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Experience
Volunteer Experience
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Athletic Council - Alumni Representative
Michigan State University
- Present 1 year 11 months
Education
The Athletic Council serves as the deliberative body for the discussion of academic policy related to student athletes and intercollegiate athletics.
The Athletic Council advises the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics on matters of policy, procedures, and organization related to intercollegiate athletics. -
City Council Member
City of Petoskey
- Present 4 years 7 months
Elected Third Ward representative
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Board Member
Big Water Creative Arts
- Present 5 years 6 months
Arts and Culture
https://www.bigwatercreativearts.org
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Board Member
CS Lewis Festival
- Present 4 years 7 months
Arts and Culture
Board leadership, fundraising,, annual event participation
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Member Board Of Directors
MSU Packaging Alumni Association
- 2 years 1 month
Education
https://www.canr.msu.edu/msupaa/index
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Member Of The Board Of Advisors
Apex Academy
- 5 years 7 months
Children
APEX Academy teaches student-athletes, who come from under-resourced communities, how to leverage the characteristics acquired from the great game of football and apply them to their lives beyond the gridiron. By engaging, educating, and empowering young men through our mentorship program, academic prep, personal development workshops, and football development we hope to propel student-athletes into college, purposeful careers beyond college, and ultimately position them to become productive…
APEX Academy teaches student-athletes, who come from under-resourced communities, how to leverage the characteristics acquired from the great game of football and apply them to their lives beyond the gridiron. By engaging, educating, and empowering young men through our mentorship program, academic prep, personal development workshops, and football development we hope to propel student-athletes into college, purposeful careers beyond college, and ultimately position them to become productive members of society.
Our founders, Kaleb Thornhill (Former Division I student-athlete & current NFL Front Office Executive) and Travis Key (Former NFL player/Division I student-athlete & current Packaging Professional at Westrock), rose above their under-resourced backgrounds to experience great success ON and OFF the field. Travis and Kaleb’s success is highly attributed to influential mentors throughout their life and they are on a mission to serve others to ensure individuals can find success in their future endeavors as well. -
W.P. Carey School of Business Full Time MBA - Executive Connections
Arizona State University
- 3 years 5 months
Education
https://wpcarey.asu.edu/mba-programs/full-time/executive-connections. Individualized executive coaching is rare even among the best business schools. Each W.P. Carey Full Time MBA student is paired with a senior executive, who serves as a personal coach for the full two years of the program. Their guidance and expertise rounds out an immersive MBA experience, providing individualized development focused on critical core competencies: Influencing, Communicating Effectively, Agility, Execution…
https://wpcarey.asu.edu/mba-programs/full-time/executive-connections. Individualized executive coaching is rare even among the best business schools. Each W.P. Carey Full Time MBA student is paired with a senior executive, who serves as a personal coach for the full two years of the program. Their guidance and expertise rounds out an immersive MBA experience, providing individualized development focused on critical core competencies: Influencing, Communicating Effectively, Agility, Execution, Decision-making with Integrity, Emotional Intelligence.
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Board of Directors
Rotary Club of Petoskey Sunrise
- Present 5 years 1 month
Social Services
https://www.petoskeyrotarysunrise.org/
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Board of Advisors
California Polytechnic State University
- 8 years 11 months
Education
Packaging Program
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SVP Fast Pitch Mentor
Social Venture Partners Arizona
- 11 months
Education
Social Venture Partners Arizona (SVPAZ) offers an entrepreneurial approach to philanthropy. A network of Partners donate money and lend their time and talent to nonprofit organizations primarily focusing on children and education. Partners who join SVPAZ operate like venture capitalists, providing infrastructure so nonprofits can build skills and resources. More at www.socialventurepartners.org/arizona. https://www.linkedin.com/company/social-venture-partners-arizona?trk=top_nav_home
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International Outreach
Illuminate Community Church
- 2 years 4 months
Social Services
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Cofounder and Executive Director
ARK Angel Network
- 11 years 6 months
Children
The ARK Angel Network™ is a volunteer support network of committed organizations and individuals that raises money/donations/gifts in kind or simply volunteers its human resources for charities whose mission is to help At Risk Kids (ARK) worldwide. Our vision is to create a volunteer community network of over 100,000 individual volunteers and organizations across the globe with a special interest in helping At Risk Kids fulfill their dreams and maximize their potential. Currently raising funds…
The ARK Angel Network™ is a volunteer support network of committed organizations and individuals that raises money/donations/gifts in kind or simply volunteers its human resources for charities whose mission is to help At Risk Kids (ARK) worldwide. Our vision is to create a volunteer community network of over 100,000 individual volunteers and organizations across the globe with a special interest in helping At Risk Kids fulfill their dreams and maximize their potential. Currently raising funds to fund missions, build and support schools and microfinance self-sustaining entrepreneurs in Jamaica.
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Business Mentor
American Corporate Partners (ACP)
- 1 year 6 months
Economic Empowerment
https://www.acp-usa.org/mentoring-program: ACP’s free Mentoring Program connects post-9/11 veterans (Protégés) with corporate professionals (Mentors) for customized mentorships. ACP assists veterans on their path towards fulfilling, long-term careers, whether the veteran is job searching or newly employed.
Typical mentorship goals include:
Résumé review and interview preparation
Career exploration and understanding job opportunities
Career advancement once a position is…https://www.acp-usa.org/mentoring-program: ACP’s free Mentoring Program connects post-9/11 veterans (Protégés) with corporate professionals (Mentors) for customized mentorships. ACP assists veterans on their path towards fulfilling, long-term careers, whether the veteran is job searching or newly employed.
Typical mentorship goals include:
Résumé review and interview preparation
Career exploration and understanding job opportunities
Career advancement once a position is obtained
Work-life balance
Networking
Small business development
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Advisory Board
On Advertising
- 1 year 6 months
Strategically advancing owners' business’ interests. The Board is, essentially, a group of consultants who meet with the business owner to discuss issues faced by the company and offer impartial advice.
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Outreach Associate
ILLUMINATE COMMUNITY CHURCH INC
- 4 years
Poverty Alleviation
International outreach team with a heart for our city, region and world
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President
PETOSKEY ROTARY SUNRISE CHARITIESINC
- 1 year 1 month
Social Services
Creating Hope in Petoskey, MI
Publications
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Cartons, Crates and Corrugated Board. Handbook of Paper and Wood Packaging Technology
DEStech Publications, Inc.
Reviewed chapters with input relative to the brand and consumer value of packaging and package design.
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Creating Value Through Packaging, Unlocking a New Business and Management Strategy
DEStech Publications, Inc.
Contributor to chapters on Consumer Insight, Holistic Design and Packaging Value across the value chain
Other authorsSee publication
Patents
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Single handed container for mixing foods
Issued US WO2002005691 A3
The invention discloses a method and an apparatus for a food container which includes an inner member (200) (which can be a cup or a bottle) for holding a particulate food; an outer member (100) (which can be a second cup or a second bottle) adapted to receive the inner member (200), with a space between the inner and the outer members (200, 100), for a liquid food; where the inner member (200) interlocks with the outer member (100) and openings (230) are provided for the discharge of the…
The invention discloses a method and an apparatus for a food container which includes an inner member (200) (which can be a cup or a bottle) for holding a particulate food; an outer member (100) (which can be a second cup or a second bottle) adapted to receive the inner member (200), with a space between the inner and the outer members (200, 100), for a liquid food; where the inner member (200) interlocks with the outer member (100) and openings (230) are provided for the discharge of the liquid food; and the particulate food and the liquid food can be consumed simultaneously by tilting the container towards the mouth of the user to discharge or withdraw particulate food from the inner member (200) and liquid food from the outer member (100) through the aperture (230).
Projects
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Future of Packaging 2013-2023
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Leading edge, strategic, year long multisponsor studies we have led with leading Futurists since 2004 helping companies to incorporate future focused, global trends and strategic thinking into today's strategic and tactical plans - "if you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there"
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Future of Packaging 2019-2030
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Exclusive access to a comprehensive exploration of the future of packaging. Deliverables include:
Three sponsor conferences
Topical briefings and reports (future retail, consumer, science & technology, etc.)
Executive conference summaries and key insights
Future outcomes across the packaging value chain
Value chain strategy roadmaps – 0-3, 3-5, and 5-10 year strategy roadmaps for each part of the packaging value chain
Future scenarios impacting packaging
Tools for…Exclusive access to a comprehensive exploration of the future of packaging. Deliverables include:
Three sponsor conferences
Topical briefings and reports (future retail, consumer, science & technology, etc.)
Executive conference summaries and key insights
Future outcomes across the packaging value chain
Value chain strategy roadmaps – 0-3, 3-5, and 5-10 year strategy roadmaps for each part of the packaging value chain
Future scenarios impacting packaging
Tools for internal use
Database of packaging research programs/ institutes
Risk management/ emerging issues report
Thought Leader survey insight report
Future packaging organization evolution/ impact
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Future of Packaging 2022-2032
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The Future of Packaging (FOP) is a triennial multi-sponsor program that explores the long-term future of packaging with implications for action today. PTIS and Leading Futurists LLC have offered this program in collaboration since the late 1990s, serving dozens of organizations as sponsors, with many joining the program in multiple years. Executives from across the packaging sector, from raw materials suppliers to converters to CPGs and retailers, guided by packaging foresight experts, explore…
The Future of Packaging (FOP) is a triennial multi-sponsor program that explores the long-term future of packaging with implications for action today. PTIS and Leading Futurists LLC have offered this program in collaboration since the late 1990s, serving dozens of organizations as sponsors, with many joining the program in multiple years. Executives from across the packaging sector, from raw materials suppliers to converters to CPGs and retailers, guided by packaging foresight experts, explore and discover emerging and future challenges and opportunities.
Honors & Awards
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R. David LeButt Award
https://www.ista.org/pages/about/educational-foundation.php
The R. David LeButt Packaging Education Award was created to honor the late David LeButt and individuals like himself dedicated to the field of packaging. Recipients are selected for their outstanding contribution towards continuing education of those involved in the field of packaging. Dave was a pioneer packaging graduate from Michigan State University and had a very strong affiliation with packaging as a University level discipline.
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Rester-Davis-Brody Lifetime Achievement Award in Food Packaging
Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
The Riester-Davis-Brody Award recognizes lifetime achievement and the top innovators in food packaging technology. It was established in 1986 to memorialize Don Riester (American Can) and Rees Davis (Continental Can), and it was amended in 2015 to recognize the many contributions of Aaron Brody (Packaging/Brody Inc). These three individuals were pioneers in our field who helped found the IFT Food Packaging Division…
The Riester-Davis-Brody Award recognizes lifetime achievement and the top innovators in food packaging technology. It was established in 1986 to memorialize Don Riester (American Can) and Rees Davis (Continental Can), and it was amended in 2015 to recognize the many contributions of Aaron Brody (Packaging/Brody Inc). These three individuals were pioneers in our field who helped found the IFT Food Packaging Division. http://www.ift.org/membership/awards-and-recognition/additional-ift-awards.aspx
Criteria
• The awardee will be a member of IFT Food Packaging Division or will have been a member during a majority of his/her tenure of accomplishment.
• The awardee will be selected by a jury consisting of members appointed by the executive committee of IFT Food Packaging Division.
• The award will be based solely on achievement in food packaging technology in which the awardee was the key person.
• The award will be for continuing achievement and not for a single event.
• The achievement may be in research, development, teaching, communication, commercialization, etc. It will not be for service in IFT Food Packaging Division. This criteria does not preclude long time volunteers in IFT Food Packaging Division, many of whom can be regarded as good candidates.
• Achievement is innovation in action: concepts that function; developments that advance food packaging; research that leads beyond current frontiers; ideas that spark students; etc. A flood of impractical ideas is not achievement. The application of science to food protection through packaging is imperative. -
Packaging Strategies - 2008 Most Influentials
http://www.packagingstrategies.com
Mike Richmond and Brian Wagner, co-founders and two of the business partners of Packaging and Technology Integrated Solutions (PTIS), were named among Packaging Strategies’ 2008 “Most Influentials.” This year’s “Most Influentials” make up the fifth-annual such list assembled by Packaging Strategies, a packaging analysis and information company. Portage-based PTIS joins such heavy hitters as Estee Lauder and Kraft Foods in receiving this honor.
In identifying individuals and companies…Mike Richmond and Brian Wagner, co-founders and two of the business partners of Packaging and Technology Integrated Solutions (PTIS), were named among Packaging Strategies’ 2008 “Most Influentials.” This year’s “Most Influentials” make up the fifth-annual such list assembled by Packaging Strategies, a packaging analysis and information company. Portage-based PTIS joins such heavy hitters as Estee Lauder and Kraft Foods in receiving this honor.
In identifying individuals and companies that have most strongly influenced and contributed to the packaging industry, Packaging Strategies was especially mindful of the state of the economy and how leaders in packaging have been successful even in difficult financial times. Packaging Strategies recognized PTIS for its focus on collaboration across the value chain, and for pursuing this focus even when others in the industry were skeptical of its merits.
“We knew we could help brand owners produce better packaging more efficiently, and that’s something that can survive a challenging economy,” said Richmond. “It’s extremely satisfying to be honored for our work and our foresight, especially by an organization as well-respected as Packaging Strategies.”
Added Wagner, “We started with a vision of packaging getting a ‘seat at the table,’ and our 30-plus PTIS associates and all of our valued clients have collaborated to make that vision a reality.” -
Western Michigan Business Review - Regional Thought Leaders
https://www.michigancdc.org/news/western-michigan-business-review
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School of Packaging Hall of Fame, Michigan State University
Packaging Alumni Association
ALUMNI HALL OF FAME AWARD. The award was established in 1995 and was previously known as the Packaging Alumnus of the Year. A list of previous recipients can be viewed below. Recipients of the Hall of Fame Award are known for their support of the School of Packaging and Michigan State University, career accomplishments, and community service. The Hall of Fame Award may be given to more than one recipient in a given year. Decisions on admission to the Hall of Fame are made by the School of…
ALUMNI HALL OF FAME AWARD. The award was established in 1995 and was previously known as the Packaging Alumnus of the Year. A list of previous recipients can be viewed below. Recipients of the Hall of Fame Award are known for their support of the School of Packaging and Michigan State University, career accomplishments, and community service. The Hall of Fame Award may be given to more than one recipient in a given year. Decisions on admission to the Hall of Fame are made by the School of Packaging Alumni Board members at the time of nomination.
Organizations
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Rotary Club of Petoskey Sunrise
Boar of Directors
- PresentRotary International - Member since December 2018
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Conscious Capitalism
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- Presenthttps://consciouscapitalismaz.com
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Arizona State University Presidents Club
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- Present
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