Michelman Appoints Smith Bogart to Board of Directors

 

Michelman, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, this week announced that Dr. Karen A. Smith Bogart, president of Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Smith Bogart Consulting, has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Smith Bogart Consulting focuses on business growth and turn-around, helping companies achieve optimal strategic and operational success. She holds a PhD and an M.A. degree in human and organizational systems from Fielding Graduate University, an MBA from the University of Rochester, an MILR from Cornell University, and a B.A. degree in political science from the State University of New York at Geneseo. 

Dr. Bogart was previously SVP at Eastman Kodak Co. She was responsible for Kodak’s businesses and operations across Asia as chairman and president of Greater Asia, located in Shanghai. Additionally, she managed many of Kodak’s largest global businesses including professional imaging, consumer printing, and cameras. 

Currently a director at Mohawk Industries, a floor covering firm, and Monolithic Power Systems, a semiconductor company, Dr. Bogart has board of director’s experience with nine companies in the U.S. and Asia, including Michelman. She is also a director at ZBE Inc., a private firm that develops digital printers for commercial imaging. She formerly served as a Director of Kodak India, Kodak China, Kodak China Manufacturing, Kodak Thailand, and MUTEC. 

Dr. Bogart has served as a director for multiple not-for-profit organizations focused on women’s economic self-sufficiency and education. She currently serves on the Fielding Graduate University Board of Trustees and has taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara since 2007.