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Accounting & Finance

Ruwan Adikaram, Ph.D., M.B.A.

Assistant Professor of Accounting

360J LSBE

adik0001@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7278

Joe Artim, M.B.A.

Director of Financial Markets Program and Instructor of Finance

112A LSBE

jartim@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8642

Rodger Brannan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Accounting

360E LSBE

rbrannan@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8566

Manjeet Dhatt, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Finance

330F LSBE

mdhatt@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7836

Loren Erickson, M.B.A., C.P.A.

Instructor of Accounting

360K LSBE

lerickso@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8412

Erica Henkel

Instructor of Accounting

308B LSBE

ehenkel@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8383

Hugo Hietapelto

Director of the Financial Planning Program

308A LSBE

hhietape@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8482

Daniel Hsiao, Ph.D., C.P.A.

Associate Professor of Accounting

360G LSBE

fhsiao@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7454

Janet Jones, Ph.D., C.P.A.

Assistant Professor of Accounting

360H LSBE

jrjones@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6068

Kristen Lesemann

Executive Office and Administrative Specialist

360B LSBE

kleseman@d.umn.edu, accfin@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7966

Tom Reed, J.D.

Assistant Professor of Business Law

308A LSBE

treed@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7966

Charles Reichert, C.P.A., C.I.A.

Instructor of Accounting

360M LSBE

cjreiche@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7972

Roger Reinsch, J.D.

Professor of Business Law

360L LSBE

rreinsch@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6252

Alan Roline, J.D., M.B.A

Director of the MBA Program and Associate Professor of Business Law

219B LSBE

aroline@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8550

Karen Salmela, M.B.A., C.P.A.

Instructor of Accounting

385F LSBE

ksalmela@d.umn.edu

(218) 724-8541

Randall Skalberg, J.D., L.L.M.

Department Head and Associate Professor of Accounting

360D LSBE

rskalber@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7150

Annie Thors

308B LSBE

athors@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8383

Nga Trinh, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance

385K LSBE

nttrinh@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6762

Jason Turkiela, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Finance

385L LSBE

turkiela@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7883

Brian Yang Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Finance

360F LSBE

bsyang@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8506

Advising & Academic Services

Vickie A. Minko

Executive Office and Administrative Specialist

111M LSBE

valmquis@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8614

Tracey Bolen

Director

111Q LSBE

tbolen@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7520

Mackenzie Bolf

Executive Operations/Student Services Specialist

111F LSBE

mbolf@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6594

Kurt Guidinger

Assistant Academic Advisor

111G LSBE

kguiding@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8757

Trent Nelson

Academic Advisor

111J LSBE

tnnelson@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8986

Bureau of Business and Economic Research

Gina Chiodi Grensing

Editor/Writer

210 DTV

ggrensin@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8730

Monica Haynes

Director

210 DTV

mrhaynes@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7895

Business Internship Program

Vickie A. Minko

Executive Office and Administrative Specialist

111M LSBE

valmquis@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8614

Angie Soderberg

111P LSBE

asoderbe@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6118

Center for Economic Development

Karen Haedtke

Executive Account Specialist

khaedtke@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7751

Elaine Hansen

CED Director

# 212

ehansen@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6793

Zoey Hassett

Event Coordinator

zhassett@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7004

Mary Lundeen

Business Consultant

# 211

mlundeen@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7868

Betsy Olivanti

Business Consultant

eolivant@d.umn.edu

(218) 749-7752

Curt Walczak

Business Consultant

# 207

cwalczak@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8063

Blaze Zenner

Business Consultant

# 210

bzenner@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6986

Dean's Office

Amy Hietapelto, Ph.D.

Dean

219E LSBE

ahietape@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7281

Praveen Aggarwal, Ph.D.

Associate Dean

219C LSBE

paggarwa@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8971

Cindy Beaudin

Payroll Manager and HR Services

219K LSBE

cbeaudin@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8797

Cathie Carter

Accountant

219B LSBE

cacarter@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6786

Katie Chernak

Communications Specialist

219K LSBE

kchernak@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6341

Sharon Cripe

Assistant to the Dean

219J LSBE

scripe@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7281

Joseph Grant

Administrative Director

219L LSBE

jdgrant@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7282

Daisy Wallace

Department Specialist

219A LSBE

dmwallac@d.umn.edu, LaboMBA@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7440

Development Office

Suzanne Anderson

Development Director

213A LSBE

sanders1@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6696

Kevin Stanke

Development Assistant

213D LSBE

kstanke@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6189

Economics

Melaku Abegaz, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Economics

330T LSBE

mtabegaz@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7404

Kim Nichols Dauner, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics and Co-Director of Health Care Management

330L LSBE

kdauner@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7279

Luiggi Donayre, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

330N LSBE

adonayre@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8463

Jill Klingner, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Operations Management

330H LSBE

klin0089@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8626

Chris McIntosh, Ph.D.

Department Head

330K LSBE

cmcintos@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8408

Gibson Nene, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Economics

330P LSBE

gnene@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7864

Annalisa Peterson, JD, MDR

308B LSBE

aharring@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8383

Yufei Ren, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Economics

330R LSBE

(218) 726-7404

Jennifer Schultz, Ph.D.

Co-Director Health Care Management Program & Professor of Economics

330F LSBE

jschultz@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6695

Tim Seelos

308A LSBE

tseelos@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8482

Becky Skurla

Department Specialist

330A LSBE

bskurla@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7284

Bedassa Tadesse, Ph.D.

Professor of Economics

330G LSBE

btadesse@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8365

Ariuna Taivan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Economics

330M LSBE

ataivan@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8496

Neil Wilmot, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

330Q LSBE

nwilmot@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7439

Financial Markets Program

Joe Artim, M.B.A.

Director of Financial Markets Program and Instructor of Finance

112A LSBE

jartim@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8642

Financial Planning Program

Hugo Hietapelto

Director of the Financial Planning Program

308A LSBE

hhietape@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8482

Health Care Management

Kim Nichols Dauner, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics and Co-Director of Health Care Management

330L LSBE

kdauner@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7279

Annalisa Peterson, JD, MDR

308B LSBE

aharring@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8383

Jennifer Schultz, Ph.D.

Co-Director Health Care Management Program & Professor of Economics

330F LSBE

jschultz@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6695

Management Studies

Geoff Bell, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Faculty of Strategy

365Q LSBE

ggbell@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7640

Jannifer David, Ph.D.

Department Head and Associate Professor; Faculty of Human Resource Management

385A LSBE

jdavid@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8692

Ekaterina (Kate) Elgayeva, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor; Faculty of Organizational Behavior

335U LSBE

eelgayev@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7619

Sanjay Goel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Faculty of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship

365R LSBE

sgoel@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6574

Nik Hassan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Faculty of Management Information Systems

385E LSBE

nhassan@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7453

Stacy Johnston

Instructor; Faculty of Human Resource Management

308C LSBE

john2026@d.umn.edu

Raymond Jones III, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor; Faculty of Strategy and Entrepreneurship

365B LSBE

rjjones@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6093

Lai La Lunde

Instructor; Faculty of Finance and Operations Management

385C LSBE

llunde@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7338

Seung Lee, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Faculty of Management Information Systems

335T LSBE

(218) 726-7556

Dahui Li, Ph.D.

Professor; Faculty of Management Information Systems

365M LSBE

(218) 726-7334

Xin Liang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Faculty of Strategic and International Management

365F LSBE

xliang@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6962

Jennifer Mencl, Ph.D.

Professor; Faculty of Organizational Behavior and Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Effectiveness

420 DAdB

jmencl@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7385

Rand Obeidat, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor; Faculty of Management Information Systems

365D LSBE

robeidat@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7531

Antoinette Pearson

Assistant Professor; Faculty of Organizational Behavior

385B LSBE

pears150@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7871

Jon Pierce, Ph.D.

Morse-Alumni Distinguished Professor of Organization and Management; Faculty of Organizational Behavior

365P LSBE

jpierce@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7929

Kara Ward

Executive Office & Administrative Specialist

385G LSBE

kward@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8992

Lin Xiu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Faculty of Human Resource Management

365H LSBE

(218) 726-6721

Wenqing Zhang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor; Faculty of Operations and Supply Chain Management

365K LSBE

wqzhang@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6276

Marketing

Abram Anders, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Business Communications

335F LSBE

adanders@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8453

Marat Bakpayev, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marketing

335E LSBE

mbakpaye@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8483

Steve Castleberry, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing

335B LSBE

scastleb@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6314

Jack Hennes

308D LSBE

jhennes@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7429

John Kratz, M.B.A.

335K LSBE

jkratz1@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7155

Ahmed Maamoun, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marketing

335L LSBE

amaamoun@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7098

Sara Pitterle

Director and Instructor of Marketing Analytics

212A LSBE

spitterl@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6632

Tim Reilly, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marketing

335F LSBE

tmreilly@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6095

Linda Rochford

335Q LSBE

lrochfor@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7577

Georgina Spears

Executive Office & Administrative Specialist

335D LSBE

gblock@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7532

Rajiv Vaidyanathan, Ph.D.

Department Head

335A LSBE

rvaidyan@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6817

Junhua Wang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Business Communications

335M LSBE

jwang1@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7833

Nicole Wilde

335C LSBE

nwilde@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7272

MBA Programs

Alan Roline, J.D., M.B.A

Director of the MBA Program and Associate Professor of Business Law

219B LSBE

aroline@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8550

Daisy Wallace

Department Specialist

219A LSBE

dmwallac@d.umn.edu, LaboMBA@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-7440

Retail Marketing Analytics Program

Sara Pitterle

Director and Instructor of Marketing Analytics

212A LSBE

spitterl@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6632

Technology Program

Vickie A. Minko

Executive Office and Administrative Specialist

111M LSBE

valmquis@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-8614

Emma Schroeder

111R LSBE

eschroed@d.umn.edu

(218) 726-6705