Eccles Leadership Team
Executive Team
Kurt DirksDean, Professor of Leadership
Katie AmundsenAssistant Dean, Alumni Relations and Development
Jonathan BrogaardAssociate Dean for Research, Kendall D. Garff Presidential Endowed Chair
Jennifer BrownSenior Associate Dean of Faculty; Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy; H. Brent Beesley Endowed Professor
Denise DeCoiteSenior Director, U Career Success
Michael LewisAssistant Dean, Finance and Operations; Professor (Lecturer), School of Accounting
Catherine SmithSenior Director, Marketing and Communications
Jess TavernaAssociate Dean, Undergraduate Programs
Brad VierigAssociate Dean, Graduate Programs and Executive Education
Institutes and Centers
Steve AlderExecutive Director & Adjunct Professor; Center for Business, Health, and Prosperity, Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy
David BaumanExecutive Director, Ivory-Boyer Real Estate Center
Cord BowenProfessor (Clinical) & Director, Doman Innovation Studio
Natalie Gochnour Director, Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute; Associate Dean, David Eccles School of Business
Scott HolleyExecutive Director, Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute
Abby IvoryProgram Manager, Ivory Innovations
Katie MaccChief Operating Officer, Sorenson Impact Institute
Scott SchaeferDumke Family Presidential Endowed Chair in Honor of Katherine W. and E.R. Dumke, Jr.; Professor and Division Chair, Quantitative Analysis of Markets and Organizations
Ruchi M. WatsonManaging Director & CEO, Goff Strategic Leadership Institute; Professor (Lecturer)
Department Chairs
Nitin BakshiChair and Professor, Department of Operations and Information Systems; David Eccles Faculty Fellow
Mike CooperChair and Professor, Department of Finance; A. Blaine Huntsman Presidential Endowed Chair in the Department of Finance
Kristina DiekmannChair and Professor, Department of Management; Angus T. Shearer Jr. Endowed Professor of Ethics & Professor of Management
Bill HesterlyChair and Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy; Dumke Family Presidential Endowed Chair in Honor of Katherine W. And E.R. Dumke, Jr.; Daniels Fund Initiative Professor of Ethics
Arul MishraProfessor, Department of Marketing, Faculty Fellow, & Emerging Scholar
Ed OwensChair and Professor, School of Accounting; David Eccles Professor
Scott SchaeferDumke Family Presidential Endowed Chair in Honor of Katherine W. and E.R. Dumke, Jr.; Professor and Division Chair, Quantitative Analysis of Markets and Organizations
