Michigan State University

Leadership & Staff

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Satish Udpa Interim president, Michigan State University

• Interim president*

Samuel L Stanley Jr MD; President, Michigan State University

• President

Lou Anna K Simon President of Michigan State University

• President (Jan '05→?)

Brooke Noonan

• Position [+1]

• Position

Stephen Hsu Entrepreneur, physicist and scientific racist

• Position

John DiBiaggio President of Tufts University (1992-2001)

• President ('85→'92)

George Stranahan Eccentric heir to family which owned the Champion Spark Plug Company

• Professor of Physics ('65→'72)

John Ivey Education Professor, Early Promoter of ICT Technology in Education

• Former Dean Education ('61→'76)*

James Votruba President Northern Kentucky University

• Former Vice Provost (?→'97)*

Yong Zhao Professor of Education Measurement, University of Kansas

• Former Professor of Education (past)

Board Members

Joel Irving Ferguson Chairperson, MSU Board of Trustees

• Chairperson, Board of Trustees

Donors

Dan Gilbert Quicken loans billionaire; richest person in Michigan; majority owner of NBA Cleveland Cavs

• donation · 15,000,000 USD

Walton Family Foundation Inc Philanthropic foundation affiliated with family that owns Walmart

• Donation/Grant · 88,478 USD ('15→'16)

American Petroleum Institute Oil and natural gas industry association

• Grant · 50,000 USD ('10)

Child Organizations

Center for Regional Food Systems

• Child Org

Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

• Child Org

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

• Child Org

Learning Resources Institute Michigan State University Program Promoting Multimedia Education

• Child Org

Services & Transactions

Lime Rock Partners Investor of growth capital in global energy companies in the exploration & production, energy service, and oil service technology sectors.

• Service/Transaction

Renaissance Technologies LLC Hedge fund

• investment manager

Students

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Stuart Boesky Real estate financier; Pembrook Capital Management, LLC

• BA

David Katzman founder and Managing Partner of Camelot Venture Group

• Bachelor's Degree, Accounting

Albert B Ratner Retired Co-chairman, Forest City Enterprises

• Bachelor's Degree

Seema Boesky Daughter of Ben L Silberstein of the Beverly Hills Hotel empire; former wife of infamous stock trader Ivan Boesky

• Bachelor's Degree, Psychology

Scott Hagerstrom Attorney; Michigan state director for the Trump campaign in 2016

• Bachelor's Degree

Sarah G Lynch Retired Senior Director. World Wildlife Fund US

• MS, Agricultural Economics

Justin Ishbia Managing Director, Shore Capital Partners Chicago Illinois; with his brother Mat, purchased the NBA Phoenix Suns professional basketball franchise in 2023

• BA, Accounting

Paul Borman Former president and chairman of Farmer Jack supermarkets

• Bachelor's Degree (?→'53)

Anna Hodges Oginsky Writer - Brighton Michigan

• BA

Kate Pew Wolters Member of the Board of Directors of Steelcase Inc., and chair of the Steelcase Foundation

• Master's Degree, Social Work

Miscellaneous Relationships

Learning We Need - Edutopia Webinar George Lucas. Linda Darling Hammond and John King - Pitching Project Based Learning

• Featured Research ('21→?)

Knowledge Base LLC Gordon Freedman's Education Technology Consultancy

• Advisor