Deans Counsel

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Jim Ellis and Dave Ikenberry speak with Antonio "Tony" Bernardo, Dean and John E. Anderson Chair in Management at UCLA's Anderson School of Management, a position he's held since July 2019. Tony began his academic career at UCLA Anderson and has been a member of the finance faculty since 1994. He has a long history as an active and engaged member of And...

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Jim Ellis and Dave Ikenberry speak with Amy Dittmar, Howard R. Hughes Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and a Professor of Finance at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business since 2022. Amy is also a Professor of Economics at Rice's School of Social Sciences.   Amy comes to Rice from the University of Michigan, where...

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Jim Ellis and Dave Ikenberry speak with Victor C. Mullins, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at New York University's Stern School of Business.  Prior to his tenure at NYU, Victor served as the Associate Dean at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, where he led efforts to spearhead diversity and inclusion...

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Ken Kring and Dave Ikenberry speak with Judy D. Olian, PhD, who became the 9th president of Quinnipiac University in 2018.  Before joining Quinnipiac, she served as dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management and John E. Anderson Chair in Management for 12.5 years. Prior to that, she was dean and professor of management at the Smeal College of Business A...

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Jim Ellis and Dave Ikenberry speak with Henrik Cronqvist, PhD, Dean and Professor of Finance at Chapman University's George L. Argyros College of Business and Economics. Prior to joining Chapman in 2022, Dr. Cronqvist was Vice Dean, Bank of America Scholar, and Professor of Finance at the University of Miami Herbert Business School, where he previously...

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Jim Ellis and Ken Kring speak with Sulin Ba, dean of DePaul University's Driehaus College of Business since July 2022. Prior to joining DePaul, she was the Treibick Family Endowed Chair at the University of Connecticut School of Business, where she served as the school’s first Associate Dean of Academic and Research Support Born and raised in China, Ba...

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Jim Ellis and Dave Ikenberry speak with Sanjay Gupta, currently a Professor of Accounting and Information Systems. Most recently, he served as the Eli and Edythe L. Broad Dean, the 11th Dean of the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University from 2015 to 2022. During his tenure as dean, Professor Gupta led the Broad College to redefine it...

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Ken Kring and Dave Ikenberry speak with Raj Echambadi, the 10th President (since August 2021) of the Illinois Institute of Technology. From 2017 to 2021, Echambadi served as the Dunton Family Dean of D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. Under his leadership, D’Amore-McKim has become widely recognized for moving beyond traditional...

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Ken Kring and Dave Ikenberry speak with Georgette Phillips, the Kevin L. and Lisa A. Clayton Dean of the College of Business at Lehigh University since June 2014. Her tenure comes to an end in June 2024. Her research and teaching is focused on the intersection of law, economics and public policy within the context of the built environment. In this episo...

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Jim Ellis and Dave Ikenberry speak with Tim Carroll, the Sara Hart Kimball Dean of Oregon State University’s College of Business since July 2021.  As a dean and a professor of management at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, he led the development of a new college strategic plan, increased student retention and enrollment, launched p...

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Ken Kring and Dave Ikenberry speak with Lillian Mills, an internationally renowned expert in tax and accounting, who serves as dean of The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business, a leading business school in one of the country’s largest public research institutions. With a much deserved reputation as a top-ranked scholar; an inspirin...

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Ken Kring and Jim Ellis speak with John Byrne, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Poets & Quants, a website with an esteemed reputation for well-reported and highly creative stories on the things that matter most to the graduate business education market, from candid critiques of MBA rankings and in-depth coverage of MBA outcomes to innovative changes i...

A podcast for deans and academic leadership. DEANS COUNSEL James Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019) David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016) Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn...

A podcast for deans and academic leadership. DEANS COUNSEL James Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019) David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016) Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn...

A podcast for deans and academic leadership. DEANS COUNSEL James Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019) David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016) Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn...

A podcast for deans and academic leadership. DEANS COUNSEL James Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019) David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016) Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn...

A podcast for deans and academic leadership. DEANS COUNSEL James Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019) David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016) Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn...

A podcast for deans and academic leadership. DEANS COUNSEL James Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019) David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016) Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn...

A podcast for deans and academic leadership. DEANS COUNSEL James Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019) David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016) Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn...

A podcast for deans and academic leadership. DEANS COUNSEL James Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019) David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016) Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn...

A podcast for deans and academic leadership. DEANS COUNSEL - On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Jim Ellis and Ken Kring speak with Joe White, President Emeritus of the University of Illinois system and Dean Emeritus of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.  Given his decades-long history as a leader in both academia and the corporate world, Joe is especially qualified to sp...

A podcast for deans and academic leadership. DEANS COUNSEL James Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019) David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016) Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn...

A podcast for deans and academic leadership. DEANS COUNSEL James Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019) David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016) Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn...

A podcast for deans and academic leadership. DEANS COUNSEL James Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019) David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016) Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn...

A podcast for deans and academic leadership. DEANS COUNSEL James Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019) David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016) Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn...