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Executive MBA only, faculty team

The Coles Executive MBA is the only program that has a core, Executive MBA only faculty team dedicated solely to our students.

The team is made up of top academic researchers and seasoned executives who have decades of professional business experience and are fully committed to your personal and professional development. Coles has the only Executive MBA faculty in the country that meets as a team monthly to discuss and plan your ultimate success. Our faculty regularly meet and coach students and student teams in between class sessions. This dedication makes the Coles Executive MBA faculty the most accessible in the nation.  In addition to our outstanding core faculty team, the EMBA program director hand picks select Coles College of Business faculty to provide subject matter expertise throughout the program so students achieve depth and breadth of knowledge from a broad management perspective. Faculty include:

Meet your faculty

• Hope Baker, PhD, Operations Research and Statistics
• Janice Barrow, PhD, Finance
• Stephen Brock, D.Min, LPCC, Executive Coaching
• Rick Franza, PhD, Department Chair, Management and Entrepreneurship
• Joe Hair, PhD, Marketing and Research
• T.P. Hall, CPA, Accounting
• Fred Jones, JD, Business Law
• Alison Keefe, PhD, Economics
• Don Lang, MBA, Human Capital
• Elke Leeds, PhD, Business Information Systems
• Paul Lopez, PhD, Leadership
• George Manners, PhD, Accounting and Management
• Chris Rumsey,MEd,MBA, Career Management
• Mike Salvador, PhD, Strategy and Management
• Gary Selden, EdD, Marketing and Professional Sales
• Steve Smalt, PhD, Accounting
• James Tompkins, PhD, Finance and Corporate Governance

• Sheb True, PhD, Marketing and Ethics