Welcome to the newsroom for the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Our public relations team is available to connect journalists with Michigan Ross thought leaders and faculty experts. Also, we can provide information about our programs, research, and events. We’re all former journalists, so we understand deadlines and the importance of quick responses.
There are many resources here, including fast facts, our faculty expert list, press releases, and photos and images, but for immediate assistance please contact Matt Trevor, mtrevor@umich.edu.
Michigan Ross is home to many globally recognized thought leaders who put their ideas into action. Ross faculty and staff are available to speak with reporters and share their unique insights and expertise on almost every business-related topic, including entrepreneurship, healthcare, positive leadership, organizational culture, technology, and social impact.
The following faculty experts can be made available for comment
on the following timely and trending topics:
Diversity in business
EXPERTISE: gender diversity in leadership, corporate law/governance
EXPERTISE: the functional roles of diversity in complex social systems, the design of political and economic institutions, the role of models in improving our abilities to think, communicate, and design, and the emergence of collective intelligence
Corporate activism
EXPERTISE: corporate activism, gig economy, boards of directors, effects of finance on society, social movements, IPOs, tech policy
Sustainability and climate change
EXPERTISE: climate change (public opinion, market implications, carbon neutrality), sustainable business more broadly (cultural implications, business strategies for sustainable development)
EXPERTISE: climate change policy, including encouraging transparency around political influence and constructive engagement in policy discussions
Healthcare
EXPERTISE: healthcare economics/policy, Affordable Care Act
EXPERTISE: health insurance, healthcare, health-related public policies (served as Senior Health Economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama and helped write the Affordable Care Act)
Social media and data privacy
EXPERTISE: data, data science, valuation/profitability of startups using customer data, data privacy issues, ethics of data and algorithms, machine learning, AI, customer analytics, online advertising/different types of business models around online advertising, streaming media content businesses
EXPERTISE: brands and culture, strategic brand marketing, advertising, social media, social media policy
Entrepreneurship
EXPERTISE: entrepreneurship and technology commercialization, venture capital, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and activism, IPOs, investment banking, financial services, funds, antitrust, securities and financial services regulations, the biomedical industry, transportation, ML, DL, and FinTech.
Education operations
EXPERTISE: education systems, management of human and material resources in public schools, educational nonprofits, and edtech companies; taught high school math in the Bronx, New York for three years.
To connect with one of our experts, please contact mtrevor@umich.edu.
Need information about Michigan Ross? Here’s a roundup of frequently requested information.
Official name: Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan (use on first reference)
Informal name: Michigan Ross (use on second reference)
Mission: We are committed to building a better world through business.
- Sharon F. Matusik, Edward J. Frey Dean of Business, Stephen M. Ross Professor of Business
- Amy Byron-Oilar, Chief of Staff
- Kerry Flynn, Chief Information Officer
- Roman Kapuscinski, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
- Jennifer Monaghan, Chief Marketing Officer
- Sean O’Neil, Chief Financial Officer
- Cathy Shakespeare, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
- Gretchen Spreitzer, Associate Dean for Executive and Corporate Relations
- S. Sriram, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
- Carolyn Yoon, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Year established: 1924
- 56,000+ alumni in 114 countries
- 153 full-time faculty
- 71 adjunct or visiting faculty
- 14 world-class institutes and centers
Requests to take video and photography should be emailed to mtrevor@umich.edu, for approval.
The following high-resolution photographs and images are available for download. Michigan Ross permits media organizations to publish the photos for news articles that relate to the educational or research activities at Michigan Ross. Please credit all photos to the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. Images must not be altered other than for the purpose of formatting.
