UAS Personnel

Education:

• Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, U.K.,  Ph.D. student

Research involves working with entrepreneurs in rural and remote Alaska to help them achieve fast growth and to significantly improve their business' ecological footprint.

• Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, MBA, 1995

Triple major in Marketing, Organizational Behavior, and International Business

• Northwestern University, School of Communications, Bachelor of Science, 1984

Communication Studies major.  Foreign Exchange program in London, England, included international communications practicum for UK National Committee for UNICEF.

• Philips Andover Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, graduate, 1979

Research:

Innovation North, Leeds Metropolitan University PhD candidate.
Research in the area of ecological entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship in Alaska

Publications:

"With the World Warming, Consider a Higher Degree", Alaska Journal of Commerce, Vol. 31, No. 11, 3/18/07

"Alaskan MBA's Worth their Weight in Gold", Alaska Journal of Commerce, Vol. 30, No. 31, 7/30/06

"SIFE Members Take the 2006 Mildred Hirsh Wealthbuilder Awards", Alaska Journal of Commerce, Vol. 30, No. 18, 4/30/06

"Ecological Economics Class Prepares State's Future leaders", Alaska Journal of Commerce, Vol. 30, No. 5, 1/29/06

"Taste-Test Strategies Before You Dive In", Alaska Journal of Commerce, Vol. 29, No. 31, 7/31/05

"Building the Nest for Entrepreneurs' Success", Alaska Journal of Commerce, Vol. 29, No. 5, 1/30/05

"The Mildred Hirsh Wealthbuilder Awards", Alaska Journal of Commerce, Vol. 28, No. 44, 10/31/04

"Alaska's Entrepreneurs Deserve Some Applause", Alaska Journal of Commerce, Vol. 28, No. 30, 7/26/04

"Growing and Exporting Alaska Entrepreneurs", Alaska Journal of Commerce, Vol. 28, No. 18, 5/03/04

Working papers

"Investigating the interaction of eco-entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs in Alaskan start-ups", October 13, 2007

Affiliations:

Alaska Business Plan Competition (Director)

Alaska InvestNet (Advisory Board)

Kellogg Alumni Club of Alaska (Regional Representative)

Southeast Conference (Economic Development Committee)

Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE)  (Sam Walton Fellow)

- 2007 UAS SIFE Team, Rookie of the Year Award

Courses Taught:

MBA

BA 692 Marketing Seminar, BA 693 Entrepreneurship

BBA 

BA 311 Consumer & Buyer Behavior, BA 441 Retail Management, BA 448 Marketing for Non-Profits, BA 463 Marketing Communications, BA 485 New Business Ventures, BA  487 International Business

Biography:

2006- Present    Assistant Professor, Marketing & Entrepreneurship, UAS, Juneau

2005- Present    Co-Owner, Rosewood, L.L.C. financial services, Juneau

2003-2006    Instructor, Management & Entrepreneurship, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, Alaska

2003-2004    Director, Food Bank of Alaska, Anchorage

2004-2005    Executive Director, Alaska InvestNet, Anchorage

2003-2004    Governance Board member, Alaska InvestNet

2001-2003    Marketing Director, A.V.M. Software, New York

1998-            Director and Co-Owner, W2 Investments, Vancouver, British Columbia

1995-1998    President, Publisher & Marketing Director, Waterspout Communications, Vancouver, B.C.

1995             Publishing Director for Radio, TV & Cable, SRDS, Chicago

1985-1995    Marketing Manager and Account Executive, Group W Television Sales, Chicago and New York

1984-1985    Media Buyer & Planner, Leo Burnett Advertising, Chicago

Other:

Additional Information
Visiting Professor, Danube University, Krems, Austria, October, 2005 & November, 2004

- Taught MBA Entrepreneurship/Venture Management class to European and Alaskan students.

Fellow, International Canadian Summer Institute, July, 2004

- Foreign Affairs Canada and the Canadian Consulate General’s educational and networking mission in British Columbia and the Yukon.


Speaking Engagements and Conferences

Alaska North Slope Marketplace, "How to Market Your Business" workshop, Ilisagvik College, Barrow, Alaska, April 16-17, 2009

Rural Outreach Program for Entrepreneurs: Sustainable business in Southeast Alaska, Wrangell, Alaska, January 28, 2009

State of Alaska, Tourism Mentorship Assistance Program: Marketing 101- Who are your customers and your target audience? Anchorage, Alaska, January 20, 2009

Rural Outreach Program for Entrepreneurs: Sustainable business in Southeast Alaska, Prince of Wales Island (Klawock), Alaska, January 13, 2009

Alaskan entrepreneurship presentation, University of Alaska Center for Economic Development, Anchorage, Alaska, October 2008

Alaskan entrepreneurship presentation, Southeast Conference annual meeting, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, September 2008

UAS Staff Development Day "Organizational Sustainability" presenter, May 2008

Sustainable Development Research Centre 4^th Annual International Conference, October 31- November 1^st, 2007, Inverness, Scotland.  Presented research paper on social end ecological entrepreneurship in rural Alaska.

First World Symposium on Sustainable Entrepreneurship, July 15-17, 2007, Leeds, U.K. Presenter and panelist.

1st Juneau Roundtable on Climate Change, Juneau, Alaska, April 21, 2007, Organizer and moderator.

KTOO Radio interview, Juneau, Alaska, April 18, 2005, "1st Juneau Business Roundtable on Climate Change"

University of Alaska Southeast Faculty Development Seminar, "Incorporating SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) into Online Marketing Classes", April 6, 2007

University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) Spring Forum on Sustaining Culture, Community & Environment, March, 2007, "Eco-Entrepreneurship" 

Business Without Borders, Whitehorse, Yukon (Canada), February, 2005, Speaker "A Checklist for Investors Making Sound Investments in Early Stage Businesses"

Sigma Beta Delta society.  Selected for membership in recognition of high scholastic achievement on April 8, 2006 and appointed President of the Alaska Pacific University chapter. Sigma Beta Delta is an international honor society in business, management and administration.