Weekend MBA alumnus extends learning throughout business community
When Kevin Shaw (Weekend MBA '02) suggests, "Let's do lunch," you could find yourself sitting down to a discussion about Michigan's biotech corridor with Michigan Governor Granholm, or financial forecasts with Richard DeKaser, chief economist for National City Corporation. That's because Granholm and DeKaser are among the nine notable guest speakers on the 2003 schedule for Economic Club of Greater Lansing, which Shaw chairs.
Shaw got involved with the Economic Club while attending Weekend MBA classes at the Broad School, and directing marketing and business development for Wieland-Davco Corporation, a worldwide construction management company. Earning his MBA in 2002, he says, also gave him greater insight about what today's most compelling business issues are.
"It's rewarding to lead a team of volunteers from the business community in Mid-Michigan and to partner with The Eli Broad College of Business and the Lansing State Journal to make the Economic Club speaker program possible. I enjoy finding the topics that are relevant to business leaders and creating a forum where the world's experts can dialogue with us," says Shaw.