KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY - Key Persons


Alan Ruehlman

Job Titles:
  • Alan Ruehlman Director of Advising

Alexander Johnson Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Assistant Professor of Management

Amanda York

Job Titles:
  • Amanda York Assistant Director of Strategic Partnership

Amy Sleep

Job Titles:
  • Amy Sleep Marketing, Professional Sales

Andrew Trotman

Job Titles:
  • Andrew Trotman Assistant Professor of Accounting

Angelo Brown Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Assistant Professor of Management

April Sledge Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Instructor of Management

Arelis Keszthelyi

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor
  • Arelis Keszthelyi Academic Advisor for Marketing, Professional Sales

Benedikt Quosigk

Job Titles:
  • Benedikt Quosigk Associate Professor of Accounting

Bill Dallas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Bill Winter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Birton Cowden

Job Titles:
  • Birton Cowden Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Academic Director, Robin and Doug Shore Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center

Brad Schafer

Job Titles:
  • Brad Schafer Associate Professor of Accounting

Brenda Luther

Job Titles:
  • Brenda Luther Program Specialist, Executive Education Programs

Brett Stevens

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Bri Palmer

Job Titles:
  • Bri Palmer Student Success Coordinator

Brian Hults Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Assistant Professor of Management

Bruce Bryant Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Instructor of Real Estate

Bruce Clements

Job Titles:
  • Bruce Clements Associate Professor of Accounting

Caitlin Sumner

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor
  • Academic Advisor: Entrepreneurship, Hospitality Management, Management

Canan Mutlu

Job Titles:
  • Canan Mutlu Associate Professor of Management

Carl Nicpon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Carol Hulsey

Job Titles:
  • Carol Hulsey Lecturer of Accounting

Carolyn Parris-Foster

Job Titles:
  • Time Assistant Professor of Management

Cheryl Austin Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Instructor of Management

Christal Blalock Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Assistant Professor of Management

Christine Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Christine Johnson Administrative Assistant

Christine Rumsey

Job Titles:
  • Christine Rumsey Senior Lecturer of Management

Christopher Brayton

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor
  • Academic Advisor:Economics, Finance

Coles Home

Job Titles:
  • Executive Education
  • Master of Accounting

Colin Ake

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Entrepreneur in Residence, Limited Term Instructor of Entrepreneurship

Cristen Dutcher

Job Titles:
  • Cristen Dutcher Clinical Assistant Professor of Business Law

Cynthia LeMay Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Assistant Professor of Management

Cynthia True

Job Titles:
  • Cynthia True Associate Director of Graduate Programs

Dana Hermanson Dinos

Job Titles:
  • Eminent Scholar of Private Enterprise and Professor of Accounting

Daniel Howes

Job Titles:
  • Daniel Howes Associate Director of the Music and Entertainment Business Certificate Program and Lecturer of Music and Entertainment Business
Position: Associate Director of the Music and Entertainment Business Certificate Program and Lecturer of Music and Entertainment Business Phone: (470) 578-2147 Email: dhowes@kennesaw.edu Location: House 3209 - 109 website

Daniel Landis

Job Titles:
  • Daniel Landis Lecturer of Accounting

Deborah Mixson-Brookshire

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Management

Dennis Loubiere

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Coordinator for ENACTUS and Academic Associate
  • Time Instructor of Management & Program Manager Robin & Doug Shore Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center

Dinos Eminent Scholar

Job Titles:
  • Scholar of Private Enterprise and Professor of Accounting

Divesh Sharma

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator for Accounting and Professor of Accounting

Donald Ariail

Job Titles:
  • Donald Ariail Professor of Accounting

Doug Shore

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Douglas Moodie

Job Titles:
  • Douglas Moodie Assistant Director of the Michael a. Leven School of Management, Entrepreneurship, and Hospitality and Professor of Management

Dr. Leonard Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Program Director
  • Clinical Professor of Hospitality Management
  • Leonard Jackson Program Director for the Hospitality Degree Program and Clinical Professor of Hospitality Management
Dr. Leonard Jackson Program Director for the Hospitality Management Degree Program Clinical Professor of Hospitality Management Michael A. Leven School of Management, Entrepreneurship and Hospitality ljack202@kennesaw.edu Dr. Melih Madanoglu Michael A. Leven Endowed Chair Professor of Hospitality Michael A. Leven School of Management, Entrepreneurship and Hospitality mmadano1@kennesaw.edu

Dr. Melih Madanoglu

Job Titles:
  • Leven Endowed Chair and Professor in Hospitality Management

Dylan Meredith

Job Titles:
  • Dylan Meredith Student Success Coordinator

Esther Yi

Job Titles:
  • Esther Yi Lecturer and Program Coordinator for Hospitality Management

Evan Rogoff

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Folahan Ayeni Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Instructor of Management

Frederick Masci

Job Titles:
  • Frederick Masci Accounting

Ginger Merritt Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Instructor of Management

Graham Lowman

Job Titles:
  • Graham Lowman Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior / Human Resource Management

Gregory Lawrance

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor
  • Academic Advisor: Marketing, Professional Sales

Gregory Quinet

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Executive Director / Associate Professor of Strategic Management / Entrepreneurship
  • Gregory Quinet Executive Director of the Robin and Doug Shore Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center and Associate Professor of Strategic Management / Entrepreneurship

Heather Hermanson MAcc

Job Titles:
  • Director and Professor of Accounting

Heather Owens

Job Titles:
  • Heather Owens Career Coach & Internship Advisor

Hong Qu

Job Titles:
  • Hong Qu Assistant Professor of Accounting

Jacqueline Quiroga

Job Titles:
  • Time Instructor of Management, Part - Time Staff

James Davis

Job Titles:
  • James Davis Limited Term Instructor of Management

James Meurs

Job Titles:
  • James Meurs Associate Professor of Management

James Swaim

Job Titles:
  • James Swaim Clinical Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship

James Wermert Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Instructor of Management

Jasmine Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Jasmine Jackson Director of Student Success

Jeanette Huntington

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Academic Program Specialist

Jenifer Renshaw

Job Titles:
  • Jenifer Renshaw Director, Executive Education Programs

Jennifer Hutchins - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Chairman
  • Associate Professor of Marketing

Jennifer Schafer

Job Titles:
  • Jennifer Schafer Associate Professor of Accounting

Jennifer Smith

Job Titles:
  • Jennifer Smith Lecturer of Accounting

Jessie Reuben-lartey Assessment

Job Titles:
  • Data Coordinator

Joan Ledbetter Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Assistant Professor of Management

Joel A. Katz

Job Titles:
  • Music & Entertainment

John Abernathy

Job Titles:
  • John Abernathy Associate Professor of Accounting

John Furrh Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Assistant Professor of Management

John Neglia Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Assistant Professor of Management

Jonathan Brown

Job Titles:
  • Jonathan Brown Lecturer of Hospitality Management

Jordan Krolick Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Assistant Professor of Management

Joshua Palmer

Job Titles:
  • Joshua Palmer Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior / Human Resources Management

Katherine Zhou MAcc

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Kathryn Smith Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Instructor of Management

Keith Perissi

Job Titles:
  • Keith Perissi Director of the Joel a. Katz Music and Entertainment Business Certificate Program

Kelly Ha

Job Titles:
  • Kelly Ha Assistant Professor of Accounting

Ken Harmon

Job Titles:
  • Ken Harmon Professor of Accounting

Kenneth Hill

Job Titles:
  • Kenneth Hill Senior Lecturer of Management

Kent Altom

Job Titles:
  • Kent Altom Clinical Assistant Professor of Business Law

Larry McHugh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Laura Garnett

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor
  • Academic Advisor: Accounting

Lee Macenczak

Job Titles:
  • Lee Macenczak Clinical Associate Professor of Management

Leigh Oder

Job Titles:
  • Leigh Oder Business Operations & Events Coordinator

Linda Rowlette

Job Titles:
  • Senior Graduate Admissions Counselor, PhD in Business Administration Program

Lisa Henriott

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Entrepreneur in Residence

M. Catherine Cleaveland

Job Titles:
  • Accounting

Marcus Caylor

Job Titles:
  • Marcus Caylor Professor of Accounting

Mark Hiatt

Job Titles:
  • Mark Hiatt Interim Executive Director of the Family Enterprise Center and Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior / Entrepreneurship

Marshall McComb II

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer of Accounting

Martin Varon

Job Titles:
  • Martin Varon Lecturer of Accounting

Mary Hill

Job Titles:
  • Mary Hill Associate Professor of Accounting

Matthew Sorenson

Job Titles:
  • Matthew Sorenson Marketing & Communications Specialist

Michael A. Leven

Job Titles:
  • Endowed Chair / Professor of Hospitality
  • Endowed Chair and Professor in Hospitality Management

Michael Gabriele

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor
  • Senior Academic Advisor

Michael J. Coles

Job Titles:
  • Atlanta Business Executive
Michael J. Coles is an Atlanta business executive, serial entrepreneur, education advocate, philanthropist, respected public speaker, and the namesake of the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University. He embodies everything that the Coles College of Business aspires to instill in its students. In 2021, Michael and Donna contributed $1 million to Kennesaw State University to establish the The Michael J. and Donna N. Coles Veterans Scholarship Endowment Fund, which makes scholarships available to veterans who have exhausted their GI BillĀ® benefits before completing their degrees. "Donna and I are so honored to make this gift to KSU," Michael says. "Military veterans have always had a special place in our hearts. When I ran for the U.S. Senate in 1998, I made many friends in the military and was saddened to learn how little the government does for them. This is our way to honor their sacrifice by offering some help for a better life."

Michael Maloni

Job Titles:
  • Purchasing and Operations Management and Professor

Michelle Prasad

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor
  • Academic Advisor: Economics, Finance

Mona Sinha

Job Titles:
  • Mona Sinha Interim Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs

Monique Richardson Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Instructor of Management

Muhammad Obeidat

Job Titles:
  • Muhammad Obeidat Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship

Natalie Townsend

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor
  • Natalie Townsend Academic Advisor for Entrepreneurship, Hospitality Management, and Management

Qi Dong

Job Titles:
  • Qi Dong Assistant Professor of Accounting

Rajaram Veliyath

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Management, Michael a. Leven School of Management, Entrepreneurship and Hospitality

Rashaun Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Rashaun Phillips Manager, Student Success & Part - Time Instructor of Business Professionalism

Ricardo Rodriguez Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Instructor of Management

Richard Teters Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Instructor of Management and Entrepreneurship

Robert Baird

Job Titles:
  • Robert Baird Accounting

Robert Gnuse Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Instructor of Management and Entrepreneurship

Robert Randolph

Job Titles:
  • Robert Randolph Research Director and Associate Professor of Family Business / Management

Robert Ryan

Job Titles:
  • Robert Ryan Limited Term Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship

Robin Cheramie

Job Titles:
  • Robin Cheramie Dean, Coles College of Business and Professor of Management

Rod Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Ronald Bullock

Job Titles:
  • School of Accountancy Operations Manager

Ronny Richardson

Job Titles:
  • Ronny Richardson Professor of Operations Management and Entrepreneurship

Rotimi Olumide Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Instructor of Management

Russell Spears

Job Titles:
  • Economics, Finance, and Quantitative Analysis

Sara Davis Postdoctoral

Job Titles:
  • Sara Davis Postdoctoral Researcher

Scott Kriscovich

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Sergey Lebedev

Job Titles:
  • Sergey Lebedev Assistant Professor of Strategic Management

Shannon Shumate

Job Titles:
  • Shannon Shumate Senior Lecturer of Accounting

Shannon Williams

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor
  • Academic Advisor: Information Systems, Information Security
  • Senior Academic Advisor

Shelby Meek

Job Titles:
  • Shelby Meek Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship

Sina Golara

Job Titles:
  • Sina Golara Assistant Professor of Operations Management

Sonia Toson

Job Titles:
  • Sonia Toson Director of Diversity Relations, Associate Professor of Business Law

Sonja Marguin

Job Titles:
  • Sonja Marguin Student Success Coordinator

Stacey Kessler

Job Titles:
  • Stacey Kessler Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior / Human Resource Management

Stacey Nebriaga

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor

Stacy Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Stacy Campbell Executive Director, Scholars Program and Professor of Management, Michael a. Leven School of Management, Entrepreneurship and Hospitality

Stephanie Miller

Job Titles:
  • Stephanie Miller Senior Lecturer of Accounting

Steve Smalt

Job Titles:
  • School of Accountancy Director and Associate Professor of Accounting
  • Steve Smalt Director of the School of Accountancy and Associate Professor of Accounting & Information Systems

Steven Phelan

Job Titles:
  • Steven Phelan Director of Michael a. Leven School of Management, Entrepreneurship and Hospitality and Professor of Entrepreneurship

Stuart Napshin

Job Titles:
  • Stuart Napshin Associate Professor of Management

Sunay Mutlu

Job Titles:
  • Sunay Mutlu Associate Professor of Accounting

Susan Young

Job Titles:
  • Susan Young Associate Professor of Management

Terri Elhaddaoui Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Instructor of Management

Thomas Devaney

Job Titles:
  • Thomas Devaney Executive Director of EMBA Programs and Senior Lecturer of Finance and Accounting

Thomas Single Part

Job Titles:
  • Time Instructor of Management

Tim Blumentritt

Job Titles:
  • Tim Blumentritt Associate Professor of Management

Tyler Parham

Job Titles:
  • Tyler Parham Career Coach & Internship Advisor

Tyler Pede

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor
  • Senior Academic Advisor

Tyra Williams

Job Titles:
  • Tyra Williams Career Coach & Internship Advisor

Velina Popova

Job Titles:
  • Velina Popova Associate Professor of Accounting

Vineeta Sharma

Job Titles:
  • Vineeta Sharma Professor of Accounting

Yoon Hee Kim

Job Titles:
  • Yoon Hee Kim Associate Professor of Management