John LeBlanc
Biography
Professor LeBlanc serves as Associate Professor of Management with the focus on teaching management, operations, advanced operations, supply chain management, and the Integrated Business Core Block. He spent thirty years in the business arena running various size operations and companies, along with teaching adjunct at such universities as Indiana University, Ball State University, Butler University, and Marshall University as his career took him throughout the Midwest. He held various management positions up to his last position as VP/General Manager. He started a consulting operation in 1997, Personnel and Process Solutions, Inc., where he assists businesses to improve their performance and value to their stakeholders. John has been honored as a member of Who’s Who in the Midwest, Who’s Who of American Business Leaders, has sat on various Boards as a Director, and worked internationally.
Interests
- Family- a supportive wife of 41 years, two married sons, and five grandchildren
- Sports fan enjoying St.Louis Cardinal baseball and playing golf
- Serving Christ through various church functions
- Mentoring students
- Consulting-PPS, Inc.
- Travel
- Red Hot Sports Cars-NRCC
CU Support Activities
- SIFE Sam Walton Fellow
- Fit to be Tied Counselor
- Advisor to Somewhere Forever
- Ukraine SIFE "Emerging Entrepreneur" Advisor
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Sharon Johnson
Biography
Dr. Sharon Johnson came to Cedarville University as Chairman of The Department of Business Administration in 1993 from Baylor University. Since arriving at Cedarville University Dr. Johnson has served as Director of Graduate Programs, Director of Institutional Research and Effective, and Director of Planning.
In addition to his teaching duties as Professor of Management (with a primary emphasis on Strategic Management), Dr. Johnson teaches an Ethics course in the Doctorate of Business Administration program at Anderson University. He also teaches courses related to business growth and change in a distance-education MBA program at Taylor University.
Dr. Johnson has published well over 100 different articles, devotional pieces, editorial reviews, and presentations at professional meetings in the areas of church management, human behavior, and biblical perspectives in business. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Biblical Integration in Business, and serves on the Board of the Christian Business Faculty Association as Senior Editor for Publications.
Apart from his professional life Dr. Johnson enjoys time with his family (Catherine, his wife since March, 1970, and three children), his church (where he serves as Deacon and Adult Bible Fellowship teacher), and community service (he serves as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for the local county Juvenile Court).
My Calling
I became a Christian at the age of 33 in 1979 through the influence of a close Christian colleague at work, and the ministry of a local Southern Baptist church. After a considerable period of prayer I determined that God had called me to use my teaching and writing skills to the arenas where Christian beliefs and business practice intersect. My personal mission statement is: "Through my commitment to Christ, and as empowered by the Holy Spirit and directed by the Holy Bible, I will seek to communicate and teach creatively in such a way that my students, colleagues, supervisor and others I touch become better equipped and encouraged to serve God in their homes, churches, communities and organizations.” My special passion is to help students become Christ-like, competent and compassionate agents for God in profit and nonprofit organizations.
Interests
I love to write, read, teach and relax with good friends and good food. I also enjoy worshiping with gusto, exercising with commitment, listening to many kinds of music (but especially folk music from the 1950s and 1960s), and watching action and western movies.
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David Schmidt
Dr. Schmidt serves as Associate Professor of Management and teaches Organizational Behavior, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, and Human Resource Management. He earned his M.A. in Human Resource and Organizational Development (1992), his M.B.A. (1995), and his PhD (2001) in Management from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business. Dr. Schmidt also has many years’ experience as a manager and entrepreneur in Nebraska. He is a member of several academic associations including the Academy of Management, American Management Association, American Society of Training and Development, Christian Business Faculty Association, Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management (for which he is currently the Program Chair), and Society of Human Resources. He has published academic papers and presented at a number of National and International academic conferences including the Institute in Behavioral and Applied Management and the Academy of Management. His past publications have focused on Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, and Organizational Change. Currently he’s focusing on Entrepreneurship Education as well as the cognitive processes of successful and unsuccessful Entrepreneurs. He has also taught in a variety of environments, including online, adult undergraduate and graduate for several Universities across the United States. In the past 2 ½ years he, along with others in the Business Department, have and continue to be involved in bringing large entrepreneurial students projects and business startups to Cedarville students.
He serves as a Sunday school teacher and leader at Far Hills Community church in Centerville, Ohio. He has several outside business interests including real estate. Dr. Schmidt also has significant family responsibilities related to having five grown children and currently two grandchildren.
Ronald Walker
Biography
Born in Ashland, Ohio while my father and mother were still farming, our family soon moved to Elyria and then later to Bowling Green, Ohio as my Dad moved with Production Credit Association. I thank the Lord for the rich Christian heritage that has been my lot.
After graduating from Bowling Green High School, I went on to study at BGSU. My undergraduate degree was in mathematics. Following graduation from the University of Michigan with an M.S. in Actuarial Science, I worked at Lincoln National Life Insurance Company in Fort Wayne Indiana. I served with the U.S. Army in Germany before coming to Central State University near Cedarville in 1970. I met my wife Becky, a Cedarville graduate, here in Cedarville. Becky and I have three children; each has graduated from Cedarville. We have seven grandchildren at present.
Following doctoral study at Kent State University, we went to Great Falls, Montana to join the faculty at the University of Montana. UM offered an MBA program at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls for the missile officers. I have been at Cedarville since 1978. I was only the 4th full-time faculty member in Business Administration at the time. It has been exciting to see God work in bringing so many fine students and faculty colleagues to the 'ville as the program has mushroomed.
Grace Baptist Church in Cedarville has been an exciting home church for us. The Grace family has been a real source of encouragement and support in our walk with the Lord.
My Calling
While an undergraduate mathematics major at BGSU I never anticipated becoming a teacher; I was preparing for a career in the business and industry. After a short stint in business, the "opportunity to serve" with the military intervened and while stationed in Germany I began to wonder if God would rather that I have more of a ministry focus to my life. That is when I first started to consider the possibilities of teaching at a Christian college, perhaps in mathematics. Step by step God led me to the appropriate opportunities that prepared me to do so, in management science, the use of mathematics to enhance business decision-making. And finally to Cedarville in 1978. My wife is a Cedarville graduate who was always talking about the grand time she had at Cedarville, so it was not too surprising when God opened up an opportunity for us here in the ‘ville. We are so grateful for His direction and provision in our lives. It has indeed been a grand time.
Interests
- Skiing
- Whitewater rafting
- Traveling
- Biking
- Reading
Education
- B.S. in Mathematics from Bowling Green State University
- M.S. in Actuarial Science from the University of Michigan
- D.B.A. in Decision Science from Kent State University
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All programs within the Department of Business Administration are accredited by the ACBSP.
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