Dean of the School of Management
Search Announcement
December 4, 2007
Dear University Community,
I am pleased to report that the search for the next Dean of the School of Management is underway. Late last week, the search committee held its inaugural organizational meeting chaired by Dean Harvey Stenger.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the members of the committee for their anticipated insightful and deliberative participation throughout our search.
The search committee is comprised of representatives from the School of Management faculty, the Western New York business community, UB administration, and the School of Management student body. The search committee membership includes:
- Harvey G. Stenger, Professor and Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Committee Chair
- Douglas C. Bean, Chair, School of Management Dean’s Advisory Council; Managing Partner, Eric Mower & Associates, Inc.
- Brian E. Becker, Senior Associate Dean, Department of Organization and Human Resources, School of Management
- Kee H. Chung, Chair and Louis M. Jacobs Professor of Financial Planning and Control, Department of Finance and Managerial Economics, School of Management
- Marsha S. Henderson, Vice President for External Affairs
- Robert Hoeing, Chair, UB Faculty Senate; Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, College of Arts and Sciences
- Rose Marie Hu, MBA Student, School of Management
- Rajiv Kishore, Associate Professor, Department of Management Science and Systems, School of Management
- William Kross, Professor, Department of Accounting and Law, School of Management
- Joseph Saffire, Executive Vice President and Regional President for Commercial Banking, HSBC Bank USA
- Natalie Simpson, Associate Professor, Department of Operations Management and Strategy, School of Management
- Minakshi Trivedi, Associate Professor, Department of Marketing, School of Management
- Niraj Verma, Chair and Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Architecture and Planning
- Hilary Weaver, Professor, School of Social Work
Under the leadership of Dean Stenger and with the support of the committee membership, I have every confidence our search for the next Dean of the School of Management will be a great success.
Sincerely,
Satish K. Tripathi
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
