MBA in Ethical Strategic Leadership
Meet the Faculty
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Yue Cai-Hillon, Ph.D - Critical Inquiry for Strategic Advantage -
has experience as a software developer and database administrator that gives her insight into the relationship between organizational vision and personal goals, the strategic value behind action-based planning and the hidden potential embedded within every organization. Degree: Ph.D. - Strategic Management and Organizational Theory, New Mexico State University Cai-Hillon has taught at the University of Central Missouri |
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Mark D. Fulford, Ph.D. - Crafting Corporate Culture - brings extensive experience to the program as an executive coach and expert in corporate culture. His results include: successful culture change within an organization of more than 165,000 employees, an ROI on various initiatives of 17:1 and annual savings of turnover costs in excess of $15 million. Degree: Ph.D. - Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management, Indiana University Fulford has taught at the University of Central Missouri, Cornell University and California State University. |
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Eric M. Nelson, Ph.D. - Building Leadership Credibility - has 13 years of corporate experience working in management development training and organizational development. In Germany, he focused on outside sales training and sales management development for Safety-Kleen Corporation. He worked as a strategic planning consultant, with the majority of his experience focused on leadership development Fortune for 500 companies such as Motorola, Grumman, Safety-Kleen, Case and the University of Chicago Hospital. Degree: Ph.D. in Education specializing in Workforce Training, University of Illinois Nelson has taught at the University of Central Missouri, University of Illinois, Saint Michael’s College and Norwich University. |
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Keith Province - Innovation for Strategic Advantage - has more than 20 years of management experience with Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurial ventures including Procter and Gamble, Coca-Cola USA and CROSSMARK. He has extensive experience and expertise in consumer package goods, telecommunications, retail, restaurants, financial services and start-ups. Province’s community service and leadership expertise includes serving on the advisory boards of Students In Free Enterprise, University of Central Missouri Foundation and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Degree: MBA and BSBA in Management, University of Central Missouri Province has taught at the University of Central Missouri. |
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Carol E. Smith - Critical Inquiry for Strategic Advantage - brings 17 years of corporate experience to the program, including eight years in commodity futures trading and nine years as vice president of operations for a highly successful information services firm. An information specialist, she holds professional training in competitive intelligence and specializes in geospatial business analysis. Degree: M.S. Information Science; M.S. Information Systems; Graduate Certificate, Geographic Information Systems; Information Science & Learning Technologies (Ph.D. program, in dissertation phase) Smith has taught at the University of Central Missouri. |

















