Presenters
The Entrepreneurial College
February 7-9, 2007
Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, North Carolina
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Thomas A. Goodrow
Thomas Goodrow, Vice President, Division of Economic and Business Development at Springfield Technical Community College, was the founder of the Entrepreneurial Institute at STCC in November 1996. Dedicated to promulgating entrepreneurship education, the Entrepreneurial Institute at STCC serves as a "one-stop" center of entrepreneurship education for present and future business owners.
In 2001, Goodrow founded the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship, which serves to provide an organization to foster development and growth of entrepreneurship education and student business incubation programs at community colleges.
The Division of Economic and Business Development offers a broad range of cutting-edge programs aimed at creating a sustainable pipeline of future entrepreneurs in the Pioneer Valley, such as the Entrepreneurial Institute, Andrew M. Scibelli Enterprise Center, Technology Park and the Center for Business and Technology.
Among his many entrepreneurial consulting assignments, he was an integral part of the local and national growth and development of Jiffy Lube International and American Oil Change. Goodrow holds advanced degrees in education and entrepreneurship from Springfield College and The University of Massachusetts.
Mark David Milliron
In August of this year, Dr. Mark David Milliron was named the Suanne Davis Roueche Endowed Fellow, Senior Lecturer, and Director of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) in the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Founded in 1978, NISOD is dedicated to the professional development of faculty, administrators, and staff, and to catalyzing innovation and excellence in teaching and learning. NISOD serves more than 700 institutional members nationally and internationally, providing corporate partnerships, conferences, research, web resources, publications, award programs and more. NISOD is the outreach vehicle and service arm to the Community College Leadership Program (CCLP) at UT Austin. The CCLP is an award-winning doctoral-level program training community college presidents, vice presidents, and deans for more than 60 years.
Dr. Milliron brings to UT Austin a strong and varied background. He received his B.S., summa cum laude, from Arizona State University, where he also received his M.A. as a Graduate Regents Scholar. His Ph.D. is in educational leadership from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a Kellogg Senior Research Fellow. He has served as vice president for education and medical practice with SAS, the world's largest private software company, president and CEO of the League for Innovation, executive director of Global Learning Initiatives with Oracle Corporation, and vice president for academic and student services at Mayland Community College in North Carolina.
We know him best, however, for his passion in exploring the worlds of learning and leadership. He has authored books, monographs, and articles; spoken at colleges, corporations, and conferences across the country and around the world; and served as a key resource for local, state, national government programs. He serves on numerous education, non-profit, and corporate boards. He also serves as a guest lecturer at educational institutions nationally and internationally and is author and moderator of the Catalytic Conversations Blog.
While teaching at Arizona State, Dr. Milliron received the International Communication Association's Teaching Excellence Award. More recently, the University of Texas at Austin's College of Education honored him as a Distinguished Graduate for his service to the education field. He was also named one of the top Shapers of the Future by Converge Magazine in August 2000. And in 2005, PBS Adult Learning Service named Dr. Milliron the recipient of its annual O'Banion Prize for transformational work in support of teaching and learning.
Frances Queen
Frances Queen is the founder and CEO of Queen Associates, Inc. - QA(i)3 - a certified 100% Women Business Enterprise (WBE) andpremier provider of integrated business and technology services. QA(i)3 specializes in building long-term strategic business partnerships, teaming with clients to achieve optimal business and technical solutions. Ms. Queen was a proud recipient of the 2006 National Association of Women Business Owners Woman Business Owner of the Year Award.
With over 25 years of experience in the technology industry, Ms. Queen started her career as a hands-on consultant. She advanced into executive management positions, steering corporations through mergers, acquisitions, and tremendous growth. Her leadership has lead to winning prestigious awards and Prime Vendor selections. In 2005/6, Ms. Queen also received the Charlotte Chamber Blue Diamond Award for Top Growth, the CPCC Richard Hagemeyer Educational Advancement Award, and a Charlotte Business Woman of the Year finalist. In addition, she has been recognized by the following accolades: 2004 National Women Owned Business Star Award, the 2005 Business Journal Top 25 Technology Consulting Firms, the 2004/5 Business Journal Top 25 Women in Business Award, a 2003/4 Chamber Entrepreneur Award finalist, and the 2003 NAWBO Rising Star Award.
Ms. Queen is the current Chair of WISE (Women in Information Science and Engineering), and serves on steering committees and boards of several Chamber of Commerce, education, non-profit, and technology organizations. As a board member for several organizations that support women (WISE, WBENC National Forum, WBEC-Southeast and NAWBO), Frances has become passionate about the promotion of women business entrepreneurship, women breaking through corporate barriers, and math and science careers for young women.
Frances Queen received her Bachelors of Science in Computer-Based Business from Queens Universityafter completing an Associates in Computer Science degree from Central Piedmont Community College.
Stuart A. Rosenfeld
Dr. Rosenfeld's current interests include research and policy formulation for various states and region on regional industry clusters and business networks and particular roles for technical colleges, all with a emphasis on less-populated areas. Dr. Rosenfeld has served on several committees for the National Academy of Sciences; testified before and reported to more than a dozen U.S. Legislative and Congressional and/or OECD committees; and published numerous papers and books on business networks, economic development, technology policy, and vocational education including "Competitive Manufacturing: New Strategies for Regional Development," "Smart Firms in Small Towns," "Significant Others: Exploring the Potential for Manufacturing Networks," "Industrial-Strength Strategies: Regional Clusters and Public Policy," and "Overachievers: Business Clusters that Work."
In the past five years, he has been principal investigator in studies and evaluations for the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Education, National Institute for Standards and Technology, National Science Foundation, Ford, Alfred P. Sloan, and Joyce Foundations, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, Appalachian Regional Commission, Tennessee Valley Authority, and various states and regions. He also founded and directs the activities of the Trans-Atlantic Technology and Training Alliance, an internationally renowned network of leading technical colleges in the U.S. South and Europe.
Previously, Dr. Rosenfeld served as deputy director of the Southern Growth Policies Board (SGPB), an inter-state compact representing the governments of 13 states and Puerto Rico, and as founder and director of its subsidiary Southern Technology Council. Before joining the SGPB, he worked for General Electric Company where he managed an operations research group and directed ands helped design an advanced manufacturing management education program. He later directed a private elementary school in Vermont. From 1977 to 1982, Rosenfeld was a Senior Associate at the National Institute of Education, where he designed a national evaluation of vocational education, mandated by Congress and co-authored the final report. He holds an Ed.D. in Education Planning, Social Policy, and Administration from Harvard University, an M.S. in Educational Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and a B.S. cum laude in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
P. Anthony Zeiss
In 1992, Zeiss became the third president of Central Piedmont Community College, the largest college in North Carolina serving approximately 70,000 students per year. During his tenure, the college has grown from one campus to six and has become recognized as a national leader in Workforce Development.
Zeiss has authored or co-authored several books on economic development, adult literacy and national workforce development. His most recent publications include four books on creating high performance employees, a novel based on the War Between the States, and a book on community college Leadership. Zeiss has published more than 50 professional articles, papers, research documents, and over 400 newspaper columns.
Dr. Zeiss is a professional speaker and a member of the National Speaker's Association. He is a frequent keynoter for companies and colleges on recruiting, developing, and retaining peak performers at the workplace. He regularly consults with States and regions on Economic Development. He is past chair of the Board of the American Association of Community Colleges and was a member of the U.S. Vice President's 21st Century Workforce Development Leadership Task Force in 1999-2000. Dr. Zeiss is the North Carolina Community College System's President of the Year for 2002 and the Association of Community College Trustees' National CEO of the year for 2004-2005. CPCC was selected as the 2002 Community College of the Year by the National Alliance of Business in 2002-2003. Dr. Zeiss serves on several local, regional and national boards and frequently serves as a workgroup member for the U. S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor.
Dr. Zeiss holds a doctorate in community college administration, a master's degree in speech (radio and television) and a bachelor's degree in speech education.
View the proceedings from ICCD's February 2006 conference, "The Entrepreneurial President." (PDF)
Sponsorship for "The Entrepreneurial College" provided by the Department of Adult and Higher Education, North Carolina State University, and The New York Times.
For more information about "The Entrepreneurial College," please contact Patrick Feely, Program Coordinator, ICCD, 607-254-2797, pef6@cornell.edu.
