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Alumni NewsSusan J. Elsholz (BA FinancialAdministration ’79) is nowd i r e c t o r o f I n t e r n a t i o n a lP r o c u r e m e n t S e r v i c e s f o rChrysler Corporation. She wasformerly director of GlobalVolume Planning. Elsholz isalso a member of the Eli BroadCollege of Business AlumniAssociation Board of Directorsand a Broad Career Coach.Mark “Max” Dobens (BA Marketing’87), a sales associate at PrudentialDouglas Elliman, a New York realestate brokerage firm, has beennamed the company’s vice presidentand associate broker.Robert Fish (BA Hotel & RestaurantManagement ’88) was electedtreasurer of the Michigan RestaurantAssociation. He co-founded theEast Lansing-based Biggby’sGourmet Coffee and Global OrangeDevelopment, LLC, the franchisorfor the Biggby’s brand.John Gilbertson (BA Accounting’84) joined the Deloitte & Touche,USA LLP, in the Life Sciences &Health Care Regulatory Practice.Ken Johnson (BA Marketing ’85)has been named executive vicepresident and director of bankoperations at Chemical Bank. Hejoined the bank staff in 1995.Secchia’s investment stimulatesunique partnershipfor West Michigan and MSUA f t e r G r a n dRapids businessmanand BroadSchool alumnusP e t e r S e c c h i a(BA Economics’63) gave $20million last yearfor expansion ofthe MSU MedicalSchool there,c o m m u n i t yand academicgroups forged a unique regionalpartnership with the university.Their goal: to raise the remainingfacility construction dollarswithout state funding. The facility,which will be known as TheSecchia Center, is expected toopen by 2010.According to a Deloitte Consultingstudy, the MSU expansion intoWest Michigan would generatenearly 3,000 jobs by 2020 andsome $1.5 million for the region’seconomy.A university assessment of theproposal in 2004, led by DonBowersox, Dean Emeritus of theBroad School, also supported theproject.Secchia, whose personal philanthropyand fundraising effortshave aided many Grand Rapidscauses, has long been recognizedfor his dedication to MSU. Hereceived an honorary Doctor ofHumanities degree from MSU in1997. He was named OutstandingAlumnus by the Broad Schoolin 1998 and received the MSUDistinguished Alumnus Award in1999.He was formerly chief executiveofficer and chairman of the boardof Universal Forest Products,founded and headquarteredin Grand Rapids and was U.S.ambassador to Italy from 1989to 1993.Peter Bocian (MBA Accounting’82) has been named chieffinancial officer and executivevice president for Starbucks.Bocian joined Starbucksfrom NCR Corporation wherehe served as senior vicepresident and chief financialofficer since 2004. He beganhis career at NCR in 1983 andheld a number of positions ofincreasing responsibility there,including chief financial officerof NCR’s Retail and FinancialGroup, chief financial officerof NCR’s Retail SolutionsDivision and vice presidentof finance and administrationfor NCR’s Computer SystemsGroup (now Teradata) for theAmericas region.20BROADBUSINESSwww.bus.msu.edu