Timothy Leuliette and Michael Brown to address the Class of 2015

Leuliette will speak at the morning ceremony, beginning at 10 a.m., for graduates of the university’s College of Business, College of Education, Health, and Human Services, and College of Engineering and Computer Science. Brown will speak at the afternoon ceremony, which begins at 3 p.m., for graduates of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters.

Student Haleigh Sluschewski, alumnus Esteban Cabello (’95 B.S.E.) and Associate Professor Bruce Maxim also will give remarks during the morning ceremony, while student Benita Robinson, alumna Wendy Alton (’98 B.A.) and Associate Professor Jorge González del Pozo will speak during the afternoon ceremony. Additional speakers include UM-Dearborn Chancellor Daniel Little and Provost Kate Davy.

Entry to the Fieldhouse and all venues is by ticket only. Additional commencement information is available on UM-Dearborn’s website.

Timothy D. Leuliette
Timothy D. Leuliette is president and CEO of Visteon Corporation, leading the company’s strategy and overseeing all aspects of its global business.

Leuliette has been a director of Visteon since 2010. He was appointed interim chairman, CEO and president in August 2012, and has served as president and CEO since September 2012. At Visteon, he has led a dramatic transformation that has delivered significant value for customers and shareholders, and positioned the company as a leading technology provider.

Leuliette has a strong background in the automotive industry and extensive experience and relationships in Asia. Prior to Visteon, he served as president and chief executive officer of automotive supplier DURA Automotive, leading that company to a successful recapitalization and sale after its emergence from restructuring. Leuliette also served as a managing director of Patriarch Partners, LLC, the majority shareholder of DURA.

Prior to DURA, he served as co-chairman and co-CEO of Asahi Tec Corp., a Japanese publicly traded manufacturer of automotive parts, after the company acquired Metaldyne Corp., a company he co-founded and where he served as chairman, CEO and president. He previously served as president and chief operating officer of Penske Corp., and he is a past chairman of the board of the Detroit Branch of The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Leuliette has received numerous industry accolades, including the 2013 Detroit Free Press Automotive Leadership Award in the supplier category for leading Visteon’s transformation to a top-performing company. Leuliette has been a member of various corporate and civic boards and in 2014 was appointed to the honorary committee for the 21^st World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems, chaired by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder.

He has a bachelor’s of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. He was named the UM-Dearborn College of Engineering and Computer Science’s Alumnus of the Year in 1993.

Michael Brown
Michael Brown is CEO and co-founder of City Year, an education-focused nonprofit organization that mobilizes idealistic young people for a year of service in high-need schools.

This year 2,800 City Year AmeriCorps members are helping to address the nation's high school dropout crisis and turn around low-performing schools by serving as full-time tutors, mentors and role models in high-need schools in 25 U.S. cities. City Year also has affiliates in South Africa and the UK. Through its national initiative, "In School and On Track: A National Challenge," City Year aims to significantly increase the urban graduation pipeline in America.

City Year served as an inspiration for AmeriCorps, the federal initiative through which more than 800,000 Americans have served their country. City Year has more than 20,000 alumni who have contributed more than 33.5 million hours of service and earned access to more than $71 million in college scholarships through the AmeriCorps National Service Trust.

For his work developing City Year and advancing the national service movement, Brown has been awarded the Reebok Human Rights Award and several honorary degrees. He has been named one of America’s Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report and an Executive of the Year and a member of The Power and Influence Top 50 by The NonProfit Times.

Brown is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Prior to co-founding City Year, Brown served as a legislative assistant to then-Congressman Leon Panetta and as a clerk for Federal Judge Stephen Breyer.