Executive MBA Faculty

Learn from Accessible, World-Renowned Faculty

When you join the Michigan Ross Executive MBA program, you learn from and gain access to our most senior faculty members. Executive MBA faculty are not only world-renowned scholars, they are impactful teachers and seasoned practitioners who work with global organizations to solve their most pressing challenges.

The faculty’s dedication to their students is palpable and all are remarkably skilled at and committed to imparting their knowledge on their students, particularly on the most challenging of topics.

Kathleen Kobashi, MBA ‘22

Experience a Class

Michigan Ross faculty are passionate about sharing their knowledge with students and creating an atmosphere conducive to lively discussion and debate. Complex and challenging concepts are shared in a way that allows students to apply what they’re learning immediately.

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Meet the Faculty

Be inspired by the knowledge, intellect, and experience of some of the brightest minds in business.

Hyun-Soo Ahn

Ford Motor Company Co-Director of the Joel D. Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Professor of Technology and Operations

Sue Ashford

Michael & Susan Jandernoa Professor of Management and Organizations

John Branch

Clinical Associate Professor of Business Administration, Co-Director of Yaffe Digital Media Initiative, Ross School of Business

Faculty Associate, Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies

Research Fellow, William Davison Institute

Marcus Collins

Clinical Assistant Professor of Marketing

Jerry Davis

Gilbert and Ruth Whitaker Professor of Business Administration

Professor of Management and Organizations

Izak Duenyas

Associate Dean for Executive Programs, Herrick Professor of Business

Professor of Technology and Operations

Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering

Faculty Director, Executive MBA Program

Raffi Indjejikian

Carlton H. Griffin-Deloitte & Touche LLP Collegiate Professor of Accounting

Itay Kama

Clinical Assistant Professor

Brad Killaly

Associate Dean for Full-Time MBA Programs

Clinical Associate Professor of Strategy

Andy Lawlor

Lecturer of Entrepreneurship

Lecturer of Strategy

Director, Global MBA Projects for Ross & The William Davidson Institute

Reuven Lehavy

Victor L. Bernard - Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP Collegiate Professor of Accounting

Faculty Director, Paton Accounting Center

Chantel Lenard

Lecturer of Marketing

Puneet Manchanda

Isadore and Leon Winkelman Professor of Marketing

Dana Muir

Robert L. Dixon Collegiate Professor of Business

Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Business Law

Area Chair of Business Law

M.P. Narayanan

Robert Morrison Hoffer Professor of Business Administration

Professor of Finance

Amiyatosh Purnanandam

Michael Stark Professor of Finance

Christopher Rider

Thomas C. Kinnear Professor and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies

Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks

William Russell Kelly Professor of Business Administration

Professor of Management and Organizations

Ari Shwayder

LEO Lecturer of Business Economics and Public Policy

Jordan Siegel

Professor of Strategy

Michael R. and Mary Kay Hallman Fellow

Stewart Thornhill

Executive Director, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies

Eugene Applebaum Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies

Professor of Business Administration

Area Chair of Entrepreneurial Studies

Even after the course had concluded, my professor took the time to meet with me and discuss a topic completely unrelated to his course. This experience showed me the value of running real-life business problems by my professors and opened up another level of learning.

Cameron Scharchburg Beyer, MBA ‘22

Featured Course

EMBA 632: Leading Organizational Change

“One of the reasons our EMBA students come to Ross is because they envision an opportunity to become change agents within their organization. EMBA 632 is all about how to set them up for success in this endeavor of designing and implementing strategic change. I find it immensely rewarding to leverage the diversity of experience and aspirations in our EMBA cohort to make this course vivid and practical." - Prof. Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks

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Our faculty drive some of the most important conversations in business today.

Michigan Ross Professor Marcus Collins Explores the Importance of Culture in Marketing