Office of the Dean
Dean's Advisory Council
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The Fisher College of Business Dean's Advisory Council is invaluable to the planned growth of the college. The expertise of the council provides program evaluation, assessments of new initiatives and consideration of new activities valuable to the college's portfolio of programs.
Through the guidance of these members, Fisher College of Business continues to be a national and international leader in research and education.
Current Advisory Council
| James Allen | Chairman and CEO | Hilliard Lyons Asset Management |
| William E. Arthur | Chairman | Broad Street Financial |
| David I. Beatson | Chief Executive Officer | GlobalWare Solutions |
| J. A. “Fred” Brothers | Executive Vice-President (Retired) | Ashland Incorporated |
| R. Kerry Clark | Chief Executive Officer | Cardinal Health |
| Kenneth L. Coleman | Chairman of the Board | Accelrys, Inc. |
| Christopher M. Connor | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | The Sherwin-Williams Company |
| Tanny Crane | President and Chief Executive Officer | Crane Group Company |
| Clayton C. Daley, Jr. | Chief Financial Officer (Retired) | Procter and Gamble |
| Jonathon S. Eesley | Vice-President, Private Client Group | Bernstein Global Wealth Management |
| Ruann F. Ernst | President and Chief Executive Officer (Retired) | Digital Island |
| Robert M. Eversole | Principal | Stonehenge Partners, Inc. |
| John F. Finn | President and Chief Executive Officer | Gardner Inc. |
| Phillip Wm. Fisher | Principal | The Fisher Group |
| Sander A. Flaum | Managing Partner | Flaum Partners Inc. |
| W. Gary Fleming, Jr. | Director | Liati Group LLC |
| Timothy Gallagher | Managing Director | Goldman Sachs & Co. |
| John B. “Jay” Gerlach Jr. | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Lancaster Colony Corporation |
| Mark R. Goldston | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President | United Online |
| Thomas R. Green | Chair and Chief Executive Officer | Lancaster Pollard and Co. |
| Ray J. Groves | Chairman and CEO | Ernst & Young |
| Malcolm J. Gudis | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Second Tranché Investments |
| Sandra W. Harbrecht | President | Paul Werth Associates, Inc. |
| Larry A. Hilsheimer | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Nationwide Insurance |
| W. G. Jurgensen | Chief Executive Officer | Nationwide |
| Timothy P. Keenan | Chairman of the Board and CEO | High Performance Technologies, Inc. |
| William C. Killgallon | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | The Ohio Art Company |
| James F. Kirsch | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | Ferro Corporation |
| Charles Klatskin | Managing Director | Jones Lang LaSalle |
| Holly Keller Koeppel | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | American Electric Power |
| David T. Kollat | President | 22, Incorporated |
| Patrick J. Martin | Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer (Retired) | Storage Technology Corporation |
| Timothy Michael | Principal | Michael Freres & Associates |
| Elizabeth Aston Mily | Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Development | Thermo Fisher Scientific |
| Martin C. Murrer | Managing Director | Sagent Advisors, Inc. |
| Carl A. Nelson, Jr. | Managing Partner (Retired) | Arthur Andersen |
| Lionel L. Nowell III | Senior Vice President and Treasurer | PepsiCo Inc. |
| James G. “Jim” Oates | President (Retired) | Leo Burnett Worldwide |
| James J. O’Brien | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Ashland Incorporated |
| Ed L. Overmyer | Chairman | Willis HRH |
| Corbett A. Price | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Kurron Inc. |
| David A. Rismiller | Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer (Retired) | FirsTier Financial, Inc. |
| Robert H. Schottenstein | President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | M/I Homes Inc. |
| Donald B. Shackelford | Chairman | Fifth Third Bank, Central Ohio |
| John M. Shepherd | Chief Executive Officer | Shepherd Chemical Company |
| George Sladoje | Chairman | North American Energy Credit and Clearing Corporation |
| Jesse J. Tyson | Global Aviation Director | ExxonMobil |
| Charles R. Webb | Executive Vice President (retired) | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods |
| Yihua Yang | MBA candidate, Class of 2010 | Harvard Business School |
| Paul T. Yin | President | Dah Chung Industrial Company Ltd. |
| Gordon B. Zacks |
Senior Chairman of the Board (Retired) |
RG Barry Corporation |






