Executive MBA Program: Faculty Profiles

Top faculty from three universities. One strong program.

Top faculty from three universities. One strong program.

SPECIAL INVITATION. EXPERIENCED LEADERS.

The Oregon Executive MBA program invites top faculty from the University of Oregon (UO), Oregon State University (OSU) and Portland State University (PSU) to teach one course each year. We also invite experienced business leaders into our program as faculty. This healthy cross section of talent ensures that the topics, methods, strategies and context for all Oregon Executive MBA courses remain current and dynamic.

ACTIVE RESEARCH. SEASONED INSTRUCTORS.

The professors we select bring a wealth of experience to the classroom. Generally, they possess the following experience and talents:

Some courses are team-taught or include guest lecturers from industry. Occasionally, we invite adjunct faculty with special expertise to teach. This brings real-world, real-time knowledge and a breadth of experience to the classroom.

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David Baldridge (OSU)

Associate Professor of Management

Degrees:Ph.D. in Management from University of Connecticut, Storrs; M.B.A in Finance and B.G.S. with concentrations in Economics, English and Philosophy from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Course:

  • Motivation and Leadership

Boris "Bill" Becker (OSU)

Professor Emeritus of Marketing

Degrees:Ph.D. and B.S., Business; M.B.A., Marketing, University of California at Berkeley

Business Project Advisor

Larry Bunyard (Consultant)

Instructor

Degrees:M.B.A. and B.S., University of Oregon

Course:

  • Information Systems

Dave Garten (PSU)

Adjunct Professor

Degrees:M.B.A. from Sloan School of Management at M.I.T.; M.A. in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; B.S., Trinity College

Course:

  • Negotiation, Alliances and Acquisitions

Business Project Advisor

Jim Goes (Consultant)

Instructor

Degrees:Ph.D., Strategic Management, University of Oregon; M.B.A., University of Utah; B.A. and B.S., Idaho State University

Course:

  • Strategy Formulation

Michael Gross (Colorado State University)

Associate Professor

Degrees:Ph.D., Communication, Arizona State; M.A., Communications Management, Arizona State; B.S., Organizational Communications, Arizona State (Cum Laude)

Course:

  • Managing Organizations

Janet Hamilton (PSU)

Associate Professor

Degrees:Ph.D., Finance, Michigan State University; B.A., Economics, University of Washington

Course:

  • Financial Strategy

Business Project Advisor

Del Hawkins (UO)

Charles H. Lundquist Professor of Marketing

Degrees:Ph.D., M.B.A. and B.A., Business Administration, University of Texas

Workshop:

  • Case Analysis, Residency

Michele Henney (UO)

Instructor of Accounting

Degrees:Ph.D., University of Oregon; M.S., Golden Gate University; CPA; B.S., California State University at Chico

Oregon Executive MBA Academic Director

Jennifer Howard-Grenville (UO)

Assistant Professor

Degrees:Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.A., Oxford University; B.S. (Eng), Queen’s University

Course:

  • Business Project Advisor

Ping-Hung 'Ping' Hsieh (OSU)

Associate Professor

Degrees:Ph.D., Statistics and Management Science, University of Michigan Business School; two M.A. degrees in Applied Economics and in Statistics from University of Michigan

Course:

  • Applied Statistics

Duncan Kretovich (PSU)

Assistant Professor of Finance

Degrees:Ph.D. from Michigan State University; M.B.A., B.S. in Zoology from Eastern Michigan University

Course:

  • Financial Analysis

Academic Committee Member

Steve Lawton (OSU)

Associate Professor Emeritus of International Business

Degrees:M.B.A., Cornell University; post-graduate fellowship, University of Leuven, Belgium; B.S., Business Administration, Southern Methodist University

Business Project Advisor

Academic Committee Member

Charla Mathwick (PSU)

Associate Professor of Marketing and Advertising

Degrees:Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; M.B.A. and B.A., Mass Communication, University of South Dakota

Course:

  • Strategic Marketing

Brian McCarthy (Achievemark)

Instructor

Degrees:M.B.A. and B.A., University of Washington

Course:

  • Marketing Management

Nagesh Murthy (UO)

Associate Professor

Degrees:Ph.D. and M.A., Operations Management, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University; Master of Management Studies, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India; B.E. (Honors), Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Course:

  • Supply Chain Management

Academic Committee Member

Dale Morse (UO)

Professor of Accounting

Degrees:Ph.D., Stanford; M.B.A. and B.A., University of Oregon

Course:

  • Managerial Accounting

Mark Phelps (UO)

Senior Instructor of International Business Law

Degrees:J.D., M.B.A, B.S., Finance and Business Environment, University of Oregon

Course:

  • The Legal Environment of Business

Academic Committee Member

Donna Philbrick (PSU)

Professor

Degrees:Ph.D. Accounting, M.B.A., Cornell University; B.S., Accounting, University of Oregon

Course:

  • Financial Accounting & Reporting

Tom Potiowsky (State of Oregon)

Oregon State Economist

Degrees:Ph.D., Economics, University of Colorado; M.S., Economics, B.S., Business Administration, Ohio University

Course:

  • Managerial Economics

Jeff Stolle (UO)

Instructor of Leadership, Communication and Ethics

Degrees:Ph.D. Philosophy, specializing in ethics

Course:

  • Ethics

Sully Taylor (PSU)

Professor

Degrees:Ph.D., University of Washington; M.A., Pennsylvania State University; B.A., Southern Methodist University

Course:

  • Global Business Environment

Edward Warnock (The Cumulus Group)

Instructor

Degrees:M.A., Organizational Systems Renewal, Antioch University; B.S., Aerospace Engineering (Honors-High Distinction), University of Arizona

Courses:

  • Implementing Strategy
  • New Venture Planning

Zeke Zeliff (Outside Perspective)

Team Coach and Mentor

Degrees:E.M.B.A., Emory University; B.S., Business Administration, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Workshop:

  • Team Building-Residency

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