Search for Dean, College of Business
About the Search
For Colorado State University’s next Dean of the College of Business, we seek a dynamic, passionate, and caring leader with a strong scholarly record, deep academic values, excellent leadership skills, a proven track record in external relations and development, and a proven ability to manage in a way that can be leveraged to lead a world class College.
The Dean serves as the chief academic and spokesperson for the College of Business on curriculum, personnel, and resource advocacy issues. The Dean reports to the Provost and Executive Vice President.
The College of Business believes deeply that business has the transformative power to address society’s greatest challenges – advancing sustainability and innovation alongside economic prosperity. We seek a Dean who shares our devotion to “Business for a Better World“: someone who embraces our mission to transform lives through business education, scholarly research, and community engagement, who will amplify our values, and who will lead the College with passion and purpose so that we continue to shape business as a force for good.
Learn more about the College of Business.
Campus Open Forums
The search committee has selected four finalists for Dean of the College of Business. The campus community is invited to an open forum for each of the candidates; open forums will include presentations by the candidates and opportunities to ask questions.
One business day prior to each campus open forum, a folder containing the respective candidate’s CV, cover letter, Teams meeting link and feedback form will be posted here. After the open forum, a recording will be added to the candidate’s folder. To access the candidates’ information, enter your CSU NetID and password. Materials will remain available until Friday, February 6 at noon.
- Candidate #1: Tuesday, January 27 at 9:30-11 a.m. in LSC University Ballroom (LSC 399A) or Microsoft Teams
- Candidate #2: Thursday, January 29 at 9:30-11 a.m. in LSC University Ballroom (LSC 399A) or Microsoft Teams
- Candidate #3: Monday, February 2 at 1:30-3 p.m. in LSC University Ballroom (LSC 399A) or Microsoft Teams
- Candidate #4: Wednesday, February 4 at 9:30-11 a.m. in LSC University Ballroom (LSC 399A) or Microsoft Teams
Please submit all feedback by Friday, February 6 at noon.
Search Timeline
- September 30 – Position posted
- October 17 – Nominations due to [email protected]
- November 3 – Application deadline (for full consideration)
- Week of December 1 – Semifinalist interviews
- Weeks of January 26 and February 2 – Finalist interviews
Search Committee
Chair
- Allen Robinson – Professor and Dean, Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
Committee Members
- Adela Chen – Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems
- Kerry Hicks – Member of the College of Business Institute for Entrepreneurship Advisory Council
- Liz Karam – Associate Professor and Chair of Management
- Andrea Karapas – Director of the Career Management Center, College of Business
- Kipp Krukowski – Senior Instructor of Management
- Kellen Kurtz – Student Representative, College of Business
- Lisa Kutcher – Professor and Chair of Accounting
- Kelly Martin – Professor of Marketing
- Patrice Palmer – Assistant Dean, College of Business
- Scott Roberts – Vice President for University Advancement
- Nicole Staudinger – Chair of the College of Business Global Leadership Council
- Harry Turtle – Professor of Finance and Real Estate
- Grace Wright – Director of Sustainability Initiatives, College of Business
Support
- Laurel Donahue – Director, Dean’s Office Operations, Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
Equal Opportunity Coordinator
- Chelsey Lane – Senior Human Resources Manager, College of Business
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College of Business
CSU’s College of Business is a leader in innovative business education. As the fastest growing college at CSU, COB is renowned for its emphasis on responsible business management education — a central theme across its undergraduate, specialized masters, and MBA programs. COB is especially well-known for its:
- Globally recognized “Business for a Better World” strategic vision, which focuses on business responsibility, ethics, and sustainability,
- Award-winning MBA programs, including the STEM-designated Impact MBA and the esteemed online MBA program, which features real-time learning supported by state-of-the art synchronous learning technology,
- Innovative classroom technology that brings students the world over access to exceptional graduate-level courses, certificates, and degrees, and
- Dedicated, best-in-class Career Management Center that yields high student success and job placement rates.
About Colorado State University
Colorado State University is one of the nation’s top public research universities and an institution on the rise. CSU is committed to upholding our Principles of Community. In the last decade, CSU has produced all-time highs in enrollment and student success, record fundraising far outpacing ambitious goals, groundbreaking research driven by a highly productive faculty, a campus revitalized by a transformational building campaign, and, perhaps most important, an unrivaled learning environment where nine of 10 recent graduates rate their education as excellent and say they would choose CSU again. We also are extremely proud that CSU has been recognized repeatedly as being among the most sustainable higher education institutions in the world. We were the first-ever institution to earn a Platinum rating in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS), and in 2023 we became the first university to earn a fourth consecutive Platinum rating.
To learn more, visit about.colostate.edu.