Spring 2012 - Lourdes College

friends of the universityEdward PhillipKinsey II and hissister MicheleKinsey Gross believein supporting educationalinitiatives. Born and raisedin Toledo, Ed and Michelerecently created the LourdesUniversity Irene Toth KinseyEndowed Scholarship benefitingsingle mothers. The $50,000scholarship allows Lourdes toaward scholarships to qualifyingstudents who are single mothersthat demonstrate a financialneed. The scholarship is namedin honor of their mother.CEO of Determination Ventures,LLC and Co-Founder and formerExecutive Vice President of Ariba,Inc., Ed also served in the auditand consulting departments ofPricewaterhouseCoopers LLPand KPMG in San Francisco,CA and Toledo. “He is deeplyinvested in the educationalopportunities available tofuture generations,” notes MaryArquette, Vice President forInstitutional Advancement. “Hehas funded other scholarships toassist students who face difficultlife challenges so that they havean opportunity to attend collegeand earn degrees.”Ed serves as Chair of the KinseyFamily Foundation, a nonprofitfoundation focused onproviding assistance to childrenwhose lives have been affectedby unfortunate circumstances.Additionally, he has workedwith Central City Ministriesof Toledo. In 2009, he wasbestowed with an honoraryLourdes doctoral degree for hisleadership and contributions tonorthwest Ohio and served asthe commencement speaker.Michele is a Coordinator atProMedica’s Bay Park Hospitalin Oregon, OH. She began hercareer as a nurse at St. CharlesHospital. With her husbandDan, she also co-owned thethird generation business GrossAutomotive in east Toledo forseveral years and served as thecompany’s general manager. Inaddition to her full-time career,she raised two children. “Micheletruly is an inspiration to womenwho strive to lead,” adds herbrother. “She definitely inspiredme during our childhood and isthe person who made it possiblefor me to achieve my goals inlife. Her feedback and advicehave been invaluable to me atall steps in my career and heramazing business insight andinstincts are exemplary.”For more information aboutthis and other endowedscholarships, contact MaryArquette at 419-824-3969 ormarquette@lourdes.edu. U58 ATLOURDES MAGAZINE | Spring 2012