USC Marshall School of Business

Jill and Frank Fertitta Hall, a 104,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility that houses USC Marshall’s undergraduate programs as well as the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, opened in September 2016. Photo by William Vasta.

The USC Marshall School of Business is a preeminent destination for understanding and advancing the role of business in society. USC Marshall offers critical education and insight in disciplines including communication, business economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, business analytics, marketing, management, operations, real estate and statistics. The Leventhal School of Accounting, one of the nation’s top ranked accounting schools and housed within Marshall, educates the next generation of leaders in that field.

Leveraging a world-class faculty, international student body and strategic location at the gateway to the Pacific Rim, USC Marshall is a pioneer in global business education. International experience is a required component of all MBA degree programs. Undergraduates have access to numerous overseas programs including study abroad and international internships, in addition to week-long global learning experiences.

USC Marshall prepares globally focused thought leaders and hands-on practitioners at every career level, in multiple locations and on a full-time, part-time or weekend schedule. It offers focused specialization through its seven one-year master’s degrees in disciplines across the business spectrum, including business analytics, entrepreneurship and innovation, social entrepreneurship, marketing and global supply chain management. The UT Dallas rankings place Marshall faculty seventh worldwide for research. The school’s entrepreneurship program is consistently ranked as one of the best, as is its alumni network.

Nearly 100 years after its founding in 1920 as USC’s College of Commerce and Business Administration, Marshall’s broad range of academic offerings and trailblazing Centers of Excellence continue to foster a dynamic academic environment that sets the standard for extraordinary leadership development and scholarship in business.

• Marshall Undergraduate Programs  
• Marshall Graduate Programs  
• Executive Education
• List of Degree Programs 
• Courses of Instruction  

Academic Departments, Academic Centers, Research Centers and Institutes

• USC Leventhal School of Accounting  
• Department of Business Communication  
• Department of Data Sciences and Operations  
• Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies  
• Department of Finance and Business Economics  
• Library and Information Science  
• Department of Management and Organization   
• Department of Marketing  
• Marshall Research Centers and Institutes  

Senior Administration

James G. Ellis, MBA, Dean, Robert R. Dockson Dean’s Chair in Business Administration

Nandini Rajagopalan, PhD, Vice Dean, Faculty and Academic Affairs

Suh-Pyng Ku, PhD, Vice Dean, Graduate Programs

Sandra Chrystal, PhD, Vice Dean, Online Education

Tyrone Callahan, PhD, Vice Dean, Undergraduate Programs

Sunny Donenfeld, MILR, MBA, Senior Associate Dean, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer

Evie Lazzarino, BA, Associate Dean, Communications

Matthew De Vecchi, EdM, Senior Associate Dean for External Relations

Undergraduate Programs Administration

Tiffiani Frye, Director, Undergraduate Admissions

Maureen McHale, PhD, Assistant Dean and Director, Undergraduate Advising and Student Affairs

Sean O’Connell, Director, Undergraduate International Programs

Jerry Giaquinta, PhD, JD, Academic Director, World Bachelor in Business Program

Cynthia McCloud, MBA, Director, Food Industry Programs

Graduate Programs Administration

Evan Bouffides, MBA, MPW, MA, Assistant Dean and Director, Graduate Admissions

Yurigrace Kim, MBA, Senior Associate Director, MBA Admissions

Mark Brostoff, MHA, Assistant Dean and Director, MBA Career Services

Susan Hunt, MA, PhD, Assistant Dean, Graduate Programs

Anakkarat Barth, MA, Director, Office of Global Programs and Partnerships

Anne Ziemniak, EdD,  Assistant Dean and Director, Full-Time MBA Program

Peter Cardon, PhD, Academic Director, MBA.PM Program

Jeanette L. Christensen, MA, Director, MBA.PM Program

Dawn Porter, PhD, Academic Director, Executive MBA (EMBA) Program

Brigitte M. Engel, BS, Director, EMBA Program

Baizhu Chen, PhD, Academic Director, Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) Program

John D. Van Fleet, MBA, Assistant Dean and Executive Director, Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) Program

Fatemeh Ibrahimi Nazarian, PhD, Academic Director, IBEAR MBA Program

Richard Drobnick, PhD, Director, IBEAR MBA Program

Miriam Burgos, MBA, Academic Director, Online MBA Program

Brittany Hawkins, MEd, Assistant Director, Online MBA Program

Rex Kovacevich, MBA, Assistant Vice Dean, Graduate Programs

Shirley Maxey, BA, Associate Dean, Master of Accounting and Master of Business Taxation

Sara McLachlan, MA, Assistant Director, Master of Accounting and Master of Business Taxation

Abbas Sharif, PhD, Academic Director, Master of Science in Business Analytics

Hillary Primack, MSW, Associate Director, Master of Science in Business Analytics

Thomas Knapp, MBA, Academic Director, Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Jeymi Choi, MEd, Assistant Director, Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Rahsan Akbulut, PhD, Academic Director, Master of Science in Finance

Marina Mesin Zagar, PhD, Associate Director, Master of Science in Finance

Murat Bayiz, PhD, Academic Director, Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management

Nick Vyas, MBA, Program Director, Global Supply Chain Management

Katy Lin, MEd, Associate Director, Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management (On Campus/Residential)

Brittany Hawkins, MEd, Assistant Director, Online Learning, Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management for Executives

Gary Shaffer, PhD, Director, Master of Management in Library and Information Science

Alexis Hackathorn, MA, Coordinator of Student Services, Master of Management in Library and Information Science and Graduate Certificate in Library and Information Management

Diane Badame, PhD, Academic Director, Master of Science in Marketing

Shirin Razi, MEd, Associate Director, Master of Science in Marketing

Maeleine Mira, EML, Director, Master of Medical Management

Adlai Wertman, MBA, Academic Director, Master of Science in Social Entrepreneurship

Nadine Bentis, EdD, Director, Master of Science in Social Entrepreneurship

Robert Turrill, PhD, Academic Director, Master of Business for Veterans

James Bogle, MBA, Associate Director, Master of Business for Veterans

K. R. Subramanyam, PhD, Associate Dean, PhD Program

Julie Phaneuf, BS, Associate Director, PhD Program

Office of Executive Education

The Office of Executive Education offers two- to seven-day, non-degree professional development programs designed to help working professionals excel in their career. The Office of Executive Education is located at the USC Center in Downtown Los Angeles, (213) 740-8990; Fax (213) 740-6406 or email: execed@marshall.usc.edu.

Arvind Bhambri, PhD, Academic Director, Executive Education

Sandra Fritz, BS, Assistant Dean and Director, Executive Education