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1 CBA alumni honor success Outstanding Young Alumni Award Natalie Finn, ’0 Natalie Finn is an account executive at Campbell Ewald working on the Chevrolet national account. She has already had some key successes, including a 90second ad concept that morphed into TV and radio spots and a music video. Natalie also coordinates events and promotions sponsored by Chevrolet, including the Essence Music Festival, the Vibe Awards, and Chevrolet’s Historically Black College and University Homecoming Tour. Natalie also provides pro bono work for Haven, an Oakland County organization that fights domestic violence and sexual assault. She has been recognized with the Campbell Ewald Creative Excellence Award for Chevrolet “American Revolution” Integrated Campaign – Best of Show. Most recently, Natalie was named to Crain’s Detroit Business 2006 “Top Twenty in their 20s.” Natalie worked in two internships at CMU, including one at Campbell Ewald. She graduated in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a marketing major and a minor in advertising. She also was a member of the Honors Program. “My professors truly cared about the direction I wanted to take my college career and helped me to develop skills for a career in advertising after CMU,” said Finn. Alumni Commitment Award Ken Cherry, ’ 0 After several years of working for Hallmark Cards and the Sunflower Group, Ken Cherry joined National Cinemedia in Chicago in 2000 as the national account executive responsible for in-theater media sales. He received the 2005 Salesperson of the Year Award, Rookie of the Year Award in 2001, National Sales Mentoring Award, Best Buy’s Standing Ovation Award, and Best Buy’s Bravo 2005 Award for Outstanding Vendor. Ken is actively involved with CBA, expanding contacts for faculty consulting projects and connecting corporate recruiters with CMU business students. He was the team leader of the CMU Logistics Management Council Honor Society’s 20th Anniversary Celebration, and he annually supports the college with scholarship donations. Ken also speaks to classes, provides job contacts, and mentors students. “I am blessed to have been able to go to college, and I feel, to this day, that my experience and education at CMU’s College of Business Administration made the difference in my success during my career,” Cherry said. “I feel that I was prepared to tackle the real world when I got out and am forever grateful to CMU for that.”
awards , commitment Alumni Commitment Award Jackie Goforth, ’ As the Alumni Commitment Award winner, Jackie Goforth epitomizes what volunteerism means to CBA. She has served as a member of the CMU Alumni Board, is a former member of the School of Accounting Advisory Board and the College of Business Administration Capital Campaign Committee, and she most recently has joined the Dean’s Business Advisory Council. Jackie joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1982 and was admitted into partnership in 1994. She leads the private company services audit practice for the Detroit office. Jackie has more than 24 years of experience in serving entrepreneurial companies. Her work with fast-growing companies has included consultation on initial public offerings, leveraged buy-outs, mergers, acquisitions, and strategic alliances. Jackie is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, The Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, and Volunteer Impact, and she is an alumna of Leadership Oakland. In 1999 she was named to Crain’s Detroit Business “40 under 40.” Distinguished Alumni Award Joe Roebuck, ’6 Early in his career, Joe Roebuck found his passion for entrepreneurship. He founded a number of companies, including Corporate Funding Inc., an equipment leasing company; Corporate Resources Inc.; Motor City Computer Services; Corporate Resources International, a property tax management and fixed asset inventory company; and Computer Remarketing Services and AMR (both divisions of Teksystems Inc.). This year, he became the co-managing member of Oxxford One LLC in Birmingham, Michigan. Joe also is involved in many civic activities, including his role as board president of Starbase at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, a youth program focused on raising the interest and improving the knowledge and skills of atrisk youth in math, science, and technology by exposing them to the technological environment and the positive role models found on military bases and installations. Joe is a member of the CMU LaBelle Entrepreneurial Studies Program Advisory Board and is an active participant in the college’s annual Dialogue Days. 1
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