Robert K. Prescott, Ph.D., SPHR

Dr. Robert K. Prescott is the Graduate Faculty in Human Resources at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. In this role, Bob is responsible for teaching Human Resource Management, Enterprise Consulting, Career Development and Training & Development in the MBA Program of the Crummer Graduate School of Business. Formerly, he was the Executive Director of the Management & Executive Education at Rollins College, Director of the Management Development Institute at Eckerd College - an affiliate of the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) - in St. Petersburg, Florida, Director of Executive Education and Corporate Services at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania and Director of Human Resources for BellSouth Communications, Inc. in Birmingham, Alabama.

Richard K. (Rick) Bommelje, Ed.D.

Dr. Rick Bommelje has over 30 years of professional experience in leadership, supervision, management and adult education. Rick is an Associate Professor in the department of Organizational Communication at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. He is also the President of the International Listening Leadership Institute. With a Masters degree in management and a Doctorate in Educational Administration, and advanced leadership study at Harvard University, he specializes in the development of listening and leadership. Additionally, as architect of the Listening Leadership® movement, he is The Listening Leader® Coach and helps leaders, one-on-one, in their pursuit of success, significance and joy.

Rick Bommelje has been serving professionals in organizations in the areas of leadership and communication development since l977. Over the years, his courses, seminars, and workshops have benefitted thousands of personnel from an impressive list of organizations including: Dow Jones & Company, Chrysler Corporation, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, American Automobile Association, Walt Disney World, AT&T, U.S. Army, Coca Cola Bottling Company, and many others.

The appeal and effectiveness of Rick’s programs are found in his practical and "real world" approach to education and development. His informal delivery style focuses on substantive content that offers participants immediate and measurable benefits. A Life member of the International Listening Association, Rick is also a member of the National Speakers Association. Dr. Bommelje and Dr. Lyman Steil have authored the pioneering book, Listening Leaders®: The Ten Golden Rules to Listen, lead & Succeed.

Donald P. Rogers, Ph.D.

Professor of business administration at Rollins College, Don Rogers is a nationally recognized expert on employee relations and human resource management. He has been featured by ABC News, the Chicago Tribune, Working Women Magazine, and others. Director of the Master's in Human Resource program, Don teaches courses in human resource management, organizational change and development, and career development. In addition to teaching, Don has been a management consultant. His clients have included, among others, General Food, Manufacturers Hanover Trust, Burroughs Corporation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Craig McAllaster, Ed.D.

Dr. McAllaster's background spans industry and academia. He spent more than 10 years in the consumer services and electronics industry. Dr. McAllaster has been on the faculty at Cornell University and the University of Central Florida. While at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management, he taught in executive development programs and was also the director of Executive Education. Dr. McAllaster is a frequent program faculty member and guest speaker in a number of management and executive programs. He has spoken and published numerous articles in the areas of influence, leadership, consulting skills, and changing organizational culture. Dr. McAllaster is a consultant to a wide variety of domestic and international companies. Some of his consulting clients include Mobil, United Newspapers, McNeal Consumer Products, American Cyanamid, IBM, and Caleb Brett.

Susan McKenna, Esq.

Susan K. McKenna is a noted speaker and attorney with the Orlando law office of Jackson Lewis, specializing in personnel practices and employment law issues. She has extensive experience repesentng managemnt in labor disputees, employee discharge and discrimination cases including age, sex, diability and other emloyment-related claims.

Ms. McKenna was a founding partner with Garwood, McKenna, McKenna & Wolf, P.A. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from Duke University School of Law.

Shelton Granade

Shelton Granade is president of the Granade Management Group, a firm that specializes in human resource management training and consulting. Mr. Granade has more than 30 years experience as a senior HR and training executive. As an adjunct faculty member for Rollins College since 1974, he has taught courses in personnel administration, labor relations and business policy.

Don Albert

Don Albert is the President of Don Albert & Associates, a firm specializing in leadership and management training for all employees. Prior to this, Don served as the principle instructor at the Harris Corporation Center for Training & Development, where he delivered top-level leadership classes for the corporation and was also responsible for the development of the instructional staff.

Curtis Curry

Curtis Curry has 20 years experience in the training industry, including leading various training functions, managing personnel, and extensive experience designing, developing, and marketing training programs (over 70 courses and seminars). He possesses a great deal of corporate training experience (over 6000 leaders and individual contributors), has trained leaders in Europe, Latin America, China, and Singapore, and speaks Spanish, English, and French. He has a proven performance record with his customers, consistently receiving outstanding program evaluations from the executives who attend his programs.

Martin Starr, Ph.D.

Dr. Starr has lectured on a variety of topics concerned with the integration of engineering and product design with managed planning and decision-making. His current research has been concerned with remanufacturing and reengineering on a systems-wide basis. His consuling has global scope for manufacturing and service operations. He has published more than 20 books and hundreds of contribuitive articles.

Keith Whittingham, Ph.D.

Dr. Keith Whittingham is a Visiting Associate Professor of Management Science at the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, where he previously served two years as Associate Dean of Operations. Prior to joining the Crummer team, Keith spent seven years with AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Agere Systems and Cirent Semiconductor. Over that period, he held a number of management positions in manufacturing, R&D, strategic business development and human resources.

Keith brought his research mindset to his assignment in Human Resources, where he was tasked with developing effective strategies for recruiting highly qualified, under-represented minorities for technical positions.

Mark W. Johnston, Ph.D.

Dr. Johnston previously taught at Texas A&M and Louisiana State University. He has published extensively on a variety of marketing topics. Most of his research focuses on the topics of sales force effectiveness, salesperson motivation, CEO priorities, and employee turnover in business organizations. Dr. Johnston is also noted for his expertise in teaching seminars on a variety of sales force issues as well as international marketing topics. He has worked with a number of multinational corporations, including Ford, Bayer Chemical, and Daimler-Benz.

Greg Marshall, Ph.D.

Dr. Greg Marshall is Professor of Marketing at the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College. Dr. Marshall previously taught at the University of South Florida, Oklahoma State University, and Texas Christian University. His publications have appeared in a wide variety of journals, with topics focusing on salesperson selection, motivation, and performance evaluation; diversity in sales organizations; salesperson use of technology; and decision making by marketing managers.

Dr. Marshall has industry experience with such firms as Warner-Lambert and Mennen, and also has served as a consultant and trainer for a variety of organizations in both the private and public sector, primarily in the areas of marketing planning, strategy development, and service quality. Firms with whom he has worked include State Farm Insurance, McDonnell-Douglas, IBM, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He is Editor of the Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, the leading publication in its field.

Marvin Newman, JD

Dr. Newman has inspired, motivated, encouraged and educated students since he came to the college in 1961. His primary teaching and research areas deal with communication ethics and legal studies, particularly those interdisciplinary areas that emphasize sociological jurisprudence, ethics and thanatology.

An internationally renowned scholar in biomedical and legal ethics and thanatology, he has written four books, published twelve papers, and presented dozens of lectures and educational seminars throughout the United States and Europe. In the classroom, Dr. Newman combines his real world experience as a consultant and as the founder of an international law firm with his academic and research background to provide students with a well-rounded mix of knowledge.

Tim Flanagan, M.A.

Tim Flanagan's rich background and experience in corporate training and development, higher education, individual and organizational assessment, and executive consulting provide him a wealth of insight and knowledge in the Human Resource Development field. Tim specializes in designing and delivering interventions that enable individuals and groups to discover, assess and improve their performance and capabilities.

Tim earned his M.A. at Ohio State University in Education, specializing in adult learning, and his B.A. in psychology, history and education at Muskinghum College.

Art Harris, SPHR

Art Harris has a broad background in compensation management. He currently serves as Compensation Administrator for OUC. He also has extensive HR experience working in a number of industries, including insurance, banking, retail sales, pharmaceutical manufacturing and defense contracting. Mr. Harris is a faculty member for the Rollins College Masters in Human Resources, teaching Compensation Management.

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