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Faculty Advisors

Prof. Michael Finney
Clinical Associate Professor of Global Leadership and Management

 

Michael L. Finney, Ph.D, teaches international consulting to students and global leadership and organizational behavior to both students and corporate executives. He is also the Faculty Director of the Thunderbird Emerging Market Laboratory (TEM Lab). Finney’s current research emphasis is concerned with a multiphase, multi-level research investigation of strategies for accelerating microenterprise growth toward SME (Small to Medium Enterprise) status in Emerging Markets. Finney has worked as an independent consultant and educator for 25 years, assisting NGOs, governments, and universities and corporations of all sizes develop and shape their organizational strategies. His clients have ranged from large for-profit corporations employing thousands to small not-for-profits.

Prof. Mary Teagarden
Professor of Global Strategy

 

Mary Teagarden, Ph.D., is a world-renowned thought leader and educator in the areas of global strategic management and strategic human resource management. She is recognized and sought after in academic, corporate and government sectors for her teaching, executive training and consulting. Dr. Teagarden has published more than 70 articles, book chapters, and case studies in the area of strategic management, and her research focuses on global competitiveness and capability building with an emphasis on off-shore manufacturing and service, innovation, high technology transfer, sustainable development, talent management and the automotive, aviation, information technology, healthcare services, mining, and telecommunications industries. Dr. Teagarden has lived and worked in 11 Latin American countries, five European countries and eight Asian countries – in addition to the United States and Canada

Prof. Rick Baer
Adjunct Professor of Global Marketing

 

Richard H. “Rick” Baer is well known and deeply respected among his peers for a 35 year career in marketing and brand management with consumer product giants like Colgate Palmolive International, The Dial Corp and Continental Promotion Group. Baer’s areas of expertise include brand management, global marketing strategy and tactics, fast-moving consumer goods, international advertising and promotion and pricing. He has been a senior-level marketing executive who boasts a high level of experience in both the U.S. and international consumer-products industry. Baer has held more than a dozen vice presidential, manager and director-level positions during his 35-year private business career and has worked in and interacted with more than 75 countries throughout his career. 

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Prof. Tom Hunsaker
Professor of Global Strategy

 

 

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