Profile
Dean of College of Business Administration (CBA) , LMU; Board of Advisors, LA World Trade Cente
r, Los Angeles; Board Member and Incoming President Elect for Int'l Association of Jesuit Business Schools (IAJBS); Board Member, Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI); Former Dean, School of Business, Clarkson; Past President, Northeast Business Deans Association; Former Chair, AACSB's Women in Management Administration (WAME); Founding Co-Chair, Young Womens Leadership Institute, St Lawrence County. 2021 LA Business Journal (LABJ) Women's Leadership Award--nominee and Finalist for Executive of the Year; 2021, Selection to LA 500's "Most influential business leaders (2020, '21, '22, '23);" Former board member, ViviendasLeon; Previous: USC, Georgetown, & USF: Professor; Asste Dean; Dept. Chair, Honors Program Dir; Fulbright Awardee (Hong Kong). Teaching: EMBA, MBA, Undergrad and Exec programs: Silicon Valley Immersions of African Mgrs; Kaist Korean Exec Program, Helsinki Mgrs, Nor Ireland Small Business Institute, Nippon T & T, China Resources and others. Int'l teaching experience: Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Republic of Georgia.
Interests: leadership, teams, entrepreneurship, b-corps, org'l culture, globalization, service learning
Over 25 books and articles including: Why Should I?: Ten Keys to Motivating People (Lexingford Press, 2010); Dev Leadership (Pearson, 2010); Learning Team Skills, (PrenticeHall, 2009); Mgt Comm, (Wiley, 2010); Difficult People at Work (MJF Books, 2006). Mgt Dev series w/A. Bell ( Prentice Hall 2004-07); The E-Business Book (Bloomberg), Women at Work (Prentice Hall); Leadership (NTC); Teambldg and Innovation (NTC); Motivating People (Barron's); Winning with Difficult People (Barron's); Kincare and the American Organization: Managing the Work/Family Dilemma (Irwin). Publications in Journal of Entrepreneurship & Organization; J. of Business Case Studies, HRM, J. of Business Comm, HRPlanning, Academy of Mgt Exec, J of Staffing and Recruitment, and others. Consulting: Wells Fargo, Bare Escentuals, Safeway, Cisco, Charles Schwab, Quaker Oats,Marriott, Ferrari Foods, U.S. Coast Guard, Army, CIA , Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, DuPont -Mexico, Kaiser Health, U.S. State Dept., PaineWebber, Countrywide Mrtge Banking, Inland Health, Private Industry Council-LA, Santa Fe- SoPacific, NYU Exec Programs, USC Exec Programs, Lucky-Sav-On, Studley Real Estate and others