Wake Forest forms search committee for Dean of the School of Business
Wake Forest University has formed a search committee for its next Dean of the School of Business, succeeding Charles Iacovou, who was named Dean of the School of Professional Studies last December; Michelle Roehm has served as Interim Dean since January 2021.
The search committee, chaired by Provost Rogan Kersh, will have its inaugural meeting next week. “This signal transition in a vital Wake Forest institution comes at a time of historic change across our University and is, therefore, all the more pivotal,” said Kersh. “As we see ever-closer collaboration among our deans and other academic leaders, all of Wake Forest will be enhanced by this search committee’s meticulous work.”
Members of the committee include:
Jane Aiken, Dean of the School of Law
Phil Anderson, Associate Teaching Professor
Mark Evans (P ’23), Dale K. Cline Associate Dean for Accountancy and Associate Professor of Accountancy
Sharon French (P ’20, P ’21), Business Board of Visitors
Marybeth Torbet Hays (’90, MBA ’94), Board of Trustees
Staci Hepler, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Philip Howard, Joseph M. Bryan Fellow in Banking and Finance and Assistant Professor
Amol Joshi, Bern Beatty Fellow and Associate Professor of Strategic Management
Mary Knapp, Associate Director, MSA Integrative Student Services
Norma Montague, Senior Associate Dean, MSM Program & Senior Associate Dean of Academic Programs; Associate Professor of Accounting; John B. McKinnon Professor
Maria Rios (’22), Chair, Undergraduate Business Student Council
Janeil Savage (MSM ’22), MSM Student Engagement Council
Michelle Steward, Associate Professor of Marketing
Julie Wayne (P ’25), Professor; David C. Darnell Presidential Chair in Principled Leadership; Area Chair
Sam Perrotta (’12), chief of staff in the Provost’s Office, will staff the committee. Global executive search firm WittKieffer has been retained as search consultant.
Additional information about the national search process and continuous updates can be found at search.business.wfu.edu. Forums focusing on this search will be scheduled and communicated in the coming weeks.
