The Pavlis Honors College External Advisory Board provides support to the Honors College in its mission to cultivate thoughtful, passionate and authentic students who go on to positively impact the world as innovative scholars and leaders. The board’s mission is to advise the Dean on long-range planning, develop and enhance educational opportunities for students, and encourage relationships between Pavlis and the greater community.
The Pavlis Honors College External Advisory Board is composed of individuals with strong connections to the educational goals of the college and university. We are honored to welcome our board members listed below.
Bob Doyle
President and CEO, Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants
EAB member through May 2027
Bob Doyle is President and CEO of the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA), serving in that capacity since early 2020. With over 17,500 members representing the organization in accounting, finance, administration and education, Bob continues the MICPA’s long-standing mission of serving its members and the accounting profession through advocacy, collaboration and education.
Bob holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering, a M.S. in Engineering Management, and a M.A. in Public Relations & Organizational Communication. His education and experience provide him a unique perspective on both human and technological issues, one which he has successfully leveraged throughout his career. He was previously Vice President of Marketing, Communications and Advocacy at the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) in Ann Arbor, a not-for-profit robotics and automation focused trade. Prior to his work at A3, Bob was the marketing and communications manager at the Environmental Quality Company after progressing through several engineering roles at General Motors.
Active in the community, Bob currently serves on the board of the Michigan Society of Association Executives. He is also a member of the Detroit Regional Chamber’s 2022 Leadership Detroit Class XLII. He is on the external advisory board of the Pavlis Honors College at Michigan Technological University, as well as the executive advisory board of Winning Futures. He also mentors high school students through the Winning Futures program. Bob previously served on the board of Lighthouse (formerly South Oakland Shelter).
Michael Dorsey
Chief Operations Officer, Wyrd Ventures and Consulting Inc.
EAB member through May 2027
Michael Dorsey was born and raised in Detroit, MI. He graduated from Detroit Renaissance High School, has four children, and is married to Latoya Dorsey. Mr. Dorsey earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Michigan Technological University, located in Houghton, MI.
In 1998, Michael's entrepreneurial spirit led him to start his own financial services business as a licensed financial representative. His leadership and business acumen were evident as he successfully ran the business until 2004. In 2004, Michael's career took a new turn when he joined National City Bank as a financial consultant. In this role, he not only provided financial education and investment portfolios to many families but also assisted small businesses in achieving their financial goals through the bank’s lending options. In 2005, while working at the bank, Michael opened CM3 Solutions, a real estate investing company. For the next three years, his company purchased, refurbished, and sold homes in the Metro Detroit Area.
In 2008, Michael continued to assist small business owners and the private sector in finding solutions to their capital needs by establishing relationships with lenders worldwide. The needs of his clients ranged from single-family residences to new technology development. In 2018, Michael began helping small business owners realize their dream of becoming franchisors. He has since advanced to the position of Executive Vice President of The Franchise Enterprise, where he assists the President and staff with consulting businesses through the franchise development process.
Currently, Michael is a partner at Wyrd Ventures and Consulting Inc., a black-owned tech company that he runs with two dynamic men of standard. As the Chief Operations Officer, he facilitates company operations, practices, and functions. This company provides cutting-edge technology products and has positioned itself to be a major force in the tech industry. WYRD has launched a prolific mobile application named LiveWaves.
Magann Dykema
Director of Group Sales, La Crosse Loggers, La Crosse Steam, & Copeland Events
EAB member through May 2028
Magann Dykema serves as the Director of Group Sales for the La Crosse Loggers Baseball, La Crosse Steam Softball, and Copeland Park & Events Center. While receiving her bachelor’s from Michigan Technological University and her master’s from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, she discovered her true passion is in building memorable experiences for people. She works to assist fans and the community in making memories at the ballpark every night through baseball, softball, national concerts, and more!
During her time at Michigan Tech, Magann was in the Pavlis Honors College where she traveled to Brazil in 2018 as a pilot team for the Global Leadership Pathway. She was committed to spreading a culture of innovation across campus while serving as a University Innovation Fellow and Program Coordinator with Husky Innovate. Her commitment included assisting in the creation of the Alley Makerspace, developing & teaching a Summer Youth Program course, and leading various design thinking workshops across campus. She was presented the Pavlis Honors College Departmental Scholar Award in 2017 & the Outstanding Future Alumni Award in 2019.
Erin Gustafson
UX Researcher, GE Aerospace
EAB member through May 2028
Erin Gustafson is a UX Researcher for GE Aerospace. She spends her days advocating for the user by applying human-centered design principles to translate needs into design concepts and requirements that speak to engineers. Erin is able to work with complex and high-consequence systems related to automated intelligence, autonomous systems, and communications across both government and commercial settings.
Erin has a passion for getting involved and making a difference in her community. She previously served on the executive council of San Diego’s Society of Women Engineers (SWE) chapter as the recording secretary. She currently serves locally to the Keweenaw as the Social Media Chair for Keweenaw Wild Ones, promoting the use of native plants in home and community gardens.
Erin is a graduate of the Pavlis Honors College and visited Ghana with the program in 2016. She received both her B.S. in mechanical engineering and M.S. in applied cognitive science and human factors from Michigan Technological University. During her time on campus she was a success coach and mentor in the Waino Wahtera Center for Student Success, enjoyed volunteering for several student organizations, and was granted the Vice President of Student Affairs and Advancement Award for Service.
SherAaron Hurt
Director of Workshops, The Carpentries
EAB member through May 2026, Current EAB Chair
SherAaron Hurt serves as the Director of Workshops for the Carpentries, and plays a crucial role in developing and overseeing the organization's workshop initiatives worldwide. Her responsibilities encompass the strategic planning and execution of workshops, ensuring high-quality content delivery, and nurturing a vibrant and diverse instructor community. SherAaron's commitment to diversity and inclusion is reflected in her efforts to create safe spaces for underrepresented communities within the Carpentries, while empowering researchers globally with data skills.
SherAaron obtained her Bachelors of Science degree in Business Management and Marketing, with a Global Technological Leadership Certificate from Michigan Tech in 2009. She was a part of the very first cohort of the Pavlis Institute that traveled to Ghana, Africa. Leaving one peninsula for another, she went to Florida International University to obtain her Masters of Science in Hospitality Management. SherAaron enjoys anything related to physical fitness, luxury travel and experiencing culture through food!
Maureen Kelly
Chief Creative Officer, Transcend Creative Group
EAB member through May 2026
Maureen is a strategy developer, creative problem solver and implementer. CX, and human-centered experience design, is her business. Creating trust and focusing on how people feel are critical to her work. Currently, she is working on the most interesting aspect of retail - purposefully transforming the retail experience by implementing effective human-focused experiences. She is focused on developing leaders and disruptive, tactical customer-facing strategies.
Maureen’s experience includes working with trend-setting, luxury retail companies and start-ups - Lincoln, Ford Model e, Volvo, Maserati, EmbarkBeyond, and more - to hands-on create guest and customer experiences that are unrivaled - complete with tangible, implementable, off-the-chart results.
Quinton Krueger
Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Verilytix
EAB member through May 2028
Quinton Krueger is a nationally recognized technology executive and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience driving AI innovation, digital transformation, and advanced analytics across the aerospace, sports, agriculture, and government sectors. A proud double graduate of Michigan Technological University (B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering), he brings deep technical expertise, cross-industry leadership, and a passion for mentoring the next generation of engineers and data scientists.
He is the Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Verilytix, a company using Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics, and environmental analytics to transform how crops are grown, particularly in controlled environment agriculture. He is also the Founder and Chief Data Officer of Probility AI, where he leads the development of predictive models that help professional and amateur athletes reduce injury risk, optimize contracts, and extend careers. His work is used by NHL and NFL teams and has been featured in Harvard Business Review.
At Raytheon Technologies (RTX), Quinton led a $72 million smart factory transformation at Collins Aerospace, integrating IoT, AI, and automation into global manufacturing operations. Earlier in his career, he led critical national security efforts across the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and the consulting sector supporting Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) detection for the U.S. Army, leading Special Access Programs in espionage and hostage rescue and helping shape explosives and counter terrorism policy for DHS, TSA, CBP, PFPA, and the U.S. Secret Service.
Quinton holds a Master of Science in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where he contributes AI case studies and teaching content to the Kellogg MBA and MBAi programs. He also earned a Master’s in Technology Management from the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania.
A champion of ethical AI, innovation, and practical entrepreneurship, Quinton is a frequent speaker at national conferences, with research featured at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, NFL Winter Meetings, and various research publications. As a Pavlis Honors College advisory board member, he is committed to advancing Michigan Tech through strategic guidance, industry engagement, and leadership development.
Rajoielle Register
Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Stellantis North America
EAB member through May 2028
Rajoielle “Raj” Register is a Global Corporate Officer, Senior Marketing and Brand Executive, and Board Director who advises through 20+ years of delivering billion-dollar outcomes for Fortune 100s Stellantis, Ford, and Sysco. An authoritative consumer and diversity expert, Raj fuses expertise across un/underrepresented African American, Latino, women, and millennial markets (+50% of consumers), with GTM strategy, brand positioning and product launches to generate double-digit growth, penetrate/develop new markets, and sustain loyalty for iconic brands in highly competitive markets.
Currently, as senior vice president, chief marketing officer, North America, Raj steers marketing for Stellantis’ +$90B business, collaborating on corporate strategy and driving customer demand. In this role, Raj is responsible for the planning, development and execution of Stellantis’ marketing strategy, playing a key role executing performance in North America, driving sales growth through brands Jeep, Ram, Dodge, Chrysler, Alfa Romeo, and Fiat.
Previously, Raj worked for Sysco Corporations where she served as vice president, chief marketing officer. Prior to that, she held a series of roles with increasing responsibility at Ford Motor Company where she was head of U.S. battery electric vehicle marketing, head of global brand and experiences, and served in product development, sales, service and engineering.
Carolyn Yarina
Owner & Principal, Yarina Consulting LLC
EAB member through May 2028
Carolyn is a two-time founder/CEO with a proven track record of execution. She is currently applying her 13 years of startup CEO leadership and investor management experience as management consultant to early stage companies and new VC funds. In her most recent venture-backed startup, she raised and managed $5M and led growth of a novel surgical device from idea through the first $1M in revenue. She has deep operational expertise through every phase of new technology development; from early-stage research to design thinking, medical device regulatory, and through the first million dollars in revenue. Her extensive travel and business operations in the US, Africa, Asia, and Europe provides experience in a wide variety of healthcare environments and ensures an expansive business network.
In addition to a focus on business profitability and helping save thousands of lives through her companies, she has received over 50 company-level awards, 25 direct personal awards, and 80 global press features. Her awards include: Forbes 30 under 30 while leading her global medical device company (Sisu Global), featured as a “Best” Startup by Entrepreneur magazine for the first venture she founded (CentriCycle), and Entrepreneur of the Year at the University of Michigan while getting her Chemical Engineering Degree. Carolyn is passionate about increasing access to capital for women entrepreneurs and about improving glaring gaps in our US healthcare system, especially for women & minorities. As such, she is a regular keynote and panel speaker, a mentor in several entrepreneurship programs, serves on three Boards and is an advisor to two early-stage VC funds in the process of formation.
Carolyn is a Keweenaw native. She grew up on a sheep farm in Tapiola, took her first university classes at MTU, and was a member of the research team at two MTU research labs. After living in Turkey, India, and in 5 cities across the US including Baltimore and Ann Arbor, she is now again based in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula.