About Us

Faculty and Staff

Graduate Programs in Business Staff

Director

Rod Smith, Ph.D., Interim Director of Graduate Programs in Business

Advisors

Rhianna Williams 562.985.4811, Saturday MBA, MS Marketing Analytics

Giselle Oberly 562.985.7988, Accelerated Full Time MBA, MS Accountancy, MS Finance

Lindsay Sterk, 562.985.8364, MS Information Systems, Online MBA, Evening MBA

Career Services

Bert Rivera 562.985.4722

Michelle Levy 562.985.8551

Marketing and Operations Analyst

Johnny Acierto 562.985.8627

MBA Faculty

Academically accomplished faculty and professionals teach MBA classes from their respective disciplines, a sample of our faculty:

Praveen Sinha in Accountancy
Pia Gupta in Finance
Banafsheh Behzad in Information Systems
Dana Sumpter in Management/HRM
Jeff Bentley in Management/HRM
Kenji Klein in Management/HRM
Hieu Nguyen in Marketing.
Wade Martin in Economics

MS Accountancy Faculty

Accountancy faculty includes:

Chair of the Accountancy Department, Sudha Krishnan
Program Director MSA, Rod Smith

MS Finance Faculty

Finance faculty includes:

Chair of the Finance Department, Pia Gupta
Program Director MSF, Cindy Chen

MS Information Systems Faculty

Information Systems faculty includes:

Chair of the Information Systems Department, Michael Chung
Program Director MSIS, Ying Liu

MS Marketing Faculty

Marketing faculty includes:

Chair of the Marketing Department, Sam Min
Program Director MSM, Reo Song

Academic Honor Code

Applicability. This code applies to all student-related academic aspects of the College of Business at CSULB (COB). It covers all student academic activities related to the COB’s graduate degree programs, whether these activities take place on or off campus. This code does not cover disputes about grades or complaints about courses or instructors, which are dealt with at http://web.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/grad_undergrad/senate/policy/academic/numerical/GradeAppealProcedures.html.
Examples of Academic Misconduct. The following list of categories of academic misconduct and the examples for each category are intended to be illustrative, but not all-inclusive. MORE

Accreditation and Recognition

Advisory Boards

Advisory Boards are groups of individuals who've been selected to help advise a business or, in our case, graduate programs regarding any number of issues, including marketing, recruiting, current industry trends, curriculum, and other important matters. They do not have voting authority, but function strictly in an advisory capacity.

Our Advisory Boards consist of professionals from various industries and backgrounds who bring a wealth of professional experience to their respective boards. If you are interested in contributing as an Alumnus of the Graduate Programs in Business or as an interested member of our business community by joining the MBA Advisory Board, please contact Ingrid Martin.