Outstanding Business Leaders to Share Success Stories

Six nationally known business leaders will share their stories of challenge and ultimate success with Northwood University faculty, staff, students and friends as part of the University’s 35^th Annual Outstanding Business Leader (OBL) events.The OBL Awards Gala will be held at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, February 7th, 2015, at The Breakers, Palm Beach, Florida. The gala is open to the public. Tickets are $375 per person. For high resolution photos, biographies, and individual press releases, please visit the: Outstanding Business Leader Online Newsroom (please note this resource is no longer available). For additional information and to confirm attendance, please call (561) 478-5539. Northwood University annually recognizes a select group of men and women for their business achievements and for their support and exemplary leadership of the communities in which they live and work. These individuals serve as role models for Northwood University students, all of whom are engaged in the study of business management and who aspire to successful careers. On Friday, February 6^th, the day preceding the gala presentations, Northwood University students will ask questions of the OBL Class of 2015 at an afternoon forum held at Northwood University Florida from 2:00pm – 3:30pm. The forum provides the opportunity for honorees to share anecdotes relating to the obstacles and challenges they encountered while on their personal road to business success, as well as remedies relating to how they overcame them. In the 35 years since the program’s founding, more than 300 business leaders from more than 30 states and several countries, representing dozens of industries and fields of business expertise, have received the Outstanding Business Leader Award. The six honorees in the Class of 2015 are:  Jim Hallett CEO, KAR Auction Services Carmel, Indiana Steve M. Madincea (MI ’82) Founder & Group Managing Director, PRISM Surrey, England Rollie Massimino Head Coach, Northwood University Men’s Basketball 1985 NCAA Champion, Villanova University Tequesta, Florida Sonu Ratra President, Akraya Inc. Santa Clara, California John Rotche President, TITLE Boxing Club Ann Arbor, Michigan Melissa Spickler Managing Director, Merrill Lynch – The Spickler Group Bloomfield Hills, Michigan