales, Marketing and Service Officer of iCyt. The newest member of the iCyt leadership team, Fred joined the firm in 2005 after 17 years with Coulter and Beckman Coulter. Starting out with the Coulter Corporation as a local Kansas City sales representative in 1988, his advancement included regional sales responsibility, Western USA Regional Manager, Central USA Regional Manager and United States Manager for Flow Cytometry. When he left Beckman Coulter, he was Director, North American Commercial Operations Cellular Analysis. Responsible for $75 million in annual revenue, he successfully led a 47-person sales and support team to five straight years of growth and record profits. He has worked in the flow cytometry industry for over 20 years, getting his start managing a flow cytometry research core facility at Wayne State University in Detroit . Fred earned his B.S. degree in Biology in 1982 from Wayne State University , an A.S. in Electronic Technology in 1988 from Henry Ford where he graduated summa cum laude and his MBA in 1996 from Eastern Michigan University .

Gary C. Jones, Senior Consultant is a retired Vice President of Nationwide Insurance Company. As the Corporate Officer in charge of Sales Operation for Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, Mr. Jones was responsible for the growth and retention of $670 million in property and casualty premiums. With senior corporate experience in management and supervision, recruitment, fiscal operations, promotions, financial auditing and corporate board operations, Mr. Jones brings a portfolio of experience in both the for-and non-profit corporate industries. Mr. Jones holds an MBA from Wayne State University.

Mark Upfal, M.D. is Corporate Medical Director at Detroit Medical Center, Department of Occupational Health Services and Associate Professor at Wayne State University, where he developed its residency training program in occupational medicine. Dr. Upfal is board certified in Occupational Medicine and serves on the Board of Directors of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM). He chairs the ACOEM Academic Council, as well as the Examination Development Committee for the Medical Review Officer Certification Council.

Ms. Dirkes concentrates her practice in commercial litigation. She has over 14 years of litigation experience, including cases involving contracts, construction and business disputes. Ms. Dirkes graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and from Wayne State University Law School with a Juris Doctor, cum laude. She is the author of several articles, including co-authorships of "Daubert Is Now the Rule," (January 2001) and "Where's The Defect?" (October 1999), both published in the IADC Advisory Practice & Procedure Committee Newsletter, as well as co-authoring the Michigan Chapter of Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law (1999). Ms. Dirkes is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the Oakland County Bar Association. She also is a member of the alumni associations of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University.

Mr. Szygenda has served as Group Vice President and Chief Information Officer of General Motors Corporation since January 2000. Mr. Szygenda joined General Motors Corporation in June 1996 as Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Mr. Szygenda is a member of GM’s Automotive Strategy Board and is responsible for the Information Systems & Services organization. Accountable for the management of all information technology efforts within General Motors, he is directly responsible for developing and implementing GM’s global digital business strategy. Before joining GM, Mr. Szygenda was vice president and chief information officer at Bell Atlantic Corporation, in Arlington, Virginia, a position he held since June 1993. His main initiatives involved reengineering Bell Atlantic’s business processes and delivering information systems to meet the new electronic generation. Mr. Szygenda has been recognized for his business and technology leadership through awards that include Industry Week’s 2001 Technology Leader of the Year, Information Week’s 2002 Chief Information Officer of the Year and CIO Magazine’s 20/20 Vision Award recognizing his contributions in driving the information age. In 2003, he was inducted in the CRN Computer Industry Hall of Fame; in 2005, he received the Computerworld Honors Program Leadership Award; in 2006, he received the Automotive News Industry All Star Award and, in 2007, he was inducted into the CIO Hall of Fame. Mr. Szygenda holds a BS degree in computer science from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1970 and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas in 1975. Mr. Szygenda also received an honorary professional degree and honorary doctorate degree in engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla.

JEFFREY A. LEVINE is a shareholder of the firm. He was admitted to the Michigan State Bar; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit in 1981. He received his B.A. Degree from the University of Michigan in 1977 and his J.D., cum laude, from Wayne State University in 1980 prior to receiving his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University in 1981. He is the author of "Covenant Not to Compete, Non-solicitation and Trade Secret Provisions of Stock Purchase Agreements" and "Taxation of Non-Cash Fringe Benefits" in the Michigan Bar Journal. He co-authored "Planning Transfers to Come Within Expanded Safe Harbors for Valuation Freeze Arrangements in Taxation for Lawyers." Mr. Levine has drafted Chapter for Institute of Continuing Legal Education entitled "Closing and Postclosing Matters" which was published in the book entitled Buying and Selling Business Interests in Michigan. Mr. Levine is an adjunct law professor at Wayne State University teaching Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders. He is a member of the Sections on Taxation, Corporation, Finance, Business Law, Real Property Law and Anti-trust Law of the State Bar of Michigan; and the Taxation Section of the American Bar Association. He served as Taxation Section Chairperson of the State Bar of Michigan. His primary concentration areas include Business Mergers and Acquisitions, Business and Individual Tax Law, Estate Planning and Employee Benefit Law.