ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan has several experts who can discuss the sale of the Chrysler Group to Cerberus Capital Management and its impact on the auto industry, labor and the economy, as well as issues related to private equity and the stock market.

The experts include:

Gerald Meyers, professor of management and organizations at the Ross School of Business, is former CEO of American Motors Corp. and former executive at Chrysler Corp. and Ford Motor Co. An expert in crisis management and corporate governance, Meyers engineered the merger of AMC with Renault in the 1980s. He can be reached at (248) 851-6834 or [email protected]

Bruce Belzowski, associate director of the automotive analysis division at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, is an authority on the North American and global auto industry and a consultant to car manufacturers, suppliers and dealers. He can be reached at (734) 936-2704 or [email protected]

David Brophy, associate professor of finance and the director of the Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance at the Ross School of Business, serves as director and adviser to banks, money-market funds and financial services firms. He is a well-known expert on private equity issues. Brophy can be reached at (734) 764-7587 or [email protected]

Roland Zullo, assistant research scientist at the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations’ Labor Studies Center, is an authority on labor-management relations. He has done extensive research on labor unions and collective bargaining, employment policy, the privatization of public services, union strategy and tactics, and outsourcing in manufacturing. He can be reached at (734) 647-0687 or [email protected]

Donald Grimes, an economist and senior research associate at the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, specializes in economic forecasting and regional economic development in Michigan and the industrial Midwest. He has conducted wide-ranging research on the job market, including automotive employment, and on occupational wages in the Great Lakes states. He can be reached at (734) 730-3214 or [email protected]