Core Faculty | Visiting Scholars | Staff

Graduate School of Business Faculty
Eirik Evenhouse Eirik Evenhouse
Associate Professor of Economics
GSB 226, 510.430.3328,
eevenhou@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00-8:40 Appointment Request

Professional Interests: Economics of transfer programs, economics of the family, health economics, behavioral economics, statistics, econometrics
Kate Karniouchina Kate Karniouchina
Visiting Assistant Professor
GSB 229
510.430.2249, kkarniouchina@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 3:00-6:30, Wednesday 1:00-3:30, and by appointment

Professional Interests: Marketing, marketing/finance/strategy interface issues, new product development, motion pictures, Bayesian estimation and hierarchical data structures
Deborah Merrill-Sands Deborah Merrill-Sands
Professor of Business Practice
Dean of the Graduate School of Business
Glenn and Ellen Voyles Chair in Business Education
GSB 238, 510.430.3345
dmerrillsands@mills.edu
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Office Hours: Wednesday 5:00-6:30 and by appointment

Professional Interests: Leadership, women and leadership, diversity and inclusion, corporate social responsibility, sustainability
Siobhan Reilly Siobhan Reilly
Professor of Economics
Robert and Ann Wert Professorship
GSB 232
510.430.2346, sreilly@mills.edu
Office Hours: Appointment Request

Professional Interests: Labor economics, public policy, poverty, urban economics, international economics
Lorien Rice
Associate Professor of Economics
On sabbatical 2012-2013
GSB 233
510.430.3113, lrice@mills.edu

Professional Interests: Labor economics, public policy, poverty, education economics, applied econometrics
Roger Sparks Roger Sparks
Professor of Economics
GSB 231
510.430.2137, sparks@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday 2:30-4:00

Professional Interests: Applied microeconomics, banking, energy economics, labor economics
Carol Theokary Carol Theokary
Assistant Professor
GSB 229
510.430.2038, ctheokary@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday 1:00-2:00, Tuesday 2:30-3:30, and by appointment

Professional Interests: Service design, healthcare supply chains, service quality, cost efficiency
Nancy Thornborrow Nancy Thornborrow
Professor of Economics
Department Head of Economics
Lorry I. Lokey Endowed Chair in Ethics
Founding Dean of the Graduate School of Business
GSB 230
510.430.2344, nancy@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 2:30 pm-4:30 pm, Wednesday 11:30-1:00 and by appointment

Professional Interests: Labor economics, macroeconomics, statistics, econometrics

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Visiting Scholars

Michelle Alberda
Lecturer, Spring
GSB 228
510.430.2248, malberda@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Seth Barad

Seth Barad
Lecturer
GSB 235B
415.509.5308, sbarad@mills.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 12:00-1:00 and by appointment

Professional Interests: Non-profit management, management consulting, management communications

Mark Bichsel

Mark Bichsel
Lecturer
GSB 235D
510.430.2194, copbix@netscape.net
Office Hours: Wednesday, Thursday 6:00-6:45, Saturday 8:00-9:15 am

Professional Interests: Accounting

Barbara Blissert

Barbara Blissert
Lecturer and Lead MBA Advisor
GSB 225
510.430.3365, bblisser@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 11:30-5:00, Thursday 4:00-6:00, and by appointment

Professional Interests: Human resources, business communication and effective public speaking

Michael Bush

Michael Bush
Lecturer, Spring
GSB 235
510.715.2525, mbush@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday 6:00-7:00 in GSB 117

Professional Interests: Entrepreneurship, management execution, sustainable growth, non-profit management

Lisa Cain

Lisa Cain
Visiting Assistant Professor
GSB 235A
510.517.1935, lcain@mills.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 5:00-6:30, and by appointment

Professional Interests: Sales force management, entrepreneurship, social media and internet marketing

Peter Colby

Peter Colby
Lecturer, Fall
GSB 235
510.430.2194, pcolby@mills.edu

Professional Interests: Land conservation, real estate, environmental law

Neha Dave

Neha Dave
Lecturer
GSB 228
510.430.3365, ndave@mills.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 12:15-1:30 pm and by appointment

Professional Interests: Finance, micro and macro economic theory, development economics, economics of globalization, international trade and finance

Bill Hirsch

Bill Hirsch
Lecturer, Fall
GSB 235
510.430.2194, bhirsch@mills.edu

Professional Interests: Class actions, product liability, consumer law, jurisprudence, social media, production of documentary films

Leanne Karns
Lecturer, Spring
GSB 228
510.430.2248, lkarns@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:30-3:30

Robert Kennedy
Lecturer
GSB 235C
510.430.2194, rkennedy@mills.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 3:00-4:00

Professional Interests: Real estate investment, micro/local agriculture

Darcelle Lahr
Lecturer
GSB 235A
510.430.2194, dlahr@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 11:30-12:30

Professional Interests: Business growth strategy, business ethics, management consulting, entrepreneurship, program management

Thomas Li
Lecturer, Economics
GSB 235D
510.430.2194, thomaskli@gmail.com
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 7:30-8:00, 10:45-11:15

Professional Interests: Financial, managerial and cost accounting; accounting information systems

David Meader
Visiting Assistant Professor
Director for the Center for Socially Responsible Business
GSB 224
510.430.3248, dmeader@mills.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 2:00-4:00 by appointment

Professional Interests: Emerging business technologies, digital marketing, social entrepreneurship, social venture philanthropy, nonprofit strategy

Jessica Notini
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall
GSB 235
415.973.4570, notini@pacbell.net

Professional Interests: alternative dispute resolutions

Carolyn Sherwood Call
Visiting Assistant Professor
GSB 225
510.430.3365, csherwoodcall@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday 10:00-11:00, Wednesday 2:00-3:30, and by appointment

Professional Interests: Climate change policy, sustainable business, strategies, environmental economics, public policy, applied microeconomics

Eric Sullivan
Lecturer
GSB 235C
510.430.2194, esullivan@quantumcorporation.net
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: Corporate acquisitions, early stage technology companies, commercial real estate, financial arbitrage, entrepreneurial ventures

Tom Thomas
Visiting Associate Professor, Fall
GSB 235
510.326.4540, tethomas@sfsu.edu

Professional Interests: Corporate environmental management, sustainable business strategies, business and politics, and managing conflicts of interest

Scott Verges
Lecturer, Spring
GSB 235
415.772.0291, sverges@tmgpartners.com
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: Real estate development; real estate finance; business and real estate law; documentary film production

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Staff

Susan Bernstein
Associate Director, Employer Relations
GSB 211, 510.430.2179, sbernstein@mills.edu

Erika Adams
Executive Assistant to the Dean and MBA Program Manager
GSB 236, 510.430.2099, eradams@mills.edu

Shrim Bathey
Associate Director of MBA Recruitment and Admission
GSB 237, 510.430.3173, sbathey@mills.edu

Leah Antignas
Career Services Director
GSB 210, 510.430.3306, lantignas@mills.edu

Jean Bai
Faculty Administrative Assistant
GSB 217, 510.430.2194, jbai@mills.edu

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Last Updated: 2/8/13