Avery speaks at business conferences

Avery and co-author Megan Grooters, a 2006 Northwestern College graduate from Des Moines, presented “Human Trafficking: Depravation and Abuse of Basic Human Rights” to the North American Management Society on March 28.  Avery also participated in a panel, “If Leadership Can Be Learned, What is the Best Way to Teach?” at the conference.

Avery and co-author David Goodoien, a junior economics and political science major from Vadnais Heights, Minn., presented “The Iran Dilemma: A Multifaceted Investigation in Diplomacy, Foreign Policy and Islam” at the conference of the Academy of International Business-Midwest Chapter on March 30. Avery also served as a session chair at that conference.

A member of Northwestern’s faculty since 2000, Avery has extensive experience as a business executive and Naval officer. A frequent conference presenter and author on logistics issues, he earned a doctorate in business administration from Nova Southeastern University.