PACE Judges
Douglas Ober, a Senior Vice President at BNY Mellon Asset Management, is currently responsible for the firm’s Institutional Client Development efforts throughout the Midwest.
Dr. Nancy Philippart is general partner and co-founder of BELLE Michigan, an early stage venture fund that invests in women led start-ups.
Prof. H. Dieter Rombach regularly serves as an expert, auditor, reviewer, and consultant for industry.
Tom Russell is the retired CEO of Allied Composite Technologies LLC, a company whose mission is to utilize novel composite materials and processes to produce innovative new products.
Scott Whitlock, a graduate of Denison University (economics) and Harvard Law School, retired as Executive Vice President of Honda of America Mfg., Inc. (HAM) and returned to his law practice in 1995.
Alexander Hagenmeyer has been an engineer and business executive in the automotive industry for more than a decade.
Dr. Phyllis Genther Yoshida is a Senior Nonresident Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center.
Jessica Robinson is a mobility investor, entrepreneur, educator, and champion of Detroit.
Michael Smitka is an economist who specializes on the automotive industry and on the Japanese economy.
Al Murray is president of Ecoplexus Inc., an automotive technology services company. He has successfully taken many advanced products and technologies from concept through production during his 31 years at Ford Motor Company.
