DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS ADVISORY BOARD

October 2009

Name

UA Economics Degree(s)

Present Position

Denny Byrne

Not Alumni

Emeritus Faculty Member and Department Chair, University of Akron

Fred Carr

Not Alumni

Professor and Director, Center for Economic Education, University of Akron

Hashem Dezhbakhsh

MA 1981

Professor and Chair Department of Economics, Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia)

Peter Elmer

BS 1975

Deloitte & Touche – Director of Mortgage Analysis (Washington DC)

Tamara Engelhardt

MA 1987

Human Resources Director Manufacturing & Distribution and Corporate Labor Relations, American Greetings Co. (Cleveland, Ohio)

Norma Fox Horwitz

BA 1989

Development Coordinator, FTZ and Brownfield Manager, Summit County Port Authority (Akron, Ohio)

Ernest Massie

BA 1994, MA 1996

Assistant Administrator Revenue Accounting Division Ohio Department of Taxation (Columbus, Ohio)

Teresa McKeivier

BS 1994, MA 1996

Biofuels Analyst Sensitive Products and Industrial Use Branch Industry and Sector Analysis Division Office of Global Analysis Foreign Agricultural Services US Department of Agriculture Washington, DC)

Kevin Mickle

BA 1985

Chief Operating Officer – Aurillion, Health Care Division of Diebold, and Senior Director of Diebold (Uniontown, Ohio)

Jeff Murphy

MA 1981

Managing Director, Commercial Operations, Dominion East Ohio (Cleveland, Ohio)

Adele Dorfner Roth

BA 1982, MA 1989

Development Manager Mayor's Office of Economic Development, City of Akron

Michael Smerekanich

BA 1974, MA 1976

Consultant

Diana Stevenson

BA 1989 JD 1992

Magistrate, Summit County Probate Court (Akron, Ohio)