Friday, May 14th, 2010

Marcy Klevorn  and Mathew DeMars, BSME’78, and have been named to the Board of Trustees of Lawrence Technological University. Their appointments were announced by President Lewis Walker.

Trustees at Lawrence Tech establish strategic direction, help formulate and approve major institutional policies, and hire the University’s executive team. They serve without compensation.

Klevorn is the director of global information technology operations at Ford Motor Co. She is responsible for end-to-end customer service for all application and infrastructure support across the global business. She oversees Ford’s technical infrastructure and more than 550 data centers.

Klevorn has held a number of IT management positions since joining Ford in 1983.

DeMars is chief operating officer of the Vehicle Production Group LLC in Troy and chief operating officer and business unit president for Plastech Engineered Products in Dearborn.

Previously Demars was vice president of vehicle operations at Ford Motor Co. He started a 27-year career at the company as a body engineer the year he graduated from Lawrence Tech with a degree in mechanical engineering.

He previously was named to the Lawrence Tech board for a three-year term in 2005.

DeMars’ term will expire in 2011, and Klevorn’s term will expire in 2012.

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