Faculty – Finance

Degrees

DBA, Argosy University
MSF, Walsh College of Accountancy and Business
Master of Science in Administration, Central Michigan University
BBA, Northwood University

Biography

Kathy Armstrong has worked in Finance for over 16 years and currently is a Strategic Operations Manager for a major insurance company. She has been a life-long resident of Michigan except for a five-year stint in the Chicago area. Kathy lives in Clarkston with her husband of 38 years. She has five grown children and 9 grandchildren.

Degrees

MSF, Walsh College

Licenses and Certifications

CAIA – Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst

Biography

Assistant Treasurer and Chief Investment Office at FCA Automobiles

Degrees

DBA, Lawrence Technological University
MA, Central Michigan University
BS, Wayne State University

Degrees

JD, Wayne State University – School of Law
MS, Walsh College
BBA, Walsh College

Licenses and Certifications

CFE – Certified Fraud Examiner
CFA – Chartered Financial Analyst
CMA – Certified Management Accountant
ATT – Licensed Attorney

Biography

William M. Greshak is a Professor in the Finance and Economics Department at Walsh. Greshak began his teaching career at Walsh in 1993 before relocating out-of-state in 1998 and returning to Walsh in 2010. His primary instructional responsibilities have included both undergraduate and graduate courses online and in the classroom.

Greshak also brings 15 years of professional experience, including consulting with businesses for a wide array of financial issues, including, forensic accounting, budgets, projections, corporate valuations, internal investigations, mergers and acquisitions, industry/performance trends, fraud detection and deterrence, and internal controls covering a wide range of industries. In addition, he has also served as a state prosecutor where Greshak prosecuted both misdemeanor and felony fraud violations in district, as well as circuit court.

Degrees

MS, Grand Valley State University
JD, Michigan State University
MBA, Grand Valley State University
BS, Ohio State University

Licenses and Certifications

ATT – Licensed Attorney

Biography

Joshua Casto is currently a Portfolio Manager and Assistant Vice President for Huntington National Bank in Southfield, MI. His current responsibilities include structuring, underwriting, closing, and monitoring broadly-syndicated, complex commercial real estate loans while working with relationship managers, treasury management and capital markets to assist in optimizing customer relationships.

Mr. Casto has more than 13 years experience in commercial real estate lending. He has held roles in construction lending, commercial loan closing and due diligence, credit analysis and portfolio management. While the majority of his experience and expertise is in middle market commercial real estate lending, he also spent a portion of his career working with institutional REIT customers as well as permanent lending.

Degrees

MSF, Walsh College
BS, Lawrence Institute of Technology

Biography

Anthony Curti has served as division president for Acrisure, Inc since 2012. He began his career with Curti Insurance Agency, Inc., a family-owned firm, acquired by Standard Federal Bank (SFB), in 1996. He became president and chief operating officer of SFB’s insurance subsidiary and later became managing director, ABN AMRO Insurance Services, Inc., later merged and named LaSalle Insurance Services.

He was promoted to executive vice president and led LaSalle Bank’s full-service national insurance agency from 1999 until 2006. He later focused on building a network of independent insurance agencies and a consulting practice to financial institutions.

Curti recently completed a term as president, Michigan Association of Professional Insurance Agents. He remains on their board of directors and chairs a host of association activities. He was elected as national director, representing Michigan with The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents, in 2013.

In addition to teaching at Walsh, Curti he also has served on the faculty of the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors, involved with risk management and insurance.

Degrees

MBA/MSF, Walsh College
JD, Pennsylvania State University
BA, University of Detroit Mercy

Licenses and Certifications

ATT – Licensed Attorney

Degrees

MSF, Walsh College
BSE, University of Michigan

Biography

Mr. Steven M. Ranger is a clinical assistant professor in the finance department at Walsh. His primary instructional responsibilities at Walsh include financial statement analysis and computer applications for business and finance. Mr. Ranger has instructed numerous undergraduate and graduate courses for both Finance and Management majors since he joined Walsh in 2001 as an adjunct associate professor.

Mr. Ranger worked in the environmental services field on a full-time basis as both Engineer and Project Manager for 12 years before changing careers and accepting a position as a residential loan officer for a mortgage broker located in southeastern Michigan. After two years in residential lending, he became a senior financial analyst with a privately-held property management and development company and maintained this position until 2007 when he dedicated himself full-time to Cedar Real Estate Investments, a real estate management and development company he started with two other partners.

Mr. Ranger’s varied positions in the field of real estate have required that he become adept at preparing and analyzing the financial statements of not only the properties he manages but also those financial statements applicable to properties being considered for acquisition. It is also essential to Mr. Ranger’s business to be able to gather insight into the financial strengths and weaknesses of Cedar Real Estate’s tenants through the review of their financial statements.

Mr. Ranger’s experiences in environmental engineering and project management have helped him to establish an expertise in capital budgeting and financial forecasting. He continues to keep track of progress and activities in the specialized area of real estate associated with brownfield redevelopment, and he looks forward to blending both his engineering and finance expertise in this field through Cedar Real Estate. Mr. Ranger is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Michigan and has been so for over 20 years.

Degrees

Master of Arts in Economics, University of Detroit Mercy
BBA, Northwood University

Degrees

MBA, University of Michigan
PhD, University of Michigan
BS, University of Michigan

Degrees

MBA/MSF, Walsh College
BA, Oberlin College

Biography

Ryan Drews is currently a VP Financial Consultant working for a large Investment Management Company. Prior to this position, Mr. Drews owned and operated his own investment management company serving as Chief Investment Officer for different investment portfolios. He also has experience in manufacturing and automotive where he was a CFO for a small manufacturing company, and an analyst at General Motors.

Mr. Drews has a passion for teaching, consulting, and leadership. He enjoys teaching investment management techniques with a focus on trading different financial instruments utilizing technical analysis. He is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) with a specialization in Finance from Liberty University.

When Ryan is not working, he is most likely spending time with his son playing sports and other activities. In addition, Ryan enjoys giving back to the community by coaching and providing sports instruction to athletes of all ages.

Degrees

DBA, Walden University
MS, Walsh College
MBA, Oakland University
BA, Oakland University

Biography

Bryan K. Kieler joined PNC Bank in February 2019 to serve as the SVP, Community Development Banking Michigan Market Manager. Kieler oversees PNC’s community development lending, investments, and sits on their local foundation board that provides grants to support strengthening nonprofits and communities throughout Michigan.

Before joining PNC Bank, Kieler served as IFF’s Director of Lending in Ohio (and previously in Michigan) where he was responsible for evaluating complex loan requests, coordinating with IFF’s Real Estate Solutions team, and fostering strategic partnerships that led to transformational change. Over a 4+ year period, Kieler facilitated the structuring and approval of loans totaling more than $75 million for nonprofits serving low-income communities and people with disabilities in Michigan and Ohio.

Kieler has 19+ years of experience in the financial services and lending industry. Previously, to IFF, he served as the Vice President for Huntington Bank in its Community Development Group, where he was responsible for the portfolio management of the community development loans involving Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) and New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC).

Kieler is also an adjunct professor at University of Detroit Mercy, where he teaches structured community development finance; Walsh College, where he teaches finance and management graduate level courses; and at the DeVos school of Management at Northwood University, where he teaches financial management. Additionally, Kieler is a board member with Midtown Detroit Inc., Accounting Aid Society, Haven of Oakland County, Junior Achievement of Southeast Michigan, Starfish Family Services, Venture Inc. (OLHSA’s affordable housing arm), Haven of Oakland, and the executive advisory committee for Winning Futures.

Kieler is a Baldrige Framework Quality Excellence Examiner and is active with a number of nonprofit boards. His dissertation uses the Malcolm Baldrige Framework to help nonprofit organizations explore reducing their reliance on government grants by diversifying revenues.

Degrees

DBA, Lawrence Technological University
MBA, Wayne State University
BS, University of Michigan – Dearborn

Licenses and Certifications

CFA – Chartered Financial Analyst
CIA – Certified Internal Auditor

Degrees

PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas
MS, The University of Texas at Dallas
BA, The University of Texas at Dallas

Biography

Dr. Kruti Lehenbauer has over 15 years of experience in teaching classes in economics, statistics, public policy, and critical thinking at the undergraduate, masters, as well as doctoral levels.

She has worked as the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas for three years and is currently a full-time Associate Professor of Business Economics at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX. She serves as an adjunct faculty member in economics at Northwood University and at Walsh.