VOLUME 17 No. 2 SPRING 2014 The Heart and The Art of of and TheThe Heart ArtJSOM MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN THE NAVEEN JINDAL SCHOOL OF

hen I wrote you a year ago in the spring, groundbreaking for the JSOM building addition was Wimminent. Now construction is moving at top speed. We look forward to opening the new facility on time at the start of the fall semester. You can read about construction highlights on page 10 in this issue.

The expansion is a hard-to-miss sign of the Jindal School’s progress, readily visible on campus and to the community. But I also want to make you aware of other impressive signs of progress.

New U.S. News & World Report rankings show the Professional MBA program advanced 16 places PUBLISHER Dr. Hasan Pirkul THE HEART AND THE ART OF JSOM this year, tying with the University of Maryland - College Park. The PMBA program now ranks No. 22 Dean and Caruth Chair overall. It is tied at No. 12 among public universities. Last year, JSOM’s online graduate business of Management programs established a foothold among the best in the nation by earning the No. 9 position in U.S. EXECUTIVE EDITOR News’ Best Online Education Program Rankings. This year, the online programs moved up again, to Dr. Diane Seay McNulty Associate Dean for External No. 4. It is highly gratifying to me — and I am sure to you as well — that both our Professional MBA Affairs and Corporate Development and online programs are now among the elite in the nation. MANAGING EDITOR 2 7 Kristine Imherr We are also very happy to see the graduate program in innovation and entrepreneurship received ART DIRECTION & DESIGN The Heart and the Art of JSOM national recognition. The United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship has rec- ThinkHaus Creative, Inc. The public spirit and artistic aspects of management education Hasan Pirkul ognized it as a standards-setter by bestowing a 2014 National Model MBA Entrepreneurship Program Dorit Suffness and Miler Hung 3 Dean and Caruth Chair award on JSOM. of Management Principals Filling a Philanthropic Need — New certificate program ILLUSTRATION to teach fundraising fundamentals As you all know, we strive to be in the lead when it comes to identifying trends and changes in the Roy Scott Kim Horner business environment, and we make every effort to respond in a timely manner to the resulting PHOTOGRAPHY demands for education. An example of this is our new master’s degree program in business analytics. Randy Anderson 4 Officially debuting this fall, the program is enrolling students now. So, too, is our new Executive Certificate in Fundraising, which offers Marcus Baker Consultations = Community Involvement — Students John Fowler exercise skills in courses that help charities. foundational training for this crucial development role. Jill Glass Randy Eli Grothe Kim Horner As ever, we continue to be proud of our students, who are excellent ambassadors for our school. Our students participate in regional and Karah Hosek 5 13 Kristine Imherr national academic competitions and have an impeccable record. Regrettably, I only have space here to mention those competitions in which Feeding Schoolchildren From Afar our students earned first place. E. Michelle Miller Brian L. Wiest Donna Steph Rian Recently, full-time MBA students Rohit Tyagi and Sarah (Jane) Slusher joined two medical students from UT Southwestern Medical Center WRITERS 7 Harriet L. Blake and an engineering student from UT Arlington on a team that won first place in the prestigious International Emory Health Case Competition. Eric Butterman Food for the Needy — A JSOM dean has led a vacant-lot It brought nearly 140 students from 24 universities across the United States, Australia, Canada and Sweden together to develop multi­disci­ Jill Glass lunch brigade for more than 20 years. plinary solutions to a world health issue. Other first-place showings have come from a student team whose members developed a winning Kim Horner Donna Steph Rian app for the Global Connected Car Contest sponsored by the business software firm SAP, from a team of full-time MBA students who won Kristine Imherr Mia Squilla Pavelle 8 the Humana Healthcare Case Competition, from an undergraduate team that won the inaugural case competition of the Texas chapter of Donna Steph Rian Gaining by Giving — Marketing students’ involvement the International Council of Shopping Centers, and from two PhD students who won a doctoral student outstanding paper award from the Glenda Vosburgh with nonprofit involvement has cultivated student skills, Southern Finance Association. MANAGEMENT Magazine is a publication careers and commitments. Congratulations go out as well to faculty members Dr. Kathryn E. Stecke on being named a Distinguished Woman Scholar by her graduate- of the Naveen Jindal School of Management, Eric Butterman in the autumn and spring for friends of school alma mater, Purdue University; to Dr. Sumit Sarkar for being named a Distinguished Fellow of the Information Systems Society; to 9 the university. The school retains the right to DEPARTMENTS Dr. Alain Bensoussan for being recognized by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics with the W.T. and Idelia Reid Prize for determine the editor­ial content and manner Accounting Students Contribute to Cultural his research in and contributions to differential equations and control theory; and to Art Agulnek on being selected as chairman-elect of of presentation.­ The opinions expressed in Collaboration 17 Scholarship Breakfast the Dallas CPA Society. this magazine do not necessarily reflect official Eric Butterman univer ­sity policy. 18 JSOM Research Ventures Our alumni and friends continue to support us generously. This year, the total of individual givers climbed significantly. Among alumni alone, 10 © University of Texas at Dallas, 2014 JSOM Addition Designed With Students in Mind — we saw a 125 percent increase in the number who made a contribution. I express my sincere appreciation for your support, and I am happy 20 Advisory Council Update to report our accomplishments now place us among the nation’s leading business schools. UT Dallas is an equal opportunity/ Efficiency, sustainability and aesthetics addressed, too affirmative action university. Mia Squilla Pavelle 22 Center and Conference News Yet, we understand that we can do better — and will do better — for our supporters, alumni and students. On the cover: Untitled, a watercolor 12 23 Faculty News rendering by Jim Bowman of the glass Art and Business Meet at Special Event Best wishes, sculpture he has been commissioned to create for the atrium of the new Jindal Funds raised for JSOM Art Collection at gala evening 25 Program Updates School addition. 13 29 Student News Glass Artist to Create Signature Piece for JSOM Collection 33 Alumni Profile Visit our site on the worldwide Web 15 34 Alumni Notes jindal.utdallas.edu Bold Art of Bygone Airlines Tells a Business Story VOLUME 17, No. 2 SPRING 2014 Mia Squilla Pavelle 38 Contributors the heart andthe art of jsom

Filling a Philanthropic Need NEW CERTIFICATE PROGRAM TO TEACH FUNDRAISING FUNDAMENTALS By Kim Horner

ew nonprofits can survive without a good fundraiser. These experts are in high demand — and short supply. But a new Executive Certificate in Fundraising program aims to give fundraisers and nonprofit leaders the skills Business is far more than numbers and the bottom Fthey need to thrive in an increasingly specialized field. line. These stories look at the public spirit and “The Naveen Jindal School of Management’s new the heart artistic aspects of management education. Executive Certificate in Fundraising will be an asset for the community by giving fundraisers the tools they need to and help their organizations accomplish their missions,” Brent E. Christopher, president and chief executive officer of the Communities Foundation of Texas, says. of jsom Christopher will serve as a guest speaker for the pro- the art gram. The Communities Foundation of Texas, the largest community foundation in Texas, has awarded more than $1.3 billion in grants to charities since 1953. Program registration opened in February for classes that begin in June. Full-Time MBA students Roopesh Arelly (left) and Todd The program was created by Dr. Kyle Edgington, certificate Williams (center) discuss the new certificate program with program director and visiting clinical professor who was for- UT Dallas Director of Corporate Relations Jessica Watts merly assistant dean for development and alumni relations and JSOM Director of Development and Alumni Relations Marcus Baker. for the Jindal School. As assistant dean, Edgington secured the naming gift for the then-School of Management. Edgington, who recently served Fundraising jobs often suffer from high occurrences of as president of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star Founda- turnover, Edgington says. He says the certificate program tion, also held fundraising positions at Texas Tech University. will help address these issues by building fundraisers’ skills Texas has more than 100,000 nonprofits — and the number and confidence. of organizations increased 41 percent from 1999 to 2009, The expectations for nonprofits also have changed, with according to the National Center for Charitable Statistics. That donors seeking more evidence of the impact of their giving, has fueled a growing need for formalized education and train- Edgington says. ing opportunities for fundraisers, Edgington says. He said the “Donors want to know, ‘How can my gift make a measur- Jindal School program is one of a small but growing number able and sustainable impact?’ ” Edgington says. that offers an academically based fundraising certificate. “The new UT Dallas Executive Certificate in Fundraising

UT Dallas | Spring 2014 3 the heart The Certificate Curriculum and The four-course certificate program will cover the fundamental theories and emerging models of effective the art of jsom fundraising. The courses are: • Fundamentals of Fundraising • Government, Corporate and Foundation • Fundraising Methods: Annual Gifts, Major Gifts Fundraising preneurship course that Wright has From left: Hope’s Door student taught for five years. The pilot pro- and Planned Gifts • Planning and Leading the Campaign consultants Annie Luong, Josh For more information about the Executive Certificate in Fundraising, contact Dr. Kyle Edgington at Runnels and Michael Ha gram was modeled on projects that [email protected] or visit jindal.utdallas.edu/fundraising. students completed for that class. Runnels, who worked on the Hope’s After finishing their projects, Door consulting project. “We really got many students have continued to will give fundraising pro- will learn the most effective, research- to practice some of what we learned.” volunteer for charities, Wright says. fessionals an excellent based strategies and best practices Runnels graduated from JSOM’s He adds that at least two former foundation for building to help their organizations make the Full-Time MBA program in December. students now serve as chairman campaigns that resonate biggest possible impact,” says He now has a job in the nonprofit of the board of directors for the with donors and result in McDonnough, a past campaign sector as director of field relations organizations they helped through increased support,” Susan chairman for the United Way Brent E. Christopher at Irving-based Mothers Against their consulting projects. Hoff, chief strategy and and past chairman of the Dallas Drunk Driving. “If we can continue that kind of operations officer of the Regional Chamber. In all, Jindal School students completed eight projects involvement, it’s a real testimony to the strength of the pro- United Way of Metropoli- The courses also will benefit donors, during the fall 2013 semester through a pilot program, a gram,” Wright says. tan Dallas, says. says philanthropist Hunter Hunt. JSOM initiative to increase students’ level of community in- The management volunteer consulting program provides Clint McDonnough, “Dallas has such a vibrant and volvement. The school worked with the United Way of Met- students with an opportunity to use skills they learn at the ropolitan Dallas, which asked its partner agencies to submit Jindal School to make significant contributions to the non- managing partner of the growing philanthropic community,” Clint McDonnough Dallas office of Ernst & Hunt says. But it is also complex, applications for the students’ assistance. profit community, McNulty says. Certificate Program Director “We are proud of the students’ creative and dedicated Kyle Edgington outlines the Young and a member of he says, “and at times it is difficult to Half the students worked on projects as part of a new certificate curriculum to a the UT Dallas Develop- navigate through the process of best community volunteer consulting course taught by Dr. Diane work providing North Texas nonprofits with new ideas,” group of potential students. ment Board as well as a connecting donors with causes. The McNulty, associate dean for external affairs and corporate McNulty says. “These projects make a lasting impression number of other nonprofit fundraising certificate program at development, and Robert (Bob) Wright, senior lecturer. The not only on the agencies but on decisions students make and civic boards, also says that the fundraising certificate pro- UT Dallas will benefit its participants other half were enrolled in the fall section of a social entre- in the future.” gram will fill a growing community need. in this area — strengthening the Susan Hoff “Fundraisers who take the certificate program courses broader community.” Nonprofits that benefited last fall from JSOM student consultants: • CASA of Collin County • REAL School Gardens Consultations =Community Involvement • Dallas Challenge, Inc. • Vogel Alcove STUDENTS EXERCISE SKILLS IN COURSES THAT HELP CHARITIES • Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center • Wilkinson Center By Kim Horner • Hope’s Door • YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas

onprofits usually cannot afford to charity that offers a food pantry, after-school hire professional consultants. classes and other programs. But dozens of North Texas chari- “It was a unique opportunity to rub shoul- ties have received high-quality ders with people who are doing work in the Feeding Schoolchildren From Afar By Donna Steph Rian Nexpertise from Naveen Jindal School community that is important and is making of Management students — at no cost. a physical and tangible difference,” says Josh One student consulting team developed ore than 1.3 million underserved children in India The Dallas chapter of Food for Education (www.foodforedu- grass-roots fundraising ideas for Hope’s receive a healthy school lunch each day, thanks in cation.org) is one of nine U.S. chapters of India-based Akshaya Clockwise from bottom right: Robert Door, a Plano agency that helps victims of Wright with Wilkinson Center student part to Dr. Ram Rao, Founders Professor of Market- P¯atra — a public-private partnership whose name comes from family violence. Another beefed up social team members Richard Hudson, Brandon ing in the Jindal School, and the Dallas organiza- Sankskrit and means abundant, inexhaustible. Akshaya P¯atra Southern and Fabe Fan media for the Wilkinson Center, a Dallas Mtion that he founded. was established in 2000 to distribute fresh-cooked meals

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Founders Professor of Marketing Ram Rao started the Dallas chapter of Food for Education, which is part of a global network that helps feed 1.3 million schoolchildren Food for the Needy in India daily. Fighting hunger is part of the group’s A JSOM DEAN HAS LED A VACANT-LOT LUNCH BRIGADE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. mission to promote education and eradicate poverty. By Donna Steph Rian | Photography by john fowler

very Saturday morning, Gerald me to this organization, (Jerry) and Bette Hoag load their Jerry Hoag (center) mans the serving line at the weekly lunch he has helped I and several others were car with fried chicken dinners with provide the homeless and needy since holding loaded plates all the trimmings — potato and the early 1990s. at a Dallas buffet. It was Emacaroni salads, bread, desserts and difficult to think about bags of oranges — and head to Dallas’ Fair kids who might not eat Park area, where 50 to 100 homeless and decade, and when Opal suffered a heart if we didn’t help provide needy individuals and families are lined attack around 2000, the Hoags jumped in for them.” up, waiting. to make sure the food kept flowing. The Dallas chapter Hoag, associate dean of executive edu- “For a while we went to different of Food for Education cation in the Naveen Jindal School of Management, and his restaurants and picked up food that was still good but about raises funds primarily through an annual gala, where con- wife, Bette, have been serving Saturday lunch to a grateful to be thrown out,” Hoag says. “Then we tried doing the tributors receive updates on how the organization is helping crowd for more than 20 years. cooking ourselves, but that didn’t last along. Eventually, we change children’s lives. It also regularly notifies members “We don’t ask questions. We feed them a meal and pray decided buying it already prepared from a grocery store was and contributors regarding others ways to give. with them. Whoever shows up gets fed. They know they can the best way to go.” daily to more than 9,000 government schools. Last year, the “The Jindal School has been very supportive of our efforts,” count on a hot meal every Saturday, whether rain or shine, Friends often pitch in, bringing additional food and Dallas chapter contributed more than $237,000 — of a total Rao says. “They always buy a table, with usually between holiday or not,” Hoag said. “We also often take clothing and sundries, and volunteering to serve. Several former UT Dallas of $1.4 million raised by all U.S. chapters — to its parent 15 to 25 faculty attending. Our Dean Hasan Pirkul and blankets, and toys for the kids. At Christmas, we wrap up students now have been regulars for years, Hoag says. By 2006, organization. Additional corporate sponsorships and indi- [Associate Dean] Diane McNulty have provided us unwaver­ hundreds of gifts to hand out. On holidays, we change up the Knights and Dames of Malta, a Catholic organization of vidual donations put the U.S. total funding at more than ing support. They have been very gracious, generous the menu and make it special.” which the Hoags are members, stepped up to lend a hand too. $5.6 million in 2012. and encouraging.” The program — which has no formal name — was “That really helped us a lot, having that organization “Our purpose is to feed poor children in India, and we Akshaya P¯atra’s success can be attributed to its high started in the early 1990s. A retired truck driver named take some responsibility both financially and by providing are proud to be lending a hand,” says Rao. “About 80 percent technology-intensive kitchens and sophisticated distri­ Opal Phillips cooked out of her home and took food volunteers,” Hoag says. “We were spending from about $125 of funds are raised in India, with U.S. chapters contributing bution system, Mookerjee says. Nineteen centralized kitch- to the homeless in the East Dallas neighborhood. When to $150 per week, so having them help made a big differ- another 7 to 10 percent.” ens produce healthy meals reflective of various Indian the Hoags learned of the humble effort, they agreed to ence. It also was fun, having a regular group of people with Rao started the Dallas chapter in 2008 and served as regions’ diverse cultures and appetites. Specially equipped help. The couple met Opal each Saturday for the next us. In previous years we were never really sure who would its co-chair with Suma Kulkarni, a 1981 UT Dallas chem- trucks then distribute these meals up to a 150-mile radius show up to help.” istry undergrad who earned an Executive MBA from daily, she says. For the Hoags, assisting others less for- JSOM in 2003. “The kitchens have been a case study for supply tunate has been equally gratifying. “You get The Dallas chapter is considered “exemplary” chain models,” Mookerjee said. “Most of us have to know them. They are people too, and and includes 35 to 40 volunteers, says Dr. been to India and seen the operation. I’ve tasted they all have a story. I’m a firm believer that Radha Mookerjee, JSOM professor of information the food. It’s very good.” programs to help people should be local systems and another active chapter member. In addition to helping overseas, the Dallas chap- and personal, not government funded. Ram Rao She served as the group’s first treasurer and ter helps feed disadvantaged people here at home, People need to help people directly.” later as a co-chair. with many of its members volunteering at the North “Akshaya P¯atra’s objective is very straightfor- Texas Food Bank and other local organizations. ward,” says Mookerjee, who, like Rao, is a U.S. “We are interested in bringing our participation citizen originally from India. “They want to give and enthusiasm not only to those in India, but Meals are routinely substantial and come with all the trimmings for waiting diners, who typically number between 50 and 100. a healthy meal to a child who might not get to local organi­zations that feed poor people and another meal that day. When Dr. Rao introduced Radha Mookerjee children,” Rao says.

6 The Naveen Jindal School of Management UT Dallas | Spring 2014 7 the heart andthe art of jsom Gaining by Giving NONPROFIT INVOLVEMENT HAS CULTIVATED STUDENT SKILLS, CAREERS AND COMMITMENTS. working with them now that my internship is over,” he says. skills, and now she works for 7-Eleven doing social media,” By Eric Butterman “After seeing what they do, I really wanted to be a part of Haworth says. their mission.” Thomas is quick to say that he would hire Dhanani if But Haworth has seen many success stories. Recent gradu- the funding was there. “I hope we prepared him for his ate Ana Santellana, BS 2013 (see Alumni Notes on page 37), first career by throwing him into the fire,” he says. “It just got digital marketing experience at Volunteers of America. shows how an organization can benefit from enthusiastic “The CEO of that organization was very impressed by her energetic students.”

Accounting Students Contribute to Cultural Collaboration By Eric Butterman

ccounting Senior Lecturer Mary Beth Goodrich was the AIS class, and because UT Dallas “has many interna- looking for a way for students to achieve Account- tional students that our mission really resonates with,” ing Information Systems (AIS) class objectives and the nonprofit looks forward to offering them friendly, gain career-relevant experience. Goodrich reflected collaborative environments. A on how she gained immensely from the 2½ years she spent in China and the many interna- tional students at UT Dallas. “The Chinese students in my AIS class surprised the non-Chinese students, A new nonprofit, Chinese & American At left: Undergraduate Marketing Program Director Julie Haworth at work in a Consumer Behavior class | At right: JSOM graduate my TA and me with Chinese New Year gifts and an explanation of this student Alishan Dhanani (far right) with (left to right) former client turned part-time staffer and volunteer Mason, volunteer Jana Culture Connect, approached Goodrich. holiday and its importance to them,” Mary Beth Goodrich (center) says. Pugh and (behind Pugh) program manager Lena Carrera at the Santa Run event held by My Possibilities, a local nonprofit. The organization was facing startup chal- She adds that the students putting their hands in a cupped position is a traditional way to wish people a happy new year. lenges, including implementing accounting processes. So Goodrich’s AIS students began hen Julie Haworth, director of the Jindal think of social media last, and he helped show just how valu- to provide solutions, building their skills School’s undergraduate program in market- able it can be. He really understood our mission, and it came and résumés in the process. ing, decided to have students in her Product through in the marketing he did. He managed the communi- Students have worked on the chart of and Brand Management class test their skills cation of events on Facebook and through our email blasts… accounts, evaluating accounting information Wat nonprofits, she had no idea the impact it and even crafted some of our communications. He also went systems, evaluating processes and controls would have. But the results over the past three-years have led out into our community and repped our organization. We for accepting donations, and administering to ongoing community service and student growth. pulled him in to everything we do — he saw how budgets seminars, inventory and purchasing. “Nonprofits have unique challenges within their budgets,” work, how the HR side works. We even brought him in Janu- “They have a chance to set the tone of the she says, “so there was an opportunity for students to learn.... ary to our staff retreat.” startup for years to come,” Goodrich says. I also thought these places would have an open mind to “I was able to take what I learned in class and see it be “Students’…application of concepts in this letting students be more involved.” applied in the real world,” Dhanani, a December 2013 under- class allow them to see the impact of what For Michael Thomas, executive director of My Possibilities, graduate now enrolled in the Professional MBA program, they are learning.” a Plano, Texas, organization devoted to helping adults with says. “We talked about differentiation in class, and I saw that Chinese & American Culture Connect mental and physical challenges, it did not take in the Santa Run that My Possibilities did — as op- (facebook.com/ChineseAmericanCultureConnect) long to see the value. Haworth student Alishan posed to a normal run for charity with T-shirts they works to share language and culture, and to Dhanani plugged in to more areas than Thomas created excitement with thousands of people in increase understanding between Americans could have imagined. “Alishan started working for Santa suits. It was amazing.” and people of Chinese and Taiwanese heri- us, and he was key in changing our social media And Dhanani came away with more than a tage. President Andrea Wills says the group feels fortunate to have partnered with presence,” Thomas says. “Often nonprofits will Ana Santellana résumé builder — he became a believer. “I’m still

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both inside and outside. “One of the have offices, and executive educa- things you’ll see as you walk in, is how tion students will gain three class- we’ve provided a lot of space [where rooms, a lounge and a break room. students] can come together to work As for the exterior, 7,000 cubic on projects, or for informal learning, yards of concrete have been placed whether in the café or in the courtyard from the foundation to the top, says space right outside the café,” she says, Senior Project Manager David Fisk referring to a planned on-site café. “So, of the Beck Group, the general con- it gives students a lot of choices.” tractor. Concrete provided the filling Besides the sales lab where sales stu- for one drilled pier after another dents can rehearse and get feedback on — 108 in all — each forming an presentations, rooms will be available individual column and all of them for studying and for group-project work. supporting the entire structure. Fisk points to the building’s eventual And, for employment opportunities, The existing school and the exterior as further proof of its greenness, Nayak says, there will be a recruiters’ addition will be connected by walkways saying that not only will it be “a very lounge “with interview rooms, to ensure on the first and second floors — the handsome building,” architecturally, but that all students get placed in good jobs most public parts of the facility — and it will feature several types of stone — and internships.” will share a continuous corridor that each cut in distinct fashion — obtained JSOM’s Career Management Center will loop around the entirety of the from nearby Texas quarries, which JSOM Addition Designed with StudentS in Mind plans to move into the new facility, two buildings, giving the impression helped keep shipping costs down. EFFICIENCY, SUSTAINABILITY AND AESTHETICS ADDRESSED, TOO which also will feature student lounges, of one large space. Like its counterpart, The facility’s windows will make their By Mia Squilla Pavelle meeting spaces, tutoring areas and a the third floor of the new structure will own LEED statement because of energy stock-trading room. PhD students, as house faculty offices. On that level, a efficiency, Fisk says, as well as add to the he Naveen Jindal School of Nayak. She works for the Plano, Texas- and changing student needs.” well as faculty and staff, are slated to unique open-air walkway between the building’s good looks. “There will be Management’s new addition based architectural firm, SHW Group, Aesthetically, “we planned for the two structures will permit faculty mem- what we call ‘punched windows,’ which remains on track for its Sep­ which partnered with Boston’s Goody main common spaces on the first floor bers to travel back and forth. are individual windows that will occur tember grand opening. Comple- Clancy in designing the new facility. of the building to be a two-story vol- From design to construction, every in what might look like a random pat- tion will come 14 months after Student needs — as well as the uni- ume with abundant daylight,” Nayak step of the JSOM addition has been taken tern, but it creates an interesting effect.” the start of construction last July. versity’s goal to become a Tier One says. “A large wood-framed continuous with conservation, health of its occupants Nayak says that all involved with the At 108,000 square feet, the new research institution — were driving window on one side opens this space and sustainability in mind, says project project appreciated JSOM Dean Hasan structure will be more than half again forces behind much of the design, visually to the landscaped courtyard manager Fisk, all with the goal of achiev- Pirkul’s aspirations and did all they as large as the existing building. It mea- Nayak says. The addition was also a outside.” With a grand staircase in the ing Leadership in Energy and Environ- could to deliver his dream, despite bud- sures 204,000 square feet. response, she says, to what the students center, Nayak says the commons is mental Design (LEED) certification. get constraints. “The dean consistently The four-story addition “topped were saying was missing from the exist- “the heart of the building.” Leftover concrete, residual steel, not said he wanted a handsome building, out” February 10, and in a traditional ing facility, which opened in 2003. A glass sculpture by Dallas artist Jim to mention wood and sheetrock scraps, a building that would have a presence ceremony acknowledging the structure One missing element was informal Bowman (see Glass Artist to Create are all recycled, Fisk says. “We really try on the ground, and he wanted some- had reached its maximum height and learning spaces. “Flexibility of these Signature Piece for JSOM Collection on to make sure we’re looking at everything thing that would look sophisticated and interior construction could begin, a spaces and having a structure that will page 13) will be installed in the com- we generate and try to find a home that finished, like a school of management crane hoisted an evergreen tree to the allow them to change in the future is mons. The building otherwise “has a isn’t a landfill.” graduate would look.” top of the building. very important, so the building isn’t very neutral palette that will be a good The $25 million project exemplifies obsolete as we go along,” Nayak says. backdrop for bold, colorful art to be the efficient use of space, sustainability “This is a part of being sustainable, placed to create interest,” Nayak says. John Fowler’s photos, those included here and more, make up Construction of a Management Building, an exhibit that was and the importance of sticking to a allowing the building to grow with Her design emphasizes collaborative part of Artistic Impressions of Management, an April 26 celebration (see Art and Business Meet at Special Event on page 12) in the Jindal School. budget, says principal architect Vandana changing times, changing programs spaces at the first and second levels,

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Glass Artist to Create Signature Piece for JSOM Collection

orporate suites, conference centers, hotels, • Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer hospitals, DART stations. You likely have seen Center at Dallas a work by Dallas artist Jim Bowman, who • The Catholic Foundation, Dallas has created signature impressions for offices, • Daltile, Dallas Cprivate homes and public spaces throughout • Downtown West End and Oak Cliff the Metroplex. Now he is making a glass sculpture V.A. Medical Center DART stations, Dallas especially for the Jindal School of Management, which • Fidelity Investments, Dallas will be installed soon in the atrium of the new addition • Frisco Conference Center — set to open this fall. • Hall Office Park, Frisco Bowman has been developing expressions in glass • Renaissance Hotel, Richardson since 1978. He studied under the internationally His commissioned piece for the Jindal School will renowned glass artist Marvin Lipofsky, a leader in use bold colors and varying sizes of molded and the American Studio Glass Movement that put a new blown glass — a visual display of exploration and emphasis on art — rather just functionality — in innovation. It will capture artistically what business Art and Business Meet at Special Event glass and on glass blowing as an art form. Bowman at its best presents to the world — ingenuity, energy FUNDS RAISED FOR JSOM ART COLLECTION AT GALA EVENING received formal training at the California College of and vibrancy, an engaging liveliness, a dynamic that Arts and Crafts in Oakland. encourages the best. For 14 years, his center of operations has he relationship between business and art was the Other exhibits were: been Bowman Glass. Located immediately focal point of Artistic Impressions of Management, a Selected Works of Jim Bowman: Dallas artist Jim Bowman south of downtown in the Cedars neigh­ special event in the Naveen Jindal School of Man- (bowmanglass.com) is creating a commissioned glass sculpture borhood of Dallas, the space is home and agement April 26. The event celebrated art as a constructed of blown glass and fused glass components sup- studio to Bowman and his artist wife, Mary Tcatalyst for ingenuity and entrepreneurship — key ported by a welded steel armature that will be a dynamic, Lynn Devereux-Bowman. It also serves as factors in business success. And the evening served as a colorful focal point in the Jindal School’s new addition. a classroom for the beginning glass- fund­raiser for the new Jindal Art Collection. Renderings, models and some components of the work-in- blowing classes the studio offers through Prominent local artists attended, and displays of their works progress were on display. (See Glass Artist to Create Signature the Creative Arts Center of Dallas. were a highlight of the evening. Thanks to alumni and friends, Piece for JSOM Collection on page 13.) The Bowmans are committed to a lifestyle JSOM’s new collection will help provide a cultural experience Corporate Art Showcase: Several pieces representing the prod- of ongoing experimentation and artistic for students as they receive a world-class business education. ucts, services and cultures of companies that call the growth in their artwork. Jim Bowman Distinguished alumnus and longtime JSOM benefactor Metroplex home, including AT&T; Denbury Resources, Inc.; works on diverse approaches to glass art, H. Ronald (Ron) Nash, MS 1979, and his wife, Susan, served Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc.; Ebby Halliday Realtors; Frito- including glass blowing and casting, kiln- as honorary chairmen of the evening. Jacqueline Anderson, Lay; Haynes and Boone, LLC; The Home Depot; Mary Kay worked glass, and glass and mixed media art consultant, president of JBA Art Solutions and wife of Inc.; Reclaimed Textiles; and the Sherwin-Williams Company. sculpture. Offices and public spaces in the Dallas Museum of Art Director Maxwell Anderson, served as The Glamour Age of Flight: On loan from the UT Dallas McDer- DFW area displaying his work include: artistic curator on two of the exhibits. mott Library Special Collections, this exhibit provided a look • Baylor All Saints Hospital, Fort Worth Art on display included Construction of a Management Continued on page 14 School, an exhibit of photography­ by John Fowler (jmfowler photo­graphy.com) documenting the creation of the school’s Above left: A preliminary model of the sculpture Dallas glass artist Jim Bowman is creating for the Jindal School is on display 2013-2014 expansion (see JSOM Addition Designed With in his studio. | Above right: A piece of blown glass in the Jim Bowman stands amid a display of artworks that he and artist wife Mary Lynn Devereux-Bowman have created Students in Mind on page 10), and the winning entries of making (top) as Jim Bowman puts his talents to work at Bowman Glass, their combined home and studio in the Cedars neighborhood south of downtown Dallas. the Jindal School Business Photo Competition.

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The painting Abandoned West Texas Farm (left) by Jon Flaming and a sculpture that is one of many that Brad Oldham created for The Lumen, a hotel in University Park, Texas, are iconic pieces by the two local artists, whose selected works were on display at the April 26 JSOM art gala.

Continued from page 12 back at photography, advertising and ephemera of Braniff Pepsi. His work has appeared in many publications, includ- International Airlines. (See Bold Art of Bygone Airlines Tells a ing Communication Arts, Graphis, Print Magazine and The Soci- Business Story on page 15.) ety of Illustrators annual. Stewpot Art Program Exhibit: A selection of artwork created Selected Works of Brad Oldham: Acclaimed Dallas sculptor Brad by participants in the Stewpot Art Program, a community Oldham (bradoldham.com) has elevated many environments outreach serving the homeless and at-risk populations of worldwide — from public spaces to private homes —with Dallas, was on display and available for purchase — with his site-specific artworks. The Traveling Man, his public in- the proceeds going to the artists. stallation near the Deep Ellum DART station, has become a Pop-Up Art Exhibit: This dynamic display featured the work neighborhood and Dallas icon. In 2010, the Americans for of both emerging and established local artists, including: the Arts included the work in its Year in Review program. In Jayshree Bihari — saatchiart.com/ArT-suTra 2011, the Texas Society of Architects recognized Oldham Bold Art of Bygone Airlines Tells a Business Story Susan Bishop — redrosetexart.com with its prestigious Artisan Award. This past year, Oldham By Mia Squilla Pavelle Liz Conrad — arcanewind.com/liz sculpted and installed a life-size bronze lion sculpture for the Beth Eschbach — betheschbach.blogspot.com National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C.; a sculpture mong the many exhibits awaiting visitors through a second bankruptcy — is housed at the Debbie Klein — debbiekleinart.com of Wayne Gretzky in Ontario; and a 28-piece installation at at the Jindal School’s April 26 Artistic Eugene McDermott Library, and is part of the Nan Phillips — nan-art.com The Lumen, a hotel University Park, Texas. Impressions of Management event was a library’s larger General Aviation Collection. It is Herb Reed — herbreedwatercolors.com Selected Work of Janet McGreal: A painter and sculptor signature collection of artifacts that overseen with pride by Paul Oelkrug, the library’s Sandhya Shetty — sandyashetty.com who works in acrylic, copper and steel, Janet McGreal Atransported those old enough to coordinator of special collections and archives. Paul Oelkrug John Van Ness — johnvanness.net (janetmcgreal.com), keeping apprised of JSOM’s art remember back to a bygone era of commercial “This collection gets more use than almost Selected Works of Jon Flaming: A Richardson, Texas- gala progress, decided to lend the school one of her air travel and introduced those too young, to a anything we have,” Oelkrug says. “And what’s based graphic designer, illustrator and painter, iconic Squigglies. The piece will be on display in time imaginable only as history or fiction. interesting is, it’s not all aviation-related Jon Flaming (jonflaming.com) is best known for Brad Oldham the school for six months. The Glamour Age of Flight was made up of his fine art depicting iconic Texas imagery, rural JSOM Associate Dean Diane McNulty, a select mix of dazzling photographs and bold, landscapes and various industry brands. He started [email protected], 972-883-4489, and super-sized advertising posters used during the Above: A crew stands astride one of the brightly painted aircraft — dubbed “jelly beans” his own design and illustration studio, Jon Flaming Assistant Dean Erica Yaeger, erica.yaeger@utdallas. 1960s and 1970s to promote the now-defunct because of their bold colors — in Braniff ’s Design, in 1993 and has created award-winning edu, 972-883-5855, hosted the April 26 special Braniff International Airlines, once an industry fleet. | Left: Commissioned by Braniff to paint images for big and small companies throughout event and are in charge of the new art collection. innovator headquartered at Dallas Love Field. The the exteriors of some flagship planes, American artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976) created the the U.S., including Milton Bradley, FedEx, Contact them to make a contribution or entire Braniff collection — acquired by UT Dallas eight-legged “Beastie” seen here. Hewlett-Packard, Neiman Marcus, JCPenney and John Flaming donate artwork. between 1988 and 1992, as the company went

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At left: Braniff ’s design aesthetic included a waiting Fundraising room (left) that featured chairs designed by Alexander Girard (1907-1993) for the Herman Miller furniture com­ pany. | Left center: Three Braniff “hostesses” wearing Breakfast signature uniforms and bubble helmets by Italian fashion designer Emilio Pucci at the Paris Air Show in the late 1960s | Below left: A Braniff waiting room at the DFW Raises $101K airport in the 1960s | Below right: Bold color choices often made Braniff concourses stand out. and Nets 40 Scholarships

From left: Jindal School Dean Hasan Pirkul, alumni Charles and Nancy Davidson and UT Dallas President David E. Daniel

research. We’ve had people who are interior designers and decorators looking at pictures he $101,000 raised at the 2013 Jindal of Braniff terminals.” School of Management Scholarship Braniff’s in-your-face ad Breakfast has been awarded in 40 schol- campaigns, high-spirited, T arships to JSOM students this spring semester. aggressive approach to cus- tomer service and revolution- Since it began in 2009, the annual breakfast ary marketing apparatus made event has generated more than $400,000 and it a force to be reckoned with, funded nearly 200 new scholarship awards. indeed, a case study in the use JSOM alumnus and keynote speaker Charles Davidson Management Honors Program students with the program’s assistant director, of art as a driver of business, ing, but if Braniff was your carrier, the experience could be (Chuck) Davidson told the more than 300 people Caryn Berardi (front row, center) reason enough for any curious downright glamorous. With Italian fashion designer Emilio in attendance at the November 19 event at the JSOM student to venture Pucci in charge of uniform creation, and American artist Dallas Westin Galleria that the current energy for all the people in this country.” Alexander Calder commissioned to paint Braniff’s fleet — over to McDermott Library, boom can help the nation achieve something Davidson, MS 1980, his wife, Nancy Gundy says Oelkrug. the “jelly beans,” as they were known, a byproduct of the once thought impossible: energy independence. Davidson, BS 1980, longtime Jindal School sup- “There’s a lot of interesting company’s “The End of the Plain Plane” ad campaign — “In my view, the United States is more energy porters, visited with students in the Davidson information, both historically Braniff pushed the bounds of conventional business wisdom secure today than it has been in many, many de- Management Honors Program after the break- and from a business perspec- at every turn, says Oelkrug. cades,” Davidson, chairman and CEO of Houston- fast. The program was named in honor of the tive. The artwork that was “When you paint your aircraft bright orange and blue based Noble Energy, said. “The United States couple in 2011 when they joined Naveen Jindal, produced, the posters, the and green and yellow, you really stand out. When you saw a advertising art, really caught people’s eye,” he says. “Braniff Braniff plane, you knew it was a Braniff plane.” could become energy independent very quickly.” MBA 1992, in a joint $30 million gift that also As presenting sponsor, telecom company But like the Gilded Age and the Golden Age before it, the Davidson said the current energy boom stems resulted in the naming of the Jindal School. was ahead of other airlines in how they approached their and longtime Jindal School supporter business, but you can also look at these archives as business “Glamour Age of Flight” and Braniff’s once ubiquitous adver- from technology that has “unlocked huge re- The Davidsons made the first major alumni Ericsson Inc. took the lead among the 26 records of an airline that failed twice.” tising presence came and went, the victim of deregulation, ris- sources in this country.” gift in 2001 toward construction of the building event sponsors in making a generous donation. Dean Pirkul (far left) and UT Dallas From an artistic perspective alone, the exhibit’s flashy ing fuel costs and dwindling cash flow. But its presence lives “It truly is transformative,” Davidson said. “It that now houses the school. They also have des- President Daniel (far right) accepted the images were stunning, reminiscent of a time when going to on at the McDermott Library, and on April 26 at least, Braniff has changed energy in America. I can’t be more ignated gifts in support of the faculty, resulting presentation check from Tracy McShane the airport was actually fun, and flying not only was excit- enjoyed a resurgent moment in the JSOM. Wilson (second from left), Ericsson’s excited about what it means for our country and in four Davidson Chairs. director of talent acquisition, and Gunjan Aggarwal, vice president of human resources for Ericsson’s North American region and a JSOM Advisory Council member. 16 The Naveen Jindal School of Management UT Dallas | Spring 2014 JSOM RESEARCH VENTURES manufacturing expert sees seru coming to the u.s.and by glenda vosburgh and she those looking already has to improve written a their how-to for produce one or more types which creates customer demand, and the competitive the flexible edge could production of parts. operations management side, which is benefit from system. research Stecke has spoken about the supply and fulfillment side. That relation- done by seru almost exclusively for the ship — whether in conflict or in sync — can dr. kathryn e. stecke past two years, at universities and con- affect a company’s success. ferences in the United States and around the world. “Seru started and is Stecke’s significant scholarly productivity mostly used in electronics production, but it certainly is appropriate for and ongoing involvement in professional groups has led to many awards other types of manufacturing,” she says. While it is not currently known and recognitions. Last year, the Institute for Operations Research and — or therefore used — in the U.S., she believes it is probable that it the Management Sciences (INFORMS) gave her its Women in Operations will be in the future. Research and Management Sciences (WORMS) Award for the Advancement Seru is a more efficient and productive way of making certain types of Women in OR/MS. The WORMS Award each year recognizes a professor of products, she says, resulting in an increased production output who has helped promote the professional development and recognition that requires fewer people. “An Implementation Framework for Seru of women in the OR/MS field within their own institutions and profes- Production,” a study published in the January issue of International sional organizations. Transactions in Operational Research (Vol. 21, No. 1, pages 1-19) that Stecke has been an active member of INFORMS, the largest profes- Stecke co-authored with ChenGuang Liu and Jie Lian of Xi’an University sional society worldwide for professionals in the field, since her days as of Technology in China and Yong Yin of Yamagachi University in Japan, a graduate student. She has chaired national and international INFORMS provides practical guidance for creating a seru system. meetings, twice served on the institute’s board and was elected an A guidance study Stecke did on supply-chain risk issues, “Sources INFORMS fellow in 2009. of Supply Chain Disruptions, Factors that Breed Vulnerability, and She also has served on the board of directors of the Productions and Mitigating Strategies,” was co-authored with Dr. Sanjay Kumar of Operations Management society, which recently re-elected her. Pennsylvania State University – Erie. The work appeared in a special Early this year, Stecke was named guest professor of Northwestern­ issue of the Journal of Marketing Channels (2009, Vol. 16, Issue 3, Polytechnical University in China. Past international appointments have ROY SCOTT ROY 2009, pages 192-226) devoted to managing risks and disruptions in taken her to Australia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy and global supply chains. One of the journal’s most-read and oft-cited the Netherlands. works, the study provides steps that can be taken to prevent disorder and interruptions due to calamities such as floods, earthquakes and anufacturing is a key driver of the U.S. Purdue University, where Stecke earned two master’s fires, as well as manmade catastrophes, such as terrorist attacks, train economy, but American manufacturers degrees and a PhD in industrial engineering, named her one derailments and sabotage of infrastructure. have sometimes struggled to keep pace of its 2014 Distinguished Women Scholars at a ceremony in Another area of research that interests Stecke is operations/market- with their global counterparts. early March. ing interface — the relationship of the marketing side of a business, Those looking to improve their Her body of work shows why this and so many other honors competitive edge could benefit from research done by Dr. have come her way. Stecke is widely considered the U.S. expert Kathryn E. Stecke, Ashbel Smith Professor of Operations on the Seru Production System, a work-cell-based manufactur- Management in the Naveen Jindal School of Management, an ing structure created in 1992 by Sony in Japan. Unlike tradi- Above: Kathryn E. Stecke (left), Ashbel Smith Professor of internationally recognized scholar in flexible manufacturing tional production lines, serus (production cells), are comprised Operations Management, being recognized March 7 as and supply chain issues. of equipment and one or several multiskilled workers who a Purdue University 2014 Distinguished Woman Scholar

Right: Dr. Stecke often uses her expertise to mentor PhD students during the dissertation process. 18 The Naveen Jindal School of Management 19 DEPARTMENTS ADVISORY COUNCIL UPDATE DEPARTMENTS ADVISORY COUNCIL UPDATE

Advisory Council Stalwart Funds Scholarship Breakfast last November, McCown Faculty Fellowship THREE ALUMNI ADD THEIR decided it was “the perfect opportunity to By Glenda Vosburgh step up.” He added another $1,000 to the total, and Grant Thornton matched his contri- EXPERTISE TO COUNCIL ydney Smith Hicks knows firsthand how difficult launching a career in bution. As a result, “we were able to award a very deserving accounting student a $2,000 academia can be. After earning her PhD in economics from Washington scholarship,” he says. SUniversity in St. Louis, she became an assistant professor. By Donna Steph Rian “I know on a personal level how difficult it is to do your research and to become an excellent faculty member,” she says. “I’ve had a lot of hard jobs, but Andrea Nicholas, is a managing partner at that was the hardest I ever worked.” OptimizePM, a project management consulting, HREE NEW MEMBERS recently have joined the Naveen Jindal School of Management The experience left an impression, and it inspired her to make a major dona- staffing and training firm. For more than two tion to the Naveen Jindal School of Management to establish a new fellowship Advisory Council, a group of corporate executives, experts and leaders from the decades, she has been assisting Fortune 1000 T designed to help those in the same situation. Dallas-Fort Worth business community who play a vital role in the school’s expansion, organizations in achieving competitive advan- The Sydney Smith Hicks Faculty Fellowship will recognize tenure-track assistant tages in the marketplace through analyzing professors in the Jindal School who are early in their careers and within five years of development and achievement. The council also provides important leadership in and strengthening their project management receiving their PhD. Recipients will be selected by Dean Hasan Pirkul, who added strengthening and enhancing school programs and goals. strategies and systems. Her specialties include funds to bring the endowment to a base level of $100,000. strategic project investing, project manage- “Sydney’s gift meets a priority of Dean Pirkul in creating endowments that ment talent acquisition and development, can support the school in perpetuity,” JSOM Director of Development Marcus mergers and acquisitions integration and proj- Baker says. Bradley McCleary brings 20 years of infor- large Texas Utilities (TXU) account. array of business enterprises representing ect/program/PMO consulting. Dean Pirkul will award the annual fellowship of $4,500 beginning in the fall mation technology experience to the council, “Our company views UTD as a fantastic almost every industry and every size company,” Nicholas also is a published author and 2014 semester. “I’ve been thinking about doing something for five years,” Hicks says. “I lost particularly in the areas of operations, sales resource for providing exceptional students McCown says. “From this experience, I have sought-after speaker at corporate development my father [last] summer, and after that I decided to stop thinking and start doing.” and finance. He is vice president in the appli- with high-tech skills that immediately can be gained insight into how good organizations programs, national seminars and management Hicks, a past chairman and more than 20-year member of the Jindal School cation services practice of Capgemini America leveraged for the clients we serve, “ he says. operate, why some societies’ events. She earned her BA in inter- Advisory Council, also serves on the advisory board of the JSOM-based Institute Inc., the U.S. arm of one of the world’s “One of my key objectives is to continually organizations fail disciplinary studies from UT Dallas in 1999 and for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. She also is a life member of the UT Dallas largest providers of consulting, technology increase the population of UTD students hired and what out- an MBA from the University of Dallas. Development Board. and outsourcing services. McCleary is respon- at Capgemini. As a long-term resident of standing leader- “This is an exciting time for Dallas, and I Off campus, she is a co-founder and director of technology firm DeviceFidelity sible for the firm’s go-to-market strategy for Richardson, I also feel a strong civic respon- ship looks like. think UTD is ideally positioned to be both an Inc.; director of Smart Start Inc., a maker of ignition interlock devices; and CEO of the energy, utilities and chemicals sector. sibility to continue raising awareness of the This is the kind of ambassador to the global business community SSHICKS Advisors, a banking and strategy consulting company. She has more than A 2001 Jindal School MBA alumnus, university in the corporate environment.” insight I can bring showcasing North Texas’ diverse economic 30 years of experience in the banking industry, having served as chief economist McCleary previously served as a strategic to UTD and the base and talent pool, and a steward to the of NCNB (the current Bank of America) and visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve planning director Pat McCown, a partner and practice leader council.” next generation Bank of St. Louis. She spent nearly a decade with various regional Federal Reserve at Blockbuster at Grant Thornton LLP, one of the nation’s most McCown also of our business Banks and academic institutions. “I’m hopeful the fellowship will help professors launch their careers more Inc. and a well-known accounting organizations, brings Pat McCown hopes to help leaders,” Nicholas effective ly­ ,” she says. “The goal is for management more than 20 years’ experience in multi-state with student says. “I am eager their research to transform how we think consultant tax planning, audit defense, refunds and recruitment, as one of his primary roles at to be a part of about or solve a business problem, thus with Accenture consulting. A 1991 JSOM undergraduate alum- Grant Thornton is to “see to the recruitment, providing the enhancing the free enterprise system.” LLP. He joined nus, McCown joined Grant Thornton in 2012 growth and development of our people,” type of guidance Capgemini in after serving in various positions with both he says. that students 2004 and ini- public accounting firms, and private and pub- Already, McCown is giving back to his need and em- To support the Jindal School, contact tially was re- lic corporations. alma mater. At a recent JSOM council ployers demand Marcus Baker, director of Development sponsible for the “As a CPA and tax consultant for 22 years, meeting, after listening to an update on in my role on the and Alumni Relations, at 972-883-6298 Brad McCleary Andrea Nicholas transition of the I have had the pleasure to see an incredible the $99,000 raised at the school’s annual council.” or [email protected].

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PBS Host Reflects on Career and the Institute THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW for Excellence in Corporate Governance By Eric Butterman

Coming to the U.S. on page 18) named a Distinguished Fellow of chapter of the Texas Society of hen Dennis McCuistion and politician Steve Forbes. get to attend the annual latest accolade for contributing the Information Systems Society Certified Public Accountants. took the helm as execu- Because of his experi- conference and the board to the advancement of women in at the 2013 meeting of the In- The statewide group has 29,000 tive director at the Insti- ence, McCuistion was asked dynamics series, and are her field comes from Purdue Uni- stitute for Operations Research members and 20 chapters. tute for Excellence in in 2006 to moderate one eligible for discounts on versity, where she earned three and the Management Sciences A licensed CPA in Texas CorporateW Governance in late 2010, he of IECG’s first corporate other programs. graduate degrees on her way to (INFORMS). The primary aim and New York, Agulnek joined becoming a leading researcher in of the ISS Distinguished Fellow the JSOM faculty in 2002 after brought to the Naveen Jindal School of Man- governance conferences. “We’re also doing Mike Peng agement decades of experience both as an The annual conference in-house programs for operations management. Award is to recognize individu- retiring as a tax partner from adviser to corporations and as a commentator was then and remains now three boards…about Mike Peng, O.P. Jindal Chair In a program and recep- als who have made outstanding Ernst & Young. During his to the masses. Serving on many corporate the feather in the institute’s proceeding into the of Management, coauthored tion March 7, Purdue honored intellectual contributions to the time at JSOM, he has served boards, including three publicly traded compa- cap. McCuistion says it has future and getting to a with Professor Klaus E. Meyer of Stecke, Ashbel Smith Professor information systems discipline. in many professional associa- nies in the last 10 years, he has long been an set the bar high for many better governance struc- the China Europe International of Operations Management in The JSOM Information Systems tion leadership roles, including advocate for responsible leadership. He has years, “and we’re now ture,” he says. Business School a review of the the Naveen Jindal School of area boasts two other ISS Dis- two terms as treasurer of the broadcast the same message as longtime host of focusing more on key ele- Under McCuistion, United Kingdom’s manufacturing Management, as one of its 2014 tinguished Fellows, Dean Hasan Dallas CPA Society. The Texas his self-named national PBS show, McCuistion. ments of future trends and IECG’s Board Dynamics prospects. In an opening summary Distinguished Women Scholars. Pirkul and Vijay Mookerjee, Society recognized him with an “Corporate governance has been a huge board dynamics.” Series, periodic seminars in “Winning the Future Markets Recipients of the title “serve as also a Charles and Nancy award in 2012 for his service as part of my life, and television is an avocation “We also want to keep in which boardroom for U.K. Manufacturing Output,” role models to all of our scholars Davidson Chair in Information chairman of the editorial board of mine that helps to educate,” he says. “I get challenging ourselves when Dennis McCuistion behavior is fair game for Peng and Meyer predicted that in the making,” Laurel Weldon, Systems, who were named fel- of the state group’s magazine, energized from both.” it comes to keynote speak- discussion, have grown as U.K. manufacturing firms will Purdue’s interim vice provost for lows in the last two years. Today’s CPA. He joined the A bank CEO before he was 30, McCuistion ers,” he says. “How great was it to have Dan a huge selling point of the institute. IECG Di- continue “to excel in industries faculty affairs, said in announcing board in 2004 and served as its found a second life in education in 1971. “The Burrus, who the New York Times called one rector Anthony J. LeVecchio has been doing a in which the U.K. has revealed the honorees. She recognized chairman from 2009 to 2013. first class I taught was called Principles of Bank of the three important futurists in the world. great job spearheading those, McCuistion says. comparative advantage, such as Stecke and five fellow honorees Operations — how different that class would Or Terry Jones, the founder of Travelocity, He believes the Board Dynamics Series and aerospace, automobiles, chemicals as “impressive and accomplished be now!” knocked our socks off on innovation. There soon-to-debut Transformational Roundtables and pharmaceuticals. They will women” who have made signifi- When he had the opportunity to become was Raj Sisodia, co-author of Conscience Capi- — gatherings to help directors prep for the also be competitive in high-end cant contributions in their academ- host of a national show in 1990, McCuistion’s talism….We want to educate people by bring- future — can be even more of a focal point. niches, such as equestrian goods ic and professional communities. reach grew. “I’ve had a chance to interview ing in the best.” and leisure marine transport.” Stecke recently was re- “We need more like the one on the five Art Agulnek thousands of people — you can’t overesti- Outside the conference, McCuistion has types of functional and dysfunctional direc- Published last October, the study elected to a second term on the mate the value of a frank discussion!” he says. long had the goal of reaching more business tors,” he says. “It focused on what they look was commissioned as part of board of the Production and Op- Art Agulnek, senior lecturer Bobby Chang (right) Experts who have been guests have run the leaders and strengthening all services the insti- like and how you truly evaluate directors and the UK Government’s Foresight erations Management Society. in accounting, was chosen as gamut from journalist Jim Lehrer to publisher tute provides. “For example, I still want more let them know their performance. How do Future of Manufacturing Project. chairman-elect of the Dallas CPA Cordia Leung (at left, above), bank directors,” he says. “We just had our they improve, and, if they can’t, how do you Society at its annual meeting in president of the DFW chapter

McCUISTION CAREER HIGHLIGHTS sixth bank directors’ certificate program for get rid of them.” January. He will serve this year of the National Association of them, but I want to do more things. I want to Beyond creating successful programs, and part of next as second-in- Asian American Professionals, • Bank CEO before the age of 30 get more credit union directors participating.” McCuistion has a strong desire to help grow the command of the local profes- presented Bobby Chang, senior Eyeing an initiative to educate directors national visibility of UT Dallas through his own sional group before becoming lecturer and director of the Inno- • Host for two decades of nationally syndicated show McCuistion of nonprofits about governance, McCuistion platform. “The television program is vital to get- chairman in the 2015-2016 year. vative Global Leadership Execu- adds, “We’re going to keep growing!” The society, a not-for-profit tive MBA program, a Leaders of ting the word out on what a quality university we Sumit Sarkar • Chairman of the nominating and To further the breadth of the institute, he have,” he says, “and what we can offer. Some association serving more than Excellence award at the group’s governance committee of Affiliated Kathryn Stecke has started a membership program for both of the most innovative work is being done here, Sumit Sarkar, Charles and 6,000 certified professional ac- second annual gala last Novem- Computer Services Inc., a Fortune Kathryn E. Stecke’s (see 500 company sold to Xerox corporations and individuals. For $389, they and I want my audience to be aware.” Nancy Davidson Chair in In- countant members in Dallas and ber. The association is a non- Manufacturing Expert Sees Seru formation Systems, last fall was surrounding counties, is the local profit for Asian-American profes-

22 The Naveen Jindal School of Management UT Dallas | Spring 2014 23 DEPARTMENTS FACULTY NEWS DEPARTMENTS FACULTY NEWS sionals interested in enhancing take part in the 2014 Business sion and Risk Analysis, editor Asian-American leadership in Ethics Conference for Deans of with Shige Peng and Jaeyoung their careers and communities. Catholic Schools of Business in Sung, Real Options, Ambiguity, late March at the University of St. Risk and Insurance, Volume 5 in Thomas in Houston. The deans Studies in Probability, Optimization and key professors from the top and Statistics (Amsterdam: IOS 25 U.S. Catholic business schools Press, 2013); and author with Kelly T. Slaughter Robert F. Hicks Michele Lockhart Mike Peng Suresh P. Sethi were meeting as part of Popes Jens Frehse and Phillip Yam of Kelly T. Slaughter, clinical Benedict XVI and Francis’ calls for Mean Field Games and Mean Field Robert F. Hicks, director of Michele Lockhart, senior Mike Peng, O.P. Jindal Chair Suresh P. Sethi, Eugene professor of information systems ethics in finance education, Bowen Type Control Theory, SpringerBriefs the Organizational Behavior and lecturer in organizations strategy of Management, Global Business, McDermott Chair of Operations and director of the Center for In­ says. Reading materials in advance (New York: Springer, 2013) Executive Coaching program, and international management, 3rd edition (Mason, Ohio: Cen- Management, editor with Marija Habte Woldu formation Technology and Man­ of the conference included a case Coaching as a Leadership Style: The editor, with Kathleen Mollick, and gage Learning, 2013) and Global Bogataj and Lorenzo Ros-McDon- Habte Woldu, director of agement, was slated to speak study on Bowen’s whistleblower Art and Science of Coaching Conver- author of a chapter in Political Strategy, 3rd edition (Mason, nell of Industrial Engineering: Innova- the BS in Global Business and May 8 on big data and analytics role in the subprime mortgage sations for Healthcare Professionals Women: Language and Leadership Ohio: Cengage Learning, 2013) tive Networks, Proceedings of the MS in International Management at Convergence 2014, the annual crisis that began in 2008. Former- (New York: Routledge, 2014) (New York: Lexington Books, Fifth International Conference on Studies programs, delivered a continuing professional education ly a vice president at Citigroup, 2013) Industrial Engineering and Industrial lecture on “Managing Cultural conference of the Dallas CPA he tried as early as 2006 to warn Management “CIO 2011,” Carta- Differences for Effective Cross- Society. The conference was ex- the bank’s senior management gena, Spain, September 2011 (New Cultural Communication” in pected to draw more than 1,200 and board of directors about the Eugene Deluke York: Springer, 2012) October of last year as part of participants. UT Dallas helped increasing levels of defective the annual Diversity Lecture sponsor the event, which was mortgages he was seeing. Eugene Deluke, senior lec- Series that UT Dallas holds to designed to update certified pub- turer in operations management, celebrate National Diversity lic accountants in public practice SAP SCM: A Supplement for SAP PROGRAM UPDATES Awareness Month. and industry. FACULTY AUTHORS base Supply Chain Management

Woldu, who received his un- Seven Jindal School faculty Courses (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall dergraduate degree in social sci- members were invited to the Hunt, 2012) Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program Earns National Model Award ence in Ethiopia and his PhD in reception at the UT Dallas economics from the Poznan Uni- McDermott Library on May 1 to versity of Economics in Poland, recognize faculty authors. Held he Jindal School’s graduate program in innovation and programs. All are taught by full-time faculty with significant entre- created a course on multicultur- annually, the reception not only entrepreneurship has been recognized as a national preneurial experience. alism in the classroom soon after celebrates the authors’ achieve- model by the United States Association for Small Busi- In addition, the JSOM-based Institute for Innovation and he arrived in Dallas in 1993. His ness and Entrepreneurship (USASBE). Entrepreneurship (IIE) sponsors student and community educa- Richard Bowen (right) ments, it also introduces the T research focuses on areas of campus community to their The association, an academic organization dedicated to advanc- tion programs, including an entrepreneurship club and the an- human resources management Richard Bowen, senior ing the discipline of entrepreneurship, bestowed its 2014 National nual UT Dallas Business Idea Competition. works. The JSOM authors and Richard Harrison Model MBA Entrepreneurship Program award Innovation is driving the economy and and assessment of cultural values lecturer in accounting, spoke their works are: in various societies, with empha- March 20 at “Blurred Lines: The Richard Harrison, associ- on JSOM in January in Fort Worth at the asso- job growth, Dr. Joseph C. Picken says. A clinical sis on emerging economies, National Economy — Whose ate professor of organizations, ciation’s annual conference. The recognition was professor and director of Innovation and cross-cultural studies and analysis Money Is It?” a program in the strategy and international man- one of the association’s Excellence in Entrepre- Entrepreneurship programs, he helped start the of cultural dynamism. Woldu be- Distinguished Lecture Series agement, author and, along with neurship Education Awards. Jindal School’s entrepreneurship program 12 lieves that his life experiences of the John Ben Shepperd Public Alessandro Lomi, editor of The The Jindal School was among several college years ago. have informed his understanding Leadership Institute at The Uni- Garbage Can Model of Organiza- programs and universities that sponsored “The innovation economy is where the the USASBE conference, which drew more than action is,” says Picken, who also serves as aca- of the importance of diversity versity of Texas of the Permian tional Choice: Looking Forward at 500 attendees. demic director of IIE. “More than 80 percent for social development and Basin in Odessa. Bowen was one Forty, Volume 36 in Research in Alain Bensoussan The Jindal School offers a Master of Science of the jobs in today’s economy are created by change, but also for staying com- of three panelists who focused the Sociology of Organizations in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MSIE) startups and small businesses. To compete in petitive in the global economy. on how monetary policy (central Alain Bensoussan, Ashbel (Bingley, U.K.: Emerald Group degree with concentrations in corporate innova- the innovation economy, firms will still need bank) and fiscal policy (govern- Smith Professor of Operations Publishing Limited, 2012) tion and new-venture entrepreneurship. Equiva- all of the traditional skills, but also will require ment decisions) affect our lives. Management and director of the lent concentrations also are available through employees and leaders who understand the Bowen also was invited to International Center for Deci- two graduate-certificate and several dual-degree process of innovation.”

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MOVES UP JSOM IN NEW U.S. NEWS RANKINGS MS in Business Analytics Program GLEMBA Starts Fall Semester Pamela Foster Brady

ig data keeps getting bigger — and compa- JSOM’s online graduate business graduate programs, Gains nies need people who can analyze it. programs (jindal.utdallas.edu/academic- says online business To help businesses meet the growing programs/online-programs) ranked fourth programs add to B demand for this expertise, the Naveen Jindal New in the nation in the new standings, tying the school’s long- School of Management is introducing a Master with the University of West Georgia. JSOM standing reputa­tion of Science in Business Analytics degree starting Naveen Jindal School moved up from No. 9. for quality class- this fall. Leaders of Management “I think one of the main reasons for our room instruction. “There’s a huge demand for people with David Springate programs moved up high ranking is that we try to make our online “We are Two these skills,” says Dr. Srinivasan Raghunathan, in the latest national U.S. News & World Report program as much like our on-campus pro- pleased to offer professor of information systems and coordina- graduate-business-school rankings. The Profes- gram as possible — same requirements, same our students an he Global Executive ferent executive MBA participants.” tor of JSOM’s Information Systems and Opera- sional MBA program (jindal.utdallas.edu/pmba) courses, and most of the same faculty. I think exceptional expe- MBA (GLEMBA) pro­ Program curricula differ sub- PMBA and online tions Management area. climbed 16 spots. It moved to the No. 22 spot students appreciate the rigor of our approach rience in both our gram has new leader­ stantially. The Executive MBA program rankings The Jindal School received input from local overall, tying with the University of Maryland - to online courses,” Dr. Larry traditional and moved up ship. Pamela Foster program emphasizes C-suite industry leaders on the skills needed. Students College Park. Among public university part- Chasteen, director of the online pro- Brady, director of the leadership, strategic frameworks, in the 36-hour degree plan can focus in financial, time programs, JSOM’s tied for No. 12. Professional MBA Online grams,” JSOM Dean Hasan Pirkul says. ExecutiveT MBA program, has been adjustments to strategy due to healthcare, IT, marketing or decision and opera- The Full-Time MBA program (jindal.utdallas. program, says. named GLEMBA director, and Dr. globalization and information/big tions analytics tracks. David Springate serves as academic data, and the implementation of edu/ftmba) remained at No. 37, tying Texas A&M Dr. Monica Powell, Larry Chasteen JSOM already offers many of the courses director for both the Executive MBA enterprise transformation. University and the University of Rochester. JSOM’s associate dean of that will make up the new degree plan, Raghu- and GLEMBA programs. Former The new Global Leadership nathan says. He says that new courses also will GLEMBA Director Bobby Chang re­ Executive MBA curriculum, in con- be added. mains as director of the Innovative trast, appeals to global managers. See jindal.utdallas.edu/msanalytics for more GLEMBA (iGLEMBA) program. The new curriculum includes two information. A 2011 graduate of the Executive semesters of U.S. business funda- By Kim Horner RANKINGS SHOW RISE IN SCHOLARLY ARTICLES MBA program, Foster Brady returned mentals, followed by an in-depth as its director in fall 2012. Springate, study of multiple developing re- a Jindal School finance professor, gional markets and one developed he Naveen Jindal School of Manage- based on articles published from 2009 to 2013. Jindal School faculty produced 170 articles was founding associate dean for regional market. The program is ment released The UTD Top 100 The Jindal School tracks contributions in 24 during the most recent period, placing the Executive Education at UT Dallas designed for students to evaluate Business School Research Rankings™ leading peer-reviewed journals from schools school at No. 16 in the North American rank- T and the Executive MBA’s founding and enter new markets, then lead for 2014, providing a benchmark to measure in separate U.S. and worldwide rankings. The ing and No. 17 in the global ranking. Since director. He has been an instructor and execute in those markets. faculty research productivity at schools around scoring system measures single and multiple 2005, the school has climbed from No. 36 in for every Executive MBA class since The Executive MBA program will the globe. authors and university affiliations. North America. the program’s inception in 1993. continue with its classroom-based The Wharton School of the University of The rankings document a significant in- Two non-U.S. schools made the top 20 The leadership changes took alternate weekend format supple- Pennsylvania retained the No. 1 spot, it has crease in business faculty research in the past worldwide, including INSEAD, based in France, effect last October and mean that mented with two study tours. The held since the annual rankings began in 2005. nine years. The 100 ranked schools produced Singapore and Abu Dhabi, which was No. 14 “these two executive MBA programs Global Leadership Executive MBA Harvard University maintained the No. 2 9,174 articles in the 24 leading journals during worldwide. Hong Kong University of Science are moving closer together,” Spring- program will deliver most classes place in the latest North American and world- the most recent ranking period. That number and Technology ranked No. 20 worldwide. ate says. They operate as comple- online, incorporate expanded cam- wide rankings, while New York University has risen from 5,879 articles in the first period For the most recent research productivity mentary, not competitive, programs. pus retreats and include both an moved to No. 3. Current-year standings are of the rankings, from 2000 to 2004. rankings, visit utdallas.edu/top100. “Yet, by design, they remain very international residency and an inter- Srinivasan Raghunathan distinct programs appealing to dif- national study tour.

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SEMINARS AND THE WINNER IS Scholarly Get-Togethers Help Keep Faculty in Top Form

BY DONNA STEPH RIAN AUTO APP IDEA NETS STUDENT TEAM A GLOBAL WIN Naveen Jindal School of Management student team won an international compe- A tition for its idea for an in-car app that could diagnose problems, direct occupants lecture on why business re- as well as one from nearby SMU’s Cox School scholars to talk about their current research,” to repair shops and gas stations or find restaurants and hotels from a dashboard screen. searchers need to study logic and of Business. he says. Their Hermes Road Warrior System was one of six winners in Global Connected Car philosophy was a unique topic M a r k e t i n g MIS Contest 2013 sponsored by the business software firm SAP. The JSOM team won in the offered this semester in one of Once a year, the Marketing area sponsors Management Information Systems seminars convenience and safety category for its idea to connect drivers through wireless technology. Athe dozens of seminars held in the Naveen its Frank M. Bass UT Dallas Frontiers of Re- are open to faculty and PhD students. Recent The Hermes app would be simple to use by touching the car’s display panel. It Jindal School of Management. search in Marketing Science (FORMS) confer- presenters have keyed topics to health infor- would diagnose engine problems and give directions to the nearest repair shops. It Eric Tsang, Dallas World Salute Distin- ence. Now in its eighth year, the three-day mation technology, online gambling behavior, could sync GPS and fuel data in order to plan gas stops on long trips. And it could guished Professor in Global Strategy, elabo- event was established to foster high-quality HIV transmission and the Internet, and how Left to right: Chao (April) Li, Dwight Fraencis scout the best restaurants and hotels along the way. rated on the subject in a presentation in research in quantitative approaches to market- online reputation affects social media endorse- Dy, Atul Nagar, Accounting Senior Lecturer The team name, PAADS , includes the first letter of each member’s first name. Mem- Mary Beth Goodrich, Xi (Sunny) Jiang and February to more than 40 faculty members ing, provide a forum for a stimulating exchange ments and product sales. bers are Prachi Sahoo, Chao (April) Li, Atul Nagar — all MS in Information Technology Prachi Sahoo and students attending the Organizations, of ideas and foster the development of PhD CLBO E students; Dwight Fraencis Dy, who is pursuing a master’s degree in management and Strategy and International Management area’s students. The 2014 forum included presenta- The Center and Laboratory for Behavioral administrative sciences; and Xi (Sunny) Jiang, who graduated in December with an MS in Information Technology. inaugural Research Seminar series. tions on such topics as strategic interactions Operations and Economics’ seminars, which Their chief prize is a trip to Silicon Valley in August to meet with experts from SAP and General Motors to advance their idea. “We, as an area, have had seminars between firms, pricing, social networks and focus on issues in behavioral economics and Team leader Dy said the group came up with ideas based on their own driving experiences. The team members are part of the occasionally in the past,” says Mike W. Internet marketing, and innovations in retailing. behavioral operations management, are open Jindal School’s SAP Users’ Group, which offers educational, networking and career-development opportunities for students seeking Peng, O.P. Jindal Chair of Global Strategy Two seminar series also are hosted: an an- to all, says Gary Bolton, center co-director and careers in SAP or other business software systems. and OSIM area coordinator. nual Marketing Seminar Series, O. P. Jindal Chair of Managerial Economics. “However a number of us which includes guest lectur- “The regulars in our audience come from FULL-TIME MBA STUDENTS WIN HUMANA HEALTHCARE CASE COMPETITION thought it would be more ers from outside universities most groups in JSOM, as well as from the eco- team of JSOM Full-Time MBA students won first place in a national competition beneficial to have a regular presenting research to faculty nomics departments at UT Dallas and SMU,” Afor an innovative strategy to help seniors make sure they take their prescribed and students typically four Bolton says. series, once a month…on a medications as directed. regular – instead of ad hoc – times each semester; and a A c c o u n t i n g The students — Steve Buchalter, Shane Damico, Charlotte Hamm and Madison The Accounting Workshop Series features basis. We believe it also will Sales Executive Seminar Se- Moore — won the Humana Healthcare Case Competition last November at Huma- contribute to the intellectual ries, which brings well-known experts from the United States and around na’s headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky. climate of our school.” Eric Tsang sales executives to campus for the world. It is open to all and has been ongo- It was the second time that a Jindal School team won the competition in the past Academic seminars such presentations to students, fac- ing for numerous years. Nearly a dozen topics three years. The team received $10,000 and job-interview opportunities. The annual as these are designed to help ulty and invited outside guests were presented this semester. competition aims to attract potential employees who can help create solutions to Left to right: Steve Buchalter, Madison Moore, faculty meet like-minded three times each semester. O p e r at i o n s M a n a g e m e n t important healthcare challenges. Charlotte Hamm and Shane Damico The Operations Management seminar series thinkers and stay at the F i n a n c e The UT Dallas team competed against finalist teams from Columbia, Emory, forefront of their fields. Top Finance seminars are open is a PhD-level course for OM students, organized Georgetown, Pittsburgh and Rutgers universities, the University of Minnesota and the minds from around the world to the public and have been by Suresh Sethi, Eugene McDermott Professor of University of North Carolina. The Columbia University team won second place at the November 1 finals. often make presentations. ongoing for many years, says Operations Management. Guest speakers typi- Competitors had to recommend an investment into a product or service to engage members to take an active role in their health. Robert Kieschnick OSIM seminars this year Robert Kieschnick, associate cally are from universities across the nation, but The teams, which received an imaginary budget of $50 million over five years, were required to provide a detailed analysis of the included a professor of eco- professor and Finance and occasionally professors from foreign institutions opportunity and its impact, and an explanation of how the product or service’s success would be measured. The finalists made pre- nomics and management from Managerial Economics area and corporate industry executives are invited. sentations before company employees and judges from Humana’s top management. the International Ataturk Ala- coordinator. “They are unique Outside faculty and other PhD students are wel- The Jindal School team recommended a comprehensive program to help people 65 and older better adhere to their healthcare. The too University in Kyrgyzstan in that we bring in top finance come, based on space availability. students suggested that Humana create an advice line exclusively for that demographic and introduced a pillbox that reminds users to take their medication. The team suggested that Humana acquire a company that provides that type of product and integrate the services.

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AND THE WINNER IS CONTINUED AND THE SCHOLARSHIPS GO TO…

PLAN TO SAVE MALL WINS REAL ESTATE STUDENTS FIRST he Dallas chapter of the American Advertising Federation and the AAF Dallas Foundation awarded JSOM PLACE IN CONTEST Tstudent Zayd Mabruk its Morris Hite Memorial Scholarship early this year. The $3,000 annual award is plan to resuscitate an ailing retail mall earned a team of JSOM named for Dallas advertising pioneer Morris Hite (1910-1983). A undergraduates first place and $4,000 in the inaugural case Mabruk, who earned his BS in business administration in 2012 completed an MS in marketing in Decem- competition of the International Council of Shopping Centers. ber as part of JSOM’s dual master’s degree program. He is now is enrolled in the Professional (part-time) MBA UT Dallas was one of seven universities invited to enter the program and slated to graduate in August. first Texas ICSC contest, which was introduced at the trade associa- Mabruk has earned several scholarships during his JSOM career, including one as a member of team in a Per- Zayd Mabruk tion’s annual conference in Dallas last November. Other invitees sonal Selling and Sales Management course that featured a final-assignment competition. Finishing in first place, Above: The JSOM team making were Southern Methodist University, Texas A&M University, Texas Mabruk and five classmates won $3,000 in scholarship money from Henry Schein, a Fortune 500 healthcare products provider. its presentation to the Texas Christian University, the University of North Texas, the University ICSC contest judges of Oklahoma and The University of Texas at Austin. From left: Douglas Hermann, All four winning Jindal School students had taken the Intro- hree JSOM graduate accounting students have each earned a $2,500 scholarship from the Accounting Education Foundation of Karmen Lau, Stephanie Jacobs and Tryna Hammond duction to Real Estate course taught by Dr. Randall Guttery, direc- Tthe Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. All three, Kyle C. D’Souza, Anna M. Knutson and Pearl Promwanrat, earned tor of JSOM’s real estate concentrations. a bachelor’s degree in accounting last year and are slated to graduate from the Professional Program in Accounting in May. Knutson Guttery tapped Douglas Hermann, a senior in finance and and Promwanrat have contributed postings to the TXCPA2B blog (txcpa2b.com). president of the UT Dallas Real Estate Club; Karmen Lau, a senior in global business; and Tryna Hammond and Stephanie Jacobs, both business administration seniors, to apply what they had learned to the competition challenge. It called on them to craft a rescue plan for a hypothetical shopping center in foreclosure. The pro­per­ty was held by a bank that had requested help to both stabilize and revitalize the property. BIG RETURNS FOR The JSOM team developed a complete response addressing leasing, management, development, government and sales-market by Jill Glass concerns. Preparation led to a 30-minute presentation the team gave to a panel of seven judges, including Texas State ICSC Director VITA VOLUNTEERS Kendra Hinterland. or dozens of Naveen Jindal School of Management students, IN THE TOP 10 AGAIN tax season is a time for making a difference. tudents learning and refining salesmanship skills in courses that are part of JSOM’s professional sales concen- As tax-filing season 2014 entered its last leg, roughly S tration have placed in the top 10 in national collegiate sales competitions this academic year. Senior market- 175 Jindal School students volunteered time and accounting Fknow-how to help needy tax filers. ing major Asha Andrews placed eighth in the speed sell category at the seventh annual National Sales Challenge at William Paterson University in New Jersey in November. Stephanie Reed, who earned her BA from the School The students participated in the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer of Interdisciplinary Studies in December, was the eighth-place finisher at the Great Northwoods Sales Warm Up Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, a free tax-prep service that Some VITA volunteers with accounting faculty member from October 31 to November 2 at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. draws upon the skills of IRS-certified volunteers to help people with low Mary Beth Goodrich (second from left) and VITA coordinator to moderate incomes. Coordinated by the United Way, VITA puts Kathy Zolton (third from left) Stephanie Reed volunteers through two days of extensive training, then tests them on the IRS tax system. PHD INITIATIVE LEADS TO AWARD Since UT Dallas students began participating in the program five Kathy Zolton, JSOM’s associate director of the graduate accounting research study by PhD students Seong Byun and Jong-Min Oh earned the First Place years ago, the number of student volunteers has grown from 50 a year program and VITA coordinator, attributes VITA growth to increased A Doctoral Student Outstanding Paper award at the 2013 annual meeting of the Southern to about 175 this year. awareness sparked by more aggressive marketing and a new slogan, Finance Association last fall. In their winning study, “The Role of Media in Valuing Intangibles: Last year, 93 UT Dallas students served more than 2,200 tax filers “We are. VITA.” Word of mouth from students who obtained their Evidence from Corporate Social Responsibility,” they examined the role of media in the valua- who earned approximately $50,000 or less, returning more than $5.5 dream internships after participating last year also helped create more tion of intangible investments in the context of corporate social responsibilities. million in tax refunds and saving clients more than $475,000 in tax buzz, Zolton says. Both Byun and Oh are candidates for a doctoral degree in Management Science with a con- preparation fees. But VITA is more than getting taxpayers maximum refunds or bol- centration in finance, and their paper is an outcome of a summer research project initiative for This year, as of February 28, UT Dallas students had helped 3,300 stering student résumés, Zolton says. “The students gain compassion PhD students the JSOM Finance area started last summer. taxpayers get back nearly $9.1 million in tax refunds, averaging about for a family of five living on $22,000. It’s a perspective you can’t learn Seong Byun (left) and Jong-Min Oh $2,800 per filer. (Final figures for the 2013 tax year were due in May.) in a textbook.”

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Executive MBA Alums Share Personal and School Ties BY ERIC BUTTERMAN THAT’S OUR TEMOC The tall, silent type, the mascot is a JSOM marketing student and brand ambassador for UT Dallas DECADES OF DEVOTION

by Mia Squilla Pavelle why so many people who want to reach Gilliland go through Allen. “We’ve gotten a chance to probe each about how to market Temoc and to other on what’s going get people to feel the energy, that’s information — must rely solely on body my goal as mascot. So, being a language, a topic of particular interest to well and not so well,” marketing major teaches me how him last spring when he was enrolled in a says Gilliland, who is now to utilize that tool.” JSOM Business Communication course. “As semi-retired and serves on While no two mascots are the mascot, you really can’t talk. It’s not like corporate boards. “When alike, they do have one thing I can tell people how great UT Dallas is, so you have challenges, it’s in common: their job I try to show them how happy the school great to be able to bounce description. They makes me.” ideas off each other, or, if are — all of them And that requires knowing your audience, o one knew what to expect with the inaugural 1994 something isn’t going well for one of us, we can commiserate.” — brand ambas- a skill Temoc has worked hard to perfect, Executive MBA class. Students gave feedback, in- They also have had the opportunity to share the joy of family. As sadors, and in and which he can relate to firsthand: “With structors adjusted, and much was learned. But for they have watched their wives and children become friends, the Al- the fiercely marketing, you always have different tac- Sam Gilliland, former CEO of Sabre Holdings, and Rich Allen, former lens and Gillilands have actually spent the majority of the past 20 New competitive tics, different things you do with different vice president of human resources at Texas Instruments, it led to them Years together. “We even had a dual baby shower,” Allen adds. world of high- people. If I’m around older folks, I’ll act becoming best friends. They have watched their children grow together, er education, differently than if I’m around students, and leaned on each other and seen each other succeed. Their personal con- THE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT CONNECTION I definitely act differently around children.” branding can nections are a value added to what they learned in the classroom. Today, both of them use their experience for the benefit of the Take a winter appearance at a Texas be everything, a “We didn’t typically complain about anything — we did something Jindal school. They are jointly spearheading a drive to put money in the s far as point not lost on Legends basketball game. While helping A about it,” Gilliland recalls. “And we both had a similar approach to life coffers of an opportunity fund they have opened on behalf of the EMBA marketing goes, it is not the hard-charging to promote the Dallas Mavericks develop- and work.” Class of 1994. Allen also was keynote speaker at a Power of Two a bad time to be in the busi- young marketing man ment league team’s upcoming summer Allen remembers where their friendship truly started. “It was entre- mentoring event for the MBA program, and Gilliland gave a talk for the ness of higher education. The behind the affable Temoc. camps, Temoc — representing JSOM’s preneurial class,” Allen says. “We partnered up with Bernard Goor [a EMBA Speaker Series on how to be a corporate leader — which Allen Information Age has made it easier than “I’m taking Product and corporate partnership with the league fellow alumnus presently an Oracle VP], we chose wine, and we went attended to give support. ever for universities to tout their professors Brand Management right now, and the — kicked it into high gear, generating a with our wives to do wine tasting. We had fun, put on a party for the Neither has ever lost sight of what the JSOM did for them or the and programs, athletics and state-of-the-art entire time the professor is talking about level of product enthusiasm among the class, and we sold [wine] by the case.…We came away with the only A.” meaning of the friendship that began there. Says Allen: “I would share facilities. But when it comes to bang for corporations and how they market their children in attendance that he hopes will Even though Allen, who was a division president at Pella Corpora- anything this with this guy and, honestly, I don’t know if I can say that the buck, it’s hard to beat the promotional brand and some of their core values, I’m bring a long-term return on his invest- tion from 1998 to 2005, is quick to defer to his friend’s accomplish- about many people.” value of the old-school mascot, particularly over here relating it, in my mind, to the ment. “Ten years from now, when those if that mascot happens to grasp the prin- mascot,” he chuckles. kids are looking at college ments, Gilliland always remembers who was the class valedictorian ciples of marketing. Relating it specifically, he applications, when they see and who helped him with his own weaknesses. “He’d hear me on the “It’s the perfect marriage,” says the says, to how the mascot com- UT Dallas, they’re going to phone with colleagues and say, ‘Are you kidding me?” Gilliland laughs. senior Jindal School of Management mar- municates, which in the case have at least some faint mem- “So I would get my share of coaching.” keting major who has been performing of his alter ego, is non-verbally, ory of that giant Comet man Probably not surprising to Gilliland, Allen is now a coach for busi- at the Texas Legends game.” ness owners and executives. Above series: Sam Gilliland as UT Dallas’ own Temoc (Comet, spelled since Temoc is mum. When (left) with Rich Allen And, from a marketing For Gilliland, nine more years of long hours led to him becoming CEO backward) since 2012. “If I was a chemistry selling the UT Dallas brand, Left: Executive MBA and major or a history major, it might not be so the student inside the costume standpoint, that may be just of Sabre Holdings in 2003. For Allen, his career at Pella led him to Iowa. GLEMBA students listened to right, but the fact that I’m actually learning — whose identity is top-secret enough to sway them. Still, the two were only a phone call away. They even joke that this is Gilliland at an EMBA Speaker Series event on January 25.

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ALUMNI NOTES 1970s She is the chairman of the board of directors for all seven continents (see The Business of Globalization, ments, in 2010 A.K. was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya between East African countries and the United from Baylor University. She lives in Dallas with her AVID Center, a nonprofit organization that focuses on Management magazine, Spring 2012, Vol. 15, No. 2, Samman Award, the president of India’s highest honor States. Edwin said in a recent newspaper article that two young sons. Linda DeWeese Dunkel, MA 1976, and her college readiness. She earned an undergraduate degree pages 5 and 14), he completed his 125th marathon in conferred on a non-resident countryman. Other recog- the top exports from East husband, Tony Dunkel, BS 1992, EMBA 1994, in management from Texas A&M University. August 2013 in Alaska. He has become one of 40 nitions have included the Dallas Business Journal Minor- African countries to the U.S. Peter Balyta, GLEMBA 2003, was appointed presi- enjoyed 2½ weeks of retirement before rejoining Her successor at TI is another JSOM alumnus, people in the world who has completed the marathon ity Business Leader Award and the Unity International are coffee, textiles and gar- dent of Texas Instruments Education Technology in the workforce at the helm of the Bali Institute for Peter Balyta, GLEMBA 2003 (see page 35). “hat trick,” which refers to run- Foundation’s Excellence in Global Friendship Award. ments; the top imports are February, succeeding Melendy Lovett, MS 1982 (see Global Renewal, a global learning organization aimed ning marathons on all seven He has served in numerous leadership roles, industrial chemicals, equip- page 34). Education Technology is a TI global division at empowering students, groups and organizations Warren L. Rapert, BS 1987, chief financial officer continents, in all 50 states and including as a past chairman of the Asian-American ment and technology, espe- providing education technology, interested in making a difference in the world. Both (CFO) at Trans-Trade, was a finalist for the Dallas more than 100 marathons. And Chamber, Urban League of Greater Dallas and North cially computers. Edwin also educator professional develop- Dunkels had served as pro bono advisers to the Business Journal’s 2013 CFO of the Year Award in the he was featured on the front Central Texas, and the Community Relations Com- is involved in real estate investment in East Africa, ment and classroom content institute for nearly 10 years. Linda joined as president logistics and transportation division and was featured page of the November 14, mission. He continues to serve on the Dallas Regional tech-startup ventures and construction equipment focused on improving mathe- and CEO, and Tony came in as chief operating officer in the publication’s October 25-31, 2013, issue. Trans- 2013, Richmond Times-Dispatch Chamber board. sales to East African businesses. matics and science teaching and chief financial adviser. Trade, which he joined in 2012, for starting the National Black Distance Runner Hall He and his wife, Monica, have two children. and learning. Peter has been Linda continues to serve as the chair emeritus of coordinates domestic and of Fame. The second edition of one of his five books, Thomas Brockway Spencer, BA 2002 in Interdis- with TI 14 years, holding prom- Interaction Associates (IA), a consulting group where international ocean, air, truck Running to Leadership: What Finishing 100+ Marathons ciplinary Studies, EMBA 2008; is working on his PhD inent leadership roles in marketing, sales and product she had been president and CEO since 2002. She and train transportation and On All Seven Continents Teaches Us About Success, will 2000s in public affairs at UT Dallas. Thomas is senior manager strategy in North America, Europe and Asia. works both locally and globally. She sits on the board logistics. He has been working be available this summer. Deepak Sethi, PhD 2001, last year published a of operations in the Office of Academic Information TI’s CEO, Rich Templeton, recently praised him, of the YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas. with the executive team to turn memoir, He Opens Another Door, in which he narrates Systems at UT Southwestern saying: “Peter combines a strong understanding of A former teacher of cultural anthropology, she the company around. Trans- Will Deener, MS 1995, has been a financial col- several episodes in his life’s journey, such as his wife’s Medical Center at Dallas. He global markets with his earlier firsthand experience as received a BS in education from The University of Trade was struggling, he told DBJ and “needed basic umnist for The Dallas Morning News since 2010. His stroke on the day their son was leaving India to attend also is the assistant director of a math educator and curriculum and instruction super- Texas at Austin. cash management, account cleanup, data integrity and column runs every Monday and has a basic focus on a master’s program at UT Dallas and his own sub­ the Research Software Core. In visor. He has great appreciation for educators and Tony most recently served as operations manager timely reporting.” the stock and bond markets. Will has covered some sequent transition into the PhD program. His these roles, he helps maintain channel partners with whom Education Technology and senior internal consultant for Interaction Associates. Previously he was CFO at American Airlines’ air major monetary events, including the crash of the forthcoming book is India at the regulatory systems that works to increase student achievement in STEM [sci- Prior to that, he worked as a corporate director of CGI, cargo services spinoff Worldwide Flight Services. He Internet stocks and Enron, and says the extensive 67 – At Sixes and Sevens. support UTSW’s $400 million ence, technology, engineering and math] education.” Inc, a global computer services firm, based in Montreal. earned an MBA from SMU and began his career in the financial background he obtained at UT Dallas, par- Deepak holds two master’s dollar-per-year research enterprise and provides a one- Balyta earned a bachelor’s degree in education Tony serves as the U.S. president and adviser audit assurance division of Ernst & Young. He lives in ticularly in accounting, has been a major asset to him degrees and a postgraduate stop-shop for faculty and students seeking to enhance from McGill University in Montreal, followed by an to the board of World Centers of Compassion Coppell, Texas, with his wife and two daughters. in his work. “Even today, I still rely on my accounting diploma in management from their research efforts with cutting-edge technology. MS from Concordia University, also in Montreal. He for Children International, which helps refugee chil- One professor who made a difference in his background to better understand stocks.” He began three leading Indian universi- In 2013, he attended the Association of American earned a doctorate in mathematics education from dren worldwide. He is a past mentor in the JSOM UT Dallas experience and career, he says, was the working at The Dallas Morning News in 1980, serving ties. Since 2001, he has been a Medical Colleges Group on Information Resources McGill University. Executive MBA program. late Dr. Adolf Enthoven. “Dr. Enthoven was known as both a state and local reporter and assistant Metro- professor at UT Dallas, Oakland University in Michi- (GIR) Leadership Institute. The institute focuses on Tony and Linda reside in Dallas and Hawaii, and internationally, had an accomplished career and politan editor. He earned a BA in journalism from the gan and Old Dominion University in Virginia. emerging leaders in healthcare technology and manage- Richard E. Peck, GLEMBA 2004, is on the board of have two daughters as well as two grandchildren. taught hundreds of students but made me feel he University of North Texas. Before earning his PhD, Deepak served in the ment. Thomas recently told the alumni office: “I feel directors of Toastmasters International, the global always had time.” Indian Army for 31 years and took early retirement that my MBA degree…has helped me greatly in my organization that focuses on communication and 1980s Ashok Kumar (A.K.) Mago, EMBA 1999, was with the rank of brigadier general. He is a veteran of career and enhanced my effectiveness in the field of leadership-skills development. Last summer, he was Melendy Lovett, MS 1982, became the senior vice selected to receive the Padma Shri Award from his the India-Pakistan War of 1971, and he later com- research administration and healthcare management.” elected to the 2013-2015 term at the organization’s president and chief administrative officer at Dallas- 1990s home country of India in the category of Trade and manded an artillery regiment and an artillery brigade Recently married, Thomas and his wife, Lily, who annual international convention. He has been a mem- based Trinity Industries in March after retiring as Anthony Reed, MS 1992, is a certified public Industry at a presentation in March at the Rashtrapati deployed on the border with China and Pakistan owns a Montessori School near Royse City, Texas, ber of his home club, Nutmeg Toastmasters in president of Texas Instruments’ Education Technology accountant, consultant and professional speaker. He Bhavan, the official residence of the president. respectively. While in the army, he was the editor both love education. He is scheduled to teach a grad- Woodbridge, Connecticut, since 2006. He also has division. Melendy had served on the board at Trinity also is co-founder and executive director of the 10-year The Padma Awards are considered India’s highest of Artillery Journal and also scripted and produced a uate-level course this fall in the School of Economic, attained the Distinguished Toastmaster designation, Industries, which provides products and services to old National Black Marathoners Association, which civilian award. motivational film, Pause to Ponder: Ethics, Values and Political and Policy Sciences. which is the top level of the industrial, energy, transportation and construction supports black distance runners and walkers. In addition, Chairman and CEO of the Soldier. achievement in the organization. sectors, since 2012. he is on the Dallas Marathon Board of Directors. He Mago and Associates, a U.S.- His research has been published in such top aca- Kim Vance, MBA 2003, is the marketing director Richard is member of the In her two-decade career was interviewed about his experiences at the Boston based business and investment demic journals as the Journal of International Business at Frog Street, a privately held company based in Network Support depart- at TI, she previously served as Marathon explosion by USA Today and various TV consulting company, A.K. is Studies, International Business Review, Journal of Interna- Grapevine, Texas, that develops and publishes educa- ment at AT&T, where he has the vice president of the human stations. More recently, his article about Marilyn Bevans, very involved in the local Asian tional Management, European Business Review and tional curriculum for the early childhood market. Prior worked 27 years. After earning resources department, where one of America’s great female marathoners, was community. He is especially Asia Pacific Journal of Management. He writes exten- to taking this role, Kim founded his MBA, Richard was certi- she supervised the company’s published last December in Runner’s World. interested in improving India-U.S. business relations sively on geopolitical and international business the marketing consulting com- fied as a Project Management Professional by the worldwide compensation and In 2013, he received one of the National Black and has been a strong advocate for deeper U.S.-India issues, focusing upon South Asia, China and the U.S. pany, Trugenius Marketing, act- Project Management Institute. He volunteers with the benefits programs as well as Data Processing Association’s highest honors, the ties. He is the founder of the U.S. India Chamber ing as president for more than Kiwanis International, where he has served as club the U.S. human resources operation. She also founded Epsilon Award, for community service. He also was of Commerce, which promotes trade and investment Edwin Karuga, BS 2002, is a business applications a decade while serving clients president and lieutenant governor. In his free time, he and led a nonprofit organization, High Tech High Heels, selected to give an oral history of his life as a African- between India and the U.S. As a board member consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Originally including Plano-based Dr Pep- likes traveling, photography, drag racing and studying made up of TI women who were interested in improv- American history maker in track and field (marathoner) of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, he has from Kenya, he is a founder and chairman of the per Snapple Group and Dallas- world cultures. ing math and science education for high school girls. by The HistoryMakers, a collection of African-American helped promote air connectivity among various East Africa Chamber of Commerce, based in Dallas based Solomon Associates. Kim enjoys using her skills Richard says that while all his UT Dallas profes- Prior to TI, Melendy, a certified public accountant, oral history videos. airports in India. with branches in major cities in the United States to help businesses grow their brand and unleash their sors and classes became a “vital foundation for worked as a senior manager with Coopers & Lybrand. The first black in the world to run marathons on In recognition of earlier contributions and achieve- and East Africa. The chamber promotes trade marketing potential. She earned a BBA in marketing understanding how an international organization, such

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as Toastmasters, operates,” it was Patricia Hayden’s Trammell Crow Family Holdings. A certified public well as Comerica Bank and JPMorgan Chase. “ ‘intercultural savvy’ [global business] course that accountant, Mike earned a BBA from UT Arlington, “I truly cherish the time spent getting my MBA at really opened my eyes to the world around us. I use where he serves on the Accounting Advisory Board. UTD,” he says, noting that the JSOM Career Manage- the knowledge that I gained from that course on a He also is a strong supporter of, and sits of the board, ment Center “was instrumental in helping me secure a daily basis and continue to use it as a basis to grow of Make A Way Charities, a nonprofit organization high-quality internship at JPMorgan Chase that jump- WEB PAGE my understanding of world cultures.” supporting single-parent families in the Dallas area. started my banking career.” Vijay has worked in the Kendall H. Helfenbein, EMBA 2004, MS 2006, is Jason Hirsch, BS 2005, MBA 2011, became head banking industry five years. chief financial officer (CFO) of Romacorp Inc., the coach of the UT Dallas men’s soccer team in May He currently is focused on international franchiser of Tony Roma’s Restaurants. 2013. As an undergrad, he was a member of the developing relationships with He recently was featured in Financial Executive Inter- UT Dallas 2004 American Southwest Conference middle-market companies STARS national Magazine. He also was a finalist for the Dallas championship team. He succeeded Comet Coach with annual revenues up to Business Journal’s 2013 CFO of the Year award in the Jack Peel, who retired after the 2012 season. Pre­ $500 million. restaurants division and was featured in the publica- viously, Jason served as assistant coach and before Prior to banking and pre-MBA, he worked in the tion’s October 25-31, 2013, issue. that, as a volunteer coach engineering field for four years and was involved Mike Aldas, BS 2011, and fellow alumnae Rufy Garcia, BS 2011, After working in the audit departments for several following his senior year. with developing software for wireless telecommuni- and Leah Torres Violante, BS 2012, remain on campus virtually large companies, he became senior manager in audit Jason says he always had a cation devices. via a photo on a new JSOM undergraduate recruiting Web page, for two large public accounting firms. In 1991, he was strong passion for soccer, but Prospective Freshmen (jindal.utdallas.edu/freshmen). They are the brought in as CFO for his largest client, Block Man- after high school, his main goal happy threesome celebrating homecoming in one of the rotating agement LLC, which was made up of 15 privately was to get a business degree 2010s photos at the top of the page. owned companies with 7,500 employees. After the and get into the finance indus- Farhad Rizvi (left), BS 2011, co-founded Shamak Mike (2) is owner and president of Urban Events, Inc. in 1 2 3 business was sold in 2008, he try. “However, once I finished my playing career,” he Sandals with his older brother, Hammad (right), while Florida. The company, Mike says, is a direct-marketing firm that became director of finance for says, “I really wanted to stay involved in the game, he was a junior at UT Dallas. The brothers were born specializes in retail development and trade-show event execution for clients. a Fortune 500 company and and so I got into coaching.” to Pakistani immigrants in Oklahoma but were raised Mike says that he was drawn to marketing after being on the board of the then took time off to compete Once he made the switch to UT Dallas as the in Dallas and Saudi UT Dallas chapter of the American Marketing Association. Undergraduate Rufy (1) is the community manager at Dieste Inc., an advertising agency in triathlons — a lifelong goal. full-time assistant coach, he says, “I felt like I should Arabia. In Saudi Marketing Program Director Julie Haworth “really helped nurture and devel- that services nationwide brands on a multicultural level. Rufy says when she He has competed in 14 in all. continue towards my MBA.” He believes that having Arabia, the brothers op my interest. Without her guidance and encouragement, I never would is not working she loves to do “CrossFit and do anything outdoors when Active in his profession, he his business degree has made him a better coach. became interested in have run for chair in the AMA,” he says. the weather allows it, including kayaking and rock climbing.” has published several articles in accounting journals, “The information in those business undergrad and the traditional After graduation, Mike founded a small marketing firm in Dallas and 10 Leah (3) is a marketing specialist at Ascend Marketing and is working serves on two boards and is an executive officer in graduate-school classes helps me with my daily Arabian sandal as months later had the opportunity to start a second company in the Miami/ on her Web Design Certification at UT Arlington. She got married last year the Dallas chapter of Financial Executives Interna- responsibilities. Having to manage almost 40 men’s well as the country’s Fort Lauderdale area. to a business management major from UT Arlington. tional. He serves on JSOM’s Graduate Accounting soccer players on a daily basis takes leadership, and passion for soccer. While on a trip with the Olympic Advisory Board. He earned a BBA from West Texas problem-solving skills. I believe the UTD business soccer team, Farhad — who played for the UT Dallas A&M University in 1981 and became a certified public program helped develop some of those skills.” men’s soccer team — met children living in the villages accountant in 1982. of Pakistan. They shared their stories of poverty with David L. (Dave) Holmes, BA 2006 from EPPS, him, inspiring Farhad to start the company. in marketing. Musa also completed an independent and the bottom line. Every class at the Jindal School Ana, who used to be a Mary Kay independent Michael T. Clock, EMBA 2005, won the Dallas MS 2011, is a senior financial auditor at Montgomery, Shamak means “to make peace” in Hindi. The study with Haworth in which he made a marketing prepared him he says, but Organizational and Manage- beauty consultant, also advises MK IBCs on their Business Journal 2013 CFO of the Year award in the Coscia, Greilich LLP. Dave was a member of the brothers’ concept was to use the sales of Shamak campaign video for ment Consulting with Jeff Hicks and Entrepreneurship social media efforts. Besides social media, Ana enjoys restaurants division and was featured in the publi­ UT Dallas men’s basketball team during his under- sandals as a way to educate children around the the brand. with Bob Robb, now retired, were the two most traveling, cooking and reading. cation’s October 25-31, 2013, issue. As executive vice graduate years and has been a world. The sandals are made by South Asian artisans. Musa is now influential classes. These classes taught actionable skills president and chief financial officer for Le Duff America, member of Omicron Delta The Rizvis partnered with The Citizen’s Foundation, using his marketing in problem solving, presentations and client manage- Mike is responsible for the company’s strategic Epsilon, the Economics Honor which is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative. and global business ment, he says, and gave him real-world experience direction, brand support and Society, since 2004. Since Farhad told The Mercury, the campus newspaper, “… skills in this venture. as a consultant. He also is the chairman of the U40 IN MEMORIAM external financial communi­ graduating, Dave founded the for every pair [of sandals] someone buys online, he or He recently relo- young alumni network at the Jindal School. His goal cations. Le Duff includes the Accounting Alumni Chapter, she has the choice to donate a scholarship, a textbook cated League of Rebels to Los Angeles, as well as is to help students and alumni find their place in the Santosh N. Kabadi, PhD1985, was a second-largest bakery/café a division of the U40 JSOM or a uniform to a child in need.” opened two stores in his home country, Nigeria. corporate world. professor in the Business Administration concept in North America and Alumni, creating a space where accounting alumni can After graduating from UT Dallas, Farhad worked Musa is married to alumna Svitlana Franchuk, department at the University of New is the parent company to network. Dave also is a member of the Dallas for Facebook’s marketing team as well as interned BS 2011. Since graduation, Svitlana has been in the Ana Santellana, BS 2013, is the social innovation Brunswick in Fredericton, Canada. He died Mimi’s Café, La Madeleine Inc., Regional Chamber and its Young Professionals group, in the Office of the Attorney General of Texas. He finance industry as an operations associate with Forex manager at 7-Eleven Inc., where she establishes rela- in a drowning accident in India in Novem- Bruegger’s Bagels, Timothy’s Coffee and Brioche helping to foster a growth both personally and is working on a travel social-network startup with Capital Markets. tionships with fans via social ber 2010. The university has set up a schol- Doree. Previously, Mike was CFO for the company’s professionally. Dave married his wife, Danielle, last a team of students from UT Austin. Farhad lives in networks. She also analyzes arship in his memory. To donate online, go La Madeleine Bakery Café brand and has been with December and continues to enjoy lifting weights, Austin and is as an associate at the Gerson Lehrman Austin Higgins, MBA 2012, is a management con- social commentary to help to unb.ca/donations or send donations to: the Le Duff America group eight years. Before that, he playing piano, basketball and golf as well as volunteer-­ Group, a financial services company. sultant with Slalom Consulting. He has a background 7-Eleven understand guests’ “Dr. Santosh Kabadi Scholarship” at Devel- held leadership roles with Carlson Restaurants World­ ing at the North Texas Food Bank. in military linguistics, journalism and financial consult- perceptions of the brand. Ana opment and Donor Relations University of wide/TGI Fridays in finance and accounting. Mike also Musa Ato, BS 2012. started a high-end menswear ing as well as entrepreneurship — all of which help says that “using this informa- New Brunswick P. O. Box 4400, Frederic- has worked in management at HSC Hospitality Vijay Sachdev, MBA 2009, is the vice president and line, League of Rebels, while still at UT Dallas and him in his work. He has worked with Fortune 15, tion, the company is able to ton, NB Canada E3B. (restaurant division for W.R. Grace) as the company’s corporate relationship manager at BBVA Compass. championed its branding with the guidance of Julie middle-market and startup companies to help them innovate within different product categories and to controller and with S&A Restaurant Corporation and He previously held other positions with Compass, as Haworth, director of the undergraduate program achieve quantifiable improvements to operations offer guests the best experience at stores nationwide.”

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2013 CONTRIBUTOR REPORT William B. Alston Randy R. Braden Lucia S. Cristescu Alma L. Farley Matthew B. Alsup James L. Brasfield Brandon P. Crow Benjamin I. Farnsworth Jason L. Alvarez Mark Brennan Brent E. Culhane Anthony W. Fenimore — — Okechukwu D. Amadi Susanne G. Brogren Tevfik Dalgic, PhD Janice R. Ferrell Beneficiaries of these contributions include the Jindal School’s centers of excellence. Brian Amend Mary Brouillette Kent Q. Dangtran Sergei Finkler Karen A. Anderson Burnis B. Brown David E. Daniel, PhD Elaine S. Flesch James M. Anderson Cathy Brown Brett H. Daniel Alfredo Flores JSOM NAMING PARTNERS Lars Magnus Ericsson Fellowship MOHR Partners, Inc. McGladrey, LLP Cynthia W. Andrew Hayley C. Brown Vinaya Dasari Michael J. Flores Charles and Nancy Davidson in Management Real Estate Alumni, Naveen Jindal School Microsoft Sri Krishna C. Anne Kyle Brown Dariel J. Dato-on Phyllis A. Ford Naveen Jindal Lars Magnus Ericsson Scholarship of Management MOHR Partners, Inc. Stephen J. Apaliski Richard C. Brozewicz Susan H. Davidson Christina L. Ford in Management SHW/The Beck Group Perimeter Global Logistics William A. Arango Corinne Bryan Denise K. Davis Sharon K. Foster Stephen E. Guisinger Memorial The Sherwin-Williams Company Raytheon Company Lace B. Archibald Ty D. Burgess Melanie K. Davis Pamela Foster Brady CHAIRS Scholarship Fund Tim and Jamie Taft Richardson Living LLC Clifford T. Argue Patricia A. Burns Vickie R. Davis Joanna M. Fowler Caruth Chair of Management Yancey Hai Fellowship Texas Instruments Ripley Ranch Stroud H. Arthur Kelem B. Butts Sharon L. De Garmo Jennifer L. Fox Andrew R. Cecil Chair in Applied Ethics David L. Holmberg Scholarship/ Trinity Industries RMG Networks Onur Arugaslan, PhD Bill R. Caddenhead Jimmie R. Dearman John F. Foxworthy Charles and Nancy Davidson Chairs Fellowship Office of Development and Alumni Roach, Howard, Smith & Barton, Inc. Rajesh Y. Aswathnarayana Kimberly A. Cahlik Belcher Abijita Debata Meg Cadigan Frainey O.P. Jindal Chairs Tom James Company Scholarship Relations, UT Dallas Rockwell Collins Andy S. Atalis Luis E. Caldas George A. DeCourcy Shelly J. Franklin Eugene McDermott Chair McAfee, Inc. Scholarship UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Schlosser Design Group Kin W. Au Mark A. Calhoun Kylene S. Deitemyer Jason R. French Southwest Securities Management Management Executive Education Southwest Airlines Malek Audi William D. Calkins Antonina C. Del Castillo Jeanne Y. Fu Scholarship UT Dallas Erik Jonsson School of Tenet Healthcare Corporation Mehmet Ayvaci Brandon T. Callahan Tomi J. Demirazi John J. Fulginiti PROFESSORSHIPS David Springate Scholarship Engineering and Computer Science Texas Instruments, Inc. Nima Azari Robert Campanini Shannon C. Dempsey Sachin B. Funde Dallas World Salute Distinguished The Jefflyn Williamson Scholarship Fund Wells Fargo Private Bank The James Group Inc. Shaima Azeem Scott A. Campbell Abril M. Denning Chirag L. Gala Professorship in Global Strategy The Sherwin-Williams Company Edward E. Bacon Zhendan Cao David Z. Depew Michael J. Galliher Adolf Enthoven Professorship Opportunity Funds Contributors Theuvenin Consulting Inc Benton I. Baker Thomas L. Carlson Craig M. Derryberry Abhishek P. Ganiga in Accounting and Information Lars Magnus Ericsson Opportunity Tamara Adamson Transglobal Technologies, Inc. Claudia J. Bankston Michael Carraway Gregory G. Dess, PhD Jie Gao Management Fund for the Institute of Innovation Patricia A. Burns Trinity Industries, Inc. John Barden Perry A. Cashion Adriene M. Devereux Kristina L. Garcia Jindal School of Management and Entrepreneurship Mary Drennan UBS Financial Services Inc. Indranil Bardhan, PhD Frederick F. Cass Helen Brooke N. DeVore Debra A. Gardner Advisory Council Professorship Robert and Gloria Hewlett Opportunity Florence H. Hogan Unified Supply Sandra K. Barley Eriberto Castillo Akshay N. Dhanuka Vivek Garg Lars Magnus Ericsson Distinguished Fund for the School of Management Robert L. Kieschnick, PhD Venture Spur Laura A. Barrett LaToya L. Castleberry William B. Dickenson Gautam Garg Professorships Lennox Opportunity Fund Anchi H. Ku WhitleyPenn Angelica E. Barriga Alfieri Castro Helen Dickey Chelsea N. Garner Constantine Konstans Distinguished Steven W. Lyle Opportunity Fund Steven M. Lange Raul A. Barrios Donna L. Cekal Joseph P. Dirik Laura W. Garrison Professorship in Accounting and Isha and Mohit Malhan Opportunity Fund Steven J. Malecek Foundation Contributors Sam J. Bartfield Jin H. Cha Willie C. Dixon Eric Garza Corporate Governance Diane S. McNulty Opportunity Fund Holly Williams McGowan Boone Family Foundation Joseph P. Basulto Amit Chandna Jean Chrispin Djomo Ankush R. Gautam Susan C. and H. Ronald Nash Clint and Lacey Miller Opportunity Fund Gene L. Murray The Catholic Foundation Bate A. Bate Ramaswamy Chandrasekaran, PhD Prasad Dodda Kidan K. Gebrehiwot Distinguished Professorship Richardson Living Magazine Communities Foundation of Texas Anthony J. Battaglia Hsi An Chang Lauren Doliva Joseph M. Gerhart Opportunity Fund Deloitte Foundation Stephen R. Bauerband Howie Chang Alexander Doll Atiq A. Ghaffar Kevin and Cristi Ryan Opportunity Fund 2013 JSOM CONTRIBUTORS Enterprise Holdings Foundation Sophie C. Baweja Shuoh-Yahn Chang Natalia Y. Donovan Janelle M. Gibbs FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS Hasnain and Rashida Saboowala Corporate Contributors Ernst & Young Matching Gift Foundation Honey Bedi Sahil R. Chaniyari Shoba G. Donti Kenneth L. Giles Sydney Smith Hicks Faculty Fellowship Opportunity Fund ACIG Insurance Company Grant Thornton Foundation Leia M. Bell Thomas H. Chapman Jason W. Downing Michael S. Gilliland* Roy C. Snodgrass IV Opportunity Fund ADP Greater Houston Community Foundation Sheila A. Bellows Larry H. Chasteen. PhD Lisa S. Doyle Douglas Glen AT&T Inc. Hiawatha Education Foundation Irene S. Bender Wilson Y. Chau Mary Drennan Jonathan A. Godinez ENDOWMENTS LEGACY GIFTS Austin Industries Home Depot Foundation Henry Benjes Ruvicela Chavez Mark K. Duckworth Ivan N. Goh General Pamela Foster Brady Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Investors for Director Accountability Adam K. Bennett Ming Min M. Chen Nancy E. Duncan Neima Golnabi Center for Internal Auditing James L. Brasfield Bank of America Foundation Michael C. Bennison Hemanth Kumar K. Chikkalingaiah Robert A. Dunkel Jesus H. Gomez Excellence Endowment Susan Kessel Bank of Texas NA Jeffrey and Karen Katz Foundation Denny Beran Kevin M. Chin Phillip Dunkelberger Patricia A. Gonzalez Davidson Management Honors Jennie McCament BKD, LLP Robert J. Potter Foundation Dongjing Berglund Rajesh K. Chowdhry Jackie Dunn Elizabeth C. Gonzalez Program in the Naveen Jindal School E. Michelle Miller BlueCross BlueShield of Texas Summerfield G. Roberts Foundation Eva M. Bernal Fahad Chowdhury Allison Dupuis Araceli R. Gonzalez of Management Forrest F. Smith Brandi B. Photography Tektronix Foundation Brian R. Besserer James C. Christian Howard W. Durfee Ty T. Gornstein Debjyoti and Roshni Goswami Jefflyn W. Williamson Brinker International Texas Instruments Foundation Jason Bessonette Lois M. Christman Warren D. Durham Debjyoti Goswami Endowment Fund CA, Inc. Union Bank Foundation Charles M. Best* Kyuhye Chung Brent H. Duty Tanya R. Gould Jindal School of Management Fund 2013 SCHOLARSHIP DAC Investments Inc. The University of Texas Foundation Nicholas N. Bhai Amanuel S. Chuol Glenn Egelman Lakeitha D. Green for Excellence BREAKFAST Deloitte Wells Fargo Foundation Glenn A. Bigger Richard S. Church Anthony D. Eggers Bill Griffin Morris Hite Center for Product Presenting Sponsor Double Tree Hotel Ria Bissram Mandi L. Church Kathryn A. Eggleston, PhD Andreas M. Grindborg Development and Marketing Science Ericsson, Inc. Encore Enterprises Individual Contributors Randy G. Black Carol Claxton Maria Elena Eick Fernando Guerra Naveen Jindal Scholars Program in the Ericsson Inc. John A. Abikhaled Jill Blevins Rebecca Cobb Amal H. El-Ashmawi Eduardo R. Guerra Naveen Jindal School of Management Table Sponsors Ernst & Young Tobin T. Abraham Charles T. Blue Catherine Coffey Naomi R. Emmett Sharla Gunn Naveen Jindal Student Support Austin Industries ExxonMobil Corporation Tara J. Acton Laura S. Bobzien Jonnie L. Cole Nicholas L. English Hari Krishna Gunturu Fund in the Naveen Jindal School Avnet Fannie Mae Jennifer L. Adamcik Evan H. Bogar David Colella Sean R. Ericksen Yu Guo of Management BlueCross BlueShield of Texas Frost National Bank Barry Adamson Bradley S. Bogar Joyce K. Coleman Jayme A. Ermeav Ishan Gupta O.P. Jindal Graduate Fellows CapGemini Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. Tamara Adamson Yvette F. Bolling Jeffrey V. Combs* Margaret P. Escobar Randall Guttery, PhD Friends of CREW Dallas G6 Hospitality LLC Fola H. Adio Rosalyn J. Bonaventure Lorie K. Conn Kenneth L. Evans Yancey I. Hai Fellowships and Scholarships Deloitte GBS Group, Inc. Nishigandha Adke Sreenivas Bondada Wayne W. Conrad Benjamin K. Evans Donald D. Haig Karla and Hassan Al-Tabatabaie Scholarship Frost Goldman, Sachs & Company Sridevi Aellala Darren W. Boruff Kristine C. Conway June D. Everitt John W. Hall Jasper H. Arnold III EMBA Scholarship Grant Thornton Foundation The Law Office of Natalie Gregg, PLLC Rosemary Aguilar Olia Bosovik Selena D. Cooper Sania Faheem Howard B. Hamilton, PhD Annie Laurie Bass Scholarship Haynes and Boone, LLP Halliburton Investor Relations Art M. Agulnek Marla D. Boswell Samuel C. Cooper Leticia Fajardo William C. Hampton Frank Bass Scholarship Sydney Smith Hicks, PhD Haynes and Boone, LLP Mishal Ahmed Richard Bowen Jeffrey E. Cornell Kristen L. Falies Hana S. Hanachi Terry W. Conner Leadership and Huselton, Morgan & Maultsby, PC IBM Olumuyiwa A. Ajakaiye Daniel S. Bowman Chad D. Cosimini Djagoran F. Famie Christopher A. Hannah Service Scholarship Institute of Real Estate Management, Tom James Company Nabil Akhtar Alan C. Boyd Barton R. Cox Sitong Fang Perla Harper Davidson Graduate Fellowship Fund Dallas Chapter Jindal Steel & Power Limited Franklin J. Albano Steven G. Boyd Mary C. Crea Yuan N. Fang DeWeylan J. Harris DFW Chapter of CEO Netweavers Lennox International L&M Financial, Inc. Khizar Ali Servant Leadership Endowed Mary Kay, Inc. Lane Gorman Trubitt L.L.P. Ashiq Ali, PhD Scholarship Montgomery Coscia Greilich, LLP Lennox International Inc. Sarah N. Allen EMBA Class of 2011 Scholarship Fund Merit Energy McAfee, Inc. Richard D. Almazan KEY * JSOM Advisory Council member

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Charles E. Harrison James E. Jordan Ashleigh N. Lieberman Alexis Monrreal Carole E. Pierce Yu Shang Makiko Tada Thomas Watson Steve L. Harrison Jalaj Joshi Ian C. Lim Skip Moore* Lettie H. Pivan Arun Sharma Michael A. Taku Allison B. Weaver Shadan T. Hasan Sudhakar G. Joshi Zhiang J. Lin, PhD MuMu M. Moorthi Ravi Shankar Pochiraju Anastasia Shcherbakova, PhD Srinath L. Talanki David P. Wedemeier Amna Hasnain Maryam Jubera Teresa M. Lin Yvette P. Morehead Michele T. Pomella Bonnie C. Shea Arnita R. Talley Lei Wei Donald G. Hawkes Yon U. Kadota Kin Cheong Lo Daniel Moreno Reesa L. Portnoy Saadia Sheikh Xianan Tan Steven C. Whalen Lyndel R. Hawkins Robert C. Kaiser Michele Lockhart, PhD Sue B. Morris Hemanth V. Potluri Stephen Shelton Peizhu Tan Gary R. Hayes Samir S. Kaler Angela Lopez Robert G. Morris Sandeep Prabhu Allison B. Shelton Beverley M. Tanel David J. Whited Danhua He Mukul C. Kanabar Jessica S. Lopez Christina M. Morris Taylor M. Prentice Jie Shen Srinivas Tatavarty Dan H. Whitsell P. M. Hearden Tao Kang Jared T. Lorenz Scott J. Mosteller Jonathan H. Pritchett Sandeep R. Sheth Casey A. Teague Douglas O. Wickey Susan S. Heimbuch Ngozi C. Kanu Armi G. Lorilla Chris Mowery Greg G. Provin Supreeth C. Shettar James F. Templeton Gerard I. Widodo Kendall H. Helfenbein Daniel W. Kao Yee Y. Louie Henry N. Mulvihill Syed K. Qadeer Mahesh Shetty Wayne Terry Michael L. Wiese Isaac Heller Krunal R. Kapadia Jason S. Loupot James G. Muncey Najam H. Qazi Arlene O. Shiraishi Vickie Tesmer James A. Wilcox Manal F. Keen William A. Murray Charlie W. Quinn Julia A. Shockley Poorvesh M. Thakkar Keith R. Henderson Andrea M. Lowery James A. Williams Christian J. Henkel Cynthia A. Keith Fan Luo Gene L. Murray Bruce Quinnell Jonathan N. Shoemaker Madhan M. Thirukonda Ira G. Williams Brian C. Henry Lee S. Kellogg Carol L. Ly Steven M. Myles Anasuya Rajaratnam Bryan G. Shuey Virginia C. Thomas Diane M. Henry Gary C. Kelly Steven W. Lyle Jalaledin Naderi Debra E. Rakowitz Henry R. Signo Lindsay Thompson Rhys M. Williams Christopher A. Hes Kevin Kemp Kimberly A. Lyons Dhanunjaya Naidu Rengarajan Ramachandran Jonathan E. Silk Rahul S. Thorat Rich C. Williams David G. Heup Jamie C. Kennedy Xiaoming Ma Minoti S. Naik Jayanth Ramani Victor H. Simon Lisa J. Thorn Adam C. Williamson Gloria M. Hewlett Katherine L. Kersey Jessica MacIntosh Richard G. Najera Doris Ramo James R. Simpson Jeff A. Thornberry Evan K. Williamson Sydney S. Hicks, PhD* Susan Kessel Sudarshan S. Magadi Roger Nanney Melvin Randle Brian K. Sims Daniel J. Tijerina Laura A. Willmann Austin M. Higgins Ala’a E. Khabbaz Randall Mahaffey H. R. Nash* Rishi Ranjan James M. Sims Gary L. Tillett Irene Wills Emily D. Hildebrand Anum A. Khan Steven J. Malecek Gregory J. Nelson Mayurkumar Ranoliya Floyd T. Sine Andrea Titoyan Deirdre A. Wilson Christopher T. Hill Rasheed Khan Mohit S. Malhan Susan V. Newman Rajesh G. Rao Siddharth Singh Ishkhan Topalian Benjamin A. Wilson Randall D. Hirsch Mark A. Kielhorn Kirsten A. Mallicote Donna J. Newton Marion E. Rector Manisha Singh Richard F. Tozer, PhD Victor J. Hirsch Robert L. Kieschnick, PhD Harpreet K. Mandara Tze Yang Ng Sharon Redfoot Kamal Singh Janie L. Tran C. Kelly Wilson Sean D. Hockens Eugene D. Kim Rekha Manohar Dat T. Ngu Susan J. Redmond Vallalar Sivakolundu Alyssan Tran Michael O. Winemiller Jason C. Hockett Kevin Kim Seth T. Manry Toan N. Nguyen Jeffrey A. Reed Marvin M. Slater Lisa Tran Mark V. Winner Florence H. Hogan Robert G. Kipp Ryan N. Marlow Nghiem D. Nguyen Robert M. Reese Nicole D. Smith Sarah E. Trowsdale Scott W. Wold Richard D. Hohnholt Prudence R. Kirby-Kling Stephen B. Marshall Daniel L. Nichols Oemar Rehmaan Forrest F. Smith Cuong Q. Truong Habte G. Woldu, PhD Kai Ren Barbara S. Smith Cheng-Han Tsai James J. Hollingsworth Ralph A. Klingelhoefer Alyssa G. Martin David W. Nickel Jeff J. Wolfe Barbara Hollis Paul Klocek Kim S. Martin Mary J. Norris Mary E. Reneer Gregory J. Smith Fan-Tsong Tseng Steven E. Wolfert David L. Holmes Bryan A. Knapp Frank E. Martinez Carolyn L. Northcutt Cheryl D. Renken Marie J. Smith Rebecca L. Tudor Martha Hooker Daniel P. Knowlton Paul Mason Mike Nurre Cynthia K. Reynolds Ronald L. Smith Donna Y. Tunsel Carmel Wood Jo Hopper Eric C. Ko Richard Matthies Michael L. Oatman Eddie W. Rhea Andy J. Smith Dana M. Turet Stacy E. Workman William Hornberger Jack D. Kocks Kevin R. Mattison Maureen P. O’Connor Matthew P. Rivera David L. Smithen Billy G. Turner Lesley A. Worsham Erika Horton Min Y. Kong David Maupin Damian O. Ogoke Kametra Roberson Anthony J. Snider Justin S. Twu Joseph H. Wright Gloria K. Hoselton Clifford Konstans Joseph A. Mauriello Mukadansi A. Olanrewaju Kevin P. Roberts Roy C. Snodgrass Joe Ugarte Bruce A. Wright Samiunnabi M. Hossain Karen S. Korte Richard E. Maznaritz Josefina Olivarez Jennifer L. Robertson Ashok H. Someshwar Amechi N. Ugwu Jingjing Wu Terrence L. Rock* Susan M. Soo Maryann J. Ullrich Patricia M. Housel Marc T. Kramen Sherrie McAvoy Marshall A. Oliver George F. Wunderlick Whitney M. Hovitz Anand Krishnamoorthy Kathryn McBride Derrell Oliver Charles Roden Thomas B. Spencer Martha Uragu Melissa A. Wyder Marcia C. Howard Blanca E. Krushinski Jon A. McBride Amir M. Omar Robert A. Rodriguez Matthew D. Spinek Charles D. Valaitis Caroline J. Howard Anchi H. Ku Bradley G. McCleary Daniel P. Oncina Jorge E. Rodriguez Andrew P. Sprague Eric J. Van Laan Nikhita Yadlapalli Jungchan Hsieh Vikram V. Venkatesh Kulkarni Eugene C. McClure Michael W. O’Neill Donald D. Rohloff Karen L. Sprengle Susan W. Vance Erica C. Yaeger Xin Hu Daniel N. Kunsch Pat P. McCown* Lilia G. Ortiz Steven E. Rosson David J. Springate, PhD Venkatesh Aasoori Varadharajan Weihua Yang Brittany C. Huber Matthew P. Lagos Evelyn C. McGerr Olatunbosun O. Osukoya Sandford W. Rothe Richard M. Spurgeon Jackson A. Varnan Jing Yang John C. Hurlbert Gaurav Lall Holly Williams McGowan Daniel Oviedo Jesse R. Ruiz Eric C. Squillaci George J. Vazhappilly Nan Yang Robert H. Rutford, PhD Gopalakrishnan Srinivasan Ammaresh Venkataramappa Harrison Igwe Rick H. Lam L. D. McGowan* Daniel T. Owen Cheng Yang Terrence G. Ryan Roman Starsky Adam W. Verhalen Alexia D. Isaak Johnson Lam William C. McIntosh Anthony F. Paden Yifei Yao Obaid Jabbar Marvin M. Lane Patti E. McKee Christopher Padilla Kevin J. Ryan* Jeffrey S. Steele Anil N. Pudhiya Vettle Yahira Yasar Carolyn A. Jackson Steven M. Lange Timothy S. McKenney Steven M. Palomares Hasnain H. Saboowala Colin W. Steger Socrates A. Villarreal Tony Jacob Brett C. Larson Miriam L. McKenzie Renee L. Pargo Kuakarn Saichua Robert B. Stegmaier Adam S. Vishinsky Yuting Ye Cher Jacobs Paul A. Larson Paul G. McLeod Felicia A. Parker Carolyn Saint Alan M. Stein Van T. Vo Hongjun Yin James M. Jagers Doug Lattner Jason B. McNatt Robert J. Parker Alfred T. Saker Michael A. Stevens John A. Voss Denise Ying Amanda K. Jagielski Oscar J. Laud Diane S. McNulty, PhD Jikesh Patel Eugenio M. Salinas Sebastian A. Stinson David N. Vucina Kevin E. Yockey Puja Jain Steven J. Lauff Gail B. McPhail Abraham Paul Jose D. Salinas James B. Strand* Karie T. Vue James F. Young* Colin A. Sanburg Sulton S. Su Muralidhar Vusirikala Debbie G. Janssen Matthew A. Leask Sara J. McQuaid, PhD Edward A. Pavese Lucy Yuan Mark A. Janssen Apolinar L. Marcano Leccia Ashish K. Mehrotra L. P. Payne Akila Sankaran Guang Qiang G. Su Scott T. Wade Sandra Zelisko Genaro N. Jasso Jay M. LeCrone Yohannes M. Mekonnen Gregory J. Pease Priya Sarjoo Rajeswari Sugavanam James R. Wallace Richard A. Zembower Santosh Jayal Seunghyun Lee Matthew L. Mellinger Richard E. Peck Rachel B. Schepps Tian Sun Preston N. Walls Colleen R. Jensen Chao H. Lee Faustino Mendez Madison F. Pedigo Chad S. Schieber Hongwei Sun Dexter C. Wang Belina Zerdelija Yifei Jiang Vicky M. Lee Minerva Mendoza Joseph E. Pedroza Bobby H. Schiff Li Sun Hongling Wang Yuqi Zhang Kenneth J. Johnson Hwansoo S. Lee Holly Meyer Anne G. Pelosof Cristie F. Schlosser Joseph C. Sustaita Chen-Yun Wang Anni Zhang Diane E. Johnson Joseph J. Lehman Joan P. Mileski, PhD Steven Penson* Devin J. Schor Laurie J. Sutor Li Wang Kenneth W. Zheng Charles S. Schrodel Stephanie R. Swaim Feifei Wang Ashley L. Johnson Stephen P. Lein Sharon M. Miller Herman Perdomo Yaqing Zhu Leah Schueler Anjani Swaminathan Paul Wang Dale C. Johnston Kevin J. Leo Clinton M. Miller Charles B. Perdue Kurt M. Zimmerman James P. Jolly Jason R. Lewis William T. Miller C. L. Pereira Rosalinda Scrabeck Steven J. Swanson Akshay Wani Kristin M. Zuelly Danny R. Jones Diana Leyva Elizabeth M. Miller Christine A. Peterson Emily J. Selvera Husain Syed Erica K. Ward Jonathan E. Jones Na Li Kusum Miraj Mary Beth Petruska Cheyrle A. Senne Julia J. Syrik André E. Warren Catherine C. Curtiss Zumwalt Wayne D. Jones Zhengzheng Li, PhD Amar D. Mistry Madelaine Pfau Rebecca K. Seymour James Szot, PhD Reshina P. Warren Louis E. Zweig Janelle M. Jones Fan Li Christopher Mitchell Yen L. Pham Winston S. Jones Lei Li, PhD Michael J. Mohan Eric A. Phillips Lynn C. Jones Yi Liang James Molzahn Amanda Phipps

KEY * JSOM Advisory Council member

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