WDI Board Members

Alison Davis-Blake
President, William Davidson Institute
Edward J. Frey Dean
Leon Festinger Collegiate Professor of Management
Stephen M. Ross School of Business
University of Michigan

Karen Davidson
Board Member
Davidson Foundation
Wallace (Wally) Hopp
Associate Dean, Faculty and Research
Alessi Professor of Operations and Management Science
Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Associate Dean, Faculty and Research
Alessi Professor of Operations and Management Science
Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Ross School of Business
John Engler
President
Business Roundtable

Ralph Gerson
Executive Vice President & Director
Guardian Industries Corp.

Dan Glickman
Senior Fellow
Bipartisan Policy Center

Kenneth Lieberthal
Director, John L. Thornton China Center
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Distinguished Fellow, William Davidson Institute
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William (Bill) N. Lanen
Associate Dean, Global Initiatives
KPMG Professor of Accounting
Chair of Accounting
Ross School of Business


