Ella L.J. Bell Smith is a leading expert on fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. She has consulted to Fortune 100 companies in organizational behavior and organizational change, and her research interests focus on career and life histories of successful women. She is author of Career GPS: Strategies for Women Navigating the New Corporate Landscape, and co-author of Our Separate Ways: Black and White Women and the Struggle for Professional Identity. She has contributed to scholarly journals and written for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Black Enterprise, Essence, and other mainstream publications. She has earned awards for her teaching and scholarship and has served as an advisory board member of the National Women’s Leadership Summit, The White House Project, and Best Companies for Women of Color, Working Mother Media.
Professor of Management; Faculty Director of Building a Successful Diverse Business
Leonard Greenhalgh is faculty director of Building a Successful Diverse Business. His research expertise includes strategy, strategy implementation, changing demographics, negotiation, and entrepreneurial business. He is co-author, with James H. Lowry, of “Minority Business Success: Refocusing on the American Dream,” and author of “Managing Strategic Relationships.” He has written more than 130 articles, book chapters, monographs, cases, and professional papers, and has consulted to myriad international corporations. He has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Minority Business Development Agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and listings in the Minority Business Hall of Fame and in 100 Men in Supplier Diversity.
Professor Hall researches the tension between art and science in business process management, the value of operational focus, and customer service and retention.
The Paul Danos Dean of the Tuck School; The Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business
Dean Slaughter is an economist whose research focuses on economics, globalization, and the global operations of multinational firms. From 2005 to 2007, Dean Slaughter served on the Council of Economic Advisers in the Executive Office of the President. Dean Slaughter has consulted with firms and industry organizations on issues regarding the global economy. Slaughter is co-director of the Global Leadership 2030 program, and was founding Faculty Director of Tuck’s Center for Global Business and Government
Professor Stocken specializes in theoretical analysis of accounting and auditing issues. He has conducted extensive research on the financial reporting behavior of publicly traded corporations and teaches core information in financial statements and financial analysis to audiences with varying levels of financial experience. Stocken was the first recipient of the Class of 2011 Award for Excellence in Teaching at Tuck.
Associate Professor of Business Administration and Faculty Director, Glassmeyer/Mcnamee Center for Digital Strategies
Alva Taylor is an expert in business strategy, technology, innovation management, entrepreneurship, and new product development. Professor Taylor is the faculty director for Growing an Established Diverse Business and the Digital Excellence Program.
Clinical Professor Of Business Administration and Research Scholar
Gail Taylor is an expert in service marketing and an advocate for the coordination of marketing, operations, and human resource management to create effective service systems. She has consulted to business owners to help them improve productivity and efficiency, and her research interests include customer loyalty, service employee retention, nontraditional advertising, and sales promotion effectiveness. Her work has appeared in a variety of academic journals, including Journal of Retailing, Health Marketing Quarterly, Psychology and Marketing, Journal of Services Marketing, and International Business & Economic Research Journal.