Kent State College of Business Administration Alumnus Appointed to Davey Tree Board of Directors

KENT, Ohio - April 20, 2016 - PRLog -- Donald C. Brown, Kent State University College of Business Administration alumnus and National Advisory Board member, has been appointed to the board of directors of The Davey Tree Expert Company.

Brown received his bachelor's degree in business administration from Kent State University in 1977 where he also played on the Kent State Football team and received Distinguished Athletic Alumnus in 2014.

"We are very proud to call Donald not only an alumnus, but a National Advisory Board member," said Deborah F. Spake, dean of the College of Business Administration. "His accomplishments truly show the opportunities and knowledge a Kent State College of Business Adminstration degree can provide to help alumni succeed throughout their careers."

Brown is executive vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer for FedEx Freight. He joined FedEx Corporation in 1998 as staff vice president-controller and held financial management positions at FedEx Corporate Services and FedEx Logistics before joining FedEx Freight in 2001. He began his career in Ernst & Young's audit practice in 1977 then joined Roadway Services in 1990 as assistant to the vice president and controller and later served as vice president of Caliber System.

Brown is a member of the board of advisors for Miller Transfer & Rigging and a past member of the board of directors and treasurer for the Memphis Development Foundation.

The Davey Tree Expert Company's headquarters is located in Kent, Ohio, and the company has provided tree care, grounds maintenance and environmental consulting services for the residential, utility, commercial and government markets throughout the U.S. and Canada since 1880.

For more information on the Kent State University College of Business Administration, visit http://business.kent.edu.

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Kent State University's College of Business Administration is fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB) and one of the largest colleges of business in Ohio.  The college has more than 4,300 students representing 50 countries with over 89 full-time faculty from 16 countries.

The college grants undergraduate through graduate degrees, and is one of only three colleges in Ohio with a comprehensive Ph.D. program.  The MBA program is offered with nine concentrations and five dual degree options. The Executive MBA program offer two tracks: one targeting corporate professionals and the other healthcare executives.  The M.S. in Accounting and M.A. in Economics are specialized master's degrees for those seeking advanced study in these disciplines.  The college boasts nine undergraduate majors, 12 minors and a Professional Sales Certificate program.

The college is listed as a Best Business School by Princeton Review, ranked as a Best Business College by U.S. News and World Report, one of only 23 accounting programs worldwide to be endorsed by the IMA (Institute of Management Accountants), ranked Top-Tier for Executive Education in North America by CEO Magazine and ranked fourth by the SEF (Sales Education Foundation) in Ohio for Professional Sales Education.

The college boasts an onsite Career Services Center and International Programs Office dedicated to business students, and operates the Global Management Center, the Center for Information Systems and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation all propelling scholarly research, establishing innovative industry partnerships and providing outreach to Northeast Ohio and beyond.

Media Contacts:

Michelle Manning, Director of Marketing Communications, mparris3@kent.edu, (330) 672-2717

Ashley Cowles, Marketing Communications Specialist, acowles1@kent.edu, (330) 672-1279