Faculty

Executive Leadership Institute faculty are not ivory tower academics. In addition to stellar academic credentials, all of them have either CEO, senior executive or entrepreneurial experience of their own, or successful consulting practices. They understand your challenges and know how to partner with you to achieve your vision.

Cathy Anderson

S. Catherine Anderson holds a B.S. in Financial Management and a Juris Doctorate degree and was a partner in the law firm Few & Anderson, a firm specializing in complex civil litigation on referral from other attorneys. Read More


Chuck Bamford

Dr. Chuck Bamford is Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Dennis Thompson Chair of Entrepreneurial Studies at Queens University of Charlotte. He earned his A.S. degree at Northern Virginia Community College, a B.S. degree at the University of Virginia, an MBA at Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in Strategy & Entrepreneurship at the University of Tennessee. Read More


William Berry

Bill Berry is Professor of Operations Management and former Director of the Executive MBA program at the McColl School of Business at Queens University of Charlotte. He received his B.S. degree in Geophysics from Virginia Tech, served in the U.S. Army and worked as a development engineer for the Kendall Corporation. In pursuit of an academic career, he earned his doctorate from the Harvard Business School. While there he participated in the International Teachers Program in Leysin, Switzerland. Read More


Harry P. Bowen

Dr. Bowen is Professor and W.R. Holland Chair of International Business and Finance at the McColl Graduate School of Business, Queens University of Charlotte. He holds a B.A. degree in Economics from University of California, San Diego and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from University of California, Los Angeles. Read More


Steven M. Cox

Steve Cox is Associate Professor of Marketing at the McColl School of Business, Queens University of Charlotte. He has a B.S. from Northwestern University, MBA from Northern Illinois University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska. Read More


Linda Christopherson

Linda Christopherson is the Director of the Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) of the McColl School of Business. Linda is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Chartered Property-Casualty Underwriter (CPCU). Read More


Robert L. Finley

Bob Finley holds the endowed Dana Professorship in Finance in the McColl School of Business at Queens University of Charlotte. He was educated at the University of Oklahoma, earning B.B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in economics and finance. Read More


Karen A. Geiger

Karen Geiger is a Leadership Professor and currently a doctoral candidate in Leadership and Change at Antioch University. She holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Rochester and an M.S. in Education from Indiana University. Read More


Lester A. Hudson Jr.

Les Hudson is Professor of Strategy and the Wayland H. Cato, Jr., Chair in Leadership in the McColl School of Business at Queens University of Charlotte. He has a B. A. degree in economics from Furman University and a M. B. A. degree from the University of South Carolina and Les earned the Ph.D. in Industrial Management at Clemson University in 1997. Read More


Gary Powell

Gary Powell is an Associate Professor of Finance in the McColl School of Business at Queens University of Charlotte. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Akron (1980), an M.S. in Economics (1986) and a D.B.A. in Finance (1988) from Kent State University. Read More


William L. Sparks

Will Sparks is an Associate Professor of Management Science at the McColl School of Business at Queens University of Charlotte. Concurrently, he serves as the Director for the Graduate Program in Organization Development at the McColl School. Read More

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