Faculty

World Class Faculty Shape the Experience

The reputation of the Michael G. Foster School of Business is built on the credentials and expertise of its exceptional faculty. Since 1983, the Executive MBA faculty members have been instrumental in working with current and next-generation executives and senior leaders to refine their leadership skills and equip them with strategic business-thinking skills.

Recognized for both their academic accomplishments and extensive “real world” and consulting experience, faculty members are selected for their desire and ability to teach highly motivated, experienced professionals.

Foster Executive MBA professors employ a variety of teaching methods that:

• Bring current business issues into the classroom
• Offer thought-provoking lectures
• Encourage discussions
• Focus on practical solutions as well as theory and strategy

Known for their accessibility, faculty members remain in frequent contact with EMBA students by:

• Connecting with students one-on-one after class
• Meeting with Study Teams
• Joining students on the International Immersion
• Offering optional Help Sessions on weeknights for classes
• Teaching assistants are also available in many of the quantitative courses to assist individual students or provide support to study teams but all classes are taught by faculty members.

View available detailed profiles by selecting faculty members listed below.

William S. Ayer Guest Lecturer	EMBA 529: CEO & The Board Spring Quarter Year 2
Patrick Bettin Lecturer, Management & Organization	EMBA 506: Enhancing Leadership Effectiveness Autumn Quarter Year 2
David Burgstahler Professor of Accounting Gerhard G. Mueller Endowed Professor of Accounting	EMBA 512: Managerial Accounting Winter Quarter Year 2
Dwight Drake Associate Professor of Law	EMBA 529: Legal Environment of Business Autumn Quarter Year 1
Debra Glassman Senior Lecturer in Business Economics Faculty Director, Certificate of International Business Studies Faculty Director, Global Business Center	EMBA 531: Global Economic Environment of the Firm Autumn Quarter Year 2
Benjamin Hallen Assistant Professor of Management	EMBA 553: Entrepreneurship Spring Quarter Year 2
Charles Hill Professor of Management & Organization Faculty Director, EMBA Program Hughes M. and Katherine G. Blake Endowed Professor in Business Administration	EMBA 558: General Management and Strategy I Autumn Quarter Year 1
Mark Hillier Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods Evert McCabe Faculty Fellow	EMBA 530: Decision Models for Management Winter Quarter Year 2
Michael Johnson Associate Professor of Management GM Nameplate Fellow	EMBA 521: Organizational Leadership Winter Quarter Year 1
Louise Kapustka Part Time Lecturer, Management & Organization	EMBA 502: Teamwork and Managerial Effectiveness Autumn Quarter Year 1
Jonathan Karpoff Professor of Finance Washington Mutual Endowed Professor in Finance	EMBA 520: Corporate Finance Autumn Quarter Year 2
Suresh Kotha Professor of Management Olesen/Battelle Excellence Chair in Entrepreneurship Faculty Director, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship	EMBA 558: General Management and Strategy II Spring Quarter Year 2 EMBA 590: International Immersion Autumn Quarter Year 2
Dawn Matsumoto Professor of Accounting PricewaterhouseCoopers Professorship William A. and Helen I. Fowler Endowment	EMBA 505: Financial Reporting and Analysis Autumn Quarter Year 1
Natalie Mizik Professor of Marketing J. Gary Shansby Endowed Chair in Marketing Strategy	EMBA 531: Global Economic Environment of the Firm Spring Quarter Year 1
Shaosong Ou Senior Lecturer in Information Systems	EMBA Math and Excel Workshops Summer prior to Year 1
Rob Palmatier Professor of Marketing Research Director, Center for Sales and Marketing Strategy John C. Narver Endowed Professor in Business Administration	EMBA 542: Marketing Strategies Winter Quarter Year 2
Brandon Pedersen Guest Lecturer	EMBA 529: CEO & The Board Spring Quarter Year 2
Scott Reynolds Professor of Business Ethics Helen Moore Gerhardt Faculty Fellow	EMBA 534: Ethical Leadership Spring Quarter Year 1
Andrew Siegel Grant I. Butterbaugh Professor Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management Professor of Finance and Business Economics Adjunct Professor of Statistics	EMBA 510: Statistics for Management Spring Quarter Year 1
Stephan Siegel Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics Evert McCabe Faculty Fellow	EMBA 540: International Finance Spring Quarter Year 2
Joe Sprague Guest Lecturer	EMBA 529: CEO & The Board Spring Quarter Year 2
Kevin Steensma Professor of Management Evert McCabe Faculty Fellow	EMBA 551: International Management Spring Quarter Year 1
Elizabeth Umphress Associate Professor of Management	EMBA 511: Dynamics of Negotiation Winter Quarter Year 1
Yong-Pin Zhou Professor of Operations Management	EMBA 533: Operations Management Winter Quarter Year 2