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Directors and Department Chairs

Departments:
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    Deans      (Click on a photo or a name for biographical information)
    Name Title and Degree Contact Info

    Richard Pegnetter    		 Founding Dean of Business and Professor of Management
    Ph.D. in Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University (1971)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 4312
    Phone: 239-590-7310
    E-mail: rpegnett@fgcu.edu

    J. Howard Finch    		 Associate Dean and Alico Chair in Financial Management and Planning
    Ph.D. in Finance, University of Alabama (1992)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 4310
    Phone: 239-590-7370
    E-mail: jhfinch@fgcu.edu

    Carol Burnette    		 Associate Dean, Assessment and Enrollment Management
    M.B.A., University of South Florida (1993)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 1308
    Phone: 239-590-7350
    E-mail: burnette@fgcu.edu

    Directors and Department Chairs      (Click on a photo or a name for biographical information)
    Name Title and Degree Contact Info

    Gary Jackson    		 Director of the Regional Economic Research Institute (RERI) and Economics Faculty
    Ph.D in Economics, University of Massachusetts (1979)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3312
    Phone: 239-590-7319
    E-mail: gjackson@fgcu.edu

    David C. Kakkuri    		 Director, Center for Leadership and Innovation
    Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, University of Illinois - Chicago (1994)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 4309
    Phone: 239-590-7303
    E-mail: dkakkuri@fgcu.edu

    Dan Regelski    		 Director of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
    M.B.A., University of New Hampshire (1994)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 2320
    Phone: 239-745-3705
    E-mail: dregelsk@fgcu.edu

    Gerald Schoenfeld    		 Department Chair of Management, Director of the Institute for Advances in Human Resources and Associate Professor of Management
    Ph.D. in Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh (1994)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3339
    Phone: 239-590-7388
    E-mail: gschoenf@fgcu.edu

    Stuart Van Auken    		 Department Chair of Marketing and Economics; Alico Chair in Market Analysis and DevelopmentPh.D. in Marketing, University of North Texas (1970) Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3308
    Phone: 239-590-7382
    E-mail: svanauke@fgcu.edu

    Ara G. Volkan    		 Department Chair of Accounting and Finance and Moorings Park Chair in Managerial Accounting
    Ph.D. in Accounting, University Alabama (1979)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3316
    Phone: 239-590-7380
    E-mail: avolkan@fgcu.edu

    Judy Wynekoop    		 Department Chair of Computer Information Systems and Operations Management; Professor of Computer Information Systems
    Ph.D. in Information Systems, Georgia State University (1991)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3355
    Phone: 239-590-7387
    E-mail: jwynekoo@fgcu.edu

    Accounting / Finance Department      (Click on a photo or a name for biographical information)
    Name Title and Degree Contact Info

    Ara G. Volkan    		 Department Chair of Accounting and Finance and Moorings Park Chair in Managerial Accounting
    Ph.D. in Accounting, University Alabama (1979)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3316
    Phone: 239-590-7380
    E-mail: avolkan@fgcu.edu

    Christine Andrews    		 Associate Professor of Accounting
    D.B.A. in Accounting, Cleveland State University (1998)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3347
    Phone: 239-590-7342
    E-mail: candrews@fgcu.edu

    Daniel J. Borgia    		 Director, Institute of Chinese Studies
    Professor of Finance
    Ph.D. in Finance, Kent State University (1991)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3302
    Phone: 239-590-7371
    E-mail: dborgia@fgcu.edu

    Deanna O. Burgess    		 Associate Professor of Accounting
    Ph.D. in Business Administration, University of Central Florida (1991)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3330
    Phone: 239-590-7341
    E-mail: dburgess@fgcu.edu
    H.Wayne Cecil Associate Professor of Accounting
    Ph.D. Business Administration, University of Kentucky (1996)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3315
    Phone: 239-590-7307
    E-mail: hwcecil@fgcu.edu

    Jacqueline R. Conrecode    		 Instructor II in Accounting
    MBA, University of South Florida (1995), MS in Accounting and Taxation from Florida Gulf Coast University (2001)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3333
    Phone: 239-590-7340
    E-mail: jconreco@fgcu.edu
    Steven Fraser Assistant Professor of Finance
    Ph.D. in Finance, University of South Florida (2003)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3340
    Phone: 239-590-7336
    E-mail: sfraser@fgcu.edu

    Bradley K. Hobbs    		 Professor of Finance and Economics
    Ph.D. in Economics, Florida State University (1991)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3351
    Phone: 239-590-7162
    E-mail: bhobbs@fgcu.edu

    Travis L. Jones    		 Assistant Professor of Finance
    Ph.D. in Finance, University of Alabama (2005)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3337
    Phone: 239-590-7167
    E-mail: tljones@fgcu.edu
    Kenneth Lusht Distinguished Professor of Real Estate
    Ph.D. in Land Economics and Urban Affairs, Georgia State University (1973)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3327
    Phone: 239-590-7597
    E-mail: klusht@fgcu.edu

    Carl J. Pacini    		 Marguerite and Guy Howard Professorship in Business and Professor of Accounting
    Ph.D. in Accounting, Florida State University (1997). J.D., University of Notre Dame (1979)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3305
    Phone: 239-590-7344
    E-mail: cpacini@fgcu.edu
    Raymond Placid Associate Professor of Accounting
    J.D., University of Miami (1990)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3321
    Phone: 239-590-7343
    E-mail: rplacid@fgcu.edu

    Joseph C. Rue    		 Professor of Accounting
    Ph.D. in Accounting, Pennsylvania State University (1979)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3348
    Phone: 239-590-7345
    E-mail: jrue@fgcu.edu

    Steven R. Scheff    		 Instructor I in Finance
    M.B.A., Harvard University (1960)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3361
    Phone: 239-590-7315
    E-mail: sscheff@fgcu.edu

    H. Shelton Weeks    		 Professor of Finance
    Ph.D. in Finance, University of Alabama (1995)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3365
    Phone: 239-590-7373
    E-mail: sweeks@fgcu.edu
    Gail Wright Visiting Professor of Accounting
    D.B.A. in Business Administration, George Washington University (1985)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3309
    Phone: 239-590-7595
    E-mail: gwright@fgcu.edu

    Computer Information Systems / Operations Management Department
    Click on a photo or a name for biographical information)
    Name Title and Degree Contact Info

    Judy Wynekoop    		 Department Chair of Computer Information Systems and Operations Management; Professor of Computer Information Systems
    Ph.D. in Information Systems, Georgia State University (1991)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3355
    Phone: 239-590-7387
    E-mail: jwynekoo@fgcu.edu
    Roy A. Boggs Professor of Computer Information Systems
    Ph.D. in Germanic Linguistics, University of Texas/Austin (1969)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3344
    Phone: 239-590-7362
    E-mail: rboggs@fgcu.edu
    David A. Collier Alico Chair of Operations Management
    Ph.D., Management Sciences, The Ohio State University (1978)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3332
    Phone: 239-590-7348
    E-mail: dcollier@fgcu.edu
    Elias T. Kirche Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems
    Ph.D. in Operations Management, University of Houston (2002)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3304
    Phone: 239-590-7325
    E-mail: ekirche@fgcu.edu
    Kazuo Nakatani Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems
    Ph.D. in Information Systems, Texas Tech University (1999)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3353
    Phone: 239-590-7364
    E-mail: knakatan@fgcu.edu
    Mark Pendergast Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems
    Ph.D. in Management Information Systems, University of Arizona (1989)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3328
    Phone: 239-590-7361
    E-mail: mpenderg@fgcu.edu

    Walter E. Rodriguez    		 Director of Grants and Research and Professor of Computer Information Systems
    Ph.D. in Project Management, University of Florida (1982)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3350
    Phone: 239-590-7360
    E-mail: wrodrigz@fgcu.edu

    Rajesh Srivastava    		 Professor of Operations Management
    Ph.D. in Business Administration, Ohio State University (1986)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3307
    Phone: 239-590-7372
    E-mail: rsrivast@fgcu.edu

    Hulya (Julie) Yazici    		 Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems and Operations Management
    Ph.D. in Engineering Management, University of Missouri-Rolla (1990)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3317
    Phone: 239-590-7335
    E-mail: hyazici@fgcu.edu

    Fan Zhao    		 Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems and Operations Management
    Ph.D. in Management Information Systems, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2006)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3357
    Phone: 239-590-7326
    E-mail: fzhao@fgcu.edu

    Management Department      (Click on a photo or a name for biographical information)
    Name Title and Degree Contact Info

    Gerald Schoenfeld    		 Department Chair of Management, Director of the Institute for Advances in Human Resources and Associate Professor of Management
    Ph.D. in Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh (1994)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3339
    Phone: 239-590-7388
    E-mail: gschoenf@fgcu.edu

    Darlene Andert    		 Instructor II in Management
    Ed. D. in Human and Organizational Development, The George Washington University (2003)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3349
    Phone: 239-590-7322
    E-mail: dandert@fgcu.edu

    Stephen Drew    		 Professor of Management
    Ph.D. in Management Sciences, Cambridge University, U.K. (1976)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3363
    Phone: 239-590-7328
    E-mail: sdrew@fgcu.edu

    Karen Eastwood    		 Professor of Management
    Ph.D. in Industrial / Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior, University of Utah (1980)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3360
    Phone: 239-590-7383
    E-mail: eastwood@fgcu.edu

    Charles Fornaciari    		 Uncommon Friends Chair in Ethics and Professor of Management
    Ph.D. in Strategic Management, Florida State University (1996)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3331
    Phone: 239-590-7384
    E-mail: cfornaci@fgcu.edu
    John P. Golden Visiting Instructor I in Management
    Ed.D. in Leadership in Higher Education, Widener University School of Human Service Professions (2001)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3342
    Phone: 239-590-7316
    E-mail: jgolden@fgcu.edu
    Sandra King-Kauanui Associate Professor of Management
    Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Entrepreneurship, The George Washington University (1997)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3313
    Phone: 239-590-7433
    E-mail: skauanui@fgcu.edu

    Charles S. Mathews    		 Senior Lecturer of Management
    Ph.D. in Organizational Theory/ Strategic Human Resource Management, University of Southern California (1992)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3329
    Phone: 239-590-7385
    E-mail: chuckm@fgcu.edu
    Allan R. Platt Assistant Professor of Management
    Ph.D. in Social Sciences and Sport, Kent State University (1976)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3354
    Phone: 239-590-7324
    E-mail: arplatt@fgcu.edu

    Monika K. Renard    		 Associate Professor of Management
    Ph.D. in Human Resource Management, University of Maryland (1992)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3364
    Phone: 239-590-7386
    E-mail: mrenard@fgcu.edu

    Arthur J. Rubens    		 Associate Professor of Management
    Dr.P.H. in Public Health, University of Pittsburgh (1990)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3310
    Phone: 239-590-7840
    E-mail: arubens@fgcu.edu

    Gerald Segal    		 Associate Professor of Management
    Ph.D. in Business Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University (1995)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3303
    Phone: 239-590-7389
    E-mail: gsegal@fgcu.edu

    Marketing / Economics Department      (Click on a photo or a name for biographical information)
    Name Title and Degree Contact Info

    Stuart Van Auken    		 Department Chair of Marketing and Economics; Alico Chair in Market Analysis and DevelopmentPh.D. in Marketing, University of North Texas (1970) Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3308
    Phone: 239-590-7382
    E-mail: svanauke@fgcu.edu

    Khaled Aboulnasr    		 Assistant Professor of Marketing
    Ph.D. in Marketing, University of Houston (2004)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3352
    Phone: 239-590-7598
    E-mail: kaboulna@fgcu.edu

    Lee R. Duffus    		 Associate Professor of Marketing
    Ph.D. in Marketing, Purdue University (1979)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3338
    Phone: 239-590-7318
    E-mail: lduffus@fgcu.edu

    Gary Jackson    		 Director of the Regional Economic Research Institute (RERI) and Economics Faculty
    Ph.D in Economics, University of Massachusetts (1979)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3312
    Phone: 239-590-7319
    E-mail: gjackson@fgcu.edu
    David Jones Investors Security Trust Executive Professor
    Ph.D. in Economics, University of Pennsylvania (1969)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3327
    Phone: 239-590-7597
    E-mail: dmjones@fgcu.edu
    Carrie Kerekes Assistant Professor of Economics Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3358
    Phone: 239-590-7311
    E-mail: cerekes@fgcu.edu

    Dean B. Stansel    		 Assistant Professor of Economics
    Ph.D. in Economics, George Mason University (2002)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3362
    Phone: 239-590-7420
    E-mail: dstansel@fgcu.edu
    Norman Stern Instructor of Marketing
    MBA, Columbia University (1965)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3341
    Phone: 239-590-7402
    E-mail: nstern@fgcu.edu

    Mushfiq Swaleheen    		 Assistant Professor of Economics
    Ph.D. in Economics, University of Alabama (2006)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3306
    Phone: 239-590-7331
    E-mail: mswalehe@fgcu.edu
    Carol Sweeney Instructor II in Economics
    M. S. in Development Studies, University College Dublin, Ireland (1994)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3359
    Phone: 239-590-7327
    E-mail: csweeney@fgcu.edu

    Ludmilla G. Wells    		 Associate Professor of Marketing
    Ph.D. in Communications, University of Tennessee (1992)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3300
    Phone: 239-590-7363
    E-mail: lwells@fgcu.edu
    Christine Wright-Isak Assistant Professor of Marketing
    Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Chicago (1985)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 3319
    Phone: 239-590-7346
    E-mail: cwright@fgcu.edu

    Staff      (Click on a photo or a name for biographical information)
    Name Title and Degree Contact Info

    Julio Estremera    		 Certified Business Analyst for the SBDC Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 2317
    Phone: 239-745-3707
    E-mail: jestreme@fgcu.edu
    Norm Jacobson Certified Business Analyst for the SBDC
    B.A. in Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Illinois (1968)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 2314
    Phone: 239-745-3709
    E-mail: njacobso@fgcu.edu

    Lorna Kibbey    		 Small Business Resource Network (SBRN) Coordinator
    M.B.A., University of South Florida (1993)    		 E-mail: lkibbey@fgcu.edu

    Andy MacDiarmid    		 Academic Advisor
    M.A. in Higher Education / Student Personnel, University of Central Florida (1997)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 1312
    Phone: 239-590-7351
    E-mail: amacdiar@fgcu.edu
    Paula Machlin Academic Advisor
    B.S. in Biology, Washington University in St. Louis (1981)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 1306
    Phone: 239-590-7401
    E-mail: pmachlin@fgcu.edu

    Tor Ostensen    		 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Coordinator
    M.B.A., Wagner College (1975)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 2316
    Phone: 239-745-3706
    E-mail: tostense@fgcu.edu

    Marisa Ouverson    		 Academic Advisor
    M.S. in Counseling, Central Connecticut State University (2003)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 1307
    Phone: 239-590-7403
    E-mail: mouverso@fgcu.edu

    Suzanne Specht    		 Assistant Director and Certified Business Analyst for the SBDC
    M.B.A., Florida Gulf Coast University (2006)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 2319
    Phone: 239-745-3704
    E-mail: sspecht@fgcu.edu

    Dan Telep    		 Procurement Technical Assistant (PTAC) Business Analyst
    Masters in Business Management and Supervision at Central Michigan University (1982)    		 Office: Lutgert Hall, Room 2313
    Phone: 239-745-3708
    E-mail: detlep@fgcu.edu