Glenn Mroz
President
- PhD in Forestry, North Carolina State University
- BS and MS in Forestry, Michigan Technological University
Biography
Glenn D. Mroz became the ninth president of Michigan Technological University in 2004 after serving as Dean of the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science for four years. Under Mroz's leadership, the University has made significant progress in faculty recruitment, research growth, enrollment increases, and financial stability, among other advances.
Mroz is a member of the Citizens Research Council of Michigan and the Michigan Universities Presidents Council. He has been appointed by Governor Granholm to serve on the Strategic Economic Investment and Commercialization Board. At the national level, he is one of 30 members of the Association of Governing Boards Council of Presidents and a member of the Science Coalition. He is also a member of the Society of American Foresters, Xi Sigma Pi, Forestry Honor Society, and Soil Science Society of America.
Mroz earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Forestry from Michigan Technological University, and his Doctorate in Forestry from North Carolina State University.
Max Seel
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
- PhD Theoretical Chemistry/Computational Solid State Physics, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg
- MS Physics, Technical University of Munich
Biography
Max Seel serves in the interim as Michigan Tech’s provost and vice president for academic affairs. As chief academic officer he has responsibility for all of Michigan Tech’s academic programs and faculty, develops and implements the University’s strategic hiring initiatives, and oversees general education, outcome assessment, annual curriculum review, and more.
Seel joined the Michigan Tech faculty as an associated professor of physics in 1986, coming from the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg in Germany. He became head of the Department of Computer Science in 1988 and was promoted to full professor of physics in 1989. In January of 1990 he was named interim dean, and from 1991 to 2008 he was the dean of Tech’s College of Sciences and Arts. Seel began serving as interim provost in January of 2009.
Seel is a member of the American Physical Society, Sigma Pi Sigma, and Sigma Xi. He is referee for numerous journals in physics and computational chemistry. He is the author of eighty publications and has been an . . .
Dale Tahtinen
Vice President for Governmental Relations
- PhD International Politics with Specialty in Middle Eastern Affairs, University of Maryland
- MA Government and Politics, University of Maryland
- BS Political Science, Northern Michigan University
Biography
Dale R. Tahtinen serves as Michigan Technological University’s vice president for governmental relations, overseeing internal audit functions, risk management, occupational safety and health, institutional analysis, legal matters, and governmental relations. He also serves as secretary for the University’s Board of Control.
Previously, Tahtinen was president of The Tahtinen Group, an international government relations and marketing consulting firm providing clients with marketing expertise, access to increased international market share, and strategic planning.
Tahtinen has had an active career in the federal government. In 1979, he was appointed President Reagan's foreign and defense issues advisor. While a Reagan appointee, Tahtinen was deputy assistant secretary of state for international trade controls and chief negotiator for all technology transfer as it impacted national security. He also . . .
Daniel Greenlee
Chief Financial Officer (Michigan Tech)
CFO and Director of Operations (Michigan Tech Fund)
- BS in Business Administration, Michigan Technological University
Biography
Daniel D. Greenlee is the chief financial officer for Michigan Technological University. As CFO, he is responsible for all investments, financial reporting, and accounting functions, including travel, accounts receivable and payable, billing and cashiers, purchasing, and the property office. He also serves as chief financial officer and executive director of operations for the Michigan Tech Fund, and treasurer for the Board of Control.
Greenlee has served as CFO since 2002; he came to Michigan Tech in 1999 as the University controller. Prior to his work with Michigan Tech, he was the senior vice president and controller at D&N Bank (now Citizens Bank) in Hancock, where he was responsible for accounting, tax planning and preparation, risk management, profit modeling, and SEC/OTS reporting. He directed the preparation of all financial statements and worked closely with internal and external auditors.
Greenlee volunteers his time as chair of the Business Affairs Officers Committee of the President’s Council of Michigan, member of the Governor’s Appointed Task Force on . . .
David Reed
Vice President for Research
- PhD and MS in Forest Biometrics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- MS in Statistics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- BS in Forest Science, University of Arkansas-Monticello
Biography
David D. Reed serves as Michigan Technological University’s vice president for research, overseeing sponsored programs, technology and economic development, and integrity and compliance for research conducted at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Reed is a professor in Michigan Tech’s School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science and has been a principal investigator or co-investigator on more than $9 million in externally funded research since coming to the University in 1982. His work has involved researchers from a variety of disciplines at the University as well as from outside institutions, and his many sponsors range from the National Science Foundation to Mead Paper.
Reed has received a number of recognitions for his teaching and research, including the Scientific Achievement Award from the International Union of Forest Research Organizations . . .
Ellen Horsch
Vice President for Administration
- MA Economics, Central Michigan University
- BS Business Administration, Michigan Technological University
Biography
Ellen S. Horsch is the vice president for administration at Michigan Technological University, overseeing the A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum, athletics, sports and recreation, facilities management, human resources, the Memorial Union Building, the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, University Images, Campus Bookstore, and the Department of Public Safety and Police Services.
Horsch came to Michigan Tech in 1985 as a part-time instructor in the School of Business and Economics. She then served as manager of employee relations operations and director of the University’s human resources department before assuming her current role as vice president for administration in 2004.
Horsch is active in the Academy for Academic Personnel Administration, State of Michigan Business Affairs, College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, National Association of College and University Business Officers, as well as the Michigan American Council on Education Network for Women Leaders in Higher Education. She is also involved with the local community, working with both the Rotary Club of Houghton and the Alpha Gamma Delta Women’s Fraternity and . . .
Les Cook
Vice President for Student Affairs
- PhD in Educational Leadership, Brigham Young University
- MS and BS in Political Science, Utah State University
Biography
Les P. Cook serves as the vice president for student affairs at Michigan Technological University, overseeing the areas of student life, residential life and housing, enrollment services, diversity programs, judicial affairs, and the dean of students.
Cook joined Michigan Tech in July 2003, serving as vice provost and dean of students before assuming the role of vice president. Before coming to the University, he was the associate vice president for student life at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.
Cook is actively involved with a number of professional and student service associations, including as vice president for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Region IV East. He also serves as a lead faculty member for the LeaderShape Institute and is a lifetime member of the National Orientation Directors Association, the American College Personnel Association College Student Educators International, and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities . . .
- MA in Higher Education Administration, Ohio State
- BA in Economics, Marietta College
Biography
Shea McGrew is Michigan Technological University’s vice president for advancement, overseeing the divisions of alumni relations, marketing and communications, and advancement, and serving as president of the University’s separate foundation, the Michigan Tech Fund. McGrew leads the University’s fund-raising efforts and is currently spearheading a robust $200 million national campaign.
McGrew came to Michigan Tech in 2004 with twenty-three years of higher education experience in fundraising, marketing, public relations, alumni relations, and special events. Previously, he served as vice president for university relations at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. He also served as director of development and major gifts for the University of Cincinnati Foundation, which received the 1996 CASE Circle of Excellence Award for Fundraising Improvement under his direction.
McGrew earned his Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration at Ohio State University and his Bachelor of Arts in Economics at Marietta College.