College Leadership
Anil K. Makhija serves as dean and John W. Berry, Sr. Chair in Business of the Max M. Fisher College of Business. Makhija is recognized as an expert in the field of finance, particularly capital structure, corporate governance and valuation, and has more than 20 years of experience in academic leadership roles.
Prior to his appointment to dean in October 2014, Makhija served as senior associate dean at Fisher. He has served on the faculty of the business college since 1998 and has held the Dean’s Distinguished Professorship and the David A. Rismiller Professorship in Finance. He chaired Fisher’s Department of Finance and served as an associate dean of executive education programs, where he was responsible for the development of Fisher’s top-ranked Executive MBA program.
Makhija has led consulting and executive development programs for dozens of leading companies in the U.S. and around the world. He has held visiting faculty appointments at respected institutions in Chile, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Hong Kong, India and Korea.
He is a respected and widely published researcher. He is also the winner of numerous teaching awards, including the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Pace Setters Daniel Westerbeck Teaching Excellence Award — the highest teaching honors bestowed by, respectively, Ohio State and Fisher College of Business.
Makhija has been a featured expert in media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The New York Times, Financial Times and Bloomberg Businessweek, among many others.
He has a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MBA from Tulane University, and a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.
Aravind Chandrasekaran
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Executive Education
(614) 292-4223
chandrasekaran.24@osu.edu
Keely Croxton
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs
(614) 292-6610
croxton.4@osu.edu
Melanie DiFeo
Chief for Staff & Culture Initiatives
(614) 292-7718
difeo.3@osu.edu
Ben Tepper
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
(614) 688-2129
tepper.15@osu.edu
Cynthia Turner
Assistant Dean and Chief Diversity Officer, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
(614) 292-4023
turner.1278@osu.edu
Anil Arya
Chair, Department of Accounting and MIS
(614) 292-2221
arya.4@osu.edu
Joe Goodman
Chair, Department of Marketing and Logistics
goodman.425@osu.edu
James Hill
Chair, Department of Operations and Business Analytics
(614) 292-4605
hill.249@osu.edu
Robert Lount
Chair, Department of Management and Human Resources
Bernadette Minton
Chair, Department of Finance
(614) 688-3125
minton.15@osu.edu
Richard Brown
Chief Development and Alumni Relations Officer
brown.8537@osu.edu
Gretchen Gombos
Executive Director of Finance and Administration
(614) 292-5984
gombos.2@osu.edu
Jennifer McLendon, MBA
Human Resources Business Partner
(614) 297-6122
mclendon.4@osu.edu
Jill O'Neill, M.A.
Associate to the Dean
oneill.139@osu.edu
Patti Flinn
Executive Assistant to the Dean
(614) 292-2666
flinn.7@osu.edu
Fisher College of Business Executive Committee is comprised of the dean, associate deans and department chairs of all academic programs. Two at large faculty members and a representative of the Staff Advisory Council complete the committee.
The current executive committee includes:
Anil Arya
Chair, Department of Accounting & MIS (AMIS)
Eliot Bendoly
Faculty Representative
Aravind Chandrasekaran
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Executive Education
Keely Croxton
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Melanie DiFeo
Chief Staff & Culture Initiatives
Joe Goodman
Chair, Department of Marketing & Logistics (ML)
Sara Hartman
Chair of the Advisory Committee: Staff
James Hill
Chair, Department of Operations and Business Analytics (O&BA)
Timothy Judge
Chair, Department of Management and Human Resources (MHR)
Mike Knemeyer
Faculty Representative
Anil Makhija
Dean (Committee chair)
Bernadette Minton
Chair, Department of Finance (FIN)
Ben Tepper
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
Cynthia Turner
Assistant Dean and Chief Diversity Officer
Jay Wellman
Chair, Advisory Committe: Clinical Faculty and Senior Lecturers
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