Governance
The following resources provide faculty and staff of the Wisconsin School of Business with updates on meeting minutes, governance documents, and committees.
Faculty and Staff Meetings
Faculty and Staff Governance Meetings (2014-2021)
Archived Meeting Minutes/Agenda (2006-2013)
Committees and Faculty Senate
Chairs Committee
The Chairs Committee meets at least once a month to fulfill functions defined in the governance documents of the Wisconsin School of Business.
- Vallabh “Samba” Sambamurthy, Dean (Chair, and ex-officio member)
- Tom Linsmeier, Accounting and Information Systems
- Erwan Quintin, Finance
- Russ Coff, Management and Human Resources
- Michael Johnson, Marketing
- Nick Petruzzi, Operations and Information Management
- Yongheng Deng, Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
- Daniel Bauer, Risk and Insurance
Ex-officio members:
- Terry Warfield, Senior Associate Dean
- Brian Mayhew, Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Program
- Joann Peck, Associate Dean of Teaching Innovation and Assessment
- Enno Siemsen, Associate Dean of the MBA and MS Programs
- Karla Zehms, Associate Dean of Doctoral Programs and Research
- Justin Sydnor, Chair, Subcommittee of the Executive Committee
- Melanie Hoftyzer, Director, Business Communications
- Sachin Tuli, Director, International Business Programs
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Faculty Senate
- Alina Arefeva
- Qinglai He
- Dan Lynch
- Anita Mukherjee
- Tom O’Guinn
- Dmitry Orlov
- Evan Polman
- Chia-Jung Tsay
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Subcommittee of the Executive Committee
The goal of this committee is to fulfill functions defined in the governance documents of the Wisconsin School of Business.
- Neeraj Arora
- Greg DeCroix
- Bjorn Eraker
- Barry Gerhart
- Lu Han
- Justin Sydnor, Chair
- John Wild
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Academic Planning Council
The council meets at least three times a semester to fulfill functions defined in the governance documents of the Wisconsin School of Business.
Chair and ex-officio member:
- Vallabh “Samba” Sambamurthy, Dean
All subcommittee members:
- Neeraj Arora
- Greg DeCroix
- Bjorn Eraker
- Barry Gerhart
- Lu Han
- Justin Sydnor
- John Wild
Assistant or Associate Professor Representatives:
- Amber Epp, Marketing
- Emily Griffith, Accounting and Information Systems
Academic Staff Representative:
- Alexis Steinbach, Director, Pre-Business, Certificate & Transfer Advising
Ad hoc members:
- Terry Warfield, Senior Associate Dean
- Brian Mayhew, Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Program
- Joann Peck, Associate Dean of Teaching Innovation and Assessment
- Enno Siemsen, Associate Dean of the MBA and MS Programs
- Karla Zehms, Associate Dean of Doctoral Programs and Research
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
The purpose of this committee is to oversee and improve the curriculum and related aspects of all undergraduate course offerings and programs.
- Chair: Brian Mayhew
- Accounting and Information Systems: Joanna Wangerin
- Finance: Mark Fedenia
- Management and Human Resources: Victoria Zhang
- Marketing: Evan Polman
- Operations and Information Management: Xiaoyang Long
- Real Estate: Dayin Zhang
- Risk and Insurance: Carl Barlett
- Program Office: Jim Franzone
- Students:
- TBD
- TBD
- Ex Officio:
- Jackie Murray
- Valerie Jakusz
- Sachin Tuli
- Melanie Hoftyzer
- Michael Enyart
- Dana Outhouse
Master’s Curriculum Committee
The purpose of this committee is to oversee and improve the curriculum and related aspects of all master’s course offerings and programs.
- Chair: Enno Siemsen
- Accounting: Fabio Gaertner
- Finance: Antonio Mello
- Management and Human Resources: Ann Terlaak
- Marketing: Craig Thompson
- Operations and Information Management: Bob Batt
- Real Estate: Abdullah Yavas
- Risk and Insurance: Ty Leverty
- Program Office: Blair Sanford
- Students:
- TBD
- TBD
- Ex Officio:
- Cody Baldwin
- Kristen Fuhremann
- Frances Laskey
- Elizabeth Malson-Huddle
- Mark Matosian
- Brigid Patterson
- Peggy Smith
- Lynn Snyder
PhD and Research Committee
The purpose of the PhD and Research Committee is to oversee, assess, and improve the curriculum of the PhD program and to develop and coordinate new strategies for recruiting top PhD students.
- Chair: Karla Zehms
- Accounting: Dan Lynch
- Finance: Dean Corbae
- Management and Human Resources: Hart Posen
- Marketing: Qing Liu
- Operations and Information Management: Hessam Bavafa
- Real Estate: Lu Han
- Risk and Insurance: Peng Shi
- Program Office: Patrick Stevens
- Students:
- Suyeon Jung – Marketing
- Tyler Welch – Risk and Insurance
- Ad hoc members:
- Melanie Hoftyzer
- Michael Enyart
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