Alex Delavan

In the music scene he was a member of the St. Johns Crew, worked promotions and finance as a member of the Selah Records family, oversaw the Michigan street team for Tooth & Nail Records, and was an A&R Super Scout for MajorLabelScout.com, an early crowdsourcing platform that identified undiscovered artists for Simon Cowell’s J-Records. Since 2018, he's served on the Entertainment Team and is currently a Stage Coordinator for the annual Motor City Pride.

In 2017, Alex was named a member of the Class of 2017 for the Oakland Executive Elite 40 Under 40 Award, the Oakland University Alumni Association honored him as a recipient of the Young Alumni 10 Within 10 Award, and the Society of Research Administrators International presented Alex with the mid-career Excellence Award.

Alex graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University in 2005, graduated with a Master’s of Business Administration degree from Oakland University in 2016, and earned a Post-Masters Gradate Certificate in Higher Education from Oakland in 2017.

In his professional career, he’s worked for Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Delphi Automotive Systems in Troy, Michigan and Warren, Ohio, Oakland University in metro Detroit, the University of Kentucky in Lexington Kentucky. He recently returned to Michigan State University in East Lansing and also runs HyperFocus Media.