Executive Education
Faculty

Marshall faculty are recognized thought leaders in a range of disciplines, including: accounting, business communication, entrepreneurship, data sciences and operations, finance and business economics, management and organization, and marketing. In addition to being award-winning educators, they are prolific researchers, high-achieving practitioners, and influential policymakers.

Faculty Directory

Scott Abrams

Assistant Professor of Clinical Finance and Business Economics

Cynthia Alt

Adjunct Professor of Clinical Business Communication

Diane Badame

Professor of Clinical Marketing

Murat Bayiz

Academic Director for the Full Time MBA and Professor of Clinical Data Sciences and Operations

Arvind Bhambri

Associate Professor of Management and Organization

Tim Blakesly

Assistant Dean and Director, Office of Executive Education

John Boudreau

Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scientist

Miriam Burgos

Professor of Clinical Marketing; Academic Director, USC Marshall Executive and Online MBA Program

Tyrone Callahan

Professor of Clinical Finance and Business Economics

Pete Cardon

Professor of Clinical Business Communication

Tom Chang

Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics

Jeffrey Cole

Director, Center for the Digital Future, USC Annenberg

Jay Conger

CEO Affiliated Research Scientist

Ruben Davila

Professor of Clinical Accounting

Mark DeFond

A. N. Mosich Chair in Accounting and Professor of Accounting

Shantanu Dutta

Dave and Jeanne Tappan Chair in Marketing and Professor of Marketing

Omar El Sawy

Kenneth King Stonier Professor of Business Administration, Professor of Data Sciences and Operations

Nathanael Fast

Associate Professor of Management and Organization

Peer Fiss

Jill and Frank Fertitta Chair in Business Administration and Professor of Management and Organization, and Sociology

Stacy Geck

Associate Professor of Clinical Business Communication

George T. Geis

Professor, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Gita Govahi

Assistant Dean of Experiential Learning & Research

Rebecca Heino

Professor of Clinical Management and Organization

Shon Hiatt

Associate Professor of Management and Organization

Merle Hopkins

Emeritus Professor of Clinical Accounting

Alison Horstmeyer

Curiosity Activator and Lecturer

Geoff Joyce

Chair of The Department of USC Pharmaceutical and Health Economics, and Director of Health Policy at USC Schaeffer Center

Peter Kim

Professor of Management and Organization

Tommy Knapp

Associate Professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship, Academic Director of the Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation program

Rex Kovacevich

Professor of Clinical Marketing

Nancy Lebold

CEO, New Seasons Market & Executive in Residence, FIEP 2022-23

Dave Logan

Adjunct Professor in Management and Organization

Ann Majchrzak

Professor of Data Sciences and Operations & USC Associates Chair in Business Administration

Kyle Mayer

Chair and Professor of Management and Organization

Morgan McCall

Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scientist

Cynthia McCloud

Director, Food Industry Programs, and Adjunct Professor of Management and Organization

Steve Mednick

Associate Professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship

Bob Myrtle

Adjunct Professor of Management and Organization

Albert Napoli

Senior Lecturer of Clinical Entrepreneurship

James Owens

Associate Professor of Clinical Business Communication

Greg Patton

Professor of Clinical Business Communication

Ken Perlman

Adjunct Professor of Management and Organization

Marion Philadelphia

Academic Director John H. Mitchell Business of Cinematic Arts Program, and Professor of Clinical Business Communication

Julia Plotts

Academic Director for the Masters of Finance Program and Professor of Clinical Finance and Business Economics

Dawn Porter

Academic Director for the Masters of Science in Business Analytics, and Professor of Clinical Data Sciences and Operations Management

Nandini Rajagopolan

Joseph A.DeBell Chair in Business Administration

Smrity Randhawa

Associate Professor of Clinical Accounting

Violina Rindova

Captain Henry W. Simonsen Chair in Strategic Entrepreneurship,and Professor of Management and Organization

Ashleigh Rodriguez

Guest Business Lecturer

Mark Soliman

Professor of Accounting

Tianshu Sun

Robert R. Dockson Associate Professor in Business Administration & Associate Professor of Data Sciences and Operations

Florenta Teodoridis

Assistant Professor of Management and Organization

Jody Tolan

Assistant Professor of Clinical Management and Organization

Sarah Townsend

Interim Assistant Vice Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Associate Professor of Management and Organization

Cheryl Wakslak

Associate Professor of Management and Organization & McAlister Associate Professor in Business Administration

Naomi Warren

Associate Professor of Clinical Business Communication

Allen Weiss

Professor of Marketing

Scott Wiltermuth

Associate Professor of Management and Organization

Pai-Ling Yin

Associate Professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship and Director, Technology Commercialization Initiative