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Sharon V. Frisco, Ph.D. , One University of the Americas President; Fulbright to India; NASA Teacher in Space Consultant 15 Years; 2018 U.N. International Women's Day Speaker
Distinctions: Fulbright to India selected in 2018 as Ms. Senior Michigan USA, Dr. Frisco earned her Ph.D. from Michigan State University in Curriculum Design before being selected as Michigan's nominee to the NASA Teacher in Space program. For many years after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, NASA called upon Dr. Frisco to speak in classrooms in the United States and abroad to carry on the spirit and legacy of the late Space Shuttle Challenger Teacher in Space who lost her life. An experienced executive producer with an earlier television program and a more recent award at the Sundance Film Festival for who documentary filmed at Oxford University, Dr. Frisco serves on the Fulbright Association Michigan / Northwest Ohio Chapter board that facilitates networking and enrichment experiences with Fulbrights and friends in their local communities at the crossroads of Southern Canada and the American Midwest. She serves as the first Fulbright Advisory Commission chair of One University of the Americas. During her Fulbright to India, Dr. Frisco worked with the legendary Mother Theresa of Calcutta. Dr. Frisco was later mentored by one of America's most successful self-made millionaires of the 20th Century, a great friend of the State of Israel, the late Max M. Fisher for whom the Ohio State University School of Business is named.

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Mayra Alicia Troya-Nutt, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., Executive Chair, National Champion
M.D., University of Panama School of Medicine, Panama City, Panama
Concentration: Medicine

Graduated from OB/GYN residency programs at the University of Paris, Paris, France and at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Distinctions: Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Diplomat, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Beaumont Health, Farmington Hills Campus Immediate Past Premier OB/GYN, and Michigan State University School of Osteopathic Medicine Faculty 2015 to 2022; past Co-Executive Chief Resident overseeing then 2nd largest U.S. university 44-OB/GYN-resident program; Vincent Award for Excellence in Obstetrical Care presented by Wayne State University School of Medicine following 4 years of service with Hutzel Women's Hospital housing the Midwest USA's only branch of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the Perinatology Research Branch; the Republic of Panama University School of Medicine Scholarship (6 years); former National Student Speech Champion of Panama. Delivered more than 1,000 including at the hospital campus closest to where Rosa Parks was eulogized; published research performed at France's National Center for Scientific Investigation and at Wayne State University; named one of the first two female physicians to care for Caribbean San Blas Island Indian women of Panama; served as a featured speaker to many congregations and thousands of youth, women, and families, and to many hundreds of learners in Cuba during U.S.-licensed humanitarian missions, and presentations to audiences as large as 10,000; honored at Detroit's Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History by federal clinic presentation of Sophie Womack, M.D., M.B.A.  Trailblazer Award, for delivering excellent care to patients in the spirit and with the character of the former Chief Medical Officer of the Detroit Medical Center. 

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Jeffrey G. Nutt, J.D., Oxford Fulbright; State Champion; National Honoree
B.A., Oral Roberts University (Summa Cum Laude); Concentration: Government and German Culture
J.D., American University Washington College of Law; Served High-Level Officials (SCOTUS, Senate, USAID)

Distinctions: Oxford University Fulbright Scholarship; State Bar of Michigan Champion of Justice Award; Represented Educational and Technology Intellectual Property Clientele in 30 Nations; National Christian Higher Education Month Honoree; National ORU Alumnus of the Year (Distinguished Service to the Community); Goldman Sachs Scholarship for Summer Session in Law, Tel Aviv, Israel; Southfield School Salutatorian. Led the nation’s only legal advocacy, education,  and housing program of its kind to benefit thousands of people in more than 50 Detroit area schools and communities; filed the nation’s first successful test case under a state drug dealer liability act; major media interviews; produced Metro Detroit Beat the Odds Scholarship Awards Program honoring more than 50 remarkable FOX 2 Superstar graduating students; selected with 60 executives, nonprofit leaders, and a future U.S. Energy Secretary for the Leadership Detroit XIX training program; serving as one of four (4) Judicial Interns in the office of the late U.S. Chief Justice Warren Burger; 5-time President, Somerset North Homeowners; oversaw more than 7 C-Level Executives simultaneously; produced podcast and forums; immediate past Fulbright Association Michigan/NW Ohio Chapter President. President, Jeffrey G. Nutt & Associates, PLLC; One University of the Americas Founding Dean.

Thomas J. Nutt I, M.B.A. 
2nd Generation Ford Motor Company Whiz Kid; 6 Years Fortune 500 Company Chief Financial Officer Experience

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World Harvest Mission Founding President; GraWin, Inc. President; Detroit Business Owner; U.S.-Africa Speaker

Mark A. Nutt, M.F.A.

State of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Education Specialist; Blue Rock Workshop Principal, Instructor
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Lisa M. Harper, M.A. One University of the Americas Dean; Musician, Athlete, Speaker

B.A., Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK
M.A., Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI (4.0 GPA)

Distinctions: Author of "Living and Loving the Marathon of Life"; Southfield Christian School Valedictorian; National Dean’s List Phi Kappa Phi; Detroit Free Press Marathon, Past 5th Place Finisher (Women); being a spiritually alive, balanced, happily married spouse for more than twenty years; raising four children with her husband, a past two-time All American athlete; surviving five miscarriages; running ten marathons and co-founding Marathon Mission, a 501(c)3 organization; writing as a contributing author for two books: Your Exceptional Life Begins Now, and From Fairbanks to Boston: Top 50 U.S. Marathons.

Why she desires to be a One University Fund Director:

“To use my interests and talents to make a powerful, enduring impact, believing that ‘to whom much is given, much is required' to improve the health, fitness, balance and well-being of the regional international community.”

Other leadership positions held:

Founding President of Marathon Mission, Student Government Officer, National Honor Society, German Club President, University Service Council Children’s Ministries Coordinator, Women’s Director, Teacher, Retreat Speaker, Author, Leadership Team Member.
Bhaarath Reddy, M.B.A., C.P.A.
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Bhaarath was born in India but spent most of his childhood in Saudi Arabia as his father was an Electrical Engineer stationed in Saudi Arabia. He moved to India for high school and earned a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. He moved to the States to work on Y2K related projects in 1998 and pursued an MBA in International Finance from the University of Michigan.

Just like his background he has worked in many diverse fields and industries - I.T Consulting, Shipping, Manufacturing, Banking, Retail and Accounting. He has been working at Doshi and Associates since 2008 and he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the firm from his diverse background. He is focused on attaining efficiencies through Technology, Client delivery, Quality assurance, Staff management and maintaining a corporate culture that is fun, transparent, and seamless but also customer centric. He earned his CPA designation in 2017.

In his free time he likes to spend time with his family, watch football, run marathons and play hockey.
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