Speakers

Prasad Satyavolu leads the Manufacturing & Automation capability for Accenture’s Industry X practice in the Americas. He is also the global Lead for Physical AI across all functional and industry sectors. During his career, spanning more than three decades, Prasad has led global supply chain operations for Commercial Vehicle Manufacturer; founded a startup for a global engine manufacturer and served in global practice leadership roles.

Prasad’s operations, consulting, innovation and digital services incubation & scaling experience spans multiple countries and industries. He has advised C-suite clients on large scale transformation roadmaps and helped implement new business models in Connected Services. Prior to joining Accenture in 2021, he has served as an Executive Board Member for a start-up focused on Enterprise Risk Management and as CDO for a large professional services firms.

A key area of focus for Prasad is Talent and Skill development in the Manufacturing sector as a key pillar of Digital Manufacturing scale and network development. Prasad has extensive experience designing and executing large scale programs across manufacturing value chain on that couple talent & skill development with latest advances in technologies such as AI, Digital Twins, Simulations.

Doug DeVos is Co-Chair of Amway, the world’s largest direct-selling company. Over his 31-year career at Amway, he served 16 years as President and has been Co-Chair since 2019.

He also serves as Chair of the DeVos family office, RDV Corporation, and is a board member of the family’s investment firm, Ottawa Avenue Private Capital. Doug is a board member of the Orlando Magic, which the DeVos family has owned since 1991. Alongside his wife Maria, he co-founded Continuum, the investment and management company for The Doug & Maria DeVos Family.

Doug is deeply involved in philanthropy and civic leadership. He is Chairman of the Frederick Douglass Society for Stand Together, a national organization focused on helping people realize their potential by addressing society’s greatest challenges. He also chairs the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. In Michigan, he plays an active role in numerous organizations including the West Michigan Policy Forum, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, and the Doug & Maria DeVos Foundation. He serves on the Statewide Board of Corewell Health™, a leading integrated health system that strives to provide health care and health insurance coverage to millions of people.

An avid sailor, Doug is Principal and Board Member of American Magic, a professional sailing team that competed in the America’s Cup in 2021 and 2024. He is also Co-Founder of the 52 Super Series and President of the TP52 Class.

Doug holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management, where he also played football. He and Maria are active members of Keystone Community Church. They are the proud parents of four married children and four grandchildren.

Tim Marshall relocated from running a family-owned bank based in Indianapolis and joined Bank of Ann Arbor in 2004 when the bank had $300 million in assets and $235 million in assets managed by its Trust and Investment Management Group. He has served as the President and CEO of Arbor Bancorp, Inc. and Bank of Ann Arbor, and in June 2025, he began serving as Executive Chairman and CEO. Under his leadership, the bank has grown to over $3.3 billion in total assets. The Trust and Investment Management Group was formed in late 1997 and has total assets under management exceeding $2.7 billion. Combined bank and trust assets are over $6.0 billion. The December 31, 2024 fiscal year reflected another year of record level earnings. In addition to supporting the lending and deposit needs of local businesses and consumers, Bank of Ann Arbor is very active in the entrepreneurial community and has built one of the premier Technology and Life Science Banking Groups in the Midwest. The bank has been recognized for its high performance, employee health initiatives, social media strategies, and as a great place to work.

Commitment to the Community

Tim is a board member of Affordable Housing Partners, Inc., Cinnaire Investment Corp., and Inclusivity Institute, LLC. He has served on the board of Ann Arbor SPARK since its founding in 2005 and was Chairman from 2012- 2015. Tim was elected to the University Musical Society (UMS) Board of Directors in 2018 and the American Bankers Association Board of Directors in 2023. He was recently named Chairman of the Board of UMS.

Tim is a past board member and chair for the Michigan Bankers Association. He served on the board of directors of the Washtenaw County Shelter Association and the Ann Arbor Economic Development Corporation. Tim was appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Community Depository Institution Advisory Council (CDIAC) in 2011 and served as its Chair from 2012-2014. In his capacity as Chair, Tim met with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors twice a year in Washington D.C. on economic and banking industry trends. He is a member of the Downtown Rotary Club and has volunteered with the United Way, American Red Cross, Arbor Hospice, Telling It, Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority, SOS Community Services, and Chamber of Commerce.

Personal Life

Tim and his wife, Emily, have two adult sons, one granddaughter, and enjoy spending time at their lake house. His interests include reading, playing golf, attending sporting events, cooking, and listening to music. Tim received his B.S. from the Mitch Daniels School of Business at Purdue University and his M.B.A. from Butler University.

Stephanie Peavler is the Chief Financial Officer of BSA, an integrated design firm that creates facilities supporting healing, learning, and discovery. She is also a part of the Executive Leadership Team, overseeing the strategic growth of the firm. In her role, she oversees Information Technology, Human Resources and the Accounting and Finance teams.

Stephanie brings more than two decades of accounting expertise to her leadership role, where she plays a pivotal part in BSA's growth strategy. Her responsibilities span from long-term financial planning to the daily oversight of expenses and revenue generation. What makes her role particularly unique is BSA's structure as an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, or ESOP, where Stephanie directly advises leadership on activities that strengthen the financial returns for employee owners.

Stephanie began with BSA in 2007, starting as Assistant Director of Project Analysis and Control. This role gave her invaluable insight into the firm's diverse portfolio of work and the critical factors that drive profitability. Her deep understanding of the business earned her promotion to CFO in 2018.

Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Indianapolis.

Conner White was named Vice Chair and Chief Investment Officer of White Lodging in 2025. In this role he oversees the company’s owned hospitality portfolio and strategy related the company’s asset growth, including new developments, acquisitions, divestitures, and financing. He is also a member of the company’s Board of Directors.

Conner has worked for White Lodging for more than 15 years in a variety of leadership roles across operations and new property development. Most recently he was involved in the development, construction, and opening of White Lodging’s two newest properties in San Antonio that opened in 2024: Kimpton Santo Hotel and Plaza San Antonio Hotel & Spa, Autograph Collection.

Conner also played a critical role in securing the final details to ultimately break ground on the company’s 13th hotel in Austin, Texas. Additionally, he helped secure the land and launch the development process for White Lodging’s second hotel in Charlotte, NC.

Prior to White Lodging, Conner built his career with roles supporting the expansion of Lettuce Entertain You Restaurant Group in Chicago and Dunkin Donuts in China.

Conner holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and is a graduate of Indiana University with a bachelor’s degree in economics.

Kristin Glazner was appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer on December 8, 2023, in an expanded role leading administrative operations within Wabash. She continues to serve as General Counsel and Chief Human Resources Officer, a role she has held since June 1, 2020.

Ms. Glazner joined Wabash in February 2010 as Corporate Counsel and served in that role until October 2017, when she was appointed to the position of Vice President – Human Resources and Legal Administration, then Vice President – Corporate Human Resources. She was named Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer in November 2018.

Before joining Wabash, Ms. Glazner was an attorney with the law firm Baker & Daniels LLP (now Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP) from 2002 to 2010. She holds a Juris Doctor degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Butler University.

Ms. Glazner serves on the Advisory Board for the Michigan Ross Sanger Leadership Center, where she works with fellow industry executives to help develop the next generation of leaders

Melissa Napier, CPA, has over 30 years of global corporate finance experience in the Consumer Packaged Goods and Foodservice sectors, where she has operated as a highly-driven and results-oriented leader across various public and private corporate platforms.

Melissa is currently the CFO of the Grocery & Snacks Segment for Conagra Brands, one of North America’s leading branded food companies, and she previously served as Conagra’s SVP Investor Relations.

Prior to Conagra, Melissa held various positions of increasing responsibility at Sara Lee as SVP Audit and Compliance, Hillshire Brands as SVP Investor Relations and Corporate Controller & Treasurer, Tyson Foods as SVP Finance, and US Foods as SVP Treasurer and Investor Relations. She began her post-graduate career as a senior consultant at Deloitte.

Melissa’s diversity of experience is grounded in the effective communication of financial results, especially while navigating through corporate change, including shareholder activism, tariffs and pricing, capital structures, and corporate spin-offs or IPOs. In the area of corporate culture, Melissa has a passion for talent development, governance best practice implementation, and continuous process improvement.

Melissa earned a Bachelor in Accounting from Wilkes University in Pennsylvania and an MBA in Finance from the University of Notre Dame. Outside of work, she is active in her community and has served on several boards and advisory committees. She enjoys reading, traveling, and taking long walks with her Bernedoodle, Lily.

Melissa resides in the Western Suburbs of Chicago with her husband, Mark – a Purdue Krannert alum, and their two children, William – a Senior in Purdue’s Daniels School of Business, and James – a Freshman in IU’s Kelly School of Business.

Mary Kralis Hoppe is a Senior Vice President and Private Wealth Director at PIMCO, a global leader in active fixed income. With over 35 years in the investment industry, Mary has spent the last 13 years at PIMCO acting as an “advisor to the advisor,” partnering with leading wealth management teams and RIAs in the Boston area to deliver PIMCO’s investment insights and help shape their decision-making. Her work blends client strategy, macroeconomic education, and deep investment research—bringing both precision and perspective to those navigating complex financial landscapes.

A proud 1988 graduate of Purdue University’s School of Management—now the Mitch Daniels School of Business—Mary credits much of her professional foundation to the leadership opportunities she embraced on campus. She was a member and Vice President of Pi Beta Phi sorority. Also a member of the School of Management Council, she co-founded and led Purdue’s first-ever Krannert Case Competition under the mentorship of the trailblazing Barbara Doster, who showed her firsthand that women can lead and do anything. Mary’s loyalty to Purdue runs deep. An Indiana native, she is one of nine siblings who are Boilermakers, part of a proud extended family with 20 Purdue alumni around the Thanksgiving table. Her story is a testament to the power of hard work, mentorship, and a world-class education in shaping a fulfilling and impactful career.

Mary resides in Newton, MA with her husband, Ted, where they raised their two children, Teddy and Elizabeth. In her free time, she enjoys yoga, the peloton and pretty much any outdoor activity.

Liane Hart is a visionary and seasoned leader in the animal health and pharmaceutical industries, with over 30 years of experience driving success across global product launches, portfolio strategies, and new business development. With a deep-rooted passion for agriculture and animal health, Liane is considered a trailblazer and industry disruptor by redefining the Animal Health Breeding & Fertility landscape. As CoFounder and CEO of Verility, Inc., she has led the company from concept to investment readiness, generating interest from major industry leaders. From the boardroom to the barn, Liane has mastered the balance of corporate strategy and hands-on expertise. Her strategic insights extend across livestock, equine, and companion animal markets, making her a recognized expert in the field. Her career highlights include orchestrating multimillion-dollar global product launches and crafting forward-thinking strategies that have resulted in 85 global launches across 40 countries, contributing over $80M in sales while opening markets in Latin America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. As a proud alumna of Purdue University, she holds a B.S. in Animal Science and an M.S. in Breeding & Genetics. Liane also channels her passion into Thoroughbred racing, excelling as an Assistant Trainer, Breeder, and Owner. As the Owner of Cedar Brick Farm, she continues to leave a lasting mark on the industry she loves.

Chris Fultz is the Vice President of the B-52 / F130 program at Rolls-Royce. He is responsible for operational leadership and direction for the programmatic and contractual delivery of the new F130 engine for the B-52 aircraft, working closely with USAF and Boeing to deliver the program objectives. This engine replacement program will allow the B-52 aircraft to remain in service an extended time period.

Prior to this role, Chris served as the Program Executive for the AE family of engines, including the AE2100 (C-130), AE1107 (V-22) and AE3007 (MQ-25). He was responsible for delivering on all production and OEM integration support.

Chris has been with Rolls-Royce since 1984 and has served in a variety of functions and roles across the business, including Engineering, Project Management and Services. He has led multiple New Product Introduction programs across the small helicopter business. Chris has been a part of several business improvement / change initiatives, and was key leader in the transition from office to home to back to office during the pandemic.

Chris received his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Technology from Purdue University. He has his MBA from Indiana University in Marketing and Finance, and a Masters in Program Management from Penn State University. Chris is a trained Quality Black Belt and holds a PMP certification from the Program Management Institute.

Chris is married to Lisa and they have three children, all Purdue grads! He enjoys travel, camping, boating and other outdoor activities. He has been a mentor in the FIRST Robotics program since 2001.

Aaron Gilbertie is the co-founder and CEO of Krishi Inc., a biotechnology startup spun out of Purdue University that is developing the Sherpa™ platform, a rapid, point-of-need molecular diagnostic system with wide applications in both livestock and companion animal health. Sherpa is designed to give veterinarians and other decision-makers the critical information they need to make faster, more effective treatment decisions, from detecting pathogens to selecting appropriate antibiotics. By combining innovations in microfluidics, molecular biology, and practical field usability, the platform supports improved health outcomes while reducing unnecessary antibiotic use and advancing sustainable practices across animal health industries.

Aaron’s career has been marked by entrepreneurial decision-making, deep engagement with research translation, and a focus on building partnerships between academia, industry, and producers. He looks forward to sharing with students not only insights into biotechnology and animal health trends, but also lessons learned from the risks, pivots, and growth decisions that shape the entrepreneurial journey.

Dan Peterson is Vice President, Industry & Government Affairs for Cook Group Incorporated based in Bloomington, Indiana. Since joining Cook in 1989, Dan has held a variety of leadership roles in the areas of operations, finance and human resources. Dan’s current responsibilities involve industry, government and external affairs. His primary areas of focus center on policies and programs in healthcare, education, economic and workforce development and community engagement.

Dan earned a BS in Biology from Indiana University in 1984 and an MBA in Finance also from Indiana University in 1989.

Dan serves on the Board of Directors for a variety of organizations including the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (chairman), along with BioCrossroads (board chairman), the Sagamore Institute and Regional Opportunities Initiative, Inc., and is a current and founding board member of the Indiana Bioscience Research Institute.

Since 1963 Cook Group companies are combining medical devices, biologic materials and cellular therapies to help the world’s healthcare systems deliver better outcomes more efficiently. Cook Group companies employ more than 12,000 people globally with operations in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Today, Cook manufactures more than 16,000 products that serve more than 40 medical specialties in 135 countries.

Jason Girzadas is the chief executive officer of Deloitte US, the largest professional services organization in the United States. With more than 170,000 professionals, Deloitte provides audit and assurance, tax, consulting, and risk and financial advisory services to a broad cross-section of corporations and governmental agencies.

Jason has a long track record of helping clients navigate the challenge of large-scale strategic and technology-driven change and is actively engaged with clients and global alliance relationships. He has served as the managing principal of Businesses, Global, and Strategic Services (BGS) of Deloitte US, and the Clients & Markets leader and the Life Sciences & Health Care industry leader for Deloitte Consulting LLP. Additional previous leadership roles include Global Consulting leader, Deloitte Global and serving on the Deloitte Global Board of Directors.

Jason serves on the board of directors of the Partnership for New York City (PFNYC) and the US Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, he is a member of the Wall Street Journal CEO Council, the Fortune CEO Initiative, and the American Heart Association’s CEO Roundtable.

Jason received a BA in Economics from Purdue University and a Master of Science in Health Administration from Rush University.