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DSRA Board of Directors 2026

	Ron Beeber Board Treasurer Finance Committee Fund Raising Committee Class I thru 12/31/2026 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  |  bio
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Employer info:   Director, Delphi Corporate Affairs Staff, Troy, MI   Service dates:   1969 - 2009     40 years exactly

Brief Work History

• Delphi Corporate Affairs Staff, director of Corporate and Government Affairs (1998-2009).
• GM Industry-Government Relations Staff (1978-1998).  Held managerial positions dealing with PAC, grassroots lobbying, federal research and policy development, and state government relations.  Registered GM lobbyist in Washington, D.C. (1983-1985)
• GM Public Relations Staff (1969-1978).  Assistant regional PR manager based in Cleveland (1974-78).

Brief Volunteer History

• Past Board Member of a Community Foundation
• Volunteer at 4 Hospitals
• Historical Society
• Service Club
• Senior Center Cognitive Health Center

Specific Skills

• DSRA Board Member and Treasurer 2011 - current
• Considerable government relations and communications experience

Employer info:   Delphi-A Ciudad Juarez, Chih., Mexico   Service dates:   1975 - 2009   33.5 years

Brief Work History:

• Regional director communications Mexico: 1993-2009
• Senior staff assistant, Communications, Packard Electric: 1979-1993
• Adjunct professor: Mass Media Arts and Journalism, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
• Owner/President of Trans-National Executive Communications since 2009; communication consultant, executive

Brief Volunteer History:

• DSRA Board member, media and internal/external communications - 2010-current
• Producer, DSRA On-the-Line audio/video updates
• El Paso Foreign Trade Association – Board Member 1995-2009
• Advisor, School of Marketing and Business – University of Texas at El Paso
• Paso del Norte Group - member (communications committee)

Specific Skills:

• Communications strategist; media relations, internal communications media; media awareness training; podcaster; writer
• Issue analysis; key message development
• Government relations – messaging
• DSRA internal and external/media communications; On-the-Line audios/videos producer

Other Qualifications:

• Internationally recognized for communications innovation, leadership
• Executive communications coaching

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Michael J. Hissam

Michael J. Hissam, president and founder of Trans-National Executive Communications, leads a bilingual, multi-faceted large- and small-business consulting and executive communication skills team based in El Paso, Texas.  Prior to forming his own enterprise, Hissam directed public relations, communications, and regional media relations departments for General Motors and Delphi since 1979, with an emphasis on Mexico and border trade issues.  During that period, he served as an instructor and consultant for corporate executive communications skills development. He has served as news director at several radio stations in Cleveland and northeastern Ohio.

In addition to his work for GM and Delphi, Hissam was an associate professor of journalism and mass communications in the Kent State University system in Ohio.  He earned three “Gold Quill of Excellence Awards” from the International Association of Business Communicators, as well as more than a dozen awards for internal and external communication initiatives from General Motors.  Additionally in Ohio, he taught Spanish for continuing education programs for five years.

Based in Ciudad Juarez/El Paso and New Mexico since 1993, he worked with or was interviewed by many leading U.S. and international news media.  He addressed governmental (cabinet, congressional, gubernatorial, presidential candidate, defense) and non-governmental economic development organizations, as well as labor and activist groups regionally and in Washington or Mexico City concerning the maquiladora business model.  Additionally, he served 15 years as a director of the Foreign Trade Association and as a resource for the tri-national Border Trade Alliance.

Hissam graduated from Cleveland State University with a business degree specializing in finance and economics.  He graduated with a master’s degree in Mass Media and Journalism from the Clarion University of Pennsylvania.  He completed the advanced leadership program through the Center for Creative Leadership.  He has developed executive and business communication courses concerning media, issue management, and presentation skills — in English and in Spanish.  His company also provides internal, external and governmental communication planning services to align communications to business strategies.  Hissam may be contacted via webmail or phone/text.

Employer info:   Delphi Electrical/Electronic Architecture (Packard), Warren, Ohio   Service dates:   1976 - 2009    32 years 7 months

Brief Work History

• Sr. Engineer in Advanced Engineering 1994-2009
• Sr. Engineer in Ignition Systems Engineering 1983-1994
• Sr. Contact Engineer 1979-1983
• Reliability Engineering 1976-1979

Brief Volunteer History

• DSRA Board, since 2011, Chair 2021 - present
• DSRA Warren OH Legislative Group, Chair
• Trumbull County Historical Society Board of Directors, 2021-present
• Boy Scouts of America – Committee Member Troop 101, Warren OH
• North-Mar C&MA Church – Deacon
• Calvary Presbyterian Church – Deacon and Elder
• Board of Trustees, Trumbull New Theater

Specific Skills

• Senior engineer with good skills in organization and presentation of complicated material
• Good computer skills
• Public speaking:  I have testified at 5 of the 7 senate and congressional hearings on DSRA issues

Other Qualifications

• Dedicated to our cause
• No fear of contacting and speaking with political and community leaders
• Lots of experience and I enjoy working with groups