Professional Experience

President, Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism;

Endowed Chair in Business Journalism.

Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University. 2003-present.

Nationally syndicated investment columnist, The Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times. 1985-2011.

Visiting professor, Boston University College of Communication. 2002-2003.

Director, Bloomberg Business Reporting Program, University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism. 1999-2002.

Contributing editor to Quicken.com online site, Mountain View, Calif., and on-air reporter for its CNX Media broadcast affiliate in San Francisco. 1999-2002.

Anchor and reporter, CNBC Cable Television Network (NBC), Fort Lee, N.J. 1994-1998

Financial reporter, WLS-TV, Chicago; Investment columnist, The Chicago Sun-Times and Los Angeles Times Syndicate; Financial commentator, WBEZ Public Radio in Chicago.

Education

Academic degrees:

M.A. Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia.

B.A. English, Trinity College, Deerfield, Ill. Editor of student newspaper.

Executive education:

Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Strategic Thinking and Management for Competitive Advantage. Certificate, 2007.

Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Executive Management Program. Certificate, 2005.

John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, The Art and Practice of Leadership Development. Certificate, 2005.