Mentor List
Dr. Shamir Andrew Ally, Ph.D., M.B.A.,
F.A.I.A.
Dr. Ally received his F.A.I.A. in England (the equivalent
of CPA/CMA), www.aia.org.uk He earned his B.B.A. and M.B.A.
from Adelphi University in New York, www.adelphi.edu; and his
Ph.D. in Administration and Management from Walden University
in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Baltimore, Maryland. www.walden.edu
Dr. Ally has EXECUTIVE LEVEL MULTINATIONAL experiences
in Manufacturing, Accounting, Finance, Management, Administration,
Distribution, Sales, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Education,
and Government. His EXECUTIVE LEVEL Multinational experiences
are from the following Businesses: Electronics, Apparel, Printing
& Packaging, Insurance, Financing, Lotteries, Oil, Pharmaceuticals,
Sugar, Rice, Rum, Fisheries, Spices, Gold, and Diamonds. Dr.
Ally was born in GUYANA, South America. He was the Founding
Deputy Chairman of the Kuru Kuru Co-Operative College, in Guyana
and a FINANCIAL CONSULTANT to the GUYANA GOVERNMENT. Currently
he is PRESIDENT and CEO of INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING & FINANCIAL
SERVICES; Adjunct PROFESSOR of ACCOUNTING and MANAGEMENT at
East Stroudsburg University (PA); Warren College (NJ); DeSALES
University MBA Program (PA); Chairman & Faculty Mentor at
Greenleaf University for Masters & Ph.D. Degrees (FL); &
Aspen University for Bachelors and Masters Degrees (CO). He
also served as an IRS Revenue Agent in New York. Other activities
Dr. Ally is involved in include Past District Governor for Lions
International, District 20-K2; a Past Club Vice President for
Jaycees International; and a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM)
from Toastmasters International. He has visited 69 countries
to date. Dr. Ally is an American Citizen for 25 years, with
17 years as a NEW YORKER. Among other awards, HE is the 1994
recipient of the USA’S “MEDAL OF FREEDOM”
from the Republican Senatorial Inner Circle and DR. ALLY was
a 1996 USA Presidential Elections Campaign Advisor to Senator
BOB DOLE for NEW YORK.
Dr. Norman Pearson, Ph.D., D.B.A., Ph.D.(Mgt.)
President of Greenleaf University, was professionally, originally trained at
the University of Durham, UK, as a Town and Country Planner. After aircrew
service with the Royal Air Force in the Korean War, he has had two parallel
careers: one in academic life and one as a consultant. He has published 15
books and about 200 papers in refereed journals and chapters in books. In his
planning career he was Director of Planning with the then Hamilton-Wentworth
Planning Board, and Commissioner of Planning for the new City of Burlington,
Ontario, Canada. In 1962, he became President of Norman Pearson & Associates
Limited, International Planning Management Consultants. As such he has had
experience in the coal industry, natural resources development, redevelopment
of industrial cities, including work on the Toronto-Centred Regional Plan,
new towns such as Brampton-Bramalea (Ontario) and a wide range of issues. He
was founder of the School of Rural Planning at the University of Guelph, Canada.
In his academic career, after a series of appointments at Waterloo Lutheran
University, the University of Waterloo, McMaster University, the University
of Western Ontario, and serving as Chairman and Director of the Centre for
Resources Development, University of Guelph; with extensive experience in distance-learning,
he served in the School of Business at Capella University and was for seven
years Director of the Administratio/Management Division at Walden University.
He served as President of Colorado-Canada Pacific Western University, President
of the International Institute for Advanced Studies, President of Greenwich
University, President of the International University for Advanced Studies,
and in 2003 was appointed President for Life at Greenleaf University. He has
many professional and academic awards for distinguished service. His biography
can be found in such reference works as WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD, WHO'S WHO IN
AMERICA, and CANADIAN WHO'S WHO. He founded The Bruce Trail, Canada's Appalachian
Trail, along the Niagara Escarpment. He holds the Bronze medal of the Royal
Town Planning Institute, UK, for research. His PhD is from the International
Institute for Advanced Studies for research on pipelines and agriculture. His
DBA is from Colorado-Canada Pacific Western University for research on Federal-Provincial
Resources Development Agreements in Canada. His PhD in Management is from the
California University for Advanced Studies for research on the history of urban
and regional management and the challenge of modernizing the 19th Century industrial
cities. His works are archived in the Lambda Alpha collection at Cornell University
(NY) and also in the IBC collection at Manchester University (UK). He was awarded
an Honorary Doctorate by the International University Foundation for services
in ecological and environmental planning. Dr. Pearson holds the Ph.D. from
the International Institute for Advanced Studies; a D.B.A. from Canada-Colorado
Pacific Western University; and a Ph.D. in Management from the California University
for Advanced Studies.
Dr. Melvin B. deGuzman, Ph.D.
Dr. deGuzman earned his Doctorate of Philosophy in
administration and management at Walden University in 1997.
He also earned masters degrees from Central Michigan University
in 1981 and the University of Baltimore in 1980. Dr. deGuzman
is the founder and President of Systems Management International
(SMI), a professional services company dedicated to the development
and growth of workers and organizations. Prior to forming SMI,
he held various senior management positions within the Department
of Defense. His professional and academic background is in organization
development, workforce diversity, project management, and systems
integration. He is a Certified Systems Professional and a Certified
Office Automation Professional. Dr. deGuzman also received Vice
President Gore's National Performance Review Hammer Award in
1996. Since 1982, Dr. deGuzmßn has designed and conducted
undergraduate and graduate courses, and professional seminars
in leadership development, strategic planning, process re-engineering,
project and team management, systems integration, and database
and networking technologies. He has received a Faculty Excellence
Award in 1994, and is also a featured speaker in leadership,
management and technical conferences. Dr. deGuzman is a faculty
associate with the Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Thomas Driver, Ph.D.
Dr Driver earned his Doctorate of Philosophy in administration
and management at Walden University in 1998. He holds two Master
degrees, an MPA in Health Services Administration, Golden Gate
University and an MAR from Liberty University. He is completing
a DMIN degree from Trinity Theological Seminary. Dr Driver is
an active duty Naval Officer, with 15 years of service assigned
as Head, Patient Administration, Naval Hospital Bremerton, WA.
As pastor of evangelism, Dr. Thomas conducts workshops on conflict
resolution, evangelism, racial reconciliation, time management,
and organizational behavior. Dr. Driver also teaches at the
undergraduate and graduate level for City University, Northwest
College and the University of Phoenix-Online,teaching courses
in Health Care Administration and public Administration.
Dr. Douglas Jackson McCready, Ph.D.
Dr. McCready graduated from the University of Windsor,
London School of Economics and Political Science, and the University
of Alberta. His degrees are in economics and political science.
Since 1969, he has served as Assistant, Associate, and Full
Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University. Dr. McCready’s
specialization is in intergovernmental fiscal relations and
he has done studies for the Canadian government and served on
the U.S. National Tax Foundation Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations
Committee. He has served on the editorial boards of seven academic
journals and the management boards of the International Institute
of Public Finance and the Canadian Health Economics Research
Association. He is currently book review editor for the Canadian
Journal of Program Evaluation. Dr. McCready is listed in Who’s
Who in Canada. He is the author of The Canadian Public Sector
(Toronto: Butterworths, 1984) and several other monographs and
many journal articles. As an academic, besides teaching economics
(public finance, health economics, the economics of education,
evaluation methods including cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness
techniques, not-for-profit enterprises, and demographics), Dr.
McCready has taught in the field of business administration
(finance, organizational behavior, evaluation, and costing)
and social work (financial administration). Dr. McCready has
also taught at the Ontario Police College in the level three
administration program.
Dr. McCready has written a weekly newspaper column
and a monthly magazine column on business and the economy. Since
1969 he has worked with adult learners in the classroom, through
TV courses, through distance education programs and has mentored
students or been on masters or doctoral committees for students
at several Universities including Walden, The Graduate School
of America, and Nova. ICQ : 12511873
Dr. Roger J. Shields, Ph.D., PMP
Broad Educational Background
B.T. – Construction Management, Washington University, 1979
M.B.A. – Southern Illinois University, 1992
Ph.D. in Management – Greenleaf University, 2004
Certifications
PMP – Project Management Institute
Myers-Briggs Profile
ENTJ
Over 35 years of experience in operations management, project management, construction management, program management, and civil engineering design. Successfully completed infrastructure and vertical construction projects in both the public and private sectors.
Successfully led teams that designed and built roadways; bridges; wastewater and stormwater improvements; parks and buildings.
Managed departments responsible for the maintenance and repair of facilities.
Developed and presented technical and management seminars to public agencies and private companies throughout the United States and abroad.
Fred B. Wiegman, Ph.D.
Dr. Wiegman received his B.S. from Eastern Michigan
University, his M.A. from the University of Michigan, and his
Ph.D. from Michigan State University. His specialty is systems
research, and he has been working in both the professions and
in academia for several decades. He is the past Director and
Owner of REACH Institute, and has served as the Dean of Administration
for Keller Graduate School of Management, Chief Executive Officer
for the Chicago Specialty Hospital and Medical Center, Chairman
of the School of Education for Lewis University, and the Director
of Administrative and Management Development for Abbott Laboratories.
Dr. Wiegman also has served as a doctoral advisor for over twenty-five
school systems. He has extensive experience in adult non-traditional
education, and an in-depth background in administration and
management of schools, universities, and hospitals.
