Faculty & Staff Directory | Labovitz School of Business and Economics

Dean's Office

Amy Hietapelto Ph.D.

Dean

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7281

Contact Address

219E LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Praveen Aggarwal Ph.D.

Associate Dean

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8971

Contact Address

219C LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Cindy Beaudin

Payroll Manager and HR Services

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8797

Contact Address

213J LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Cathie Carter

Accountant

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6786

Contact Address

213H LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Katie Chernak

Communications Specialist

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6341

Contact Address

219K LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Sharon Cripe

Assistant to the Dean

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8034

Contact Address

219J LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Joseph Grant

Administrative Director

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7282

Contact Address

219L LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Daisy Wallace

Department Specialist

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7440

Contact Address

219A LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Technology Program

Vickie A. Minko

Executive Office and Administrative Specialist

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8614

Contact Address

111M LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Emma Schroeder

Technology Coordinator

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6705

Contact Address

111R LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Advising & Academic Services

Vickie A. Minko

Executive Office and Administrative Specialist

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8614

Contact Address

111M LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Tracey Bolen

Director of Advising and Academic Services

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7520

Contact Address

111Q LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Mackenzie Bolf

Student Services Professional

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6594

Contact Address

111F LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Anna Greshowak

Academic Advisor

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8583

Contact Address

111K LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Kurt Guidinger

Senior Academic Advisor

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8757

Contact Address

111G LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Trent Nelson

Academic Advisor

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8986

Contact Address

111J LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Business Internship Program

Vickie A. Minko

Executive Office and Administrative Specialist

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8614

Contact Address

111M LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Angie Soderberg

Director of the Internship Program

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6118

Contact Address

111P LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Accounting & Finance

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

Assistant Professor of Accounting

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7278

Contact Address

360J LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Debora Almirall

Instructor of Finance

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8482

Contact Address

308A LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Joe Artim

Director of Financial Markets Program and Instructor of Finance

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8642

Contact Address

112A LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Rodger Brannan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Accounting

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8566

Contact Address

360E LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Angie Braud, C.P.A., M.B.T.

Instructor of Accounting

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7972

Contact Address

360M LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Yang Cheng, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Accounting

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7836

Contact Address

330F LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

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

Instructor of Accounting

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8412

Contact Address

360K LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Andrew Fluharty, Ph.D., C.P.A.

Assistant Professor of Accounting

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6068

Contact Address

360H LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Hugo Hietapelto

Director of the Financial Planning Program

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8482

Contact Address

308A LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Kristen Lesemann

Executive Office and Administrative Specialist

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7966

Contact Address

360B LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Brian Lukasavitz, J.D.

Assistant Professor of Business Law

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7514

Contact Address

308C LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Timothy Peterson, B.Acc., M.B.A., A.B.V.

Instructor of Finance

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8383

Contact Address

385H LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Valeriya Posylnaya, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Finance

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8506

Contact Address

360F LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Roger Reinsch, J.D.

Professor of Business Law

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6252

Contact Address

360L LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

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

Associate Professor of Business Law

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8550

Contact Address

385J LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

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

Instructor of Accounting

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8541

Contact Address

385F LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Steven Schneider, J.D.

Assistant Professor of Business Law

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7514

Contact Address

308C LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Yoshiki Shimizu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Finance

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6762

Contact Address

385K LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Randy Skalberg, J.D., L.L.M.

Department Head and Associate Professor of Accounting

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7150

Contact Address

360D LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Raluca Stan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Finance

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7454

Contact Address

360G LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Jason Turkiela, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Finance

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7883

Contact Address

385L LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Development Office

Suzanne Anderson

Development Director

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6696

Contact Address

213A LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Brenda Risdon

Development Assistant

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7872

Marketing

Denni Arli, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marketing

Fall 2020: to be announced; or by appointment

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6095

Contact Address

335F LBSE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Marat Bakpayev, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marketing

Fall 2020: M&W 2-3pm; or by appointment (Virtual via Zoom: https://z.umn.edu/MBOfficeHours)

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8483

Contact Address

335E LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Joshua Berlo

UMD Athletics Director & Instructor of Marketing

Fall 2020: not teaching - no official hours, returning Spring 2021

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6874

Steve Castleberry, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing & Business Ethics, UMD Faculty Athletic Representative

Fall 2020: Virtual hrs only via Zoom M&W 1-2pm; or by appointment (https://z.umn.edu/322k)

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6314

Contact Address

335B LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

John Kratz, M.B.A.

Interim Sales Program Director & Instructor of Marketing

Fall 2020: to be announced; or by appointment

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7155

Contact Address

335K LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Ahmed Maamoun, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marketing

Fall 2020: Virtual hrs only via Zoom M&W noon-1pm; or by appointment (Zoom ID 364 354 8849)

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7098

Contact Address

335L LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Ruby Nancy, M.P.A., M.A.

Instructor of Business Communication

Fall 2020: varies by week - by appointment only (https://z.umn.edu/RubyNancyCalendar)

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8453

Contact Address

335R LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Amin Rostami, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marketing

Fall 2020: to be announced; or by appointment

[email protected]

Phone

218-726-7577

Contact Address

335Q LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Steve Sharkey

Director of the Consumer Insights and Analytics Program and Instructor

Fall 2020: varies by week - by appointment only (https://z.umn.edu/ssharkey-officehours)

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6632

Contact Address

212B LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Georgina Spears

Executive Office & Administrative Specialist

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7757

Contact Address

335D LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Rajiv Vaidyanathan, Ph.D.

Department Head & Professor of Marketing

Fall 2020: varies by week - by appointment only (https://z.umn.edu/rvofficehours)

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6817

Contact Address

335A LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Junhua Wang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Business Communications

Fall 2020: to be announced; or by appointment

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7833

Contact Address

335M LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Nicole Wilde

Instructor of Marketing

Fall 2020: to be announced; or by appointment

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7272

Contact Address

335C LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Financial Markets Program

Joe Artim

Director of Financial Markets Program and Instructor of Finance

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8642

Contact Address

112A LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Management Studies

Geoff Bell, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Faculty of Strategy

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7640

Contact Address

385C LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Ormonde Cragun Ph.D.

Assistant Professor; Faculty of Human Resource Management

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7083

Contact Address

385E LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Jannifer David Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Faculty of Human Resource Management

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8692

Contact Address

365D LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Ekaterina (Kate) Elgayeva, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor; Faculty of Organizational Behavior

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7619

Contact Address

335U LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Sanjay Goel

Associate Professor; Faculty of Strategy and Entrepreneurship

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6574

Contact Address

365R LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Nik Hassan

Associate Professor; Faculty of Management Information Systems

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7453

Contact Address

385A LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Lai La Lunde

Instructor; Faculty of Finance and Production/Operations Management

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7429

Contact Address

308D LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Seung Lee Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Faculty of Management Information Systems

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7556

Contact Address

335T LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Dahui Li Ph.D

Professor; Faculty of Management Information Systems

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7334

Contact Address

365M LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Xin Liang Ph.D.

Department Chair and Professor; Faculty of Strategic and International Management

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6962

Contact Address

365F LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Antoinette Pearson Ed.D.

Assistant Professor; Faculty of Organizational Behavior

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7871

Contact Address

385B LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Jon Pierce

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

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7929

Contact Address

365P LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Kanhaiya Sinha, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor; Faculty of Entrepreneurship

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7932

Contact Address

365B LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Kara Ward

Executive Office & Administrative Specialist

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8992

Contact Address

385G LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Lin Xiu Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Faculty of Human Resource Management

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6721

Contact Address

365H LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Wenqing Zhang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Faculty of Operations and Supply Chain Management

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6276

Contact Address

365Q LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Economics

Lisa Breger, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Economics

[email protected]

Phone

218-726-7404

Contact Address

330T LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Kim Dauner, Ph.D.

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

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7279

Contact Address

330L LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Luiggi Donayre, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8463

Contact Address

330N LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Netty Kovach

Executive Office and Administrative Specialist

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7284

Contact Address

330A LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Lacey Loomer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Health Care Management

[email protected]

Phone

218-726-8626

Contact Address

330H LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Chris McIntosh, Ph.D.

Department Head

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8408

Contact Address

330K LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Gibson Nene, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7864

Contact Address

330P LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Annalisa Peterson, J.D., M.D.R.

Assistant Professor of Economics, Healthcare Management Program

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8383

Contact Address

308B LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Yufei Ren, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Economics

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7404

Contact Address

330R LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Jennifer Schultz, Ph.D.

Co-Director Health Care Management Program & Professor of Economics

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6695

Contact Address

330F LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Bedassa Tadesse, Ph.D.

Professor of Economics

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8365

Contact Address

330G LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Ariuna Taivan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8496

Contact Address

330M LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Neil Wilmot, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7439

Contact Address

330Q LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Bureau of Business and Economic Research

Gina Chiodi Grensing

Editor/Writer

[email protected]

Phone

+1 2187268730

Contact Address

11 E. First Street, suite 210
210 DTV
Duluth, MN 55802
United States

Monica Haynes

Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7895

Contact Address

11 E Superior St.
210 DTV
Duluth, MN 55802
United States

Health Care Management

Kim Dauner, Ph.D.

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

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7279

Contact Address

330L LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Lacey Loomer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Health Care Management

[email protected]

Phone

218-726-8626

Contact Address

330H LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Annalisa Peterson, J.D., M.D.R.

Assistant Professor of Economics, Healthcare Management Program

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8383

Contact Address

308B LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Jennifer Schultz, Ph.D.

Co-Director Health Care Management Program & Professor of Economics

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6695

Contact Address

330F LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Financial Planning Program

Hugo Hietapelto

Director of the Financial Planning Program

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 8482

Contact Address

308A LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Marketing Analytics Program

Steve Sharkey

Director of the Consumer Insights and Analytics Program and Instructor

Fall 2020: varies by week - by appointment only (https://z.umn.edu/ssharkey-officehours)

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 6632

Contact Address

212B LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States

MBA Programs

Daisy Wallace

Department Specialist

[email protected]

Phone

+1 218 726 7440

Contact Address

219A LSBE
1318 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
United States