LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - A 10-member panel charged with studying the idea of establishing an executive training center and graduate business school in Wyoming is now complete.
The final five members selected for the steering committee are: Garry Brewer, a professor at the Yale School of Management; Richard Honack, assistant dean and chief marketing officer of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University; Ron McCue, a former president of the University of Wyoming board of trustees and general manager of Silverstar Communications who lives in Thayne; Allan Tessler, a prominent investor and entrepreneur from Jackson Hole; and Shaun Andrikopoulos, a Jackson Hole resident who is a managing member of a consulting firm and member of the advisory committee for the UW College of Business.
The five will join representatives of the University of Wyoming and Wyoming Business Council already appointed to the committee that will carry out the feasibility study. The committee must finish the study and report back to lawmakers by Oct. 1.
"We have a lot to do in a short period of time," said Bret Hathaway, dean of UW's College of Business and a member of the steering committee.
The steering committee will have up to $945,000 for its work but can't spend money without approval by a joint legislative-executive oversight committee.
Rep. Pete Jorgensen, D-Jackson, and University of Wyoming President Phil Dubois warned that the cost of the project could be staggering. Jorgensen, who is serving as Gov. Dave Freudenthal's designee to the oversight committee, said he was concerned about a lack of specifics, particularly a budget.
State Treasurer Cynthia Lummis, one of the chief architects of the business school proposal, said it would be inappropriate to focus on the number of students, size of the campus and total cost up front. The important thing, she said, is to start out with a mission, define goals and identify the niche the facility would serve.
But Dubois, who is leaving the university this summer, warned that sooner or later the price tag would affect the mission and goals.
"The heavy weight of reality will come very quickly once you start talking about achieving the vision you put down on paper," he said.
Hathaway said the steering committee will hold six meetings, including one this summer in Jackson, as it works on the study.
Information from: Jackson Hole News And Guide, http://www.jhnewsandguide.com
Posted in State-and-regional on Thursday, April 7, 2005 12:00 am
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