INROADS Appoints Frank R. Lloyd, Ph.D. to National Board

ST. LOUIS, April 9, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- INROADS, Inc., recently appointed Frank R. Lloyd, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Executive Education for the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University (SMU) to its National Board of Directors. INROADS, the nation's largest non-profit source of salaried corporate internships, develops diverse, skilled talent to become Corporate America's future leaders.

"The business world is dynamic, and so, too, the organizations comprising it," said INROADS CEO, Forest T. Harper. "Many of those organizations look to INROADS for innovative strategies and programs to reach, recruit and retain the diverse talent they need to get and stay ahead amid all the change. Dr. Lloyd's expertise in creating and implementing innovative executive development programs will help us build the solutions they're looking for. I am extremely pleased to welcome him to the National Board."

In his current position, Dr. Lloyd creates and implements SMU's executive education business growth strategy. He was instrumental in the launch of the James M. Collins Executive Education Center, one of the nation's premier learning facilities for working professionals.

Prior to SMU, Dr. Lloyd served as Vice President of Executive Education for Thunderbird School of Global Management. Before Thunderbird, Dr. Lloyd was a human resources management executive with General Motors, focused primarily on employee and organization development.  Highlights of his career include organization development and leadership training for GM Europe. He was the first GM Human Resources Manager assigned to New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI), the historic joint venture between GM and Toyota noted for its innovative labor-management relations and the introduction of Toyota production and human relations methods.

Dr. Lloyd was a Fulbright lecturer at the University of Isfahan in Iran and served as a U.S. Information Agency curriculum consultant for Germany. He earned a master's degree at Purdue University and a Ph. D. at the University of Iowa.  He holds an undergraduate degree from Occidental College.

Dr. Lloyd is an emeritus board member of UNICON, the International University Consortium for Executive Education.

About SMU Cox
The Cox School of Business was established in 1920 on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and named in honor of benefactor Edwin L. Cox in 1978. SMU Cox offers a full range of highly-ranked undergraduate and graduate business education programs, as well as Executive Education and multiple certificate programs. The school also offers a number of unique resources and activities for students, including the Business Leadership Center (BLC); the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship; the Folsom Institute for Real Estate; the Maguire Energy Institute; the Global Leadership Program; and the Associate Board Executive Mentoring Program, as well as an international alumni network with chapters in more than 20 countries. For more information, visit cox.smu.edu.

About INROADS
The mission of INROADS is to develop and place talented underserved youth in business and industry and prepare them for corporate and community leadership.  Founded in 1970, INROADS, Inc. is the nation's largest non-profit source of salaried corporate internships.  INROADS has placed students in over 127,000 paid internships throughout its history, providing students with the skills and competencies necessary to be successful in advanced careers, and graduated over 25,000 Alumni into fulltime professional and managerial positions with over 1,000 Corporate Partners.  With over 35 offices throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, INROADS has consistently been named one of "America's Top 10 Internships" for over 15 years. Currently, INROADS serves nearly 1,800 Interns and 230 Corporate Clients. Top Corporate Partners of INROADS include United Technologies Corporation, Kaiser Permanente, Travelers, MetLife, General Electric Company, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Lockheed Martin Corporation, PricewaterhouseCoopers, JC Penney and Pepsi. To learn more, visit http://www.INROADS.org.

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