Economics Advisory Board

Experience

Catherine currently serves as the Procurement Manager at American Eagle Outfitters, where she has been at for the last 11 years. In this role, she is responsible for sourcing and strategic initiatives related to indirect services and products. Prior to joining American Eagle Outfitter, she was the Manager - Procurement at Eaton Corporation.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-adams-b5b04811/

Education:

BGSU, B.S Business Administration, Economics, Marketing, International Business ‘01

Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business, MBA, Operations, Marketing, Strategy ‘09

Jacob currently works with Deloitte Consulting, as a senior consultant, specializing in the financial services industry. He enjoys helping clients achieve their strategic, operational and financial goals. Prior to Deloitte, Jake worked with J.P Morgan Chase where he focused on building the client experience strategy.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-dillon/

Experience:

After nearly 20 years employed in corporate positions from territory manager, sales and marketing manager, COO and CMO, Patric decided to leave to start my own company, Eye Magnet Management Marketing Agency, helping small to medium size businesses with their digital marketing needs. His business is currently 5 years old, and they enjoy helping businesses that do not have the time to dedicate to marketing but also do not have the budget for a full time marketer.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricfransko/

Education:

BGSU, B.S Business Administration, Economics ‘96

Experience:

Myron has been with JP Morgan Chase since 2013.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/myron-lewis-60aa68b/

Education:

Bowling Green State University, M.A. Economics 2007

Experience:

Bill recently retired from his position as Deputy General Counsel of The Lubrizol Corporation and the leader of the International Affairs Section in Legal. Since joining Lubrizol in 1995, Bill has provided legal advice in a wide range of matters from questions regarding contracts and product distribution to the resolution of complex commercial and patent disputes. He is now still available to serve as a law consultant or a lecturer.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-manson-2a666444/

Education:

BGSU, Bachelor of Arts, Economics ‘74

BGSU, Master of Arts, Economics ‘75

Virginia Tech, Ph.D., Economics ‘80

Emory University School of Law, JD ‘85

Summer is currently a Senior Research Analyst at JobsOhio, which is Ohio's private economic development agency headquartered in Columbus, OH. She is responsible for analyzing industry trends and helping companies retain and expand existing operations as well as helping new companies establish a footprint in Ohio.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/summer-mcvicker/

Education:
BGSU, M.A. Financial Economics
BGSU, B.S. Economics

Sarah recently retired from her positions as Corporate Responsibility Officer, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel of National Fuel Gas Company (NYSE:NFG). At the time of her retirement, Sarah also held the position of Vice President and General Counsel of National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, NFG’s interstate pipeline subsidiary. In these roles, Sarah provided legal, regulatory and governance advice and direction to National Fuel, as well as leading the enterprise risk management (ERM) and sustainability (ESG) programs, all in alignment with the company’s strategic priorities and with the goal of creating and growing shareholder value.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/Sarah-Mugel-708551145

Education:

BGSU, Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Economics ‘86

Ohio State University College of Law, JD ‘89

Eric currently serves as the Vice President, Business Intelligence & Analytics for the Sak, a leader in the designer handbag market. In this position, he controls all data enterprise-wide governance and utilization of information as a company asset, via data mining, analysis and strategy. Eric focuses his vision for business-wide data activities and champions for data ownership, standardization, accessibility throughout the international business. Before this role, he served as the Director of Finance, Pricing & Analytics at Trevco Inc. Throughout all of his career, his expertise has been shaped in the e-commerce and direct to consumer retail markets. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-peck-

Education:

BGSU, Master of Business Administration '20
BGSU, Bachelor of Science in Economics '18

Jim Pesek is Dean Emeritus at Clarion University of Pennsylvania.  In addition to his many years of service as the dean (and interim dean) of Clarion’s College of Business Administration and as a professor of management, at various times he served Clarion University as an interim provost and vice president for academic affairs, special assistant to the provost and vice president for academic affairs and chair of the Department of Administrative Science.  Prior to his tenure at Clarion, he was a faculty member at Mercyhurst College and worked as a labor market analyst/planner for the City of Cleveland.  Since retiring from Clarion University, Jim has provided management consulting services, served as a Certified Volunteer Medicare Counselor, and Co-Chair of Fundraising for Rail 66 Country Trail, a rails-to-trails project in Clarion County Pennsylvania.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-pesek-48698728/

Education:

BGSU, Bachelor’s of Science, Economics ‘74

Bowling Green State University, Master of Arts, Economics ‘75

University of  Pittsburgh, Ph.D., Business Administration (Human Resources Management & Industrial Relations) ‘84

Experience:

Robert joined Merrill in 2008, having begun his financial services career in 1992. Robert focuses on fixed-income strategies for the team and he enjoys working with clients to design approaches aimed at helping them achieve their financial goals.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-thompson-078b561a/

Education:

Bowling Green State University '91 & '93