The Walker School is supported by a team of faculty and staff members who are committed to providing students with a first-class educational experience. Meet our administration and staff, advisory board, and full-time and adjunct faculty from the departments of Business, Management, and Mathematics and Computer Science.
Denise Harrell
Director, Recruitment and Retention
Jack Croghan
Program Administrator, Sports and Entertainment Management
Carly Surkamp
Business Department Coordinator
Jennifer Andonoff
Math and Computer Science Department Coordinator
Elizabeth Risik, PhD
Chair, Associate Professor
Rich Dippel
Associate Professor
Mitch Ellison
Associate Professor
Baichun Feng
Associate Professor
Steve Hinson
Professor, MBA Program Director
Troy Luh
Professor
Daniel K. Mueller
Visiting Assistant Professor
Run Niu
Associate Professor
Elizabeth Risik
Chair, Associate Professor
Brad Scott
Professor
Doug Whitman, DSc
Assistant Professor
Doug Whitman earned a Doctor of Science in Healthcare Management from the University of Alabama Birmingham. He earned an MBA at Duke University and his undergraduate degree at the University of Arkansas.
He is currently an MHA program lead and assistant professor of Health Administration in the Walker School of Business & Technology at Webster University in St. Louis. He began teaching Healthcare Management at the University of North Carolina in 2014.
Prior to entering academia, Whitman served in various healthcare leadership positions for 20 years, including president of small nonprofit healthcare organization, Vice President of a large national healthcare company and director of strategic growth for a mid-sized regional healthcare company. Most recently, he was a healthcare consultant specializing in crisis change management.
Professional licenses include licensed nursing home administrator and licensed assisted living administrator.
Before entering healthcare, he was CEO of a technology startup, senior vice president of a broadcasting company and Managing Director of an investment bank.
Whitman was raised in Seattle and lived in Arkansas and North Carolina before moving to Missouri in 2020. He is married to a first-grade teacher, and the couple has two children. He is also a professional DJ on the side … he likes his classic rock loud. He enjoys running, runs a 5K most mornings before work, and has completed a dozen marathons and triathlons.
*Ed Spillane, Faculty Emeritus
Eric Rhiney
Chair, Associate Professor
Barrett Baebler
Associate Professor
Sharilyn Franklin
Visiting Assistant Professor
Email: sfranklin20@webster.edu
Al Marcella
Professor
Doug O'Bannon
Professor
Julie Palmer
Professor
Nisha Ray-Chaudhuri
Visiting Assistant Professor
Gary Renz
Professor
Joe Roberts
Associate Professor
Dustin Smith
Associate Professor
Ece Tuncel
Associate Professor
*Jeff Haldeman, Faculty Emeritus
*Tom Quirk, Faculty Emeritus
Jim Curtis
Department Chair, Assistant Professor
Brenda Boyce
Associate Professor
Jason Dill
Instructor, Cybersecurity
EAB 364
Phone: 314-246-2348
Email: dillj@webster.edu
Jason Dill has a BS in Computer Science and an MBA from Webster University. He has over 20 years of experiences in the field of Information Management as a Developer, Manager and Consultant. He previously served as an Adjunct Professor teaching courses that include software development, mobile technologies and cybersecurity.
Lasanthi Gamage
Assistant Professor
Larry Granda
Associate Professor
Peter Maher
Professor
Doug Menendez
Instructor
Ali Ovlia
Professor
Quinn Shao
Professor
Martha Smith, PhD
Professor
Xiaoyuan Suo
Associate Professor
JiangPing Wang
Associate Professor
* John Aleshunas, Faculty Emeritus
Brian Ashworth
Member-at-Large, MBA '00
Amanda Bohnert
Chief Marketing Officer, S. M. Wilson & Co., BA '04; MA '09
Rodney Crim
CEO and President, St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
Jessica Edwards
Partner, BCLP Law: Bryan, Cave, Leighton, Paisner
Jun Fabella
CEO and Managing Partner, ANiGENT, MBA '94
Chuck Feltz
CEO, Human Capital Institute
Keith Lanier
Senior Vice President, Technology and Operations, Bank of America, BA '91
Traci O'Bryan
CEO, Arcturis Inc.
Lydia Padilla
President, TRC Professional Solutions
Michael Pruett
Co-Founder and Executive Advisor, DynaLabs. MBA '94
Jeff Remming
Chief Transformation Officer, Buckingham Wealth Partners, BA '00
Richard Ryffel
Director of Wealth Management, First Bank
Michael Sansone
Managing Principal, Ridgehouse Capital
Michael Scavotto
Chairman and Founder, Management Performance Associates Inc.
Shelley Siefert
Chairman and CEO, First Bank
Andre Stevens
Principal, Slalom
Chris Varvares
Vice President and Co-Head of US Economics, Macroeconomic Advisers by IHS Markit
Charles "Charlie" A. Dill
emeritus member