These ELI speakers represent a strong mix of younger leaders who have experienced success early in their careers as well as seasoned leaders who have led at the highest levels. Also, these leaders come from a wide variety of contexts including public and private for-profits as well as non-profits settings such as government, education, faith-based, etc.
John Coleman
Consultant, McKinsey
Author, Harvard Business Review
John Coleman is a consultant with McKinsey and Company. He also is a busy author serving as a blogger for Harvard Business Review and has recently published, Passion and Purpose, Stories of the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders. John completed his BA at Berry College where he was a US National Speaking Champion in 2004. He completed his MBA with High Distinction at Harvard Business School where he was the Dean’s Award Winner for leadership and public service and commencement speaker. He also earned his MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School where he was awarded the George Fellowship and a Zuckerman Fellowship for public leadership.
Terry Collier
New Business Development
3M
Terry Collier is known as a versatile leader, who teaches, encourages and creates an environment which fosters creativity and innovation, linking his background in science and technology with business opportunities and human resource talents, to develop plans that meet market and consumer needs. New Business development for both service and product based business, Design for Six Sigma Black Belt, Group Leader, Supervisor and Researcher. Terry earned his BS in BioMedical Engineering and PhD in Macromolecular Science at Case Western Reserve University as well as his MBA at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
Paul Corts
Former Assistant Attorney General
Department of Justice
Dr. Corts formerly served as Assistant Attorney General for Administration for the U.S. Department of Justice with Attorney General John Ashcroft. In his role as Assistant Attorney General for Administration, Corts serves on the President’s Management Council, Council of Chief Financial Officers, the Enduring Constitutional Government Coordinating Council, the Executive Board of the International Cooperative Administrative Support Services (Department of State), and various other federal organizations. President Bush has also appointed Dr. Corts to serve on the Board of Directors of the Federal Prisons Industries. Prior to his work at the Department of Justice, Corts served as president of Palm Beach Atlantic University and president of Wingate University. Corts has served many professional organizations in higher education, including a term as president of the American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges and Universities, an advisory policy board member for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, as well as chair of the board of directors of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida.
David Grizzle
Chief Operating Officer
FAA
As Chief Operating Officer, Grizzle leads the FAA’s 35,000 controllers, technicians, engineers and support personnel who are responsible for keeping air traffic moving safely and efficiently. Previously, Grizzle served as the FAA’s Chief Counsel, from June 2009 to April 2011. He led the 300-person legal team responsible for agency regulation, safety enforcement and compliance programs, airport and environmental matters, personnel and labor law. Before joining the FAA, he was with Continental Airlines and its affiliates for 22 years, retiring in 2008 as the Senior Vice President of Customer Experience. During a leave of absence from Continental starting in 2004, Grizzle served for 14 months with the U.S. Department of State in Kabul, Afghanistan, as Attaché, Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Transportation and Infrastructure. In Kabul, he steered the American reconstruction effort in the areas of aviation, roads, power and communications. He advised the U.S. Ambassador and four Afghan ministers and coordinated the efforts of the U.S. Agency for International Development and other multilateral development banks. Grizzle is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
Art Hill
Associate Dean
Carlson School of Management
University of Minnesota
Art Hill is the Associate Dean for MBA Programs and the John and Nancy Lindahl Professor for Excellence in Business Education in the Supply Chain and Operations Department in the Curtis L. Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point for two years and earned a B.A. in Mathematics from Indiana University, an MS in Industrial Administration from the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University, and a Ph.D. in Management also from Krannert. Art has been recognized as an outstanding instructor in the Carlson School of Management in several national publications including Business Week. In 1999, the Carlson School of Management nominated him for the All-University Teaching Award for Graduate and Professional Education and he won the Golden Globe Teaching Award in 2002. He has extensive international experience on four continents, including helping found the Soviet-American Management Institute in Moscow (1989), teaching in executive programs at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa (1990, 1991) and at IMD in Switzerland (1994-1995), and holding the position of Distinguished Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore (1999).
Aviva Jacobs
Senior Managing Director
Teach For America
Aviva Jacobs serves as the Senior Managing Director with Teach For America. She manages the Teacher Leadership Development team in Chicago, where she and her leadership team support 400 corps members, and she is responsible for leading a team of 30 staff members. Aviva completed her B.A. in 2003 at the University of Michigan where she also played on the Women’s Varsity Soccer Team. She completed her M. Ed. at Harvard’s School of Education in the Teaching and Learning program. She taught both in New Orleans and Chicago and has been on staff at Teach For America for the past 4 years.
Jeremy Lenz
Chief Operating Officer
BioBusiness Alliance
Jeremy Lenz, Chief Operating Officer for BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota, is an innovative leader who has been recognized by many for his up and coming leadership. He is a 2008 Twin Cities Business Journal 40 under 40 honoree and a 2006 recipient of the American Marshall Memorial Fellowship from the German Marshall Fund where he studied throughout Europe in a month-long, transatlantic leadership exchange. He has also been chosen as one of “200 Minnesotans You Should Know.” Jeremy serves on the Board of Directors of the University Enterprise Laboratories (UEL). UEL is a bioscience incubator offering wet lab space to bioscience companies emerging from the University of Minnesota and elsewhere. He earned his MBA at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
Michael Lindsay
Most Promising Sociologist Under 35
World Congress on Sociology
Dr. Lindsay’s international reputation includes an acclaimed teaching record and innovative scholarship. The author of two-dozen publications on religion, public life and American evangelicalism, with particular expertise in leadership, Lindsay’s research has been featured in the leading scholarly journals of three academic fields—sociology, religion and American studies. In 2006, he was named the “most promising sociologist under 35” at the World Congress of Sociology. Lindsay’s Pulitzer-nominated book, Faith in the Halls of Power, was listed in Publishers Weekly’s “Best Books of 2007.” He has lectured on four continents, and his work has been profiled in hundreds of media outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CNN and Fox News Channel. Last year, Dr. Lindsay’s research and scholarly opinion reached an estimated audience of 145 million. Dr. Lindsay currently serves as the President of Gordon College.
Jason Mann
Head, China Healthcare Equity Research
Barclays Bank
Jason Mann grew up in China where he gained his skills in Chinese and cross-cultural understanding. After completing his degree in East Asian Studies at Harvard University, Jason followed his passion for healthcare completing his MD/PhD work at Vanderbilt University. He then joined the consulting firm McKinsey and Associates serving in the healthcare sector. He served a more operational role with Sciclone, the largest US-based pharma company focused on China. He currently serves as the Head of China Healthcare Equity Research for Barclays Bank in Hong Kong.
Stewart Stemple
Managing Director
Ethos
Stewart Stemple is based in Hong Kong and currently serving as Managing Director at Ethos International, a company that became part of the Swire Group in 2006. Stewart also serves as Head of CSR for Swire Beverages. Together with Ethos, Stewart advises the Swire Group, Swire companies, and external client companies in CSR and community development initiatives. Stewart has had a wide variety of experience in various industries and corporations including over 10 years in the Coca-Cola system. He has served several large global organizations as the head of learning and development, the head of human resources, and the head of leadership and organization development.
Rob Stevenson
Former Managing Director
SIMA International (formerly People Management)
Rob Stevenson served for over 25 years as a Managing Director for SIMA International (formerly People Management) in the areas of job fit consulting, executive search, coaching and succession planning. He has placed CEOs and other executives in over 150 organizations including some of the largest health care systems as well as national and multi-national firms. His passion is around succession planning, organizational redesign, and coaching executive leaders in their development of their strengths and motivations. In 2007 and 2008, Rob managed CEO succession planning for World Vision International, Premier Health and Heartland Health System. From 1979 to 1983, he served as Special Assistant to Minnesota Governor Albert Quie, responsible for selection, development and coaching of staff and senior management, constituent and political relations for the Administration as a member of the Senior Policy Team.
