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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
  • Hengjie Ai, Finance
  • Russ Coff, Management and Human Resources
  • Michael Johnson, Marketing
  • Jordan Tong, Operations and Information Management
  • Yongheng Deng, Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
  • Justin Sydnor, Risk and Insurance

Ex-officio members:

  • Nick Petruzzi, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff
  • Daniel Bauer, Senior Associate Dean for Programs
  • Page Moreau, Associate Dean for Research
  • Joann Peck, Associate Dean for Learner Success and Assessment
  • Brian Mayhew, Associate Dean for Online Innovation
  • Lu Han, Chair, Subcommittee of the Executive Committee
  • Elizabeth Malson Huddle, Director, Business Communication

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Faculty Senate

  • Alina Arefeva
  • Ishita Chakraborty
  • Stuart Craig
  • Qinglai He
  • Dan Lynch
  • Erik Mayer

Alternate:

  • Jinan Lin

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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.

  • Jon Eckhardt
  • Fabio Gaertner
  • Lu Han, Chair
  • Tarun Kushwaha
  • Ivan Shaliastovich
  • Peng Shi
  • Enno Siemsen

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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:

  • Jon Eckhardt
  • Fabio Gaertner
  • Lu Han
  • Tarun Kushwaha
  • Ivan Shaliastovich
  • Peng Shi
  • Enno Siemsen

Assistant or Associate Professor Representatives:

  • Bob Batt, Operations and Information Management
  • Dan Wangerin, Accounting and Information Systems

Academic Staff Representative:

  • Jackie Murray, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Student Affairs

Ad hoc members:

  • Nick Petruzzi, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff
  • Daniel Bauer, Senior Associate Dean for Programs
  • Page Moreau, Associate Dean for Research
  • Joann Peck, Associate Dean for Learner Success and Assessment
  • Brian Mayhew, Associate Dean for Online Innovation

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: Daniel Bauer
  • Accounting and Information Systems: Joanna Wangerin
  • Finance: Mark Fedenia
  • Management and Human Resources: Alex Stajkovic
  • Marketing: Jan Heide
  • Operations and Information Management: Min-Seok Pang
  • Real Estate: Joe Walsh
  • Risk and Insurance: Carl Barlett
  • Program Office: Jim Franzone
  • Students:
    • Joe Byrne
    • Ben Lukszyz (Fall)/Zach Duckler (Spring)
  • Ex Officio:
    • Bess Malson-Huddle
    • Jackie Murray
    • Lauren Wypiszynski
    • Michael Enyart
    • Brigid Patterson/Zach Hershoff
    • Brian Mayhew

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: Daniel Bauer
  • Accounting: Emily Griffith
  • Finance: Mark Fedenia
  • Management and Human Resources: Alex Stajkovic
  • Marketing: Jan Heide
  • Operations and Information Management: Min-Seok Pang
  • Real Estate: Joe Walsh
  • Risk and Insurance: Ty Leverty
  • Program Office: Blair Sanford
  • Students:
    • TBD
    • TBD
  • Ex Officio:
    • Bess Malson-Huddle
    • Michael Enyart
    • Lynn Snyder
    • Joe Crombie
    • Brigid Patterson/Zach Hershoff

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: Page Moreau
  • Accounting: Dan Lynch
  • Finance: Dean Corbae
  • Management and Human Resources: Chia-Jung Tsay
  • Marketing: Evan Polman
  • Operations and Information Management: Hessam Bavafa and Allen Li
  • Real Estate: Lu Han
  • Risk and Insurance: Dan Sacks
  • Program Office: Cara Scadden
  • Students:
    • Xiaoou (Daisy) Zhan – Real Estate and Economics (joint student)
    • Minnie Cui – Finance
  • Ad hoc member:
    • Michael Enyart

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