Excel Level II

Micki Voelkel is a professor of management and leadership in the Center for Economic Development. She has taught undergraduate courses in computer applications, personal effectiveness, project management, time management, and quality processes and has worked with local businesses and industries to create non-credit training programs for their workers. Her research interests include informal education in cultural institutions and historic sites, feminist lenses in cultural institutions, and women's leadership.

Dr. Kimberley Gordon is not the traditional business consultant. Dr. Gordon brings to her role years of real-world, first-hand experience, academic training, and ongoing global partnerships. She is a subject matter expert in leadership and organizational development through the HRM lens. Solutions she offers include people and organization assessments against strategic goals and the remedies to close KSA gaps. During her early years, she was an HR pro caring for 1,300 people from 19 countries. Her experience includes stints at Tyson Foods and Sara Lee. Dr. Gordon hopped up the proverbial ladder where she managed mentoring and professional development for a group of 250-plus high-potential employees scattered around the globe. Her goal in the LOD role was to demonstrate the linkage between organizational strategic success and the development of the organization’s most vital asset – its people.