Carnegie Mellon University

Search Committee

The search advisory committee, appointed by Provost Garrett, will provide valuable input in determining the selection of the Tepper School of Business Dean. The committee is made up of the following senior university administrators and faculty. The committee will be assisted by the executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles. 

Co-Chairs

Michael Trick

Dean, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar and the Harry B. and James H. Higgins Professor of Operations Research

Laurence Ales

Professor of Economics and Senior Associate Dean for Education, Tepper School of Business

Committee Members

David Bennett
Vice President for University Advancement

Taya Cohen
Professor of Organizational Behavior and Business Ethics, Tepper School of Business  

Tim Derdenger
Associate Professor of Marketing and Strategy, Tepper School of Business

Gary Fedder
Howard M. Wilkoff Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering; faculty director of the Manufacturing Futures Institute, College of Engineering

Rhonda Fischer
Chief Operating Officer, Tepper School of Business

Meredith Meyer Grelli
Managing Director and Interim Executive Director, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship; Assistant Dean of Entrepreneurship Initiatives, School of Computer Science; Director, Project Olympus; Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Tepper School of Business

Burton Hollifield
PNC Professor of Financial Economics, Tepper School of Business

Lars-Alexander Kuehn
Professor of Finance, Tepper School of Business

Catherine Malizia
Master's Student, Tepper School of Business

Jignesh Patel
Professor and Interim Department Head, Computer Science Department, School of Computer Science

Alan Scheller-Wolf
Richard M. Cyert Professor of Operations Management, Tepper School of Business

Willem-Jan van Hoeve
Carnegie Bosch Professor of Operations Research, Tepper School of Business 

Jennifer Wegner
Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Programs, Tepper School of Business

Gaoqing Zhang
Heinz Professor of Accounting, Tepper School of Business

Becky Culyba
Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff to the Provost (ex-officio)