Board of Advisors

Michael Cipollaro joined The Crummer Graduate School of Business in 1994 as Executive-in-Residence. In this capacity, he has taught all four MBA programs. He also founded the Center for Entrepreneurship at Rollins and as Executive Director led it for three years.  Prior to joining the faculty at Rollins College, Mr. Cipollaro had a distinguished international business career, most recently serving as President of Global Business for the Gerber Products Company and previously in the same position for McCormick & Company, Inc., both companies being leaders in their field.  Mr. Cipollaro is a founding partner in The Greystone Group, which provides a wide range of consulting services both domestically and internationally, and sits on the Boards of five Central Florida based enterprises.

 

Barry Render, holder of the first endowed chair at the Rollins College Graduate School of Business(Winter Park, FL), is author of over 100 articles in leading business journals and 10 textbooks. He has taught at George Washington University, George Mason University, Boston University, and the University of New Orleans. From 1984 to 1993, Dr. Render was also President of Management Science Associates of Virginia, Inc., whose technology consulting clients included the U.S. Navy, NASA, Fairfax County Virginia, the FBI, and C & P Phone. He also served for 5 years as editor of the New York Times Special Operations Management editions.
   
Kevin G. Ordonez is a proven leader in serving member-based organizations across the country. Kevin spent more than a decade as a co-founder and executive vice president of Avectra Inc. Kevin’s experience at Avectra put him at the helm of the sales, marketing, business development and Chicago professional services departments. Beyond his work experience, Kevin is a dedicated member of the Chicago and Washington D.C. association communities. He frequently serves as a leader, speaker and author, lending his expertise to a variety of organizations. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Association Forum of Chicagoland and is also a member of ASAE, NTEN, NYSAE, MDSAE, VSAE and FLSAE.
   
Rob Miller has an extensive record of providing top-level technology solutions to member-based organizations. For the past 20 years, Rob has worked with associations to identify their immediate technology needs as well as develop a comprehensive plan for the future. In his current role as Chairman and Managing Partner at Flash Forward Services, Rob provides technology strategy planning to technology companies serving associations. Prior to founding Flash Forward Services, Rob served as president and executive vice president for Avectra. He helped grow the company into a multi-million dollar enterprise, and today they rank 292 on the Inc 500 list of fastest growing technology companies in America. He also continues to support the efforts of Avectra as a shareholder of the company. Outside of his work, Rob is a very active participant in the American Society of Association Executives. He is a regular speaker at ASAE’s annual meeting and technology conference, he serves on the ASAE Technology Council and he writes regularly for Associations Now.
     
Ed Ossie

 

Ed Ossie has extensive US and international operational experience in IT solutions.  Since 2001, Ed has served in a number of leadership roles at Innovation Group PLC, including Executive Board Director, Group President, Technology COO and CEO of Asia and Australia.  Innovation Group is an insurance software and business processing team of 2500 in 13 countries.  

From 1996 to 2001 he was President of MTW Corporation and led the subsequent sale of MTW to Innovation Group PLC.  He has worked closely with the leading private equity teams at Halifax Group & Mellon Ventures.  He also serves as an advisor for a number of technology organizations.

Prior to MTW, he spent 19 years at Texas Instruments in a variety of senior leadership roles.  As Vice President and General Manger for the Americas he was part of the leadership team that quickly grew the Texas Instruments’ software business to 1500 people and 300 customers.

  
     
Charles Schellhorn

 

Mr. Schellhorn is currently the active President and CEO of the Aberdeen Financial Group, LLC.  Mr. Schellhorn started the company as a platform to continue his active role in business and corporate America.  He currently has independent investments in approximately 25 companies, sits on more than 12 corporate Boards of Directors and 6 not-for-profit Boards of Directors. 

Charles Schellhorn became president of Argus in 1999 and initiated a new philosophy and repositioning of the company, helping to make it the leading alternative to the Pharmacy Benefit model. Mr. Schellhorn has led the way in firmly establishing the Argus business model of integrity and transparency.  Argus now provides broad-based services such as rebate contracting solutions with full disclosure; web-enabled rebate administration and multi-dimensional ad-hoc analysis; and retail and specialty pharmacy networks.

Mr. Schellhorn has held numerous senior positions in leading technology and services organizations.  He also served as vice president of the Rural Buildings Group for Butler Manufacturing Company.  Before his employment with Butler, Mr. Schellhorn served on the management team of Cummins Engine Company, Inc., in Columbus, Indiana.  A former Naval Aviator, he flew carrier-based fighter aircraft and was assigned to operational squadrons ashore and at sea aboard the U.S.S. Kittyhawk.