Honors Council

The inaugural KSU Journey Honors College Advisory Council

 

• Mr. Louis J. Boos
  • President and an owner of Nordic Engineering Inc.
  • President and an owner of ChemTech Inc.
  • Member of the Board of Advisors for the Tisch Brain Tumor Center, Duke University Medical Center
  • Past President of the North Carolina State, Pulp and Paper Foundation
• Mrs. Rosemary Brown
  • Trustee emerita of Kalamazoo College
  • Board member of Georgian Chamber Music
  • Board member of the Atlanta Opera
  • Former teacher of mathematics for 30 years
• Dr. Jack Cohen
  • Co-chair of the Honors Advisory Council
  • Former Surgeon and Chief Medical Officer for the United States Navy
  • Former Chief of Surgery
• Mrs. Yvonne Cohen
  • Co-chair of the Honors Advisory Council
  • Former teacher of fifth grade and Head Start in Augusta, Georgia
  • Former teacher of special education
  • Former office manager for Dr. Jack Cohen's surgical practice
• Mr. Mike Doobrow
   
• Dr. Howard Fagin
  • President of Fagin Advisory Services, Inc.
  • 4 Advanced degrees including Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Masters in Public Health, Masters in Industrial & Systems Engineering and Ph.D. in Medical Economics
  • Former Instructor in School of Industrial Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.
  • Medical Service Industry Consultant, specializing in physician contracting, insurance reimbursements and strategic planning
  • Board member of Temple Sinai, Union of Reform Judaism, Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Foundation, Breman Heritage Museum, and other non-profit entities
• Mr. Marc Heilweil
  • Founder, President and Portfolio Manager at Spectrum Advisory Services, Inc.
  • Portfolio Manager at Gratus Capital Management, LLC.
  • Director of Amli Residential Properties Trust
  • Member of the Board of Trustees for The Temple in Atlanta, GA
  • Fulbright Scholar
• Mr. Barry Hyman
  • Principal in Veracor Consulting Group
  • Insurance Broker specializing in estate planning and executive benefits
  • CPA and JD in Law
  • Kennesaw State University Foundation Board Member
  • Kennesaw State University Professional Advisory Committee for Planned Giving
  • President of The Hyman Foundation
• Mr. Robert Ingram
   
• Mrs. Julie Kimball
  • Chair of the Student Financial Success Committee with the Kennesaw State University Foundation
  • Retired CEO of Summit Financial Solutions
  • Former Vice-Chair of the Southern Polytechnic Foundation
• Mr. Eric Nzuki
  • KSU Mechanical Engineering Honors Alumnus, '19
  • Engineer at Georgia-Pacific
  • Honors Advisory Council Alumni Representative 
• Mr. Cary Rodin
   
• Mrs. Robin Schmidt Shore
  • 20 years of professional work principally as an event and trade show manager for a variety of organizations
  • Former marketing manager at The Atlanta Ballet
  • Former volunteer for the Atlanta Botanical Gardens
  • Former docent at Carlos Museum of Art and Archeology at Emory University
  • Philanthropy at Kennesaw State University includes the GAVE Program for Military Veterans to start their own businesses; The Robin Schmidt Shore Endowed Scholarship for study abroad in Montepulciano, Italy; and The Robin and Doug Shore Entrepreneurship Center at the Coles College of Business
• Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Williams
  • Employee and Trustee for Beacon Foundation Charitable Trust
  • Advisory Council Chair for Communities in Schools of Georgia in Marietta/Cobb County
  • Active member of the Junior League of Cobb-Marietta
  • Former manager in the Risk Management and Regulatory Practice of global accounting firm Ernst & Young
• Mrs. Karen Takada
   
• Mr. Albert Tarica