Health System Advisory Group
In 2005, Dr. Kelch convened a group of some of the world's most successful leaders in business and industry, forming the U-M Health System Advisory Group. The group meets periodically to offer insights into real and meansinful issues that face the Health System, and members provide an essential external view regarding the issues every academic health center faces.
Jonathan Aaron is the Assistant to the President of Guardian Industries Corp. Prior to joining Guardian Industries, he practiced corporate, transactional and contract law for mid to large public corporations. Jon is currently a member of the Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit's Board of Governors, serving on their Investment Committee. Jon serves as an Associate ADL National Commissioner, on The Jewish Theological Seminary - Davidson Graduate School of Education Board of Overseers, the Governing Board of The University of Michigan Hillel, BBYO National Board of Directors, Board of Directors for the Detroit Chapter of the American Society for Technion and the Weitzman Institute. He additionally serves on the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center Board of Directors, the Children's Hospital Foundation, and Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Jon received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from the Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University. Jon and his wife Mary have two sons, Benjamin (22 months) and Oliver (2 months).
Terence E. Adderley is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kelly Services, Incorporated, a Fortune 500 staffing services company with world headquarters in Troy, Michigan.
Terence E. Adderley is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kelly Services, Incorporated, a Fortune 500 staffing services company with world headquarters in Troy, Michigan.
Mr. Adderley joined Kelly in 1958 as manager of the company’s Louisville, Kentucky, office. He was elected Vice President of the company in 1961. He joined the Board of Directors in 1962. Mr. Adderley was elected Executive Vice President in 1965, President in 1967, and Chairman in 1998.
A native of Detroit, Michigan, Mr. Adderley received a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining Kelly, Mr. Adderley was employed in the Treasurer’s Department at the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
Mr. Adderley is on the Board of Directors of Kelly Services and DTE Energy Company. Additionally, he serves on the boards of the Detroit Renaissance Foundation, Oakland County Business Roundtable, Detroit Country Day School, William Beaumont Hospital, the Economic Club of Detroit, and the Citizens Research Council of Michigan. He is also a member of the University of Michigan Business School Visiting Committee.
Over the last decade, Mr. Adderley has frequently been recognized for his leadership and personal commitment to providing workforce opportunities for women, the disabled, older Americans, and minorities. The Michigan Minority Business Development Council (MMBDC) named Kelly Services the 2003 Corporation of the Year, Professional/Commercial Services Sector, marking the fifth time that the MMBDC has recognized Kelly’s minority supplier development programs. In 2000, the company was selected as the Welfare-to-Work Company of the Year by the National Alliance of Business for the company’s long-standing leadership in providing training and jobs to welfare recipients. In 2000, Mr. Adderley was honored by the Detroit Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America with the Good Scout Award.
Mr. Adderley has also provided national leadership in bringing quality processes into the workplace. Over the last decade, his efforts have established Kelly Services as a premier quality-oriented business services company. Numerous quality awards and “supplier-of-the-year” selections have been awarded to Kelly. Kelly also received Intel Corporation’s Preferred Quality Supplier Award in 2001 and 2002. Additionally in 2000, Kelly received honor roll recognition in the Michigan Quality Leadership Award and was selected by the State of Texas for its state quality award.
Delores “Dee” Brehm is married to William “Bill” Brehm and has enjoyed a life as a supportive wife and mother for over 50 years. Dee attended Eastern Michigan University and taught special-education students. She used her special-education training to become a powerful advocate for early education and the Head Start program. Having personally dealt with Type I diabetes for most of their relationship, the Brehms recently acted on their hope for a cure and their confidence in the University of Michigan Health System through the establishment of the Brehm Center for Type I Diabetes Research.
William K. Brehm has been a Director of SRA International since 1978 and served as Chairman of the Board from 1980 to 2003. An employee since 1980, Mr. Brehm now serves SRA on a part-time basis.
In 1968, after serving four years on the staff of the Secretary of Defense, Mr. Brehm was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs and served until December 1970. He then left government and assumed the post of Vice President for Corporate Development at Dart Industries, a consumer products firm, where his responsibilities included mergers and acquisitions and corporate research and development. In 1973, he returned to the Defense Department as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs under James Schlesinger and later for Legislative Affairs under Donald Rumsfeld. He served through the end of the Ford Administration.
Mr. Brehm is a retired director of Herman Miller, Incorporated, where he was a member of the Executive Committee. He is now Chairman of the Board of The CNA Corporation and is also a Trustee of Guideposts and a director of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. He is past Chairman of the Board of Fuller Theological Seminary and continues there as Trustee and a member of the Executive Committee. He holds a bachelors and a masters degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Michigan.
Robert M. Brown is CEO and founder of Monroe Management Company in 1969, now known as Treystar. Since 1982, the company has concentrated on real estate development and management. Mr. Brown is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Engineering and received his Master's Degree in Finance from Harvard University.
Mr. Brown is President of Arcadia Capital, LLC, and has incorporated or assisted entrepreneurs in more than 40 companies in southwestern Michigan. He has provided high-risk venture capital to nurture new ideas and assist the existing Monroe-Brown Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to furthering higher education. He is a board member for Southwest Michigan First and Fabri-Kal Corporation.
Mr. Brown is an adventure traveler, enjoying the outdoors and athletic activities including downhill skiing, tennis, basketball, white water rafting, trekking, and bird hunting.
Brian P. Campbell joined Kaydon Corporation as President and Chief Executive Officer on September 24, 1998. He was elected Chairman in 1999. Mr. Campbell, who has been a Director of Kaydon since 1995, was the Founder in 1986 and President of TriMas Corporation (then known as Campbell Industries, Inc.) a diversified manufacturer of proprietary industrial products.
Kaydon Corporation is a leading international designer and manufacturer of proprietary custom-engineered products, supplying a broad and diverse group of industrial, aerospace, medical and electronic equipment, and aftermarket customers. Kaydon, headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, operates 12 manufacturing facilities in the United States and foreign countries.
Originally from Chicago, Mr. Campbell holds a B.S.C. in Finance from DePaul University, an M.B.A. in Finance from Northwestern University, and an M.S. in Taxation from DePaul University.
Robert J. Cody, M.D., M.B.A., is Vice President for Medical Affairs at CVRx, Inc., a private medical device company that has developed the world’s first implantable medical device to treat high blood pressure. CVRx is currently evaluating this device in European and U.S. clinical trials.
Dr. Cody most recently was Professor of Internal Medicine and Associate Chief of Cardiology and Director of the Heart Failure and Transplant Management Program at the University of Michigan Health System. He served on the Institutional Review Board of the Medical School for seven years and led a major restructuring of the Board as its co-chairman. Prior to his position at the University of Michigan, Dr. Cody developed and directed the congestive heart failure treatment program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell Medical Center and The Ohio State University Medical Center.
For over 25 years, his research has focused on heart failure and hypertension. He has published over 250 original research reports, review articles and book chapters. He has led the design and monitoring of numerous international clinical trials in heart failure and has served on numerous data monitoring committees for international clinical trials. He has been an advisor to pharmaceutical and medical device companies and a consultant to national healthcare providers and disease management programs.
Dr. Cody received his bachelor’s degree from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his medical degree from Pennsylvania State University, and his masters in business administration degree from the University of Michigan. He completed his medical residency and a research fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. He completed his cardiology training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Cody is a Fellow of the American College of Physician Executives, American College of Physicians, American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association.
David S. Evans is the Chairman of Glencoe Limited, LLC, a Chicago-based merchant bank. Since its founding in 1993, the firm has completed investments in over seventy companies and committed private equity capital to these businesses.
Prior to co-founding Glencoe, David was a merchant banking and mergers and acquisitions specialist at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette from 1985-1993. He also served as Associate Director of the University of Michigan’s Growth Capital Foundation.
David is the Chairman of Glencoe’s Investment Committee and currently serves as Chairman of the Boards of Specialty Food Income Trust (TSX: HAM) and Böwe Bell & Howell Company and a director of First Mercury Financial Corporation. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Gastro-Intestinal Research Foundation at the University of Chicago, the Dean’s Advisory Council of the University of Michigan, and the University of Michigan Alumni Association. David has a BGS from the University of Michigan in History and Economics and an M.B.A. with Honors from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
Jan Garfinkle founded Arboretum Ventures in 2002 with over 19 years of senior management experience at two very successful start-up medical device companies, Advanced Cardiovascular Systems (ACS) and Devices for Vascular Intervention (DVI), both of which were acquired by Eli Lilly and spun into Guidant Corporation. She joined each company early in their development and held key management roles in marketing, clinical research and sales at these companies.
Prior to founding Arboretum Ventures, Ms. Garfinkle was President of Strategic Marketing Consultants(SMC). SMC provided extensive market analysis, regulatory and reimbursement review, business plan development, and due diligence to life science start-ups, venture funds, and universities. She holds a BS in Bioengineering from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Arboretum Ventures is an early-stage life science venture fund, headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Arboretum’s primary focus is medical devices, diagnostics, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and health care services. Arboretum is an investor in Asterand, CardioMEMS, HandyLab and NeoGuide Systems.
A native of Detroit, Ruth Roby Glancy has strong ties to Ann Arbor, where she spent her junior high and senior high school years and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan in 1962. Chairman of the Detroit Zoological Society for the past 15 years, Mrs. Glancy was recently named Chief Executive Officer and has been a mayoral appointee to the Detroit Zoological Commission for the past nine years. She is Vice Chairman of the McGregor Fund and has been a Trustee of the Respiratory Foundation of Southeast Michigan for the past decade.
In 1997, Mrs. Glancy was called one of Detroit’s “most influential women” by Crain’s Detroit Business. In recent years, she has been honored for her service by the University Liggett School, the National Society of Fundraising Executives, the Greater Detroit Interfaith Roundtable of The National Council of Christians and Jews, and the Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center.
Mrs. Glancy is married to Alfred R. Glancy III, a Detroit civic leader who was Chairman of MCN Corporation, the parent company of Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, from 1988 to 2001. Mrs. Glancy is the mother of a daughter and three sons, with several Michigan MBA’s among them.
James A. Hiller is a native of Detroit. He attended school in the city and graduated with Honors from the University of Detroit Law School in 1973. Jim is President and CEO of Hiller’s Market, a chain of grocery stores.
In addition to his business efforts, Jim formed and endowed the PFUND (Program for Understanding Neurological Diseases) at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. PFUND seeks treatments and cures for neurological diseases such as ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. In 2004, Jim was honored to received the Jane L. Cobb Promise Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Friend of Israel Award from Yeshiva Akiva, and the Tree of Life Award from the Jewish National Fund.
Jim’s other accomplishments include Past Commodore of the Great Lakes Yacht Club; Outstanding Young CEO Award from the National Retail Association; Special Investigator for the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission; Member of the Prismatic Club; Member of the Scientific Review Board for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; Fellow in the Royal Institute of Navigation; Member of the Board of Trustees of Beaumont Hospital; and Adjunct Professor of Law at University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.
Al Kessel is the founder of Kessel Food Markets and Kessel Enterprises, LLC. Kessel Enterprises was one of the first operators of a Pet Supplies Plus store. They currently operate Pet Supplies Plus stores in central Michigan and Wisconsin. He is also a partner, along with four others, of the Pet Supplies Plus USA the Franchisor, which franchises over 200 stores in 28 states. Kessel Enterprises also operates 15 Save-A-Lot food stores in Michigan and Wisconsin. The Kessel Real Estate operations have developed, built, and owned numerous shopping centers through Michigan and Wisconsin.
Susan Meister’s professional work focuses on child health policy, with an emphasis on the contributions of clinical research to policy analyses and decisions. For more than 20 years, she has served as a member of the Harvard’s Working Group on Early Life and Adolescent Health Policy. As Director of Health Services Research at Children’s Hospital and Health Center in San Diego, she led the California Association of Children’s Hospitals projects to expand the costed clinical databases used for hospital payment with valid and reliable clinical classification and service data for five children’s hospitals. She also served as the principal investigator of a Robert Wood Johnson-funded project to design and evaluate an innovation in care for children with serious chronic illnesses in two children’s hospitals in two states. She coauthored an interdisciplinary study of the contributions of cost-effectiveness analysis, decision analysis and technology assessment to policy analysis at Harvard, as well as a monograph to evaluate the first fifteen years of the Harvard Working Group. Professional positions have also included past President of two health-related foundations in New Hampshire; consultant to an evaluation of a state-wide initiative in health care organization by the Vermont Hospital Association; HCFA grant review panels (hospital financing), meetings of the Planning Committee for the National Quality Forum, advisor for the HCFA’s Quality of Medicaid study; journal editorial boards; Visiting Distinguished Centennial Professor in Health Policy at Columbia; Distinguished Soule Professor, Soule Summer Institute at the University of Washington; Visiting Scholar at New York University; Research Associate in Health Policy at Harvard Medical School; member of the Visiting Committee of the University of Michigan Medical Center Alumni Society. She is also interested in science policy and served on the Genetics Advisory Council at Harvard Medical School.
Susan Meister is the founding Chair of the Board of Advisors for the Child Health and Evaluation Research (CHEAR) unit at the University of Michigan Medical School and Chair of the Duke University School of Nursing Board of Advisors. She is working with Dr. Julius Richmond to further develop child health policy efforts at Harvard. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, and a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academies of Practice. She received her BSN and PhD from the University of Michigan and her MSN from Loyola University of Chicago.
After earning a Master’s in Business Administration degree from Stanford University, Donald E. Petersen began a lifelong career with Ford Motor Company in 1949. There he was offered ever-increasing levels of responsibility in recognition of his high standards of performance. In 1977, he was made a director, and in 1980 he accepted the dual position of President and Chief Operation Officer. Five years later, Mr. Petersen was designated Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. He remained at the helm until his retirement in 1990.
Mr. Petersen’s record of achievements and service extends beyond the corporate world. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps in both World War II and the Korean War, and subsequently was honored with the ‘Semper Fidelis’ Award from the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. In 1981, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Washington, where he completed his undergraduate work. His alma mater, Stanford University, presented him with the Business School Alumni Association’s Arbuckle Award in 1985, in recognition of his outstanding achievements in business management.
Along with other prestigious awards from academia and industry groups, Mr. Petersen was presented the American Achievement Award in 1986 by Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina, for “significant contributions to the United States through achievement in the areas of industry, business, science, and the arts.” He was also bestowed with honorary doctorate degrees in Science (University of Detroit), in Human Letters (Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California), in Engineering (Michigan Technological University), in Law (Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi), and in Business Administration (Providence College).
Mr. Petersen’s leadership and expertise has enhanced the stature of several corporate and advisory boards, including the advisory boards of the Juran Center for Leadership in Quality at the University of Minnesota and the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington.
Richard H. Rogel of Avon, Colorado, is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Preferred Provider Organization of Michigan. Born in Essex, New Jersey, Mr. Rogel earned a Bachelors in Business Administration from the University of Michigan. He was Valedictorian of the 1970 Business School class, and he is a former president of the University of Michigan’s Alumni Association.
Mr. Rogel is currently serving as Chair of the University of Michigan’s fundraising campaign, The Michigan Difference. The Michigan Difference Campaign, a university-wide endeavor, seeks to raise funds for scholarships, faculty support, facilities, programs and research, and discretionary needs. As a senior leader, Mr. Rogel will promote the campaign and serve as an ambassador for the University, among other duties.
At the University of Michigan, Mr. Rogel is also a member of President Mary Sue Coleman’s Advisory Group, the University Musical Society Senate, the Social Work Development Committee Campaign Taskforce, the Advisory Board of the Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, the Greater Detroit Leadership Gift Committee, the Director’s Cabinet in the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, the Health System Task Force, and the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association. With his wife, Susan, Mr. Rogel has made a campaign gift to establish the Rogel Scholars Program, the largest contribution ever made to the University for financial aid, which provides support to out-of-state students.
Mr. Rogel is a member of the American Association of Preferred Provider Organization, the American Preferred Health Networks, the American Hospital Association, and the Greater Detroit Health Council. He is non-operating chairman of CoolSavings.com and Director of Quelsys, Incorporated. Mr. Rogel serves as a director of the Michigan Cancer Foundation.
Edward R. Schulak is an architect, entrepreneur, national real estate developer, inventor and international business leader in both foreign trade and commodities.
Mr. Schulak graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with degrees in both Fine Arts and Architecture. He also attended St. Johns College of Classical Studies and the Rackham College of Graduate Studies at The University of Michigan. He was certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards and licensed as an Architect in fourteen states. He has numerous patents in energy conservation and refrigeration and is published and has presented papers for the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers.
Mr. Schulak is co-founder and Vice Chairman of Metro International Trade Services LLC. This firm is one of the largest operators of foreign trade zones in North America, is also an Agent of the London Metal Exchange, and is one of the largest logistics and warehouse providers for metal in the world. He also co-founded LiteLaser LLC a company that developed a new generation of CO2 lasers. He founded International Airport Centers which pioneered and developed air cargo parks throughout the United States.
Mr. Schulak has served on the Boards of Kensington Academy, Cranbrook Schools, University Musical Society, The Life Sciences Institute, and Azimuth Advisory.
