Dr Michelle Ingram Spain is the director of the Deville School of Business Collaboration Center and associate professor at Walsh University. Her publications include a chapter in the book Contemporary Microenterprise, and co-authorship of the book Hispanic Latino Entrepreneurship: Viewpoints of Practitioners. She designed a microenterprise development model for training the developmentally and physically challenged. She develops minority trade and joint venture partnerships between Ohio business entrepreneurs, Eastern Caribbean, and African entrepreneurs. She has received several awards and recognition such as the SBA Regional Minority Small Business Advocate Award, Small Business Provider Award, Who's Who Cleveland, and Crain's Business Daily 40 Most Influential Women. She is a graduate of Columbia University.
J Mark Munoz is a professor of international business at Millikin University, and a former visiting fellow at Harvard University. He is a recipient of several awards including Best Research Paper Awards, a Literary Award, an International Book Award, and the ACBSP Teaching Excellence Award, among others. He was recognized by the Academy of Global Business Advancement as the 2016 Distinguished Business Dean. Aside from top-tier journal publications, he authored/edited/coedited 14 books including International Social Entrepreneurship, Contemporary Microenterprises: Concepts and Cases, and Hispanic-Latino Entrepreneurship. He directs consulting projects for multinational firms and SME's worldwide.