For Immediate Release For information, call: Lynn Norwood, 313-927-1493, lnorwood@marygrove.edu

Marygrove College Elects New Board Members

December 12, 2003---The Marygrove College Board of Trustees elected two new members to its Board of Directors: Bob Berg, partner, Berg Muirhead & Associates, and Seema Chaturvedi, founder and managing director of Accelerator Group, LLC.

Bob Berg began his career as a reporter for United Press International and later, served a total of 17 years as senior public affairs advisor to Governor William G. Milliken and Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young. More recently, he served as interim press secretary for Detroit Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick. Berg has a B.A. in political science from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, and has done graduate work in international relations at the University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden. Berg Muirhead & Associates is a full-service public relations counseling firm.

Seema Chaturvedi has over 15 years of capital markets and financial management experience, which she gained as an entrepreneur, investment banker and investor. She has worked with Amherst Capital and JM Morgan Stanley, and was co-founder of Rasee Investments Group. She is adjunct faculty member at the University of Phoenix’s Michigan Campus and is a member of the board of directors of I-Team, a Michigan Directorship organization. In 2001, she was named to Crain’s Detroit Business “40 Under 40” and in 2002, was named to the publication’s “Detroit’s Most Influential Business Women” list. Chaturvedi holds a master’s degree in finance from Boston College. She earned an undergraduate degree with honors in economics from Delhi University in India. # # #