Chairs Committee

The Chairs Committee meets at least once a month to fulfill functions defined in the governance documents of the Wisconsin School of Business.

  • François Ortalo-Magné: dean of the Wisconsin School of Business (chair)
  • Terry Warfield: Accounting and Information Systems
  • Randy Dunham: Management and Human Resources
  • Mark Ready: Finance, Investment, and Banking
  • Jim Morris: Operations and Information Management
  • Neeraj Arora: Marketing
  • Jed Frees: Actuarial Science, Risk Management, and Insurance
  • Abdullah Yavas: Real Estate and Urban Land Economics

Ad hoc members: associate deans for BBA, Full-Time MBA program, Evening and Executive MBA programs, Ph.D. and Research, and the senior associate dean and subcommittee chair

Faculty Senate

Sung Kim
Rafael Lazimy
Aleksander Stajkovic
Brian Mayhew

Subcommittee of the Executive Committee

The goal of this committee is to fulfill functions defined in the governance documents of the Wisconsin School of Business.

  • Jed Frees: Actuarial Science, Risk Management, and Insurance (chair)
  • Jan Heide: Marketing
  • Barry Gerhart: Management and Human Resources
  • Kennith Kavajecz: Finance, Investment, and Banking
  • Terry Warfield: Accounting and Information Systems 
  • Urban Wemmerlöv: Operations and Information Management

Academic Planning Council

Meets at least three times a semester to fulfill functions defined in the governance documents of the Wisconsin School of Business.

  • François Ortalo-Magné: Dean (Chair) of the Wisconsin School of Business
  • Jan Heide: Marketing
  • Barry Gerhart: Management and Human Resources
  • Terry Warfield: Accounting and Information Systems
  • Urban Wemmerlöv: Operations and Information Management
  • Greg DeCroix: Operations and Information Management
  • Elizabeth Odders-White: Finance, Investment, and Banking
  • Kennith Kavajecz: Finance, Investment, and Banking
  • Jed Frees: Actuarial Science, Risk Management, and Insurance
  • Jason Jankoski: academic staff member (teaching, research, and/or outreach)

Ad hoc members: associate deans for BBA, Full-Time MBA program, Evening and Executive MBA programs, Ph.D. and Research, and the senior associate dean 

    BBA Curriculum Committee

    The goal of this committee is to oversee and improve all aspects of all BBA programs, including curriculum, advising, assessment, and student recruitment and retention.

    • Joann Peck: associate dean for BBA (Chair)
    • Ella Mae Matsumura: Accounting and Information Systems
    • Margie Rosenberg: Actuarial Science, Risk Management, and Insurance
    • Jim Johannes: Finance, Investment, and Banking
    • Alex Stajkovic: Management and Human Resources
    • Tom O'Guinn: Marketing
    • Jim Morris: Operations and Information Management
    • Steven Malpezzi: Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
    • Students
      • Kayla McGehee
      • Quinn Engelbert
      • Jonathan Wei Zhang Teh

    MBA Curriculum Committee

    The purpose of this committee is to oversee and improve all aspects of all MBA programs including curriculum, advising, assessment, and student recruitment and retention.

    • Larry "Chip" Hunter, senior associate dean (chair)
    • Hart Posen, Management and Human Resources
    • Morris Davis, Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
    • Greg DeCroix, Operations and Information Management
    • Craig Thompson, Marketing
    • Holly Skaife, Accounting and Information Systems
    • Elizabeth Odders-White, Finance, Investment, and Banking
    • Mark Browne, Actuarial Science, Risk Management, and Insurance
    • Students
      • Ben Blaweiss (second-year Full-Time MBA)
      • Mitesh Patel (first-year Full-Time MBA)
    • Ex-Officio
      • Don Hausch, Operations and Information Management
      • Mark Matosian, director of student life for Full-Time MBA
      • Blair Sanford, assistant dean of Full-Time MBA

    Ph.D. and Research Committee

    The goal of the Ph.D. and Research Committee is to oversee, assess, and improve the curriculum of the Ph.D. program and to develop and coordinate new strategies for recruiting top Ph.D. students.

    • Russ Coff: associate dean for Ph.D. and research (chair)
    • Abdullah Yavas: Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
    • Sung Kim: Operations and Information Management
    • Dean Corbae: Finance, Investment, and Banking
    • Justin Sydnor: Actuarial Science, Risk Management, and Insurance
    • Noah Lim: Marketing
    • Brian Mayhew: Accounting and Information Systems
    • Charlie Trevor: Management and Human Resources

    Ad hoc members: Phil Miller, Belle Heberling, Peggy Smith, two students to be appointed