Alex Stuessy
President

Jenna Clark
Executive Vice President

Shane Kosch
Vice President of
Finance

Lynne Sebille-White
Faculty Advisor

Vickie Hwang - PRESIDENT

Literature, Science, and the Arts
Senior; Economics
Environment, Political Science Minor
vhwang@umich.edu
Years on Executive Board: 4

Responsibilities: The President is the face of DEX, responsible for coordinating the e-board meetings and running the membership meetings including creating all meeting agendas. The president must also track e-board summer progress and keep the e-board on task throughout the year.

DEX Awards:      
     2009: State Competition
               2nd - Travel & Tourism
               2nd - Advertising Campaign
               3rd - Business to Business Marketing
     2008: State Competition
               1st - Advertising Campaign
               3rd - Hospitality Management
     2007: State Competition
               2nd - Business to Business Marketing
               Finalist - Hospitality Management

Hobbies & Interests: swimming and traveling

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Jenna Clark - EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Ross School of Business
Senior; Business; Linguistics Minor
jlclar@umich.edu
Years on Executive Board: 2

Responsibilities: The Executive Vice President supports the president and provides advice and insight to the rest of the executive board, organizes philanthropy events and helps oversee committees. Responsibilities carried over from being the previous Vice President of Communications position include supporting member communications by creating and updating the official DEX website.

DEX Awards:      
     2009: State Competition
               1st - Fashion Merchandising
               1st - Marketing Management
               3rd - Executive Job Interview
     2008: State Competition
               Finalist - Fashion Merchandising and Marketing

Hobbies: Golf, Steel Pan, Photography, Dance, Monopoly, 1000 piece & 3D puzzles, Chillin.

Current Interests: My Camera, Chipotle, Hip Hop Dance Routines, Organizing, Sudoku, Spider Solitaire, Psychology, and updating my 70+ facebook albums

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Shane Kosch - VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE

Literature, Science, and the Arts
Sophomore; Pre-Business; German
koschsh@umich.edu
Years on Executive Board: 1

Responsibilities: The Vice President of Finance forecasts and audits the budget, deals with member dues, registers members for the state and national organization, allocates money to DEX activities, chairs the Finance Committee, and coordinates sponsorships and fundraising activities.

DEX Awards:      
     2009: State Competition
               3rd - Sports & Entertainment Marketing

Hobbies & Interests: ice hockey, jet skiing, and watching movies

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Alex Stuessy - VICE PRESIDENT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Ross School of Business
Junior; Marketing major, English minor
astuessy@umich.edu
Years on Executive Board: 2

Responsibilities: The Vice President of Professional Development plans and formats each DEX meeting and secures guest speakers for member meetings. Additional responsibilities include chairing the Professional Development Committee and running the mentorship program.

DEX Awards:      
     2009: State Competition
               2nd - Hospitality Management
     2008: State Competition
               1st - Business Ethics
               2nd - Restaurant and Food Management

Hobbies & Interests: Improv Comedy (ComCo) and creative writing

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Nilesh Dagli - VICE PRESIDENT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Literature, Science, and the Arts
Sophomore; Pre-Health; Economics
nelishda@umich.edu
Years on Executive Board: 1

Responsibilities: The Vice President of Professional Development plans and formats each DEX meeting and secures guest speakers for member meetings. The Vice President of Professional Development also oversees the Professional Development Committee.

DEX Awards:      
     2009: State Competition
               Finalist - Retail Marketing
               Finalist - Human Resources

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Kathleen Nelis - VICE PRESIDENT OF MEMBER DEVELOPMENT

Literature, Science, and the Arts
Senior; Economics and Communications
knelis@umich.edu
Years on Executive Board: 1

Responsibilities: The Vice President of Member Development serves as liaison between members and the Executive board, and a means for cultivating chapter unity; in addition, the VP directs fall recruitment and promotional ideas including registration for Festifall, developing advertisements, and coordinating social activities. The Vice President of Member Development also oversees the Member Development Committee.

DEX Awards:      
     2009: State Competition
               3rd - Business to Business Marketing

Hobbies & Interests: running, tennis, traveling, and bustin' a move

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Nate Lash - VICE PRESIDENT OF MEMBER DEVELOPMENT

Responsibilities: The Vice President of Member Development serves as liaison between members and the Executive board, and a means for cultivating chapter unity; in addition, the VP directs fall recruitment and promotional ideas including registration for Festifall, developing advertisements, and coordinating social activities. The Vice President of Member Development also oversees the Member Development Committee.

DEX Awards:      
     2009: State Competition
               Finalist - Travel & Tourism

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Lauren Dominick - SECRETARY

Literature, Science, and the Arts
Junior; Economics
laurney@umich.edu
Years on Executive Board: 2

Responsibilities: The secretary keeps attendance records, notifies members of activities and meetings, takes notes at meetings, and creates DEX newsletters.

DEX Awards:      
     2008: State Competition
               2nd - Human Resources
               Finalist - Travel & Tourism

Hobbies & Interests: Traveling, skiing, reading, dancing, Paris, concerts, and Michigan Football tailgates.

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Tom Stowers - STATE PRESIDENT, STATE AMBASSADOR

Ross School of Business
Junior
tstowers@umich.edu
Years on Executive Board: 1

Responsibilities: The State Ambassador serves as the liaison between the University of Michigan DEX chapter, the state chapter, as well as the national chapter. The State President coordinates activities and communication between DEX chapters in Michigan and plays a crucial role in organizing the Fall Leadership Conference and the State and National Competitions.

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Kay Erdman - FACULTY ADVISOR

kmerdman@umich.edu

Kay Erdman has served as faculty advisor for the University of Michigan chapter of DEX since its founding in the 2000-2001 school year. In April 2005, after nomination by the 2004-2005 officers, she received the University of Michigan Advisor of the Year award for her work with DEX.

Building on twenty-two years' experience in international communications consulting and with major U.S. corporations, Kay is currently a faculty member in Managerial Communication at the Ross School of Business (RSB) at the University of Michigan. Her areas of special expertise are: analyzing and improving organizational communications processes as well as initiating new capabilities; coaching executives and employee teams in more effective and efficient communication, including better leadership and management, personal writing style, and public speaking; and using communication as a problem-identification and problem-solving tool. Her experience includes aspects of organizational communication such as marketing, investor and employee relations, government and community affairs, advertising and media relations, with emphasis on optimizing communications to achieve organizational results. Special awards include Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) national Silver Anvil Awards in marketing and in environmental affairs.

After rising from account executive to senior vice president at Daniel J. Edelman, Inc., a premiere international communications consulting firm, Kay established the position of Director of U.S. Consumer Products Public Relations at S.C. Johnson & Son (Johnson Wax), later becoming Director of Corporate Affairs. Subsequently she served as vice president/corporate communications at Hoover Universal, Inc., and as vice president/communications at J.P. Industries, Inc., both Fortune 500 firms. Kay holds a BA from Vanderbilt University as well as master's degrees in romance languages (Emory University); technology assessment and management (Eastern Michigan University); business administration/MBA (Simmons College Graduate School of Management); and higher education/business (University of Michigan). Her research focuses on the essential relationship between communication abilities and effective leadership and management to achieve organizational and personal objectives. Kay also contributes in a number of community and UMBS public service capacities.

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