BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Detroit Economic Club - ECPv6.14.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.econclub.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Detroit Economic Club REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20200101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220511T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220511T133500 DTSTAMP:20260419T050926 CREATED:20250220T170029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250220T193111Z UID:9986-1652268600-1652276100@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:2022 Detroit Tigers DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/2022-detroit-tigers/ LOCATION:MotorCity Casino Hotel\, 2901 Grand River Ave\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/JK42332.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20220502T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20220502T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050927 CREATED:20240502T155217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T203805Z UID:1596-1651491000-1651498200@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:What Will it Take to Make Michigan a Top 10 State? DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/what-will-it-take-to-make-michigan-a-top-10-state/ LOCATION:MotorCity Casino Hotel\, 2901 Grand River Ave\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/JK40618.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20220427T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20220427T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050928 CREATED:20250220T211638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250220T212121Z UID:10213-1651058100-1651066200@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:YL CEO SERIES: The Honorable Jocelyn Benson DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/yl-ceo-series-the-honorable-jocelyn-benson/ LOCATION:BasBlue\, 110 E Ferry St.\, Detroit\, Michigan\, 48202\, United States CATEGORIES:Young Leader ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/K4B5737.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20220411T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20220411T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050928 CREATED:20240502T152426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T192043Z UID:1481-1649676600-1649683800@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:A Conversation on the Economy and Monetary Policy DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/a-conversation-on-the-economy-and-monetary-policy/ LOCATION:Huntington Place\, 1 Washington Blvd\,\, Detroit\, MI 48226\, MI\, 48070\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/K4B4934A-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20220322T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20220322T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050928 CREATED:20240502T161244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T182554Z UID:1678-1647948600-1647955800@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:Accomplishing the Mission: Bringing New Partners to the Fight to Counter Evolving Threats DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/accomplishing-the-mission-bringing-new-partners-to-the-fight-to-counter-evolving-threats/ LOCATION:MotorCity Casino Hotel\, 2901 Grand River Ave\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/K4B4006.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20220316T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20220316T183000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050928 CREATED:20250220T205705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250220T211118Z UID:10173-1647448200-1647455400@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:YL CEO SERIES: Manny Amezcua DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/yl-ceo-series-manny-amezcua/ LOCATION:Henry Ford Health Pistons Performance Center\, 6201 2nd Avenue\, Detroit\, MI\, 48202\, United States CATEGORIES:Young Leader ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/JK47944-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20220224T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20220224T114500 DTSTAMP:20260419T050928 CREATED:20240502T161907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T174856Z UID:1680-1645700400-1645703100@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:FIGHT: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/fight-how-gen-z-is-channeling-their-fear-and-passion-to-save-america/ LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CATEGORIES:Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/02.24.22-John-Della-Volpe-cover.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20220216T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20220216T144500 DTSTAMP:20260419T050928 CREATED:20250220T165246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250220T165847Z UID:9978-1645020000-1645022700@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:THE RAGING 2020s: Companies\, Countries\, People — and the Fight for Our Future DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/the-raging-2020s-companies-countries-people-and-the-fight-for-our-future/ LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CATEGORIES:Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Alec-Ross.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20220210T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20220210T114500 DTSTAMP:20260419T050928 CREATED:20240502T162532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T172834Z UID:1685-1644490800-1644493500@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:THE POWER OF GIVING AWAY POWER: How the Best Leaders Learn to Let Go DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/the-power-of-giving-away-power-how-the-best-leaders-learn-to-let-go/ LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CATEGORIES:Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/02.10.22-Matthew-Barzun-cover.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20220113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20220113T130000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050928 CREATED:20250220T162201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250220T162558Z UID:9972-1642075200-1642078800@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:2022 Michigan Economic Outlook DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/2022-michigan-economic-outlook/ LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CATEGORIES:Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2022-MEO.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211209T163000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211209T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050928 CREATED:20240502T163637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T185554Z UID:1689-1639067400-1639069200@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:Leading a Hard-Working Team for Hard-Working Customers DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/leading-a-hard-working-team-for-hard-working-customers/ LOCATION:The Carhartt Workshop\, 5800 Cass Ave 2nd Floor\, Detroit\, MI\, 48202\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting,Past Event,Two thousand twenty-one ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/K4B1122.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211206T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211206T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050928 CREATED:20240502T165027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T185554Z UID:1725-1638790200-1638810000@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:Leading The Way Forward: MSU Today and Tomorrow DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/leading-the-way-forward-msu-today-and-tomorrow/ LOCATION:MotorCity Casino Hotel\, 2901 Grand River Ave\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting,Past Event,Two thousand twenty-one ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/K4B0026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211129T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211129T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050928 CREATED:20240502T171643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T185554Z UID:1798-1638183600-1638205200@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:Investing in American Manufacturing and Closing the Innovation Divide DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/investing-in-american-manufacturing-and-closing-the-innovation-divide/ LOCATION:MotorCity Casino Hotel\, 2901 Grand River Ave\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting,Past Event,Two thousand twenty-one ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/RW2_7417-scaled-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211118T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211118T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050929 CREATED:20240502T213853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T185554Z UID:1800-1637235000-1637254800@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:Planning for Our Customers’ Evolving Energy Needs While Investing in Michigan’s Clean Energy Future DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/planning-for-our-customers-evolving-energy-needs-while-investing-in-michigans-clean-energy-future/ LOCATION:MotorCity Casino Hotel\, 2901 Grand River Ave\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States CATEGORIES:Meeting,Past Event,Two thousand twenty-one ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/JKX0677.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211029T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211029T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050929 CREATED:20240502T222035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T180713Z UID:1841-1635505200-1635526800@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:The Future of Travel DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/the-future-of-travel/ LOCATION:Westin Book Cadillac\, 1114 Washington Blvd\, Detroit\, MI\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Event,Two thousand twenty-one ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/K4B6846.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211006T123000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211006T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050929 CREATED:20240502T222948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T180901Z UID:1869-1633523400-1633539600@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:Continued Solid U.S. Economic and Job Growth Recovery From the Covid-19 Pandemic DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/continued-solid-u-s-economic-and-job-growth-recovery-from-the-covid-19-pandemic/ LOCATION:MotorCity Casino Hotel\, 2901 Grand River Ave\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Event,Two thousand twenty-one ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/K4B5660-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210826T153000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210826T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050929 CREATED:20240502T224248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T181038Z UID:1900-1629991800-1629997200@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:The 25th Annual Detroit Lions Kickoff Meeting! DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/the-25th-annual-detroit-lions-kickoff-meeting/ LOCATION:Ford Field\, 2000 Brush Street\, Detroit\, Michigan\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Event,Two thousand twenty-one ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/K4B3428-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210519T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210519T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050929 CREATED:20240503T075141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T181137Z UID:1987-1621425600-1621443600@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:Embracing Stakeholder Capitalism for an Inclusive Future DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/embracing-stakeholder-capitalism-for-an-inclusive-future/ LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CATEGORIES:Past Event,Two thousand twenty-one ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/05.19.21-Dan-Schulman.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210420T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210420T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050929 CREATED:20240503T075522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T181228Z UID:1989-1618918200-1618938000@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:Hot Seat: What I Learned Leading a Great American Company DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/hot-seat-what-i-learned-leading-a-great-american-company/ LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CATEGORIES:Past Event,Two thousand twenty-one ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/04.20.21_Jeff-Immelt-cover.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210316T150000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210316T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050929 CREATED:20240503T075918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T181317Z UID:1994-1615906800-1615914000@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:A Conversation with Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/a-conversation-with-facebooks-sheryl-sandberg/ LOCATION:MI CATEGORIES:Past Event,Two thousand twenty-one ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/03.16.21-Sheryl-Sandberg_cover.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210308T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210308T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050929 CREATED:20240503T080402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T181401Z UID:1997-1615203000-1615222800@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:Protecting Our Digital Way of Life DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/protecting-our-digital-way-of-life/ LOCATION:MI CATEGORIES:Past Event,Two thousand twenty-one ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/03.08.21_Nikesh-Arora_cover.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210209T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210209T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050929 CREATED:20240503T080815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T181457Z UID:2002-1612868400-1612890000@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:Rethinking Our View of Mobility DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/rethinking-our-view-of-mobility/ LOCATION:MI CATEGORIES:Past Event,Two thousand twenty-one ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/02.09.21-Swami-Kotagiri-Cover.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210127T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210127T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050929 CREATED:20240503T081133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T181616Z UID:2006-1611734400-1611766800@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:How Business Can Lead Us Forward DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/how-business-can-lead-us-forward/ LOCATION:MI CATEGORIES:Past Event,Two thousand twenty-one ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Steve-Roger-Meeting.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201123T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201123T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050929 CREATED:20240503T082548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T181820Z UID:2010-1606118400-1606150800@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:Transforming a Global Enterprise DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/transforming-a-global-enterprise/ LOCATION:MI CATEGORIES:Past Event,Two thousand twenty ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Steve-Mike.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201111T143000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201111T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050929 CREATED:20240503T083119Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T181918Z UID:2014-1605105000-1605114000@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:Leading Through Challenging Times DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/leading-through-challenging-times/ LOCATION:MI CATEGORIES:Past Event,Two thousand twenty ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Steve-Alex.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201028T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201028T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050929 CREATED:20240503T083514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T181955Z UID:2017-1603882800-1603904400@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:The State of the U.S. Economy DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/the-state-of-the-u-s-economy/ LOCATION:MI CATEGORIES:Past Event,Two thousand twenty ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Steve-Larry-K-v1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201020T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201020T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050929 CREATED:20240503T085106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T182042Z UID:2022-1603198800-1603213200@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:The Pandemic’s Impact and the Future of the U.S. Economy DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/the-pandemics-impact-and-the-future-of-the-u-s-economy/ LOCATION:MI CATEGORIES:Past Event,Two thousand twenty ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Steve-Charles.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200831T143000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200831T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050929 CREATED:20240503T085844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T182214Z UID:2025-1598884200-1598893200@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:The 24th Annual Detroit Lions Kickoff Virtual Meeting! DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/the-24th-annual-detroit-lions-kickoff-virtual-meeting/ LOCATION:MI CATEGORIES:Past Event,Two thousand twenty ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Detroit-Lions.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200507T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200507T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050929 CREATED:20240503T091353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T182303Z UID:2033-1588860000-1588870800@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:Live Virtual Event with Dr. Tom Mihaljevic DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/live-virtual-event-with-dr-tom-mihaljevic/ LOCATION:MI CATEGORIES:Past Event,Two thousand twenty ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Steve-Tom-Cover.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200421T143000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200421T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T050929 CREATED:20240503T092314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T182404Z UID:2036-1587479400-1587488400@www.econclub.org SUMMARY:Live Virtual Event with Stacey Cunningham DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentWayne State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nWayne State University \n\nKimberly Andrews Espy\, Ph.D.\, is the 13th president of Wayne State University. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history. \nPresident Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. \nPresident Espy is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002\, and she has earned more than $22 million in funding to study how young children control their attention to promote later learning\, academic and health outcomes\, and how such skills can be affected by medical\, environmental or social factors. \nShe is a licensed clinical psychologist\, and a native of Cincinnati. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentUniversity of Michigan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Santa Ono\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nUniversity of Michigan \n\nSanta J. Ono\, Ph.D.\, is the 15th president of the University of Michigan. He began a five-year term on Oct. 14\, 2022. \nA recognized leader in higher education in the United States and Canada\, President Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease. At U-M he is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences\, and microbiology and immunology in the Medical School\, and molecular\, cellular and developmental biology in the College of Literature\, Sciences and the Arts. \nHe currently serves as the chair of the U-M Health Board\, the chair of Fulbright Canada\, and the chair of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3). He also serves on a range of other boards including the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors\, the American Association of Colleges and Universities\, the American Council on Education\, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities\, the U7+ Alliance\, the Council on Competitiveness\, the University Musical Society\, Terramera\, the Detroit Economic Club and Business Leaders of Michigan. \nHe joined U-M from the University of British Columbia\, where he served as president and vice chancellor since 2016. \nWhile at UBC\, he chaired the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia\, and served on the board of Universities Canada. He also served on the steering committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities; Government of Canada’s Industry Advisory Ad Hoc Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing; and the boards of Fulbright Canada and Mitacs. \nPrior to his appointment at UBC\, he was president of the University of Cincinnati\, where he also served as professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at the University of Cincinnati\, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to lead the state’s Biopharmaceutical Task Force and to the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier\, the state’s technology-based economic development program. \nDr. Ono has served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He also has taught at Johns Hopkins University\, Harvard University and University College London. \nHe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences\, the National Academy of Inventors\, USA and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2022\, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.\nHe has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He also has advised companies such as GSK\, Johnson & Johnson\, Merck and Novartis\, and served as director and chief scientific officer of iCo Therapeutics. \nPresident Ono has served on the editorial boards for several peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals\, including Immunology\, The Journal of Biological Chemistry\, The Journal of Immunology and The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. \nHe holds honorary doctorates from Chiba University and the Vancouver School of Theology and is a recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education\, the Professional Achievement Award from University of Chicago\, a Grand Challenges Hero Award from UCLA\, and the NAAAP 100 Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals. \nHe earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984\, and a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.\nPresident Ono is married to Wendy Yip\, an immunologist and lawyer. They are the parents of two daughters\, Sarah Yip-Ono and Juliana Yip-Ono. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D. \n \n \n \n PresidentMichigan State University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO\n \n \n Kevin Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\nPresident\nMichigan State University \n\nKevin M. Guskiewicz\, Ph.D.\, is a neuroscientist and academic leader who assumed the presidency of Michigan State University on March 4\, 2024. \nFollowing his arrival at MSU\, Guskiewicz embarked on a 48-plus-stop listening and learning tour of the university’s colleges and administrative units. The tour was a key component of his work to help identify an institutional “true north” that will lead MSU to provide the best education and workplace culture for Spartans and bold service to the public in the land-grant tradition. \nHe previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions. His research team’s groundbreaking work influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. \nIn 2011\, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis\, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. In 2013\, Time magazine named him a Game Changer\, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” \nGuskiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University\, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n VIEW BIO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About This Meeting \n \n \n \n Our esteemed university Presidents will discuss how their institutions are collaborating to lead groundbreaking research and attract and support companies across four key industry areas:\n\n artificial intelligence\n advanced manufacturing\n life and health sciences\n sustainability\n\nThe universities\, which make up the University Research Corridor (URC)\, are critical competitive assets for the state’s economy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESIDING OFFICER \n \n \n \n Ronia KrusePresident & CEOOpTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATOR \n \n \n \n Matt ElliottBoard MemberDetroit Economic Club \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PODCAST \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FULL MEETING VIDEO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING GALLERY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VENUE \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Masonic\n \n \n\n500 Temple St\n \n \n Detroit\,\n\n MI\n\n 48201\n\n United States\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DETAILS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 15\, 2024\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n11:00 am\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n1:30 pm URL:https://www.econclub.org/meeting/live-virtual-event-with-stacey-cunningham/ LOCATION:MI CATEGORIES:Past Event,Two thousand twenty ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.econclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Steve-Stacey-Cover.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR