(St. Louis, MO) Ranken Technical College announced today that it has added four new trustees to its board. The new trustees are Randy Fusz, General Manager, Buick GMC - Lou Fusz Automotive Network, Martin Quinn, Chief Executive Officer, Thermadyne Holdings, Barbara Wilson, Director, Army/Navy/Marine Corps Programs, Training Systems & Services Division, Boeing Defense, Space & Security, and Scott Wittkop, President, Central Division, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
These new members join Ranken’s current Board members, including: Board Chair Ed Monser, President and Chief Operating Officer, Emerson; Board Vice President Jeff Pitts, Senior Plant Manager, A-B InBev, and Board Secretary-Treasurer Dennis Donnelly, Partner, Bryan Cave, Secretary-Treasurer, as well as trustees: Joe Adorjan, Charles Disbrow, Lou Fusz, Jr., Pamela Jackson, Jerry Ritter, Dave Schepers, Bruno Schmitter, Robert Staley, Albert Suter, Blanche Touhill.
“Each of our new board members brings in a unique skill-set and fresh point of view for the College,” said College President Stan Shoun. “We are committed to having a diverse board who can offer us the industry experience and guidance we need as we continue to develop our curriculum.”
Randy Fusz, General Manager, Buick GMC - Lou Fusz Automotive Network
Since joining the Lou Fusz Automotive Network, Mr. Fusz has worked in a variety of increasingly responsible positions within the company, including new car sales, new car manager, operations and general manager. In 2003, Mr. Fusz graduated from the University of Dayton with a Bachelor of Science in business administration. He started out that year in new car sales at the company’s Toyota store. The following year, he attended the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) dealer academy. After completing the academy training, he was promoted to a full-time general manager position with the Mazda store. In 2007, he became general manager of the Buick GMC store at Page and Lindbergh. Mr. Fusz is an active member of the community serving on the boards of the St. Louis Automobile Dealers Association and Junior Achievement, where he has co-chaired that organization’s charity golf tournament for the past four years. He is also involved with the Lou Fusz Automotive Golf Tournament, which supports the Lou Fusz Soccer Clubs in St. Louis. He is a graduate of Chaminade College Prep. He and his wife, Claire, have one son, Ray, and they are expecting their second child in November.
Martin Quinn, Chief Executive Officer, Thermadyne Holdings
Mr. Quinn has held various positions over his 27-year history at Thermadyne, including plant manager, general manager of marketing, managing director of Asia, and vice president of sales and marketing for Asia Pacific. Mr. Quinn relocated from his native Australia to St. Louis in April 2005 to take up the position of executive vice president of global sales. He was appointed president of the company in August 2009 and elected CEO in April 2011. Mr. Quinn graduated from the University of Melbourne, Australia, with a Bachelors degree in engineering. He subsequently obtained a graduate diploma of business administration from Swinburne University of Technology. Mr. Quinn is a member of the American Welding Society Finance Committee. Thermadyne is a manufacturer and supplier of cutting and welding products, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
Barbara Wilson, Director, Army/Navy/Marine Corps Programs, Training Systems & Services Division, Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Ms. Wilson is currently responsible for the leadership, growth and execution of Army/Navy/Marine Corps training programs, which includes the F/A-18, P-8A, T-45, V-22, Apache, and Chinook platforms, for customers worldwide. Since joining Boeing in 1996, Ms. Wilson has held a variety of progressively senior roles in finance, supplier management and program management, including Director, Business Management-Boeing Česká in Prague, Czech Republic, Director and Program Manager for Boeing’s T-45 Training System Program and T-38 Avionics Upgrade Program. Prior to her current role, she was on special assignment in Washington, D.C., representing Boeing as an Industry Fellow at National Defense University’s Industrial College of the Armed Forces where she received her master’s degree in national resource strategy in June 2010. A native of St. Louis, Ms. Wilson participates actively in the community as a member of the board of directors for the St. Louis Zoo Association and St. John’s Mercy Foundation. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Auburn University as well as master’s degrees from Webster University in business administration and information technology management. She is a graduate of the 2007-2008 FOCUS Leadership St. Louis® program and in August 2009, she was named one of St. Louis’ Most Influential Business Women by the St. Louis Business Journal.
Scott Wittkop, President, Central Division, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Mr. Wittkop is president of McCarthy’s Central Division headquartered in St. Louis. He oversees the company’s operations in the states east of the Rockies as well as its Healthcare, Science & Technology, Commercial, Education and Federal Business Units. Mr. Wittkop joined McCarthy as a project engineer in 1986 after earning his bachelor’s degree in construction engineering from Iowa State University. He has spent the last 25 years moving up through the ranks of the organization, relocating for the company 10 times to manage projects throughout the Central Division. Among the more than 30 projects overseen by Mr. Wittkop throughout his career at McCarthy, are projects valued at more than $150 million for Washington University in St. Louis, and the 1.2 million square foot Children’s Hospital of Colorado in Denver, Colorado. Following his service in Denver, Wittkop, who is a LEED-accredited professional, moved back to St. Louis to serve as vice president, operations for the Midwest Healthcare Business Unit, and then became Central Division president in 2009.
