Business Management

Learn from Leaders

Learn from Leaders is just one way the Lakeland Business Management program provides value-added experiences for our students and community.

Access to local leaders in business management, human resources, entrepreneurship and leadership gives students and community members the opportunity to learn from the best, ask questions and gain invaluable insight into the business world.

The following event requires registration!

• Feb. 27 | 12:30 p.m. | T-Building, Room T-129 | Panel discussion about board service

View the live presentation videos from our previous guests here.

Panelists:

Tim Deighan is a Patient Experience Coordinator for University Hospitals. Tim has been with UH for over 28 years and has had a variety of roles and responsibilities in that time. Most notable are his efforts in measuring and improving the patient experience for the system. Tim is a member of UH-Lake Health's Physician Champion's Patient Experience Team, its Nurse Manager and Emergency Department Patient Experience teams, its Caregiver Engagement Committee, and he contributes regularly to the system's cutting edge Patient Experience newsletter. Tim also represents UH as a member of the Board of Directors of the Willoughby and Western Lake County Chamber of Commerce.  He has been on the Board for five years and is the Chamber's current Board Chair. As Board Chair, Tim oversees the Board's monthly meeting, serves on several sub-committees and volunteers at numerous Chamber events throughout the year.

Tim grew up in Painesville and attended Lake Catholic High School. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Kent State University and a Master of Education in Sports Management from Cleveland State University.  In his spare time Tim plays a lot of pickleball and enjoys working in his yard. He and his wife Chris live in Concord. She is Chemistry teacher at Lake Catholic. They have two grown children, Kelli, and Ryne, and venture out of town often to go visit them in Fayetteville, North Carolina and in Columbus.   

Brandi is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience in the banking industry, currently serving as a Business Banking Relationship Manager at KeyBank. Specializing in businesses with annual revenues $3 million and above, she is highly skilled in relationship management and dedicated to helping clients achieve their financial objectives. Known for her client-first approach, Brandi builds lasting partnerships by providing tailored financial solutions that align with her clients' goals.

A proud resident of Mentor, Ohio, Brandi lives with her husband and three children. She is an alumna of Lake Catholic High School and is currently pursuing her business degree at Lakeland Community College. Beyond her professional role, Brandi is passionate about giving back to her community. As the current Board Chair of United Way of Lake County, she leads efforts to create positive, lasting change in Lake County. Her belief in the power of service drives her commitment to help others get ahead in life while making her community a better place for all.
 

Mariam Shamszad is a Technology Development Manager for the Driveline division at the Lubrizol Corporation.  She received a B.S. in Chemistry at the George Washington University in 2004 and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2009. After completing a postdoctoral assignment at the University of Texas at Austin in 2011, she joined the R&D Chemical Synthesis department at Lubrizol where she focused on the development and synthesis of novel components, such as friction modifiers and antiwear agents. In her current role, Mariam is responsible for developing new fluids for conventional automatic transmission, dedicated hybrid transmissions, and off-highway equipment.