Ernst & Young Leadership and Professional Development Center
Purpose: To support the Department of Accountancy in developing MAS (Leadership) students' leadership and professional skills.
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Our Directors
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Jeffrey Carroll, Director of Leadership
Development, served as senior consultant at
SSP-BPI Group for over
7 years specializing in
Talent Management,
Leadership Development,
and Executive Coaching.
Mr. Carroll was a senior
HR leader with GTE
(Verizon) and Unilever,
where he coordinated
talent development strategies for high-potential
individuals. In addition, he was the vice
president of HR for two middle-market
services firms. At present, he serves on the
Management Department's business advisory
board at NIU and speaks to various
organizations on career resiliency. Mr. Carroll
holds a B.S. in Psychology and a M.S. in
Counseling Psychology from Illinois State
University.
Jennifer Butler Ellis, Director of Professional Development, specializes in organizational and interpersonal communication. She holds a doctorate degree in communication from Michigan State University. Over the last 15 years, Dr. Ellis has taught courses in public speaking, business communication skills, leadership, organizational communication, small group communication, and interpersonal communication. For nearly eight years, Dr. Ellis directed the Ernst & Young Accounting Business Communication Center at Michigan State University and worked tirelessly to build a program that focused on helping students improve their oral and written communication skills. She looks forward to bringing that same energy to NIU's LMAS program.
Our Consultants
Angela Grimaldi is passionate about helping students become better communicators. She has a master's degree in English from Northern Illinois University with a concentration in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), and she has taught courses in composition, literature, and grammar. Angela also serves as an undergraduate academic advisor in the Department of Accountancy and looks forward to working with the department's LMAS students.
Gerald Root is excited to help students with their written and oral communication skills and to help them become better speakers and writers. He has a bachelor's degree with a double major in English and sociology from Northern Illinois University and is currently working on a master's degree in linguistics.
John Benson has taught composition, tutored writing, and helped run an instructional technology lab at Northern Illinois University for the past six years. He is pursuing his doctorate in English and is excited to work with the LMAS program.