EMBA - Key Persons


Albert Huang

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Director of the Executive MBA Program Assistant Professor of Practice in Management

Alex Fly

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Cyber and Analytics Board of Advisors
  • Vice Chair, QuickPath

Alvarez Fellows

Alvarez Fellows will learn about the nature and scope of research conducted in various business disciplines and participate in experiential learning activities. First, students will study research methods as part of a three-course sequence that results in a business research competency. Working with faculty mentors, the students will also execute a personal research project to write and submit a paper to a peer-reviewed journal or academic conference. Fellows are selected in the fall semester for the program starting the following spring semester, and selection criteria for the program includes academic excellence, demonstrated research potential and the candidate's personal interest and motivation.

Ann Bohl Deacon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council
  • Deacon, '84, Chair, Deacon Recruiting & Deacon Professional Services

Antonio Carbajal

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Cyber and Analytics Board of Advisors

Benjamin Montanez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Bobby Blount

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Cyber and Analytics Board of Advisors

Carmen Juarez

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager of Executive Education

Cerise Edmonds

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Center for Professional Excellence

Charles Liu

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Interim Department Chair of Information Systems and Cyber Security

Chris Rosas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Dana Hunt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Daniel A. Sass

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Studies / Associate Professor of Management Science and Statistics

Daniel Karam

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Denise E. Bendele

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

E. Rene Salas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Edward Contreras

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Cyber and Analytics Board of Advisors

Embrey Real

Job Titles:
  • Estate Finance and Development Founders Council

Eryka Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Assistant Dean for Fiscal Administration / Department

Francisco Marquez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies and Research

George S. Muller

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Graham Weston

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Professor / Associate Professor of Management Science and Statistics

Jerry Salinas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Jim Cox

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Manager / Lecturer in Accounting

Jim Langabeer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Joanne Wright

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Associate

Joe Broschak

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Department Chair of Management / Professor of Management

Jonathon Halbesleben

Job Titles:
  • Dean
  • Ex Officio Member
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Dean and Bodenstedt Chair / Tom C. Frost Distinguished University Chair for Business Excellence

Jordan Walder

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Juan Manuel Sanchez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Success and Research / Professor of Accounting

Karan Bhanot

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Department Chair of Finance / Professor of Finance

Kathryn Keeton

Job Titles:
  • Senior Executive Director of Center for Professional Excellence / Professor of Practice of Management
  • Senior Executive Director of the Center for Professional Excellence
Kathryn Keeton, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in the state of Texas and her specialties include executive coaching, leadership, team development and entrepreneurship. Recognized in 2017 with a San Antonio Business Journal Women Leadership Award, Keeton is both a successful entrepreneur and associate professor for UTSA. She has authored and co-authored research publications on topics related to innovation, team development, employee engagement and leadership training. Keeton is a member of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychologists (SIOP), and the American Psychological Association (APA).

Kenneth Hoffman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Laurie Griffith

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio Member
  • Co - Chair REFD Founders Council, Independent Financial

Marcelo P. Sanchez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Mark Leung

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies

Mark Manglicmot

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio Member
  • Chairman Cyber & Analytics Board of Advisors, Arctic Wolf
  • Chairman, Arctic Wolf

Martin Salinas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Matt Dennis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Michael Setser

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Nancy Kudla

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Nancy Ozuna

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Nicole Beebe

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio Member
  • Chairman of the Department of Information Systems and Cyber Security

Pamela C. Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Associate Dean for Administration / Professor of Accounting

Patricia Ponton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Randy Vogel

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio Member

Robert Worth

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio Member
  • Co - Chair REFD Founders Council, R. L. Worth & Associates Ltd

Rosa E. Garza

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Assistant Dean of Student Services

Ross Bryant

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Cyber and Analytics Board of Advisors

Samson Alva

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Department Chair of Economics / Associate Professor of Economics

Sharad Asthana

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Department Chair / Professor of Accounting

Stewart G. Goodson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Taylor Eighmy

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio Member
  • UTSA President

Tom C. Frost

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Dean and Bodenstedt Chair / Tom C. Frost Distinguished University Chair for Business Excellence
  • Endowed Professor in International Business and Professor of Marketing

Walter D. Downing Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Walter M. Embrey Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council

Wenbo Wu

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Department Chair of Management Science and Statistics

Yinlong (Allen) Zhang

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Interim Department Chair in Marketing

Yvonne Fernandez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Council