BUSINESS PEOPLE
Two join Rotary Club
Patty Caruso joined the Dayton Rotary Club on Dec. 14. Sheisthe President of Beyond the Box ExecutiveMarketing & Networking Solutions
and a resident of Oakwood. Shayna Thomas joined the Dayton Rotary Club on Dec. 14. She is theDirector ofDevelopment for the Life Enrichment Center and a resident of Miamisburg.
TwoWright State University alumni have joined the BoardofTrustees asnational trustees.
Ricky Peters, a systems engineering graduate, and Brittney C. Whiteside, a two-timeWright State graduate, were unanimously appointed national trustees by the Board of Trustees during its Dec. 11 meeting.
Peters and Whiteside join AnujGoyal andVishalSoinas Wright State national trustees. National trustees serve for a three- year term in a non-voting status. Theybring additional capabilities and expertise to the Board of Trustees insupport ofWright State and join nine voting members and two student trustees who are appointed by the governor.
Peters is the CEO of Tangram Flex, a Dayton software company focused on rapidly integrating systems with embedded software. Before joiningTangramFlex, he was the CEO of Ascend Innovations, a joint venture between Kettering Health Network, PremierHealthand Dayton Children’s Hospital.
Peters previously served for 35 years as a civilian leader in the Air Force, retiring in 2015 as the executive director of the Air Force Research Laboratory. He was responsible for leading a workforce of 10,000 and guiding the Air Force’s $2.5 billion science and technology program and an additional $2.75 billion in customer-funded research.
Peters graduated from Wright State in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in systems engineering. He also received an associate degree in mechanical engineering fromSinclair and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering fromthe University of Dayton.
Whiteside is the executive associate athletics director at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. She is a member of the department’s executive leadership team, overseeing the external operations of corporate sponsorships, ticket sales, branding, marketing, licensing, broadcast and strategic revenue generation. In addition, she serves as the senior woman administrator with oversight of diversity, equity, inclusion and
Title IX planning. Prior to joining UVA, she served as senior associate athletics director at Appalachian State University and director of external engagement at the University of Missouri.
Withover 10yearsof experience in higher education, Whiteside has a diverse background in operational and strategic planning, fundraising, academic affffffffffffairs, human resources, corporate partnerships and community relations.
A native of Columbus, Whiteside receivedherbachelor’s degree in psychology in 2007 andmaster’s degree in rehabilitation counseling in 2012 from Wright State.