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Fourth Annual Professor for a day Event Held
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The Labovitz School of Business and Economics held its fourth
annual Professor for a Day event October 20, 2004. Professor for
a Day began four years ago as a way to connect LSBE alumni with
current students and staff. Alumni are invited back to campus to
step into the roll of “Professor” for a day.
This year’s Professor for a Day began with a panel discussion
on how business has changed in the wake of corporate scandals.
The panel consisted of Colin Anderson BBA Finance ‘00 & MBA ‘02,
Financial Analyst, Northern Asset Management, Brad Christiansen
BBA’89 & MBA ‘91, Branch Manager, Piper Jaffray,
Alicia Johnson MBA ‘04, Vice President, US Bank and Fred
Shusterich BS ‘77 & MBA ’85, President, Midwest
Energy. The panelists delivered prepared remarks and then answered
questions from the audience.
Our second event was held in the Weber Music Hall. Raymond J.
Beier BAc ’78 & MBA ’86, Senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, was our featured speaker. He gave his perspective on investor
confidence in the wake of Enron and led a discussion with the audience
mostly made up of LSBE students, faculty and staff.
The final Professor for a Day event was a reception in honor of
Mr. Beier at the Kitchi Gammi Club. This was an opportunity for
representatives from the Duluth business community, the University
and the Labovitz School of Business and Economics faculty, students
and staff to gain an insight into Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 by
a leader in one of the Big Four Accounting Firms.
RAYMOND J. BEIER
Ray Beier is a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and leads PwC’s
National Technical Services group. He works with a dedicated team
of partners and staff to identify emerging business, regulatory
and reporting issues and to assess their impact on the firm’s
clients and audit professionals as well as other stakeholders in
the capital markets. Prior to that, Ray was the senior partner
in the structuring group of PwC’s Transaction Services practice.
In that role, he worked with many of the firm’s corporate
and private equity clients on structuring a wide range of transactions,
including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, financings and strategic
alliances.
Ray came to PwC from Deloitte & Touche, where he was admitted
as a partner in 1989. He was very active in D&T’s high
profile New York based Financial Services group and was involved
in many of the new product revolutions of the 1980’s such
as derivatives as well as the development of private equity as an
important force in the M&A market. Ray’s early career
also included significant audit experiences and a stint at General
Mills.
Left to Right – Fred Shusterich, President, Midwest
Energy, Alicia Johnson, VP, US Bank, Brad Christiansen, Branch
Manager, Piper Jaffray, Colin Anderson, Financial Analyst,
Northern Assets Management.
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Panelist Colin Anderson, Financial Analyst, Northern Assets
Management. |
Panelist Brad Christiansen, Branch Manager, Piper Jaffray
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Panelist Alicia Johnson, VP, US Bank |
Panelist Fred Shusterich, President, Midwest Energy |
Master of Ceromonies, Dean Kjell R. Knudsen, Ph.D. |
Raymond J. Beier, Senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
and Featured Speaker |
Dean Kjell R. Knudsen thanking Ray Beier for his presentation
and participation in Professor for a Day |
Ray Beier’s presentation at the Kitchi Gammi Club |
Left to Right – David Gaddie, Chairman, President &CEO,
Republic Bank, Dr. Kathryn Martin, UMD Chancellor, Raymond
J. Beier, Senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Dr.
Kjell R. Knudsen, LSBE Dean |
Finanacial Markets program Students, Ray Beier, Joe Artim,
Financial Markets Director and Dean Kjell Knudsen |
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