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Envisioning the next 100 years of

business education PAGE 18

Eller launches

online MBA PAGE 6

Career prep program for freshmen and

sophomoresPAGE 7

FALL 2013

News for alumni and friends of the Eller College of Management /The University of Arizona®

McGuire Entrepreneurship teamstake up residence in downtownTucson’s new venture hive space >> PAGE 4

ONLINEMBA.ARIZONA.EDU/ELLER

Earn your

from Eller College of ManagementMBA ONLINE

Rise to the top of a Fortune 500 corporation – or buildone of your own. However you’re driven to succeed inthe fast-paced world of global business, the EllerCollege of Management at the University ofArizona’s Online MBA will empower you with thestrong critical thinking and solid communicationframework you need to become a front-runner

Our top-tier online MBA offers:

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• Accreditation from AACSB and NWCCU

• Degree completion in as few as 14 months

• Tuition assistance and scholarships available

Whether you want to rise to the top of a Fortune500 corporation or build one of your own, ouronline MBA program is designed to help youdevelop the strong critical thinking andcommunication framework you need to createand communicate solutions to diverse groupsof stakeholders.

Eller College of Management is consistentlyhighly ranked in U.S. News & World Report’sannual survey of graduate business education.

Thursday,November 7, 2013

UA ClASS ReUnion ReCeption & DinneR

5:00 – 8:00 p.m., Tucson Marriott University Park

2013 Reunion Classes: 1963, 1988, and 2003.

Friday,November 8, 2013

elleR CUp Golf toURnAment

Hosted by the MBA Student Association

8:00 a.m. shotgun start, Skyline Country Club

Join Eller MBAs, faculty, students, and alumni for golf, food, and friendly competition. Scramble play. Registration at eller. arizona.edu/golf.

BReAkfASt with the DeAn

9:00 – 10:00 a.m., McClelland Hall Room 208

BPA and Eller 2013 reunion classes (50th -1963, 25th - 1988, and 10th - 2003) are invited to join Eller College Dean Len Jessup for breakfast.

All-ClASS lUnCheon

Hosted by the UA Alumni Association

11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., UA Student Union Ballroom

UA AlUmnUS of the YeAR pRoGRAm

3:00 – 5:00 p.m., Student UnionGrand Ballroom South

The awards program honors outstanding achievement and support of an alumnus from each academic college on

campus. Eller is pleased to recognize Jeffrey McKeever (MBA ’73 and Undergrad ’65) as our Alumnus of the Year.

mCGUiRe CenteR foR entRepReneURShip ReCeption

5:00 – 8:00 p.m., McClelland Hall

Join your fellow entrepreneurship alumni for a casual gathering.

Saturday,November 9, 2013

tAilGAtinG on the mAll

Time TBA,Main Campus Mall Area

Stop by the Eller tents for food, fun, giveaways—and prime parade viewing!

footBAll GAme:ARizonA wilDCAtS vS. UClA BRUinS

Time TBA, Arizona Stadium

Call 520.621.CATS or 800.452.CATS to reserve.

Eller Wildcats Represent!

It’s a Wildcat Planet. Join the50,000 UA alumni and students

who annually participate inHomecoming—a UA traditionsince 1914. From the lightingof A Mountain to tailgatingon the mall, we’ve got a full

slate of events for your Arizonaweekend. Bear Down!

More details on all events available at eller.arizona.edu/homecoming.

A Celebration of LifeLongtime Eller professor Bob Tindall passed away July 15 after a five-year battle with lymphoma. Honor his memory at a Celebration of Life on Friday, November 8 at 6 p.m. To RSVP and for details, email [email protected].

2013Homecoming

Eller Progress 1 Fall 2013

briefings

2 News from around the college

4Downtown developer offers McGuire entrepreneurs space to launch

6 Eller MBA expands with online format

7Undergrad team ramps up career prep for freshmen and sophomores

faculty news

8New research assesses solar’s role in the global energy future

9 40 years of MIS at the Eller College

10 New faculty

12 Faculty news

innovations 14 Access to research tools gives students an edge

connections

15 Exec Ed facilitates strategic visioning with Think Tank

16Small business consulting class offers real-world challenge

eller community26 Event photos: Gala,

Southwest Meets Northwest

27 Save the date

alumni notes & profiles

28 Profile: Marcos Garay, Eller Operations Management ’77

29 Profile: Linda Medler, Eller MBA ’93

30 Profile: Joe Munko, Eller MBA ’99

31Profile: Desmond Fang, Eller MIS and Operations Management ’01

32 Alumni Notes

donor & national board recognition

34 From the Chairman of the Board

35 National Board of Advisors

36 Donor Recognition

last word 44 San Francisco Giants President & CEO Larry Baer

Welcome to our latest issue of Progressmagazine! As we celebrate our one hundredyear anniversary, we reflect over what has clearly been a tremendous, successful century for Eller, with a lot of hard work and investment over that time that has gotten us to where we are today, one of the nation’s leading business schools.

We’re also celebrating outstanding accomplishments just in the past year, including a huge jump in the rankings of the Full-Time MBA program, in addition to upward movement

in our undergraduate program, ambitious plans to build out our Professional Development Center, a very successful launch this past year of our new Eller Executive Ed, continued growth of our relatively new and successful Eller Economic Development initiative, and an aggressive expansion of our Economic Business Research center’s role in the region. Eller faculty members have also had a tremendous year, with leaders including Bob Lusch, Linda Price, Hsinchun Chen, and Price Fishback winning accolades for their incredible work.

The hallmark of a great enterprise, however, is to never rest on its laurels. We are aggressively and eagerly looking forward to the next one hundred years and taking steps now to insure that we continue to grow and evolve as one of the nation’s, if not the world’s, best business schools.

As you will read in this issue, there are intense global, financial, competitive, and technological pressures on top U.S. business programs, and we believe that ultimately only a relative small number will survive and evolve. With your help, we aim to be one of those remaining top, global, comprehensive, multi-modal, entrepreneurial, self-sustaining business schools. To learn more, read on. Better yet, come in for a visit.

See you soon, and, Go Cats!

Len Jessup, Eller Ph.D. ‘89Dean and Halle Chair in LeadershipProfessor of MIS; Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

On the cover: Three McGuire venture teams have plenty of room to grow in the Toole Avenue Hive (see page 4 for details.) Pictured front to back: Grafted Growers,FittidSport, and Crowd Audio. Furnishings by Tucson Business Interiors. Photo by Tim Fuller.

Get in touch: Email comments, questions, or feedback to [email protected].

Director of Marketing and Communications and Editor: Liz Warren-Pederson

Creative Director: Yvette Anchondo-Leyva

Design: Cause Design, www.causedesign.com

© 2013 The University of Arizona

Progress MagazineThe University of Arizona® | Eller College of Management

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GlobalCohortin Brazil

This summer, 52 Eller

undergraduates spent ten

weeks in Brazil completing

their first-semester cohort classes. “Our professors were

dedicated to combining Eller coursework with the Brazilian

culture we experienced,” said Melissa Rose (Eller Finance

and Business Economics ’15). “I have also become good

friends with every person in my cohort, and we will be taking

our Eller classes together when we’re back in McClelland

Hall.” Joseph Brown (Eller Marketing and Global Business

’14) concurred: “Spending ten weeks with individuals who

share your interest in business and spontaneous personality

to join this unique experience creates not just classmates,

but friendships.” Studies aside, Brown and Rose pointed to

their time in Jericoacoara as a highlight.

McGuire Alumni on Shark TankThe sharks bit when McGuire Center for

Entrepreneurship alums Connor Riley and SamanthaMeis pitched their venture MistoBox on the ABC reality

series Shark Tank. Mark Cuban offered Meis and Riley

$75,000 for 30 percent of the company, and the deal

was done. Riley and Meis were part of a team that

developed MistoBox in the top-ranked McGuire

Entrepreneurship Program.

Eller alum Robert Eckert, former chairman and CEO of

Mattel, Inc., was presented with an honorary doctorate at

commencement. Eckert, who completed his undergraduate

degree in marketing in 1976, is pictured (right) with Eller

Dean Len Jessup and UA President Ann Weaver Hart.

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New Venture ShowcaseAfter a year of imagining and developing, comprehensive plans

for new business ventures, student teams from the McGuire

Entrepreneurship Program class of 2013 presented their ideas at

the McGuire New Venture Competition and Showcase April 26. The

teams hosted trade show booths and presented their concepts to a

judging panel. Howdy—an online market for internship information,

pictured at right—took the grand prize.

Executive ofthe Year Luncheon

This year’s Executive of the Year Award

Luncheon—the 30th anniversary of the

event—brought out the baseball fans. San

Francisco Giants President and CEO LarryBaer is pictured with Eller College National

Board of Advisors chairman Terry Valeski(left) and Dean Len Jessup (right). Baer and

wife Pam also connected with Stevie and

Karl Eller (lower left), as well as

undergraduate and graduate Eller students.

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Three McGuire Entrepreneurship teamsare at the center of the downtown Tucson renaissance,thanks to entrepreneur and developer FletcherMcCusker, UA alum and founder of ProvidenceService Corporation and Sinfonía HealthCare Corp.

“My grandfather moved to Tucson in 1929, andmade a dollar a day laying sidewalk as part of theWPA [Works Projects Administration],” he said.Now McCusker is making his own mark downtown.When he returned to the city in the late 90s to foundProvidence Service Corporation, the downtown hehad grown up with was gone. “Most of the storefrontswere boarded up,” he said. “It was depressing.” OnceProvidence began to get traction, though, he decidedto move its headquarters downtown—a decision thathas inspired other business leaders to do the same.

Sinfonía, McCusker’s latest venture, occupies halfof a historic warehouse on the corner of Stone andToole in downtown Tucson. The other half of thewarehouse—the Toole Avenue Hive—was conceivedto be flexible workspace for entrepreneurs. McCuskerhas made the space available to three McGuire teamsrent-free for six months.

McGuire teams planning to launch their ventures inTucson were eligible to apply for the space. “Whenwe presented at the Showcase in April, we all knewthat the Hive space opportunity would be a greatprize to win,” said Craig Jordens of FittidSport.

“The Toole Avenue Hive is a unique facility with alarge open loft layout to encourage collaboration andhelp advance entrepreneurship and innovation in theTucson community,” explained Bob Lusch, executivedirector of the McGuire Center.

“It provided us with additional motivation to perfectand execute not only our pitch, but our businessplanning in general,” Shireen Asous of GraftedGrowers said.

Their teams, along with Crowd Audio, won access tothe Hive.

“Downtown Tucson is a great place to work,” saidBjörgvin Benediktsson of Crowd Audio. “GangplankTucson has their downtown offices down the street,so we’re never far away from like-minded individualsand startup resources. I started going there in Junewhile the Hive was being furnished and really made

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some good connections. The opportunity makes usfeel like we actually have a stepping stone to a real-life startup.”

“The Hive space has provided the chance to work ina collaborative space with other entrepreneurs andan established company, contributing to the creativeenergies needed to plan and execute our venture at ahigh level,” said John Jackson, Sr. of Grafted Growers.“It has also added the parameter of ‘reality’ to ourventure as we are able to operate in a professionalspace to conduct meetings with potential investors,and forward our relationships with potentialpartners.”

“With the help of this office space and a small startupfund, we can hopefully get enough traction to raisecapital for a full-on launch of Crowd Audio,” saidAlexander von Bieberstein.

“This opportunity was truly the icing on the cakefor me when completing the McGuire program,” saidChristopher Fraioli. “It is a bridge for us betweena school project and launching a viable startupcompany. It has given us added drive and motivationto succeed in turning Crowd Audio into a reality.”

Grafted Growers aims to producevegetable-grafted plants for gardeningand commercial growing consumersstruggling with disease, low yields, andharsh environmental conditions.

L-R: John Jackson, Sr. (Eller MBA ’13),

Shireen Asous (Eller MBA ’13), RicardoHernández Moreno (Ph.D. candidate, UA

School of Plant Science).

“Over the next 6 months GraftedGrowers plans to scale from a 2,000plant-per-month home operationto a 15,000 plant-per-monthoperation housed in 3,500 sq. ft. ofmanufacturing and operating space.”

– John Jackson, Sr.

FittidSport uses competitive swimmers’own body measurements to createcustom-fit racing suits.

L-R: Matthew Hurko (Eller

Entrepreneurship and Finance ’13),

Craig Jordens (Eller Management,

Economics, and Entrepreneurship ’13),

and Kevin Munsch (Eller Management

and Entrepreneurship ’13). Not

pictured: Jonathan Denton-Schneider(Eller Entrepreneurship and Business

Economics ’13).

“As four highly competitive individuals,our aspiration for FittidSport is to bethe best at whatever we do. We wantto deliver the fastest and best fittingcompetitive swim suit in the world, noexceptions.” – Craig Jordens

Crowd Audio connects independent bands andmusicians with audio engineers eager to help themwith their music. They will launch a crowdfundingcampaign on indiegogo.com in October.

L-R: Björgvin Benediktsson (Eller Business

Economics and Entrepreneurship ‘13), ChristopherFraioli (Eller Entrepreneurship and Management

’13), Alexander von Bieberstein (Eller Business

Management and Entrepreneurship ‘13). Not

pictured: Catherine Leslie (Eller MIS and

Entrepreneurship ‘13).

“I want to change the way music is produced.There are too many talented individuals outthere, whether they are musicians or engineers,who don’t get the opportunity to really maketheir skills shine.” – Björgvin Benediktsson T

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The Eller MBA will be available in an online format beginningin September. “We need to be responsive to the changing needs of our students,”said Len Jessup, Dean of the Eller College. “Making the MBA program moreflexible for highly-qualified students is part of our broader effort to expand accessto the University of Arizona.”

Like the Executive MBA and the Evening MBA, the Online MBA is a formatdesigned for busy working professionals. “We’ve had to break free from the notionof thinking about where a student sits,” Jessup said. “It doesn’t really matterwhether students are in a classroom in Tucson, in Scottsdale, or in their homesonline.”

The Online MBA is can be completed in as few as 14 months, and offers multiplestart dates throughout the year. “This carousel system makes the program muchmore accessible,” Jessup explained. “It’s designed for a person who’s working fulltime and is either job-bound or place-bound and they want that flexibility.”

“Offering our program in an online format opens it up to a new segment ofstudents,” said Hope Schau, Associate Dean of MBA Programs. “We prideourselves on meeting the needs of highly-qualified students at all stages of theircareers, and this new initiative reflects that commitment.”

Eller is also home to a traditional, full-time program, which just this year jumped13 slots in the annual U.S. News and World Report ranking of best grad schools.

The Eller Online MBA program launched in September. Learn more atonlinemba.arizona.edu.

mbawithout borderseller mba launchesonline option eller online mba faq

Why make the Eller MBA available online?Online enrollment is growing 10 times the rateof overall on-campus enrollment, and by 2020,more than 60 percent of students will be takingall of their classes online, according to a reportby the Sloan Consortium. Business schoolsmust be responsive to industry changes ingraduate business education, which are drivenboth by professional students who need flexibleoptions, as well as employers who value qualityinstruction by already well-regarded programs.

What about application standards?Like our Full-Time, Evening, and ExecutiveMBA programs, the Online MBA is fullyaccredited by the Association to AdvanceCollegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).Admission requirements are the same asthe Full-Time and Evening programs.

How does this affect my Eller MBA?It doesn’t. The Online MBA is another deliverymechanism for our top-quality program, whichalready operates in multiple formats to meetthe needs of our students.

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Freshmen and sophomore studentsdeclaring a pre-business major will now have accessto career planning and coaching resources, thanks to anew fee approved by the Arizona Board of Regents.

“Our goal is to get students excited about businesscareers earlier, and get them engaged in the EllerCollege well before they apply for professionaladmission as sophomores,” said Pam Perry, AssociateDean and Director of Eller Undergraduate Programs.

The new fee allowed the undergraduate ProfessionalDevelopment Center to hire six career coaches,who will work directly with pre-business students.“More and more students are interested in uniqueopportunities,” Perry said. “Sometimes that meanstargeting a specific small or medium-sized businessfor employment, or it could be a highlycompetitive industry such as advertising orinvestment banking.”

During the second semester of thefreshman year, students will take a contextof business course taught by retiredexecutives. “They’ll come to understandvalue and revenue, and how all ourmajors contribute to the overall businessproposition,” Perry said. “The idea is tohelp them get a better idea of the majorthey’re interested in and how to get themost out of that major.” During the firstsemester of the sophomore year, studentswill delve deeper into their own skills andinterests. “They’ll ask themselves abouttheir values and goals, and how those alignwith their skills,” she said. “Then they’lldevelop a plan that’s fully vetted by acareer coach.”

Perry also sees alumni as crucial to helping EllerWildcats score excellent entry level jobs. “That’s whyour initiative includes a plan to engage sophomores insome kind of career experience,” she said. “It could bean informational interview, a job shadow experience,or an externship with an alum in a field of interest tothe students. We hope that 75 percent of our studentswill participate, and are relying on our alumni base tohelp by opening a door for a day, or even an hour, toour students.”

The bottom line, she said, is that winning at thecareer game takes practice. “By building their skillsearly in the Eller experience, our students will bemore competitive for internships and full-time jobs,even in tough-to-crack fields.”

never too earlyundergrad team ramps up career prepprogram for freshmen and sophomores

getinvolvedAre you willing to spendan hour with an Ellerundergrad? A day? Aweek? Connect with SarahDiaz in the ProfessionalDevelopment Center([email protected]) toparticipate in informationalinterviews, job shadowing,or externship opportunities,and help an Eller Wildcat getvital career preparation.

The coaching team, L-R:

Marisa Allen, Erica Alitiem,

Pete Corrigan (also Coordinator

of Employer Relations), Steve

Luko, Melissa Stockdale, Jeff

Welter (also Assistant Director,

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researchnews in brief

solar potentialnew paper assesses solar’s rolein the global energy futureA new paper assessing the economics of solar energyover short, medium, and long-range timeframespresents a nuanced analysis of a subject that has adisjointed literature. The paper, coauthored by EllerProfessor of Economics Stan Reynolds and assistantprofessor of economics Derek Lemoine, with ErinBaker and Meredith Fowlie, is forthcoming in TheAnnual Review of Resource Economics.

“One overarching point thatwe make is that there are manydiffering perspectives whenyou consider solar energy,”said Reynolds. “In this paper,we’re not focusing on the costto homeowners of buying solarpanels or issues related to localemployment. We’re lookingat it through the lens of publiceconomics.”

He pointed to a pair of keydynamics at work whenconsidering solar energy. “Firstis the issue of timing,” hesaid. “Timing is essential inenergy production since storage

technology isn’t there.” Solar energy is attractivebecause peak production time—summer afternoons—is also a high-demand time. “The other thing tothink about is environmental benefits, though thenature of those benefits depends on the energy systemin a given geographic region.”

“The places with the most sun might not actually bethe places that will realize the most environmentalbenefit,” Lemoine explained. “Even though NewJersey doesn’t get much sun compared to Tucson, solarenergy installations there are displacing dirty energysources, so the environmental impact is greater.”

“Then you have extreme cases like Hawaii, wheresolar could potentially displace oil imports that theyrely on to generate electricity,” Reynolds said.

The researchers pointed out that there are technicalchallenges to increasing the percentage of solar inthe national energy mix. “You’d think you couldjust crank up renewable sources since the fuel is free,but the concern is that you can’t control the supply,”Lemoine said. “In addition, when we’re looking athigh-solar scenarios, it becomes necessary to re-optimize the electrical grid for intermittency. Utilityplanning is essential.”

“Solar energy has become dramatically cheaper as thecost of cells has gone down, but even so, on a per-costbasis, it’s still an expensive way to produce energy,”Reynolds said. “One of the challenges isn’t just thecells, but the installation price. Two-thirds of currentcosts are installation costs, and that fraction goes up asthe equipment gets cheaper.”

“That’s where there’s real opportunity forinnovation,” Lemoine said. “Right now, there are nostandardized systems, every system is customized tosome extent.”

“And because the costs are still high, it’s important tolook at the other benefits,” Reynolds said.

Lemoine emphasized the policy implications, whichinclude improving carbon levels. “It’s policy that’sdriven adoption of solar in countries like Germany,which has gotten a lot of attention,” he said. “Butwe have to step back and look at what it is that we’retrying to accomplish with our own carbon targets.”

“The bottom line,” Reynolds said, “is that it makessense to have diversified energy sources now andgoing forward.”

faculty news& profiles

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research is at the heartof everything we do.

The Department of Management Information Systems at the

University of Arizona pioneered the first MIS curriculum in

the country when it was founded in 1974. Since then, it has

evolved into a national symbol of academic excellence, topping

annual rankings by maintaining its commitment to research

that really matters. Its community of scholars is focused on

collaboration and the idea of working toward a common purpose,

and its four key areas of research strength are among the

foremost challenges information systems professionals face.

teaching“We teach what we produce

through our research,” said

department head PauloGoes. “And every MIS

class includes a hands-on

project.” It’s a real-world

experience that gives

graduates of the depart-

ment—whether at the

undergraduate, graduate,

or doctoral level—the edge

as they begin their careers.

industryimpact

“Research itself isn’t any

good without impact,”

Goes said. That’s why

the department supports

tailored research projects

for companies, completed

through entities such

as the INSITE center,

which focuses on big data

analytics. It’s also why the

department works closely

with its board of advisors,

who keep the department

tuned in to key employ-

ers’ recruiting needs and

act as a sounding board

on strategic directions.

200Ph.D. alumni

5,000MS-MIS alumni

5,000BSBA alumni

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP IN

business intelligence & data analytics

information assurance & security

health care informatics

IT-enabled innovation

alumniEller MIS alumni number

10,000 strong, and work for

global companies including

American Express, Deloitte,

PricewaterhouseCoopers,

Boeing, Raytheon, and

more. Alumni of the

doctoral program teach

at premier institutions—

including Ivy League

schools—spreading the

department’s influence

on a global scale.

pioneersThe Department of

MIS has a pioneering

heritage that lives on in

its drive to stay at the

top. The new insights

into information systems

that its researchers

pursue are at the heart

of an evolving curriculum

that ensures graduates

are at the forefront.

researchers“The department has a strong reputation for applied research,”

explained Goes. It’s home to some of the best-known names in

information systems, including Hsinchun Chen, department founder

Jay Nunamaker, Sudha Ram, Joe Valacich, Daniel Zeng—and an

upcoming generation of faculty at the forefront. Eller MIS faculty

edit key journals and are among the most-cited scholars in the

discipline. They also have a strong track record for bringing their

research to the marketplace by launching successful ventures,

including Nunamaker’s GroupSystems and Chen’s CopLink.

MISaT The eller College

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James stekelbergAssistant Professor of AccountingPh.D., University of Southern California, 2013

James Stekelberg comes to Eller from the Universityof Southern California, where he completed hisdoctoral degree. It was at USC that he also completeda master’s in business taxation program that proved tobe the pivot point for his career: in his pre-accountinglife as an undergraduate, he studied history and music

at Rutgers University.“I learned quickly thathistory wasn’t the mostmarketable degree,” hesaid. Stekelberg movedto Los Angeles and wasworking as a trumpet

player and a waiter when he found out about themaster’s program at USC. After its completion, hestarted work in public accounting. “Then I left tostudy for the CPA and started teaching GMAT prep

courses,” he said. “I neverlooked back. I wanted tocontinue teaching andexpand into research.”In a recent paper, hedemonstrates how, oncemarket mispricing isarguably removed fromthe valuation model, afirm’s taxable income,estimated from the firm’sfinancial statements, is

better than its book income to explain firm value.“Prior research may have conducted tests of valuerelevance that are inherently biased in favor of bookincome,” he pointed out.

Gondy LeroyAssociate Professor of MISPh.D., University of Arizona, 2003

Ten years ago, GondyLeroy completed herdoctoral work in MISat the UA. Now she isreturning as faculty, aftera decade of teaching andresearch at ClaremontGraduate Universityand as a visiting scholarat the National Libraryof Medicine. As anundergraduate and

graduate student in her native Belgium, Leroy studiedpsychology, then took on a number of informationscience projects, which led her to MIS. “This is theperfect combination for me,” she said. “The problemsI choose to study look at improving the ways thatinformation is exchanged between people andcommunities.” One completed project revolved aroundthe design of communication software for childrenwith autism. New projects focus on a search enginefor alternative views on readability of health-relatedinformation, for example, a doctor’s instructions toa patient for surgery aftercare. “It’s difficult to writeeasy-to-understand text for patients, and the existing

readability formulas justdon’t work,” she said.“We aim to developan evidence-basedwriter support toolto improve materials,using algorithms

that automatically identify problematic sections oftext and provide alternatives.” Leroy is also activein the National Center for Women & InformationTechnology and has worked on grant-funded researchprojects to increase interest in the field among womenand young girls. “We’re not there yet in our industry,but also more broadly, in high-level roles such as CEOsand board representation,” she said.

new faculty

“I never looked back.I wanted to continueteaching and expandinto research.”

“We aim to develop anevidence-based writersupport tool to improvematerials for patients.”

eller college welcomes fournew faculty members

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Ashley LangerAssistant Professor of EconomicsPh.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2010

Ashley Langer joined Eller as a visiting professorof economics last year. After completing herundergraduate degree at Northwestern, she took aposition researching transportation economics at theBrookings Institution. “I found that policy-relevantacademic research was something that I liked doing,”

she explained. Shecompleted her doctoralstudies at the Universityof California, Berkeley,where she continued aresearch agenda focused ontransportation, specifically,how consumers makedecisions that affect theenvironment. Her workhas implications for energypolicy, including the

optimal level of gasoline taxes or corporate averagefuel economy standards and potential incentives foralternative fuel vehicle adoption. One recent paperexamines inherited product preferences. Using datafrom the National Science Foundation-funded PanelSurvey of Income Dynamics, she said, “We documenta strong correlation in the brand of automobile chosen

by parents and their adultchildren.” These findingscould influence firmstrategy. “If loyalty to aspecific brand is person-specific, firms shouldgive younger consumers adiscount in order to build

loyalty over time. However, if older consumers arecreating brand loyalty in their children, then firms willwant to keep prices low even for older drivers.”

Martin reimannAssistant Professor of MarketingPh.D., University of Southern California, 2013

Martin Reimann comes to the Eller College fromthe University of Southern California, where heearned his doctoral degree. As an undergraduate,Reimann studied marketing and management inhis native Germany, then worked for four years as amarketing manager at industrial gas supplier Linde.

At that point, he enteredgrad school to focus onthe psychological andemotional factors thatdrive consumer behavior.“I am interested inpositive and negativeemotional processing

and its role in consumption,” he said. “I search forcommon emotional mechanisms that explain a widearray of consumers’ judgments and choices and serveas an overarching framework of how consumers use

emotional information tomake decisions in theireveryday lives.” His workat Linde also influencedhis research agenda: “Iam interested in thedifferentiation of productsthat are homogeneous,”he said. “At Linde, I wasin field sales, and ourproduct was hydrogenfuel for zero emissions

vehicles. The core product was the same no matterwhere you get it.” Prior research, he said, has focusedon building strong relationships with consumers asa way to differentiate products of this type. In onerecent paper, he and his coauthors investigate theextent to which customer relationship management(CRM) software can be linked to improvedperformance. “It does pay off,” he said, “but only ifthe firm uses the information they collect through theCRM system to design a better product.”

“We document a strongcorrelation in thebrand of automobilechosen by parents andtheir adult children.”

“I am interested inpositive and negativeemotional processingand its role inconsumption.”

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1 Sue Brown,Professor of MISPh.D., University ofMinnesota Brown’sresearch interestsfocus on the adoptionand diffusion ofinformation technologyby organizations andindividuals.

2 Mei Cheng,Associate Professorof Accounting Ph.D.,University of SouthernCalifornia Cheng’sresearch interestsinclude financialreporting and capitalmarkets, marketintermediaries,and economicconsequences.

4 Eric Kelley,Associate Professor ofFinance Ph.D., TexasA&M University Kelley’sresearch focuses onpredictability in stockreturns and the rolesinstitutional and retailtraders play in priceformation.

5 Monica Neamtiu,Associate Professorof Accounting Ph.D.,Pennsylvania StateUniversity Neamtiufocuses on financialreporting issues, capitalmarket research, andearnings management.

7 Jerel Slaughter,Professor ofManagement andOrganizations Ph.D.,Bowling Green StateUniversity Slaughter’sresearch focuses onemployee personality,recruitment andapplicant attraction,pre-employmentselection tests, anddecision makingin recruitment andselection.

10 Paul Melendez,Professor of Practicein Management andOrganizations Ed.D.,University of ArizonaMelendez is assistantdean of Eller ExecutiveEducation and thefounder of the Centerfor Leadership Ethics.

11 Bill Neumann,Professor of Practicein MIS Ph.D., ArizonaState UniversityNeumann is directorof BS/MS professionalprograms and is aprofessor in thehonors program.

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3 Mrinal Ghosh,Professor of MarketingPh.D., Universityof MinnesotaGhosh’s researchinterests includeinter-organizationalrelationships, productform choice, salesforce design andcompensation, andtechnology marketingin entrepreneurialventures.

6 Nathan Podsakoff,Associate Professorof Management andOrganizations Ph.D.,University of FloridaPodsakoff studiesemployee citizenshipand prosocial behavior,organizational stress,leadership, andresearch methods inorganizational research.

8 Tiemen Woutersen,Associate Professorof Economics Ph.D.,Brown University,Woutersen’s researchfocuses on theestimation and testingof economic models.

9 Cindi Gilliland,Professor of Practicein Management andOrganizations Ph.D.,Michigan StateUniversity, In additionto her teaching, Gillilandis an advisor for ArizonaRefugee Connection,a student organizationfocused on assistingTucson’s refugeepopulation.

12 Diza Sauers,Professor ofPractice in BusinessCommunication MFACreative Writing,University of ArizonaSauers is director ofthe Eller BusinessCommunicationProgram.

13 Sue Umashankar,Professor of Practicein Marketing Ph.D.,University of IowaUmashankar is directorof Eller’s GlobalBusiness Program.

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In addition to being named UA Innovator of the Year,Hsinchun Chen has been named the Thomas R.Brown Chair in Technology and Management and a

Regents’ Professor. Scan the code to readmore about his recent achievements, aswell as his ambitious research agenda inhealthcare informatics.

Linda Price, outgoing marketing department headand Underwood Family Professor of Marketing,was awarded the Cutco/Vector DistinguishedMarketing Award for Lifetime Contributionsto Marketing Scholarship, endowed by VectorMarketing Corporation.

The American Marketing Association presentedRobert F. Lusch with the 2013 AMA/Irwin/McGraw-Hill Distinguished Marketing EducatorAward. The award honors marketing educators fordistinguished service and outstanding contributionsin marketing education. Lusch is executive director ofthe McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, the Jamesand Pamela Muzzy Chair in Entrepreneurship, anda professor of marketing known for his pioneeringresearch in the service dominant logic of marketing.

3 Mrinal Ghosh was presented with the AmericanMarketing Association’s 2013 Louis W. Stern Awardfor his article, “Strategic Fit in Industrial Alliances:An Empirical Test of Governance Value Analysis.”

This year, economic historian Price Fishback wasinducted as a Fellow of the Cliometrics Society. He isthe youngest inductee in the organization’s history.

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Thank you to Linda Price for her service as head of the department ofmarketing. Price will be succeeded by Mrinal Ghosh.

Congratulations to Dave Pingry, McClelland Professor of MIS andEconomics, on his retirement. Pingry joined the Eller College in 1974 andhas served in many leadership roles, including head of the MIS department.

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data mineStudents get accessto analytic tools

“When they first come to us, manystudents think of Google as the first stop for research,”said Diza Sauers, director of the Eller BusinessCommunication Program.

She and others in the College aim to change that.Several recent initiatives expose students to analytictools that increase their research capacity and buildexperience with in-demand software.

Bloomberg TerminalsFinance students at Eller have access to resourcesincluding Value Line, First Call, and Zacks. Two yearsago, the department also invested in the BloombergProfessional service. These terminals bring real-timedata, news, and analytics to finance professionals andthose training for the field. Undergraduate studentscan take Bloomberg Essentials—formerly calledcertification—as an elective course. A self-taughtversion of the certification is required of all master’slevel finance students.

“Bloomberg indirectly helped me in my job search,”said Alexandr Svetnicky, Eller Finance ’13. Helearned the basics during his internship on the tradingfloor at Edward Jones. Then he created a municipalbond pricing tool that allowed traders to price pre-

refunded bonds within afew seconds. “I was alsoable to use my Visual Basicskills to create another toolthat manipulates Bloombergdata and provides debtbreakdowns of individualstates to leaders on the floorto better align inventories,”he said. “I shared this

experience during my interview for a full-timeoperations analyst position with Goldman Sachs.” Hegot the job.

Business Integration ModelCore undergraduate faculty have come together toprovide an integrated learning experience for first-semester Eller students. All entering business majorsanchor their learning experience in solving a complexreal world problem with the tools they acquirein their core courses of business communication,finance, management, and marketing. Workingin small teams, the students study a publicly heldcompany or engage with a live client through aconsulting project.

“This gives students the opportunity to deepen theirunderstanding and application of business analyticsand models as they shape their findings into action-based recommendations,” Sauers said. Among thetools the students use are Business Source Complete,Mergent Online, NAICS Codes, and IBISWorld.“Learning outcomes include the fundamentals ofresearch, applying core organizational managementpractices, marketing fundamentals, and the basics offinance,” Sauers explained.

Economic & Business Research CenterEller’s Economic and Business Research Center(EBR) has provided Arizona business and public-sector decision makers with applied research andinformation on economic, demographic, and businesstrends in Arizona for over 60 years. Earlier in 2013,EBR completed a two-year partnership with Boston-based Leading Market Technologies to help design andtest the dataZoa and DataZephyr suite of products.These tools grab data such as home prices by region,

employment and occupational data, wagerates by city, and more, to constructhistorical time series data.

In recognition of EBR’s contribution to thedevelopment of dataZoa and DataZephyr,LMT has donated software licenses valuedat $600,000 to EBR, the Eller College, andthe UA. Alexandre Sugiyama, a lecturer inthe Department of Economics, is among thefaculty considering how to integrate accessto the software into the curriculum. “Ithink there’s real potential for it to changehow economics is taught,” he said.

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Eller Executive Education—a startuporganization focused on custom, non-degreecontinuing education—continued to serve the needsof key partners this spring by using collaborationtechnology developed in the MIS department.

The City of Tucson and the newly-formed Universityof Arizona Health Network were among the clientswho participated in facilitated strategy sessionsusing GroupSystems Think Tank, a collaborationtool developed by Regents’ Professor of MIS JayNunamaker.

Nunamaker originally developed Think Tank as partof a research program to design a facilitated processthat would engage all meeting participants to improvedecision-making. Think Tank builds on decadesof research to run effective meetings. Particularly

in highly political orhierarchical settings,meeting participants maynot feel able to speakhonestly, or, conversely,have faith that theircolleagues are doing so.

“That’s why one ofthe key componentsof Think Tank isanonymity,” Nunamakerexplained. “Technologyallows participants toenter responses to ideas

Eller Exec Edfacilitates visioning proposed by the facilitator, and

then all participants can see wherethere is consensus, or which ideasrise to the top.”

“Because you enter yourinformation simultaneously, it’seasy to see when the same ideacomes up six or seven times,” saidCity of Tucson mayor JonathanRothschild, who participated ina strategy session with the CityCouncil. “The anonymity alsoallowed us freedom to be honestand frank.”

“The beauty of the Think Tanktechnology is it allows everyone

to ‘speak’ at once, but also allows anonymity to thosevoices,” said Stephen Gilliland, associate dean ofexecutive education, who worked with Rothschildto develop the session. “With open meeting laws,there is no way that elected officials can have suchunconstrained brainstorming other than through theuse of Think Tank technology.”

Another key to the process is an external facilitator whois well-schooled in the technology: “What works is tohave a neutral, third-party facilitator who is an advocatefor effective group process, while simultaneouslyavoiding interventions that would influence a particulargroup’s decision,” Nunamaker said.

“The process is helpful when you’re trying to bringdiverse groups together to drive consensus,” saidMichael R. Waldrum, CEO of the University ofArizona Health Network. “The facilitator is very goodat picking up themes that are keeping consensus at bay,and is just as important as the technology itself.”

“In our sessions with UAHN, we had two facultyexperts on organizational design working with theThink Tank facilitator to run the sessions,” Gillilandsaid. “That is the difference we can provide with EllerExecutive Education—the pairing of faculty expertisewith an innovative technology.”

He said that many clients have expressed interestin the process. “We don’t know of any otherexecutive education program that is offeringfacilitated discussions through the use of electronicbrainstorming technology like Think Tank.”

“That is the difference we canprovide with Eller ExecutiveEducation—the pairing offaculty expertise with aninnovative technology.”Stephen Gilliland,Associate Dean of Executive Education

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helping handssmall business consulting class is awin-win for students and entrepreneurs

When Diana Teran’s son experiencedchronic health issues, the family tried a vegan diet.“He got better,” she said. Along the way, she developeda recipe for vegan tortillas that she made with olive oil.Teran’s vegan tortillas became the basis of the companyshe and her husband, Francisco Moreno, founded threeyears ago out of their home.

La Tauna Tortilla has a distribution deal with TraderJoe’s and a new commercial kitchen in South Tucson.

At this critical juncture in the company’s growth,Teran connected with Poncho Chavez at EllerEconomic Development. The program, whichlaunched in early 2012 with support from Chase, aimsto foster growth of small businesses in South Tucson.Part of the program connects teams of undergraduatestudents with small businesses for semester-longconsulting projects.

“They’ve been helping with suggestions for runningthe business,” said Teran. “They’re going through the

finances, looking at thestructure, and makingsuggestions for cuttingcosts.”

“We focused on findingsolutions for her transitioninto the commercialbuilding from herhome,” said Carl Segal(Eller Marketing ’13).“It’s basically aboutovercoming startupobstacles.”

“We looked a lot at cash flow management,” addedMike Harshbarger (Eller Finance ’13). “They need tohave plenty of cash on hand, especially for wages andas they buy more machines. Production is key for theTrader Joe’s contract, and they can produce six times asmany tortillas with the machines.”

Jan Konstanty taught the BNAD 455: Small BusinessDevelopment and Consulting course that Harshbarger andSegal took. “We had six teams of students working forclients in South Tucson,” he said. The students spentthe first part of the semester building consulting skills,then were introduced to their client organizations andbegan scoping problems that they could help solve.

“The objective was for them to integrate the thingsthat they’ve been learning over the last four yearsand give them a framework for solving problems,”Konstanty said. “Change is tough to implement.”

“This was the coolest class I’ve taken,” said KevinNeman (Eller TBA ’13). “It wasn’t just sitting in theclassroom; we got to come out here and meet Dianaand see the business in action.”

Segal and Neman are both looking at startingbusinesses with relatives. “This was a chance to workon a family business, not a big company with tiers ofemployees,” Segal said. “It’s make or break for thefamily, so it was really rewarding. We’re here to help.”

“We also find that recruiters really value this type ofexperience on a resumé,” said Konstanty. “Experientiallearning and internships rank higher than GPA whenthey’re considering a hire.”

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“This was a chance to workon a family business, not abig company with tiers ofemployees,” Segal said. “It’smake or break for the family,so it was really rewarding.We’re here to help.”


L-R: Mike Harshbarger, Jan Konstanty, Kevin Neman,

Diana Teran, Francisco Moreno, Carl Segal.

Not pictured: Bradley Sherman and Hector Rosales.

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…the university of arizona began offering a degree in

commerce through what would become the College of

Business and Public administration.

100 years later, we have grown into the eller College

of management, home to 6,000 undergraduate and

800 graduate students, with top-ranked undergraduate

and mBa programs and an international reputation

for excellence across disciplines, especially in

entrepreneurship and mis.

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Disruptive forces in higher education mean that business

schools need to become entrepreneurial in the way they

operate. at eller, we have a vision to do just that.

L-R: A westward look at the UA campus in 1929, McClelland Hall in 1992, an

architectural rendering of a proposed additional Eller building north of Helen Street.

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For decades, we have been hearing about declining statesupport for higher education. That shift has resulted

in higher tuition—and a greater burden on students and theirfamilies. They’ve responded by demanding more for theirtuition dollars: “unbundling” lockstep degrees into more flexibleoptions, hybrid online/on-ground delivery, greater access, andbetter return on their educational investment. There are moreschools than ever to choose from to meet those demands. Growthfor higher education in the U.S. is flat, but global growth is at20 percent, and recently—for the first time—more GMAT testtakers reported their scores outside the U.S.

To stay competitive, U.S. schools simply can’t continue operatingas usual. They must innovate.

A host of disruptiveforces challengesthe future of highereducation in America.

The changing landscape of

American higher ed

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Perhaps nothing demonstrates thedramatic shift to online learning betterthan the advent of massive onlineopen courses (MOOCs), free coursesavailable to anyone online for free andfor no credits, many offered throughpremier institutions. MOOCs have gottenconsiderable media attention.

“American higher education is ata crossroads today not because ofMOOCs, but because of the shiftingfinancial model,” Jessup said. Thatshifting financial model—with its tuitionincreases—has created more demandfor professional degrees. “Given the highprice of education, that is a real issuefor areas of study outside of professionalprograms,” he added.

Jessup characterizes MOOCs as aninteresting experiment that has failed.“Tens of thousands of students sign up,but very few finish the classes,” he said.“MOOCs have demonstrated that you canscale higher education, but that modelcan’t succeed.”

What can succeed, he said, is deliveringestablished degree and certificateprograms online. “I’ve been workingin online education for 15 years,” hesaid. “If you create a valuable career-advancing opportunity available online,people will participate, stick with it tocomplete the degree or certificate, andthey will get hired or promoted.”

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“With globalization in our industry, intense competition, thechanging business model, and a weaker position for the U.S.,there is a shake-out underway,” said Eller College Dean LenJessup. “We believe only a relatively small number of businessschools nationwide will thrive, and we are determined to beamong them.”

What will it mean for Eller to thrive over its next hundred years?How will business schools have to evolve in order to sustainthemselves? “At Eller, we’ve done a lot of soul searching,” saidJessup. “We have focused on the attributes that we believe willcarry Eller into the 22nd century and have developed a strategyto get us there.”

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COMPREHENSIVE• Excellence at all levels: undergraduate,

master’s, MBA, doctoral, executive education

ENTREPRENEURIAL• Innovations in thestudent experience

• Research at thecutting edge

• Willingness to try new things

TOP• Very high quality

• Accredited at the highest levels

• Outstanding reputation for teaching & research

• Programs of choice domestically & globallyGLOBAL• Attracting top domestic& international students

• Placing graduatesdomestically & internationally

• Teaching global concepts

• Engaging domestically& internationally


Five years ago the economy stalled, signaling the start of theGreat Recession. Ten years ago, Facebook and the iPhone

had yet to launch. Twenty years ago, Hong Kong was still a Britishcolony and China was far from becoming a major global economy.

Futurists anticipate that technology will continue to changethe way that daily life, business, and higher education areconducted. They predict that cloud computing will become soubiquitous that the term becomes irrelevant. That computationalintelligence will be embedded in everything we do. Thatanalytic tools for big data will be available to everyone.

We predict that most public business schools will not be nimbleenough to surmount the coming tidal wave of change. Ourvision is to be among the few that do.

“We aim to be one of the few top, global, comprehensive, multi-modal, self-sustaining, entrepreneurial business schools in theworld,” Jessup said.

ThE ChANGING FINANCIAl MODEl

With tuition dollars at all-time highs, why

are public business schools struggling?

The answer is not simple. In the traditional

model, the university collects all tuition

dollars and then allocates operating funds

back to its colleges through formulas that

are not usually transparent. This model has

led some business school deans to talk

about going private.

“The drawbacks of privatization outweigh

the benefits,” Jessup said. “While it would

offer financial and strategic autonomy, it

would also mean taking on responsibility

for expenses such as building

maintenance, security, employee health

insurance, and retirement benefits—

not to mention losing the all-important

connection with the parent university.”

Instead, many universities—including

the University of Arizona—are in the

process of exploring the responsibility-

centered management (RCM) model,

in which colleges retain their tuition

dollars but pay a “tax” to the university

to fund central services. “RCM allows

university profit centers—often business

schools—to sustain themselves through

their own tuition dollars, even as

state appropriations shrink,” Jessup

said. “While the business model is

shifting, one thing remains the same:

philanthropy is essential to creating a

margin of excellence.”

Jessup was invited to present on the

changing financial model at a recent

international conference hosted by

the Association for the Advancement

of Collegiate Schools of Business, the

global accreditation body for business

schools. you can read more about

his presentation in the association’s

publication, BizEd.

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SELF-SUSTAINING• Continuing to rise regardless of state support

• Stronger emphasis on PHILANTHROPIC support

MULTI-MODAL• Delivering anytime, anywhere

• Online delivery in whole or in part



Elleraspires

The heart of the Eller mission is engaging, partnering,and innovating. “Most business schools would say the

same,” said Jessup. “What differentiates us is how we achievethat mission and how we must evolve to maintain leadership ina rapidly changing world.”

In a series of annual retreats and ongoing strategy sessionsthroughout the year, the Eller leadership team has tackledchallenges including how to build new revenue streamsto sustain its own programs and how to improve the coreexperiences in the Eller MBA and undergraduate programs. Inthe most recent retreat, the team focused on how to align itsaspirations of becoming a top business school around mission-centric strategic initiatives.

“We’ve already seen a lot of progress,” Jessup said. “But wehave a long way to go. Change management is difficult. But weknow we can do it, and we are getting ready to ask our alumniand friends to help us get there. Settling for what we’ve alreadyachieved just isn’t an option. We aspire to do more than that,and we think our alumni do, too.”

ELLERExPERIENCE

- unparalleled classroomexperiences

- hands-on learningopportunities

- access to state-of-the-art facilities

- development asglobal leaders

- the tools to launchsuccessful careers

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ENTREPRENEURIALELLER PARTNERSHIPS

- attracting and retainingtop faculty

- enabling cutting-edgeresearch that solves critical

business problems

- incentivizing collaborationacross boundaries

- sustaining a rich, diverseintellectual community

of grad students

- becoming a go-to sourcefor nurturing small business

- creating innovativecontinuing education offerings

for regional, national, andinternational organizations

- putting relevant regionaldata in the hands of key

policy-setters and decision-makers through the Economicand Business Research Center

- collaborating with Techlaunch Arizona, the uA

unit focused on bringing labdiscoveries to the market

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celebratingmilestones

Alumni and friends of the University ofArizona gathered on July 19 in Seattlefor Northwest Meets Southwest, acocktail reception hosted by Robert andDiana Murray. Speakers included UAProvost Andrew Comrie (top photo), EllerDean Len Jessup (above right), Engineering DeanJeff Goldberg, and David Allen, Executive Directorof Tech Launch Arizona.

The Eller College celebrated a series oflandmarks at a gala event in 2012. Among themilestones recognized was the 20th anniversary ofMcClelland Hall; attendees enjoyed a progressivereception that harkened back to the event thatmarked the building’s opening in 1992. Pictured,from top right: UA President Ann Weaver Hart andKarl Eller; the Witt Courtyard; Norm McClelland,Eller, and Schyler Linger; Hart (center) and Jessup(right) with Max and Stevie Eller and friends.

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2013 savethe date

SEPTMEBERProfessionalAdmissionSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER28, 2013 7:15 A.M. ATMCCLELLAND HALL

Volunteer to interview undergraduatestudents preparing to enter the professionalphase of their Eller College experience.Register at eller.arizona.edu/eca.

NOVEMBERHomecoming 2013NOVEMBER 7-9, VARIOUSTIMES AND LOCATIONSAROUND CAMPUS

See inside front cover of this magazinefor a complete description of events!

DECEMBEREconomic OutlookFRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2013NOON-2 P.M. AT THE WESTINLA PALOMA, TUCSON

Join us for lunch as UA economist GeorgeHammond and Chase economist JimGlassman preview what’s ahead for thenational, state, and metro economies at thisannual, must-attend event. Reservationsrequired; details are available ateller.arizona.edu/outlook.

FEBRUARYFathauer Lecture inPolitical EconomyTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY13, 2014, 5:15 P.M.,MCCLELLAND HALL’SBERGER AUDITORIUM

Join us for a lecture by Enrico Moretti,professor of economics at the University ofCalifornia Berkeley, who will discuss thenew geography of jobs.

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Chris McGuire was recognized as the Eller CollegeAlumnus of the Year at Homecoming in 2012. McGuireis pictured below with UA Alumni Association PresidentMelinda Burke and Eller College Dean Len Jessup.

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alumni profilesbuilding bridges“I’ve always been interested in theexchange and flow of people and ideas, of travel andmovement,” said Marcos Garay. Though he was bornin Mexico City, he grew up in Sonora and attendedschool in the U.S. He holds two passports, and hisprofessional life has spanned the U.S.-Mexico border

and beyond. “Having grown up in twocountries, I consider myself bicultural,”he explained.

When it was time to consider college,Garay said, “There are lots of UAalumni in my family. My grandfathergraduated with a geology degree in ’36.So it was natural for me to come to theUA.” After completing his degree inoperations management, he went onto the Thunderbird School of GlobalManagement, where he earned his MBA.

After a brief stint with NY-basedDoubleday & Co. in their Mexicansubsidiaries, Garay became a stockbrokerin Mexico City; it wasn’t long before hebegan building cross-border alliances atMexico’s largest retail bank, which is nowBBVA Bancomer. As managing directorof the new division, he led strategy and

growth of offices in both brokerage and banking in NewYork, Los Angeles, Toronto, London, Sao Paulo, HongKong, and Tokyo. “It was lots of fun to bring peopletogether and open up the world to Mexican financialinstitutions,” he said.

From there, he said, “I moved to New York to runa specialized broker dealer.” As president and CEOof Nafinsa Securities, he led a team that produced$1 billion in hard currency funding for the StateDevelopment Bank of Mexico, with the aim of lendingcapital to small and medium businesses in Mexico. “Itwas a different angle for me, but very satisfying.”

He left the role just before the recent presidentialtransition in Mexico. “That was my only time ingovernment,” Garay said. All along, through

the 60 - 70 hour workweeks, he focused on findingbalance to keep going, find meaning, and connectto community. “The things we do should not be allabout money,” he said. “The world has come muchcloser together, sometimes in ways that are morestressful overall, but we need to look at the kind ofworld we are building together.”

Now Garay is continuing to build bridges betweenthe U.S. and Mexico. “There can be such a lack ofknowledge on both sides of the border,” he said.He has worked with angel investor groups in bothcountries and has been consulting. He has served asan Executive-in-Residence at the Eller College, andwill teach executive education courses in Mexicoand Chile. He is also engaged with the UA AlumniAssociation as the Eller representative through theWildcat for Life Leadership Council.

“I don’t wantto just be avolunteerand wear myEller pin,”Garay said.“It’s time to

plant the flag of the UA in Mexico. The UA has beenin Mexico for years, but it’s not generally knownoutside of scientific and research circles, where it isacknowledged as a premier institution. Yet, thereare so many more possibilities. It’s time to moveaway from negotiation and into cooperation andcollaboration.”

breaking downbarriersIn 1974, after finishing high school inKentucky, Linda (Rostal) Medler worked a county jobwhile living at home. Then, at a boyfriend’s MarineCorps basic training graduation, she was inspired bythe discipline and ethics on display.

“It’s time to moveaway from negotiationand into cooperationand collaboration.”

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“I went to see a Marine recruiter,” she said. “My dadtried to talk me out of it. He said, ‘Talk to the AirForce,’ but I don’t regret it.” She enlisted and beganher career as a United States Marine. Along the way,she fell in love, got married, and got pregnant. “I wasone of the first women to stay in while pregnant,”she said. “There were no maternity uniforms at thatpoint, so I had to wear civilian clothes.”

The mid-70s were a tough time to balance beinga mother and a Marine. “I got an HonorableDischarge,” she said, “and I cried the day I gotout.” She worked as a secretary to support herthen-husband’s education and began school herself.“I earned degrees in MIS and management at theUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock,” she said. Shewent into the Marine Reserves and was offered adirect commission, but she remembered her father’sadvice and decided on an Air Force career. Sheapplied for Officer Training School. “I was 30 yearsold with two kids and separated, basically a singleparent,” she said. “The Air Force took a chance onme and I earned my commission in 1987. Then,when I was a Captain, the Air Force selected me for acivilian institution master’s degree program.”

The UA’s MBA program appealed to her because of theMIS concentration. “I saw the rankings and wanteda degree that meant something,” she said. “Plus, mykids were in middle school and high school and therewas potential for me to get a follow-on assignmentat Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.” Meantime, she’dbeen dating a fellow airman. “I figured absence wouldeither make the heart grow fonder, or out of sight out

of mind,” she said.It was fonder: theywed while she wasmid-program andMedler inheritedtwo more teens,who joined her inTucson.

After completingthe Eller MBA,Medler joinedDavis-Monthan.“During my

assignment at 12th Air Force, I wasresponsible for the computer systemsthat the Air Force uses in missionplanning.” Then she joined the WhiteHouse Communications Agency as aMajor-select. She continued her upwardtrajectory, which included anothermaster’s degree and commandingthe 97th Mission Support Group atAltus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Shedeployed to Afghanistan as a Colonel.“We were building organic capabilityin the Afghan Military Forces,” shesaid. “It was amazing to witness thefirst general election and to see thedichotomy between what you read inthe news and what you see with bootson the ground.”

She went on to Command the 75thAir Base Wing at Hill Air Force Basein Utah, where she ran an installationof over 24,000 personnel and a millionacres. Now Medler is a brigadiergeneral with U.S. Cyber Command,the organization responsible for operating and defendingthe Department of Defense’s unclassified and classifiednetworks, and when directed, conducting full-spectrummilitary cyberspace operations. “We now have thisman-made domain of cyberspace,” Medler said. “Wehave to protect the nation and protect our assets in adomain that’s changing every day.”

Medler was recently appointed to the Eller MBABoard of Advisors, and plans to become more involvedwhen she transitions out of the Air Force in December.

“My greatest accomplishment is my family: myhusband, our four kids, and our eight grandchildren.My sister kept my kids for three months so I couldearn my commission in the Air Force, and my Momand Dad gave me my patriotism and work ethic. Iwear the Air Force uniform with pride, but when I sitdown to play with my grandkids, it makes my heartswell. I want to set a good example for them, showthem how you can set a goal for yourself and succeedeven though there may be barriers in your way. Youjust break through them and move forward.”

Linda MedlerMBA ‘93Director, Capability and ResourceIntegration, U.S. Cyber Command

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alumni notes& profiles


Joe MunkoEller MBA ’99Director, XBOX Design Research

leading inthe fieldFour years into his five-yearcommitment as an officer in the U.S. Army, JoeMunko was at a crossroads. “I had the realizationthat I had no idea what I wanted to do with myself.”

He’d completed his undergraduateeducation at West Point, but he didn’tthink he wanted to be career military.“I started looking at business schools,”he said. “I figured that an MBA wouldgive me two years to transition outof the Army and enter the civilianbusiness world.”

Munko was also interested intechnology, so he applied to schoolswith top MIS programs. He had tochoose between Eller, UT Austin,and Washington. “Chris Puto [thenAssociate Dean of MBA Programs]personally called me,” Munko said.“That phone call really clinched thedecision for me.”

“The two years that I spent at Ellerwere transformative for me,” hecontinued. “I felt so prepared goinginto the civilian business world, andI give the school a lot of credit forthat.” As a combat officer, he waswell-qualified for roles in supply andlogistics. “My two best offers were at

Intel and Deloitte,” he said. While the Intel offer was thebest, it focused on logistics, and he wanted to focus ontechnology. He accepted the lower Deloitte offer. “Forme, what they say about consulting was really true,”Munko said. “Three years felt like nine years. I learnedso much, and I was doing well at the company.”

But then an old friend of his lured him away toWashington Mutual. “At Deloitte, I was working oncore technology implementations,” he said, “but thebank job was pure information systems work.” One ofhis big projects was transitioning Washington Mutual

from installing software directly on ATM machinesto installing remotely across the nationwide ATMnetwork. “Then I was promoted to a technologyarchitecture role in the commercial lending division,designing systems for the 1,000 mortgage lenders sothey could operate efficiently.” Washington Mutualdid not survive the financial crisis and was acquiredby JP Morgan Chase, and though Munko’s divisionwas healthy and maintained as part of the acquisition,he began looking at other options.

“I started networking with friends and was connectedwith a general manager at Microsoft,” he said. “Hebrought me in for an interview—it was the classicMicrosoft interview, I was an ‘opportunity hire.’”When Munko reported for his first day of work, “Isaid, ‘What’s my job?’, and was basically told, ‘Wedon’t know yet, but we’ll figure it out.’”

It didn’t take long: that year, the company waspreparing to launch Kinect for XBOX 360, whichenables voice and body-activated interaction withthe XBOX. They needed someone to lead a field

research project,and Munko steppedup. “Preparing forthe Kinect launchwas the largestfield researchproject XBOX had

done,” he said, “and Kinect went on to be the mostsuccessful electronic product launch ever, in terms ofspeed of sales.”

Volunteering for the enormous project led him to agreater opportunity. Now he heads up XBOX DesignResearch, which focuses on field, lab, and productresearch with consumers across the XBOX platform.“I spend a lot of time with people as they interactwith products,” Munko explained, most recently asMicrosoft prepares for the launch of XBOX One.“Yes,” he said. “I have the best job ever.”

“Working at the bank was all right,” he continued,“but it wasn’t something I woke up every day excitedto be a part of. I love working in the gaming andentertainment industry, and spending most of mytime with consumers. XBOX One is the biggest, andbest endeavor our division has worked on.”

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seizingopportunityin chinaDesmond Fang grew up in Sacramentoin a traditional Asian family. “My parents were veryinvolved with my education,” he said. His fatherwanted his son to study technology, so Fang enteredthe University of California, Irvine as a computerscience major. But he wanted to learn how peoplethink and how businesses operate, so he transferred tothe UA as an MIS major.

After graduation, he joined Accenture. A few yearsinto consulting, he reconsidered his focus. “I’vealways enjoyed international relations,” he said.“My dad would always talk about his time growingup in 1960s Taiwan and I was fascinated with thepolitics surrounding Taiwan and mainland China.In business school, they teach you about negotiationsat the individual and corporate levels. I wanted theopportunity to be involved in discussions at theinternational level. And as an ethnic Chinese, thingskind of fell in place for me, because at that timeChina was starting to position itself as the primarycounterweight to the U.S. on the world stage.”

He got an internship at the U.S. Trade Representativein Washington and later, a position as a trade policyspecialist at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. “Workingat the embassy was informative,” he said. “I got tosit in on trade disputes, and it was a real introductionto how Chinese people think and the complexity ofU.S.- China relations.”

He began to see a niche for himself. “It was apparentto me early on that China’s government was focusedon creating a service sector-driven economy,” heexplained. “China may have gotten to where it istoday by being the world’s factory floor, but what it

is really after is transforming Shanghai and Beijinginto the next New York and London. To succeed inChina, I needed to play a part in this transformation.But I didn’t have a background in finance, so I wouldhave to go back to school.”

Fang was accepted in to the Nitze School ofAdvanced International Studies at Johns HopkinsUniversity. He completed a year of study in Nanjingthen finished his master’s degree in Washington, D.C.“One of my professors got me into private equity,”he said. “After all thoseyears in China, seeinghow businesses workedand how people mademoney, finance madesense to me in a way thatjust hadn’t clicked whenI was an undergraduateat Arizona.” He joinedNew Asia Partners inShanghai, where hewas responsible forthe origination andexecution of investmentopportunities inmainland China.

Fang later joinedKamsky Associates, aU.S. consulting firm,where he worked withU.S. companies andinvestment groups infundraising in China. He is currently a consultantwith AKP Capital, and has taken on a new role forthe UA in China. “I want to give back,” he said. “Ihave a lot of colleagues who came from the Ivies, andthey have regular alumni events. Arizona is hometo one of America’s best business schools. The UAis underselling itself in this part of the world.” Aftermaking a career helping government groups and U.S.private companies get established in China, he said,the logic is that he can help do the same for the UA.

“We’ve just begun to scratch the surface with China,”he said. “Business leaders over the next 50 yearsare definitely going to need to understand how thiscountry works.”


Desmond fangEller MIS and OperationsManagement ‘01Consultant, AKP Capital

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alumni notes1980sMatt Noble (Eller Marketing’86) is president of

Fraternity Management

Group in Tucson. Having

spent nearly 25 years

consulting fraternities and

sororities in the areas of

alumni/parent relations,

fundraising, and volunteer

management, he has now

co-founded Greek Ladders

(www.greekladders.com), a

company focused on career

preparation, leadership

development, and

internships/full-time jobs

for the Greek community.

Kris Kohlhoff (Eller MBA’89) is a contracting officer

with the Department of

the Interior in Billings,

Montana. He is planning

on to retire next spring,

complete his wild sheep

Grand Slam, and have fun

on the farm and in the

mountains.

1990sPhilip Horowitz (EllerAccounting and Finance’99) is a financial advisor

with Morgan Stanley Wealth

Management in Menlo

Park, California. He is

married with a five-year-

old daughter and another

daughter on the way.

Linda Medler (MBA ’93)is director, capability

and resource integration

with the United States

Cyber Command in Fort

Meade. She is responsible

for developing cyber

security requirements and

capabilities acquisition and

financial management for

the Command.

Kevin Woon (MBA ’98) isan application architect -

search with Apple Inc. in

Cupertino, California. In

that role, he designs search

solutions for Apple’s online

store and other Apple

departments.

Arrion Rathsack (EllerGeneral Business ’92)is manager of sponsor

relations and programs

with Forte Foundation in

Austin, Texas.

2000sJulia Shawn Page (EllerBusiness Administration’00) is owner and director

of Cross Cultural Services

LLC.

Benjamin Hoffman (EllerAccounting ’01) is an

assistant professor with

Kent State University.

Angela Campbell (EllerBusiness Management andMarketing ’02) is a contract

manager with the Boeing

Company in Mesa.

Shaun Halbert (EllerBusiness Management ‘03and MBA ‘07) is a senior

financial analyst with

Johns Manville.

Edward Diaz (EllerMarketing and BusinessManagement ’03) is an

applications developer with

Pima County IT, where he is

working with Pima County

Government to update their

website to make it easier

for constituents to find

local government services.

Theodore Stark (Eller MIS’04) is a user experience

architect with Cachematrix

Holdings LLC in Denver.

Jeff Swanson (Eller Finance& Management ’07) ispresident of OneTwoTen

LLC in Bangkok.

Eric Vorrie (Eller MBA ’09)is with Raytheon Missile

Systems in Tucson.

Paul Leong (Eller BusinessManagement ‘09 andMS-MIS ‘12) is a systems

analyst with the University

of Arizona Health Plans in

Tucson.

Ilan Fehler (Eller Marketingand Entrepreneurship ’09)is a category leadership

analyst with Nestle USA.

He is engaged to fellow

Arizona alumna Megan

Berlin, class of 2012.

Stefanie Espino (EllerBusiness Management ’05)is people services partner

with California Pizza

Kitchen in Playa Vista,

California.

Timothy Shelton (EllerMarketing ’06) is manager

of negotiations with

Freedom Financial Network

in Tempe. He has moved up

the ranks quickly, and says

he could not have done so

without the cross-functional

knowledge he received at

the Eller College. He is now

a home owner, husband,

and a proud father of two.

Leroy Walters (Eller MIS’06) is a network manager

with Navajo Nation Office

of Broadcast Services

in Window Rock. This

is his first position in

management after working

for five years in the IT field.

Andrew Schneider (EllerMarketing ’06) is a pricing

analyst with Digital

Management Inc. (DMI) in

Bethesda, Maryland. He

is engaged to USAF Capt.

Jessica West (UA alumna

’06, and Sigma Kappa/

ROTC/Womens Waterpolo.)

Amy Myers (Eller Marketing& Accounting ’06) is atax manager with the San

Diego Chargers.


On May 9, Karl Eller (pictured with wife Stevie, left, and

grandson Max) was inducted into the Arizona Sports Hall

of Fame. 1968, Eller became a founding investor of the

Phoenix Suns. He hired Jerry Colangelo, then an assistant

coach, away from the Chicago Bulls and he named him the

team’s first general manager. In 1971 he helped establish

the Fiesta Bowl, and in 1988 helped attract the NFL’s

Cardinals from St. Louis to Arizona.

Submit class notes to [email protected].

Nicollette Daly (EllerAccounting ’08 andMaster’s of Accounting’10) was named CFO of the

Community Food Bank of

Southern Arizona in April.

She said her first major

move as CFO was to hire

fellow Eller alumna Heather

Larson as lead accountant.

Jessica Anderson (EllerMarketing ‘09) is a

marketing manager with

Microsoft in Seatte and

president of the Alumni

Association ’SeaCats’

Chapter.

Stephanie Bankemper(Eller Marketing ’09) is abusiness account executive

with Cox Communications

in Tucson.

Carlos Lopez-Ramos (EllerBusiness Management ’09)is in the process of moving

to San Antonio, Texas, from

Guadalajara, Mexico. In

San Antonio, he plans to

open a sales training and

consulting business under

the franchise of Sandler

Training.

2010sRobert Mayer (EllerMarketing ’10) is president

of Pedal Crawler LLC.

Donald Cooley III (EllerBusiness Economics ’10)recently moved back to

the Phoenix area after

completing his juris

doctorate at Ohio State. He

is currently preparing for

the bar exam.

Jason Rejebain (EllerAccounting ’10) is audit

senior with Deloitte

and Touche LLP in San

Francisco.

Lisa Malecky (Eller Financeand Management ’11) is aglobal compensation and

benefits analyst with Intel

in Hillsboro.

Rory Staiger (Eller MIS andOperations Management’11) is an operations

leadership development

program associate with

Lockheed Martin, and

is transitioning to a new

management role on the

F-35 assembly line.

Alex Williams (EllerMarketing and Accounting’11) just started his first

season with the San Diego

Padres as a programs

coordinator in the brand

development department.

He relocated to San Diego

in March 2013 after

spending a year with the

Atlanta Braves organization.

Jennifer Duttle (Eller MIS’11) is an analyst software

quality assurance with

Walmart Information

Systems Division in

Bentonville.


Melissa Shanahan (EllerBusiness Management’11) is a procurement

specialist with State Farm

in Bloomington. She began

her career in the executive

development program

at Macy’s in Texas and

has with State Farm for

one year.

Ha Lam (Eller MIS andOperation Management’12) is a software engineer

with Sunquest Information

Systems in Tucson.

Stephanie Cunningham(Eller MBA ’12) is abusiness manager with

University of Arizona.

Brandon McBrien (EllerBusiness Management,Architecture, and RegionalDevelopment ’12) recently

joined Gensler in Los

Angeles as a job captain

—his self-described

dream job.

Yeenkie Situ (EllerMarketing ’13) is a sales

associate with EMC

Corporation in Franklin.

Dennis Schwiebert (EllerEconomics ’13) is arevenue support analyst

with Canyon Ranch

in Tucson.

Kiley Gasparovic(Eller Marketing &Entrepreneurship ’13)is a marketing and

communications manager

with Vive Innovations in

Tucson. Vive Innovations is

a biomedical startup that

launched from the McGuire

Center for Entrepreneurship

at Eller College.

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Dear Friends of the Eller College,

The Eller College of Management is celebrating aseries of major milestones. This year marks the 100thanniversary of business education at the Universityof Arizona. Next year will be the 40th anniversaryof our MIS department and the 30th anniversaryof our entrepreneurship program, both of whichcontinue to dominate rankings of undergraduate

and graduate business schools across the country. Next year too will mark the 70thyear that we have been accredited by the Association for the Advancementof Collegiate Schools of Business.

Behind all these milestone years is a team of people, including our dean, LenJessup, and about 200 faculty and staff. They are to a one dedicated to creatingan exceptional Eller experience for the 6,000 undergraduate and 800 graduatestudents who make up our community. These students get hands-on learningexperiences, like the students in the small business consulting class [see page16] or the newest class of entrepreneurs [ see page 4]. Starting this year, ourundergraduates will also focus on career preparation beginning their freshmanyear [see page 7], so that they know sooner what field is right for them and getthe coaching they need to set and achieve their professional goals, and carry ourreputation for developing real leaders out into the broader world.

These are the types of activities that keep us in the company of the best businessprograms in the country.

But the field of higher education is undergoing major changes. How will MOOCsaffect traditional on-ground programs? What do rising tuition costs mean forstudents? Our team at Eller is looking at these questions and asking many more.It’s a time for soul-searching. It’s a time to chart a new course, for the next 100years of business education. You can see our thinking on our future on page 18 ofthis magazine.

Our alumni and friends are essential to achieving our vision of the future. Thisyear, private support and commitments to the Eller College are approximately$5 million. This support is from you, donors, alumni, friends, and institutions.We thank you for that and challenge you to continue to do more. Welcome ourstudents into your company for informational interviews, externships, internships,and full-time employment. Attend our events. Show your Wildcat pride. And,of course, reinvest in the future of the institution that played a role in your owndevelopment as a professional.

On behalf of the National Board of Advisers, we thank you.

Terrence ValeskiUniversity of Arizona ‘68Chair, Eller College National Board of Advisers

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*Emeritus


Larry AbramsonCEO, Red Book Connect

Chris AckerleyCo-Founder and ManagingDirector, Ackerley Parnters,LLC

Laurence M. BaerPresident and CEO,San Francisco Giants

John A. BardisChairman, President, andCEO, MedAssets, Inc.

Betsey BaylessCEO, Maricopa IntegratedHealth System

Bruce BeachPresident,BeachFleischman PC

Fred T. BoiceOwner, Boice FinancialCompany

Teresa I. BriggsBay Area ManagingPartner, Deloitte & Touche,LLP

Scott BrittenhamPresident & CEO, CleanEnergy Capital LLC

Ronald ButlerArizona Managing Partner,Assurance & AdvisoryBusiness Services, Ernst& Young

Susan R. ButlerFounder, Susan BulkeleyButler Institute

Brian CaryManager of Forecasting,Research, and EconomicDevelopment, Salt RiverProject

Jerry I. CohenVice Chairman and CEO,Canyon Ranch

Henry Granillo CorralCorporate ServicesAmericas RegionController, IntelCorporation

Andreas CoumidesPhoenix Audit Partner,PricewaterhouseCoopersLLP

Donald R. DiamondChairman, DiamondVentures, Inc.

Robert EckertChairman of the Board andFormer CEO, Mattel Inc.

Karl EllerPresident, The EllerCompany

Robert A. ElliottPresident, The ElliottAccounting Group

Pat Engels*IndependentTelecommunicationsProfessional, ExecutiveV.P. of Product & MarketingQuest (Retired)

Louise L. Francesconi*President, MissileSystems and VP, RaytheonCompany (Retired)

David FreshwaterPresident, The FreshwaterGroup, Inc.

Jay L. GeldmacherExecutive Vice President ofEmerson Network Power,President of the EmbeddedPower and ComputingGroup

Bruce GissingExecutive VP, Operations,Boeing CommercialAirplane Group (Retired)

Phil HagenahExecutive Producer andPresident, Film House Inc.(Retired)

William KytePartner, RCM CapitalManagement

Maria LacalVP, Operations Support,Arizona Public ServiceCompany

Olden C. LeeSenior Vice President,PepsiCo, Inc. (Retired)

Brian D. Lesk*Founder and CEO, UltimateConsignment

Paul LindseyRetired Business Executive

Schuyler W. LiningerPatron Grande, RavenManagement Group, Inc.

George LivermoreGroup Executive, Data &Analytics, CoreLogic

Dennis H. Lyon*CEO, Russ Lyon RealtyCompany

L. Ben LytleChairman, Univita, LLC

Norman P. McClellandChairman, Shamrock FoodsCompany

Nancy McClureFirst Vice PresidentCBRE, Inc.

Fletcher J. McCuskerChairman and CEO,Providence ServiceCorporation

Christopher M. McGuireVice President/Director,H. N. & Frances C. BergerFoundation

Jeffrey D. McKeeverChairman and ChiefExecutive Officer,MicroAge

Mark MistlerPresident, SouthernArizona, Compass Bank

Chad MontgomeryPrincipal, Deloitte ServicesLP

James MuzzyPresident, MZ Partners

Lisle W. PayneChairman, Jackson StreetPartners

Jeffrey A. ReinChairman and CEO,Walgreens (Retired)

Joey RodolfoDirector of Design forMen’s Sportswear, TommyBahama

Warren S. RustandCEO, Summit CapitalConsulting

Peter W. SalterPresident and CEO, SalterLabs (Retired)

Teri SpencerPresident and CEO,Ephibian, Inc.

Jay SteinPresident, SandorDevelopment Co.

Martha Taylor ThomasAttorney and Counselorat Law

Tracy R. ThomasChairman, NationalBrands, Inc.

Christine J. TorettiChairman and CEO,Palladio, LLC

Jon O. UnderwoodPresident, DesertMountain Properties(Retired)

Terry ValeskiVice Chairman, T-Mobile

Gregory VaughnManaging Director, MorganStanley Private WealthManagement

J. Burgess Winter*Mining AdvisorMagheramorne House

Ex Officio Member

Kenneth R. Smith,Eller College ofManagement

Eller College National Board of Advisors

donor &national board

recognition


$250,000 & AboveChuck Tyler ’90Kerry Tyler ’91Ed Eisele ’61Nancy SalterPete Salter ’65

$100,000 - $249,999AnonymousHsinchun ChenSherry ChowPhil Hagenah ’69Susan Hagenah ’70Barbara McClellandNorm McClelland ’49, ’91Jeff McKeever ’65, ’73Tahnia McKeeverJim Muzzy ’63, ’64Pamela Muzzy

$50,000 - $99,999Luda Soldwedel ’46

$25,000 - 49,999Bob Eckert ’76Kathie EckertKuanchang GaoCarol LeeOlden Lee ’68Laura OspanikGail PeytonJames Peyton ’65Steve Robbins ’64, ’71John SchmidtPeg SchmidtRobert Steinberg ’81Sonia SteinbergWalt Zipperman ’69

$10,000 - $24,999Kathy Alexander ’73AnonymousBruce Beach ’72, ’73Julie Beach ’71Lydia Buchanan ’78Elliott CherninBill Chiasson ’74Carol ChiassonAndy Coumides ’83Mary Coumides ’84Ralph DeCesare ’83Amarjeet DhaliwalDan Dhaliwal ’75, ’77David Freshwater ’81Diana Freshwater ’82Jay Geldmacher ’91Judith GeldmacherBruce GissingEdythe GissingBucky Hazan ’68, ’74

Robert Huber ’07Kevin Kneafsey ’99Paul LindseyBob Lusch ’71, ’72Virginia Lusch ’73Medwin MintzisNancy MintzisCandace NelsonCharles Nelson ’92Jay NunamakerNancy NunamakerConnie RossoJohn Rosso ’68Maria SchlossbergMark Schlossberg ’84Teri Spencer ’87Jon Underwood ’64Tammy Underwood ’65Pam Valeski ’67Terry Valeski ’68Elizabeth VaughanGreg Vaughan ’78

$5,000 - $9,999Bruce Anderson ’86AnonymousDavid Baggs ’81Leigh BaggsRay Bargull ’76Virginia BargullJoy BidwellMike Bidwell ’80Scott BrittenhamCatherine Butler ’97, ’99Ronald Butler ’91Susan ButlerChris Campisano ’82Lezlie CampisanoBrian Cary ’77, ’80Rebecca Cary ’77Marcia ChiateRich Chiate ’67Chris ClementsSasha ClementsDonald DiamondJoan DiamondDuoduo Du ’11Anne Dupont ’77Leslie EldenburgChristine FappDan Fapp ’93Cynthia Fielding-SinghBob Gentile ’84Brian Gentile ’85Sarah Gentile ’85Henry Granillo CorralKolette HoyleMichael Hoyle ’86Catherine JenkinsWill Jenkins ’76

Len Jessup ’89Carla Keegan ’80, ’82John KovacikHalbert Lindquist ’68, ’69Schuy Lininger ’47George Livermore ’84Laura LivermoreShayyan Mahmood ’11Keith McKenzieJoshua Mickler ’10Kathy MistlerMark MistlerLisle Payne ’64Roslyn PayneChuck PettisPat Pettis ’51Joan RenkenKeith Renken ’57, ’59Carolyn RussoPamela Russo ’75Russ RussoSteve Russo ’75, ’78Bill Sheoris ’92Arvind SinghDave Sirota ’82John Slosser ’85, ’90, ’97Martha ThomasTracy ThomasSteve TookerChristine TorettiWilliam Walleryuanlong ZhengPrabhudev Konana ’91, ’95Suchetha KonanaMaria Lacal

$1,000 - $4,999Alan AugensteinPeter Badenhuizen ’93Vinnie Badinehal ’92Lillian BellBarbara BendalinMarshall Bendalin ’66Brad BerkowitzJennifer Berkowitz ’95Cecilia BermudezBetsy BowenBill BowenPatrick Brennan ’05Scott BriggsTeresa Briggs ’82Esther CarrascoMark Casey ’83Catherine Castle-BrennanJanet CermakGary Chiate ’63Peggy ChiateJames Chyz ’10Somer ChyzChas Clark ’54

Diane ConstantinoMike Coumides ’81Dave Cowen ’04Robert Dembowski

’06, ’08Bernadette Donahue ’85Hugh Donahue ’85Andrew Feng ’69, ’72George Figueroa ’93Howard Friend ’73Loren FriendLaurie FuscoThomas Fusco ’83Fabio Gaertner ’11Cynthia GalbutMartin GalbutRonen Gal-Or ’11Scott Gerber ’82Tracey GerberBeth Gibbs ’01Cindi GillilandStephen GillilandDonna GrantJoel Greenberg ’90Michelle Greenberg ’89Ronald Grodsky ’68Susan GrodskyJohn Halsey ’81Mindy HalseyPatricia HaynesRay Haynes ’67, ’70Keisuke HiranoRay Hoffman ’67Jennifer HohmanJohn Hohman ’89, ’91Merrilee HolmesMike Kaiserman ’67Robin KaisermanLinda Krull ’01Tim Lake ’07Ronald LeeLoretta Little ’84Tim LittleEd Long ’94Hillary LongDeborah Loober ’85Mark Macaluso ’86Virginia MacalusoDeborah MaddoxJohn Maddox ’80Kathryn MaxwellKevin McHollandPhilip McKenzie ’87Benjamin MillerDon Milne ’59Mary MilneBeth Mittelstaedt ’81Reed Mittelstaedt ’80Cynthia MixJerry Mix ’80

Cheryl Morley ’76Dave MorleyDottie MosesLen Mott ’71, ’77Nancy MottAnne MyersGary MyersCameron Omoto ’03, ’04Christine PortneyPaul PortneyBradley PreberLinda PriceJim Reidy ’54, ’55Virginia Reidy ’50, ’54Donald RieggerMallory Riegger ’85Mary RobertsLeo Roop ’67Chip Ruscher ’99Dianne RuscherKen SmithLynne Smith ’93David SpinelliSuzanne SpinelliTatiana Stroitlyeva ’11, ’12Johnna SwitzerJohn Switzer ’63Mark TrombleySue Trombley ’99Dennis Trunfio ’92Mary Turner ’86, ’90, ’93Mike Turner ’00Jean Vock ’06Rick VockGordon Waterfall ’65Ralph Wetmore ’73, ’82Shirley WetmoreMarian Wilfert

Beauchamp ’79Sandi WilliamsWink Williams ’82Clark WoolstonRoni Woolston ’69Joe yob ’71Joyce yobAaron Zeese ’99Jianghong Zhao ’06Ned Zolman ’68, ’70Kent KusharJim Sakrison ’63, ’66Dee Ann Sakrison ’64, ’87

$999 & BelowShawn Abrahams ’86Aden Acklin ’03Bryan Adams ’89Kayln Adams ’05Jess Adani ’99Jonathan AdaniNoel Addy ’75, ’76

thank you to alumni and friends who give to the Eller College of Management

Individual Donors


Shelley AddyRyan Adkins ’11Sandra AfarinSara Aivazian ’86Hussain Al Ali ’12Saada AleniziFrank Alfano ’83Maureen AlfonsoMichael Alfonso ’86Todd Allen ’99Kris AmanPeter Aman ’91Fred Amberg ’91Gabriel AmparanoSilvia Amparano ’94Aaron Anaya ’07Kyle Anderson ’12Carol Anderson ToddMeredith Ann AndrewsMike Andrews ’70AnonymousCourtney Anthony ’08, ’11Tracy AnthonySusan Arenson ’81Dawn Arkfeld ’99Linda Arrington-

Bowles ’82, ’92Austin Arseo ’10Kregg Aytes ’84, ’93George BachoianMichelle BachoianRobert Bachoian ’12Matthew Bailey ’03Geoffrey Baker ’10Lani Baker ’02Sunil Bala ’97Bobby BaldwinNancy Baldwin ’57Shawn Ballard ’96Roger Bamberger ’69Monica Banyi ’04Nancy Barber ’83Steve BarberChristine Barnes ’01Nicholas BarnesAnna Barraza ’04John Barrett ’76Debbie Barrie ’86Michael Barrie ’86Maria Barton ’89Jeremy Bates ’06Kevin Bates ’05Joseph Baugh ’00, ’04Paige Bausman ’84Paddy Baysinger ’69Ryan BeallChad Becker ’97Dena Becker ’97Bonnie Bedillion ’73Stephanie Beery ’03

Gary Beesley ’84Michael Bell ’12Scott Bell ’79Sharon BellLarry BelloMichael I. Bellovin ’09James Bell-smith ’05Wendy Benes ’94Brian Benesch ’93Pam Benitez ’84Tracy Bennett ’08Rosemary Berg ’90Leif Bergquist ’03Jean BermanDon Bernheisel ’69Amy Berry ’97James BestLisa Best ’12Jerry Billera ’94Tara Billera ’94Kristine Billings ’10Lynn Binnie ’74Denise Birger ’88Claire BissonnetteLee Bizik ’92Stewart Bloch ’00David Bloom ’05Marty Bloom ’84April Boerger ’01Carolee BoergerTodd BoergerJohn Bolinger ’49Patty BolingerDoug Bollermann ’87Laura BollermannDoris BollingerEd Bollinger ’61Jess Bonham ’04Charles Booth ’11Bret Borg ’82Nancy BorgLeonard Bower ’64Cephas Bowles ’92Colin Bowling ’08Robert Bowron ’08Diane Bradley ’94, ’99Maria BradleyNeil Bradley ’82Dave Brady ’86Megan BradyPatricia Brailey ’99Mark Brandow ’00Fred Brandt ’68Henry Brandt ’08, ’09Kirk Brandt ’76Jeannette Brauchli

’95, ’05, ’09Robert BrauchliMartha Braun ’81Stephen Braun

Tamarra Breiner ’85James Brennan ’89Michele BrennanRobert Bretz ’67, ’69, ’72Derek Briese ’09, ’10Geri BringmanLauren Brito ’10Chloe BroenenGina BroenenChuck BrookfieldArt Brooks ’69, ’75Art Brown ’74Chris Brown ’87Corinne Brown ’03Dolores BrownJeanne Brown ’81Larry Brown ’81Mary BrownMeg Lota BrownRick Brown ’96Robert Brown ’87Stefanie BrownSteve Brown ’78Liz Browne ’00Bob Brunsman ’87Bonnie Brunsman ’80Derek Budd ’82Garret Buehner ’09Bradley Buhrow ’07Robert BurkeStacie Burke ’11Kevin Burnett ’83Lois BurnettDaws BurnsJean Burns ’58Britt Burridge ’05Donna BushongPamela ButcherSarah Buxton ’81Cheryl Caballero ’98Mike Calegari ’96Trent Cameron ’96Aron CantonEmma Carlson ’82John CarlsonPat Carlson ’58Randy CarlsonElaine CarltonRich Carlton ’74Amanda Carr ’99Matt Carr ’06Ryan CarrTony Carrelli ’98Adam Carroll ’07, ’12Jodi CarrollJoan Caruso ’69Gina CarvajalJoel Carvajal ’83Patrick Casey ’12Carol Catherall

Mike Catherall ’62Stacey Cato ’08Jim Cavanaugh

’65, ’66, ’67Mary CavanaughLouis Cerato ’02Gerald Chaifetz ’63, ’68Marcia ChaifetzRick ChaissonRosa ChaissonChristine Chao ’09Joyesha Chesnick ’11Mike Chesnick ’84, ’88Chih-hui Chiang ’04Frank Chmura ’76Joyce ChmuraBrian ChristensenDai ChuangSufei Chuang ’89Kathy Chudoba ’93Neal Churney ’85Arlyn Citizen ’94Robert Clarke ’05Sara Click ’82Dave Cohen ’81Leslie CohenLinda CohenMike CohenChristina Colchado ’01Carl Cole ’70Jule Cole ’88Matthew Collins ’05, ’06Nathan ComerfordJason ConleyJenifer Conley ’01Kirsten CookEuwela CorneliusFrank Cornelius ’81Jan Corson ’70Rod Corson ’70Eva Cota ’61, ’75, ’77Charles CouryMona CouryJamie Cox ’75Jed Coxon ’84Kelly Crandall ’91Bill Crary ’54Mary CraryJoe Crawford ’64Serge CrawfordCheryl CreaghJames Crotty ’31Ruth CrottyGraham Crouse ’87Ginny Culhane ’49Albert CummingsVirginia CunningGlenn Cunningham ’91Bruce Cutting ’74Holly Daetwyler ’99

Margie DaleNicoll Daly ’08, ’10Matt Damiano ’97David DamronKelly DamronJulie Danielson ’97Michael Danies ’00Homer Darnall ’54Bill Davidheiser ’89Clinton Davis ’73Craig Davis ’83Jeff Davis ’79Peg DavisSarah Davis ’00Sharon DavisTracey Davis ’84Mary Beth Dawson

’95, ’97Marsha Dean ’92Joel Dembowski ’01Valerie DerryberryConnie Dettra ’82Kate Dias ’01Lauren Dickey ’05Elizabeth Dietz ’97Jim Dillon ’75Didi Dione ’97Pamela Dixon ’84Russell DixonDanelle Dobbins ’12Ethan DonPaula Donley ’76, ’78Kathy D’OnofrioVince D’Onofrio ’70Michael Donoho ’09Hannah Dooley ’11Jeremy Dorfman ’04Bhavesh Doshi ’91Cherie DouglassDaniel Douglass ’08Mari Downey ’93Samuel Drake ’86David Dreibelbis ’74Sean Drew ’93Maria Drummond ’89Alexandra Duby ’12Gary Duffy ’73Mindy Duffy ’73Gregory Dunford ’92Bob Dunham ’56Mary Durham-PflibsenKent Dussair ’62Linda DussairRhonda Dwyer ’02, ’08Corey Eck ’12Hannelore Eckert ’91Peter Economidis’63, ’65Ashley Eden ’06Eva Edwards

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Mary Franckle ’85J. Nicholas Frei ’00Ernie Friend ’89Laura FriendGene Fujii ’67John Fung ’87Sally Fung ’92Stephen Fung ’87Greg Furrier ’85Jennifer Furrier ’90Mark Fusler ’03, ’04Debora Gage ’02Neil Galassi ’00Ashley GaleskiCharles GannonKaren Garcia ’12John Gardner ’53, ’58Russell Garner ’11Becky Gaspar ’81David GasparLoren Geesey ’83, ’90Susan GeeseyElizabeth George ’90Elizabeth GeorgeLouis George ’77Sally Gestautas ’08Demi Giannini ’11Patsy Gibb ’89Matt Gilbreath ’00Christine GilmorePat Gilmore ’74Rusty Girdner ’48, ’50Gary Gitlitz ’73Sandra GitlitzJay Gjurgevich ’02Katie Gjurgevich ’02Lorraine GlazarAudra Glines ’94Matt Glines ’99George Glover ’91Holly GloverDaniel Goldsticker ’10Amy Gomez ’00Jaclyn Gonzales ’12Mendy Gonzales ’95yvonne Gonzales ’12Ruben Gonzalez

Madero ’88Casey Good ’09, ’10Deborah GoodmanDouglas Goodman ’72Harris Goodman ’72Steve GottliebAllison GraceChuck Gracey ’70Colleen GraceyGene Graham ’82Ginger GrahamPete Graham ’62Stan Graham ’67

Michael GrantArmella GrebbKim Green ’99Audrey Greenberg ’94Debra Greene ’79Jonathan Greene ’08Hans Gregg ’83Melanie GreggRalph GreggKrista Gregory ’83Rebecca GrevingStephen Greving ’75Ken Griggs ’89Mark Grillo ’88Eric Groff ’09Charlie Groombridge ’56Grace GroombridgeJessica GroutBritta Grubin ’02Peter Grubin ’03Jossette GuajardoRobert Guajardo ’88Brad Guenther ’81Dave GuestLindsey Guest ’04Katherine Guilmart ’10Eric GumbsSharon Gumbs ’04Carole GurgoneDarlene Gustafson ’82Brian HackCindy Hack ’90Chris Haggerty ’91Shirley Hairston ’80Jane HaleJim Hale ’76Andrew Halpert ’03Sue Hamlin ’90Mary HandleyPaul HandleyPam HankinsJulia Hannah ’05Matt Hannah ’04Jill Hansen ’89Cassondra Hanson ’12Lesley Hanson ’79Gina HarbourKevin Harbour ’00Paula HarenJeff Harris ’82, ’90Heather Harrison ’08Truitt Hartle ’12Carolyn HarveyPat Harvey ’66Gary Harwin ’60, ’62Lucinda HarwinIlona HatchLaMonte Hatch ’66Carol HauslerGeorge Hausler ’72

Trucynda Hawkins ’83Corey Hawley ’06Zhou He ’06Will Hefter ’61Chuck HeimerdingerChris Heinfeld ’07Dave Henrich ’58Marge Henrich ’60Matthew Herbert ’10Dena Herbolich ’92Drew Herbolich ’93Lawrence Herman ’59Patricia HermanJay Hernandez ’98Paul Herrera ’76Courtney Heyda ’10Matt Hienton ’05Marilyn Hill ’96Jacob Hiller ’11Diane Hillman ’80Jeff Hinds ’88, ’93Sandra HindsJudith Hines ’84Lin Hines ’61Timothy Hinkel ’10Colby Hinkson ’12Melinda HinksonMatt Hobbs ’02Michael HoerigBrad HogeBrandon Holdridge ’11Helen HolmesJim Holmes ’51Sue Holstad ’77Rumi HongSpeed Racer/GQ Hong ’97Tom Hood ’64Tim Hooker ’84Richard Hoppe ’72Aaron Horita ’89Cheryl Howard ’95Cheryl Howell ’70Dan Howell ’76, ’91, ’94Christy Howells ’99Marla Hoyle ’96Zhao Hu ’12Holley Huang ’01, ’02Bradley Huber ’07Michael Hudson ’02Mikaela Hudson ’09Julie Hughes ’04Stacy HughesGloria Hula ’86Darrel Hund ’76David Hund ’64Edie Hund ’86Harry Hunt ’52Janette Hunter ’85, ’91Jim HunterSean Huston ’92

Jayme Hyatt ’07, ’08Eric IffrigTamara IffrigJulia Ingall ’11Leslie InskeepGrant Isakson ’10Josue IzabalBrian Jackson ’02Dick Jackson ’60Elayne JacksonPat JacksonWilliam Jacobs ’83Peggy Jacobsen ’89Jean JacobsonRonald Jacobson ’70Clint Jameson ’97Crystal Janes ’05Bryan Jaret-Schachter ’07Rollie Jarmusch ’67Gampolage Jayasuriya ’10Jeffrey LeeBenjamin JimenezJong JoKuk Jo ’80Joseph Jochen ’09Mitchell Joffe ’69Vicki JoffeCurtis Johanssen ’07Andrea Johnson ’89Danny Johnson ’87Eleanor JohnsonElizabeth Johnson ’02, ’03Gabrielle JohnsonGary JohnsonGale JohnstonCourtney Jolicoeur ’05, ’06Jeremiah Jolicoeur ’06Christopher Jones ’12Gretchen Jones ’49Nancy Jones ’78R. Bryan JonesRuss Jones ’48, ’50Billy JoplinMaxine Joplin ’86Craig JordensKara Jungbluth ’10, ’11Dianne Jurica ’65Richard KalenkaTom Kalinske ’68Jacob KaliszewskiGuinnevere Kappler ’99Nate Kappler ’98Bryan Karas ’07Andra KarnofskyGreg Karnos ’05, ’06Shirley Karnos ’06Stuart Kasdin ’90Sue-Ann KasdinEric KawamotoStacie Kawamoto



Stacie KawamotoJoshua Kay ’10Ryan Keefer ’02, ’07Barb Keeler ’82John Keeler ’71Robert KeelerKathy Keller ’68Richard Keller ’68Bill Kelley ’78David Kelley ’70Jamie Kelley ’79, ’82Christopher Kennedy ’05Frank Kennedy ’12Jason Kennedy ’05, ’07Jordan Kennedy ’07Greg Kilroy ’92Peter KimJeff KingSue King ’76Jennifer Kingsley

Green ’96John Kjelstrom ’04Stephanie KjelstromLori KlauberAdam Klein ’90Stacy Klein

Linnette Klinedinst’06, ’07

Steven Klinger ’79Devin KnauftRachael Knight ’04, ’09Joseph Knoblock ’94Carter Knowles ’95Shannon KnowlesScott Koenig ’03, ’09Monica Koestner ’11, ’12Jimi Kogura ’10Kelly KokotDennis Kong ’96Wiran Korala ’08, ’09Naresh Kotacherry ’10Bill Krahn ’73Connie Kraska ’88James KraskaK Krishnan ’92, ’94Andrew Kroese ’82Frederick Kuhm ’78Dave Kulze ’11Hareesh KumarBrandon Kunz ’09Kerry Kurisu ’78Stephanie Lackenby ’02

Riea Lainoff ’76Steven Lainoff ’77Samantha LambertPam Lambros ’90Ira Lamkin-RocchiDavid Lamp ’95Ellyn LangerHarold LangerJai Larman ’94, ’97Heather Larson ’09, ’10Marla LarsonPeter LarsonSteven LarsonTim LaskoskiJanelle Lavoie ’96Ben Lawrence ’01Andrea LawsonEmily Lawson ’12Jim LawsonLorri LawsonPaige Lawson ’09Cynthia Lazarz ’82Michael Lazarz ’81Jim Lee ’73Kathy LeeMarie LeeRichard Lee ’65Alan Leiwant ’63Carol Lemon ’87Sara Leone ’77Tony LeoneBryan Leong ’09Christine LevendaCarol Levey ’82Lawrence Levey ’79Lance Levi ’92, ’94David Levie ’05Michelle Levie ’07Chrissy Levin ’99Hope Levin ’80Michael LevinRandy Levin ’80Bruce LevyMarion LevyMarty LevySaundra Levy ’69Alyssa Lew ’01Dave Lew ’02Odell L’Heureux ’83Wayne Liao ’04Chienting Lin ’95, ’04Dale Lin ’01J. Adam Lin ’90, ’94yonggu Lin ’91Frank LinebaughDebra LinzerEric Lituchy ’91Leslie Livingston-AlfanoEd Lobdell ’54Patsy Lobdell ’54

Patrick Loftus ’02Stacy Loftus ’02Jack LondonAnna-paula Lopez ’12Benjamin LordVince Lotti ’88Andrew Lowden ’00Karen Lowe ’81Tom Lowe ’80Alison Lucht Grinney

’10, ’11John Luciani ’92Laura Luciani ’92Roland Lufkin ’65Victor Lui ’12Stephanie Luke ’08Adam Lundquist ’09Larry Luter ’77Nancy LuterLori Lyons-WilliamsJeff Mace ’78Aida Madero ’77Ajay Madhvani ’03Howard MalleyNinfa MamentaReynaldo Mamenta ’78Ryan Manacheril ’12Marie MandelMelissa Manson ’98Alexander Manuel ’08Alexandra ManuelTony Marcotte ’00Irving MarcusRobin MarcusGeoffrey Margow ’98Marsha Markle ’80Nikita Markov ’12Eugene MarshMason Marsh ’09, ’10Jennifer Marshall ’02, ’03Keith MarshallCarol MartellaWayne MartellaBarbara Martin ’76James Martin ’80Charles Martindill ’75, ’76Adayr Martinez ’12Desiree Martinez ’08Matt Masters ’78Monica Mastin ’09, ’10John Mather ’75Roberta MatherSukanya Mathur ’06Kasey Matsumoto ’05Mark Matthews ’87Mark Mattis ’85Bob MaynardSue MaynardDaniel McBride ’08Jordan McClaren

Julia McCoy ’06Steven McCoyDiana McCutchen ’93Matt McCutchen ’92Caitlin McDavid ’12Cathy McDavidDenise McDonaldJames McDonaldLois McDonaldMark McDonald ’92Phil McDonald ’80Eva McDonough ’00Jim McEntire ’00Tammy McEntireBrian McEvoy ’83Becky McGlensey ’10Kenneth McGovern ’11, ’12April McGuire ’92Ted McGuire ’92Andrew Mcinerney ’05Donna McKeeRon McKee ’86Peggy McKennon ’83Robert McKennonDeborah McLaughlin ’90Louise McLeod ’58Neil McLeodTim McManus ’94Matt McWenie ’83Bob MeadDan Medina ’81Nancy Meech ’80Todd Mello ’90Ryan Mendenhall ’98Marvin Mendieta ’04Valery MeusburgerJena Michels ’09, ’10Mark Midgley ’70Troy Mihalek ’06Bob Miller ’83Carolyn Miller ’72, ’90Karen MillerLeonard Miller ’82Patrick Miller ’67Stojce Milosevski ’12Julian Mintzis ’09Jeff Mitchell ’96Brett Mittelstaedt ’08David Monheit ’91Mary MontagueSabrina Montano ’00Michael Monterrubio ’09Bert Monteverde ’93Michael Montroy ’03Edward Moran ’75Nancy MoranDouglas MoreenLynn Moreen ’77Megan Moreno ’07Stephen Moreno ’12

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Carla Morgan ’03Alicia Morse ’10David MorthlandVirginia MorthlandAngie Mucha ’94Emily Mueller ’06Teresa Munoz ’94Gabriel Munoz-Fitch ’09Aaron Munro ’11Whitney Munroe ’09Larry Murakami ’75Benham Murphy ’03Ann MurrayJoe MurrayLinda MushkatelRegeanna Mwansa ’99, ’11Donald MylesMaureen MylesAlex Nagtalon ’71Camillo Napolitano ’03Marti Nathan ’72Steve Nathan ’70, ’74Merle NathansonStephen NathansonGavin Neenan ’02Nicole NehrbasKristina Nelsen-BouckHerman Nelson ’65Patricia NelsonVirginia Nelson ’44Janet Neuenschwander ’73Paul Neuenschwander ’73Lenore NeuwegDave Newark ’79David NewbergPauline Newberg ’83Greg Newsome ’83Julianne Newsome ’83Nancy Nichols ’84Gregg Nicklaus ’91Adam Niederberger ’12James Nikas ’56Terry NikasAndy Nixon ’89Roxanne Nixon ’91Amy NobleKatherine Noonan ’84Mike NoonanChristina Nordvall ’04Debbie NorrisVirginia NorthAdams NovakSteve NovakKimberly Nowlin ’09Kevin O’Connor ’86Michael O’Connor ’04Nancy Oder Vincent ’80Sue O’Hearn ’81yewande Olabumuyi ’12Chris O’Leary ’79, ’86

Scott Olney ’99Nancy Olnick ’76Tim Olson ’82Anthony Orlich ’72, ’76Ileana OrlichDeb O’Shaughnessy ’88Taylor Otstot ’08, ’09Karen PachecoMatthew PachecoSteven PackerAnnette PagaduanSean Pagaduan ’11Michael PagliaJohn PainterBarbara Palmer ’69Dave Palmer ’70Kathy PalmerSteve Palmer ’77Dan Paluselli ’64Eileen PaluselliBill Parker ’72Dave Parmenter

’80, ’83, ’92Marianne ParmenterJigar Patel ’03Leigh Pattalochi ’78Valerie Pearson ’03Gary Pederson ’76, ’81Jane Pederson ’83Lorna Pederson ’78, ’81Jessica Penman ’02Laura PennyJohn Penry ’01Raynolde Pereira ’99, ’01Amanda Perkins ’03Brian PetersJody Peterson ’91Ken PetersonPaige Peterson ’91James Petrie ’02Michael Petrilak ’12Frank Peugh ’65Sophie PeughKent Pflibsen ’80, ’84Dien Phan ’90Alvan PhillipVictoria Phillip ’84Timothy Phillips ’91Cydney Pierce ’11, ’12Kristen Pierson ’05Nick Pierson ’05, ’12Alex PilarRon Pimentel ’97Sarah PimentelDavid Platt ’08James PloskiRick PloskiJane PolsonDavid Powelson ’82, ’90Brianne Powers ’12

Danny Powers ’81Angel Hsu PrentissWayne Prentiss ’97Julia Preston-OlsonJack Prestwich ’64Amber Price ’06Heather Prouty ’01Jonathan Prouty ’02Daniel Pszanka ’92Danielle Puente ’12Bob Quimby ’78Jaye Lynn QuimbyBarbara QuinnHoward Quinn ’85Theodore RabbanMargaret Raihl ’88Stephen RalbovskyJohn Ralph ’63Alyse Ramirez ’10, ’11Daniel Ramos ’12Bob RandallRobin Randall ’85Kirsten Randolph ’85David RappAnna RasconRicardo RasconRicardo Rascon ’12Brianna Reams ’08James Rebenar ’05Steven Reff ’77, ’82Steve Reichling ’01Joshua Reifman ’11Micah Reinhold ’01Scott Remington ’91Bev Rench ’85Robert Reynolds ’10Dick Rice ’53Lynne RiceBrandon Richman ’05Linda Rickabaugh ’81Ronnie Rickabaugh ’82Cori Rico ’07Rick Rielly ’83Kenneth Riley ’85Lisa Riley ’84Henry Rillos ’02Kara RillosBrian Ritter ’04Danielle Ritter ’02Karina Rivera ’03, ’04Larry Robbins ’62Aimee Roberts ’07, ’08Chris Roberts ’91Gloria Roberts ’85Mark Roberts ’74Monica Roberts ’93Nathan Roberts ’06Sarah Roberts ’04Angela Roberts-

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Megan Robertson ’95, ’98James RobinsonMaria Robinson ’98Al Robles ’72Holly RoblesJennifer Robles ’96Stefano Rocchi ’97Jodi RochaCharles RochmanNancy Rochman

’76, ’80, ’88Robert RodgersRobert Rodrigues ’07Mike Rohe ’12Susie Rojas ’89Bob Rombough ’59Deborah Romero ’78Walter Romero ’77Jamie Rose ’07Jeffrey Rosen ’89Jan Rosenberg ’79, ’80Elliot RosenfeldDrew Rosenthal ’11Burke Rosenzweig ’64, ’67Mark Ross ’96Melanie Ross ’87Robert Ross ’88Mirta RothacherRon Rothacher ’64Patricia RothwellLogan RouseMark RouseRandy Rubin ’89Butch Ruhl ’71, ’93Sandy Ruhl ’71, ’82Rip Rundle ’50Candice Rupprecht

’04, ’09Kevin Rupprecht ’04Christopher Russell

’09, ’10Henry RussellHolly RussellSue Russell ’56Tim Russell ’92Rob Russin ’91Jonny Sabbath ’05Robert Sabochick ’09Dino Sakellar ’76Munesh Sakhrani ’05Joyce Salata ’89, ’99Patrick SalataDominic Salazar ’12, ’12Peter Salazar ’94Krishna Sammeta ’83Cindy Samuel-ZulchElena Sanwick ’96Jeff SanwickChris Satchell ’02, ’09Lindsey Saul ’11, ’12

Mark Saunders ’87Mary Saunders ’87Kody SawyerMichael SchaibergerCourtney Schatzberg

’10, ’11Doug Scherer ’73Teresa SchererGail Scherr ’81Craig Schill ’89Tamara Schill ’90Leah Schindler ’07, ’08Angela SchkudHenri SchkudBert Schneider ’00Hank Schneider ’68Jackie SchneiderJohn Schneider ’75Michael Schneider ’01Paulette SchneiderPeggy SchneiderMatt Schnider ’01Samuel Schnoor ’11Donna SchoberFrank Schoonover ’70Kat Schuknecht ’00Andrew Schultz ’10Matthew Schulz

’06, ’08, ’09John Schutter ’99Heather Schwamb ’02Deborah SchwiebertAsh Scorsatto ’99David Seeger ’85Michelle SeegerPamela Seiler ’63Steven Seiler ’63Nicole Setherley ’00Darlene SeufertNeil Seufert ’72Monte ShafferMichael Shannon ’01Stella ShanovichMichael Shelton ’07Jonathan Shepley ’98Alisa SherbowJen Shields ’94Hyewon Shin ’07Liz Shlapack ’06Jeff Shockley ’98Mike Shoemaker ’03Darrell Shurley ’87Lise Sieber ’81Lara Siegle ’91Anthony SilvagniDianna Silvagni ’78Diane SimmonsPaul Simmons ’70Alan Simon ’82Jitendra Singh ’01



Mai Slater-Brown ’90Jerel SlaughterRosemary Slavin ’65Steve Slavin ’66Ilan Slovin ’12Bill Smith ’68Brad SmithDale SmithDanielle Smith ’09Jason Smith ’08Karin Smith ’97, ’08Katherine Smith ’11Kelli Smith ’12Kerry Smith ’77Kristy SmithMary Jayne Smith ’87Susanne SmithTrent Smith ’94Justin Snell ’11Zachary Snickles ’04Nancy Snowden ’74Edward Soens ’60Jessica SolisMarvin SondagJulia Song Collins ’04Tom Sonnleitner ’99Doug SorenLori Soren ’78Gabriel Soto ’03Gregory Soyka ’93Angela Soyring ’88Gerald Spaniol ’77Pat SpaniolWalter Spector ’79Alan SpeertMarilyn Speert ’68Elizabeth SpencerThomas Spencer ’85Trey Spiece ’11, ’12Melanie SpiegelmanEric Spitzer ’90Susan Spitzer ’94Sandra StaatsBridget StandringTom Standring ’92Christopher Stanley ’03Paul Stary ’67Terry StatenDesiree Steele-Zinger ’82Kathy SteffensSkip Stegman ’68Chris Stephens ’00Meagan Stephens ’01Rebecca Stephens ’88Jack Stewart ’72Beverly StockdalePerry StockdaleChris Stoltz ’74Bev Stotz ’82Scott Stout ’02

Don Stratz ’89Barbara StraubElissa Stremlau ’11, ’12Ann StussieBill StussieMatthew Suckle ’07Barbara SudlowWilliam SudlowJulie Suess ’87Christopher Suggs ’81Alexandre Sugiyama

’94, ’98John Sullivan ’89Lindsay Sullivan ’02Teri SulserWeiyuan Sun ’03Dean Sweeney ’82, ’84Janet Sweeney ’83Ray Tank ’84Debra TapleyRichard Tapley ’85Dan Tarico ’87, ’90, ’07William Tarrab ’06Bill TaylorDarcie Taylor ’96Dwianna Taylor ’57Greg Taylor ’09John Taylor ’95Julie Taylor ’94Leslie Taylor ’90Megan Taylor Shockley ’00Gary Terlisner ’75Bruce Thoeny ’52Scott Thomas ’84Caitlin Thorn ’11, ’12David Thorson ’84Kathy ThullTodd Thull ’83Pam TimsStan Tims ’79Melissa Tirendi ’11, ’12Christopher Todaro ’06Jim Tolley ’51Pat Tolley ’52Diane TolmachoffAl ToucheRita ToucheDavid Townley ’66Phyllis TownleyNha Tran ’12John TravisTerri TravisCraig Trimmings ’10, ’11John Truitt ’81Stephen Tucker ’95, ’98Brad Tuffs ’00Tom Tunnicliffe ’85Doug Turner ’78Douglas TurnerGayle Turner

Clyde Turpin ’89Ann Ubieta ’80Ray UbietaAshley Upchurch ’08Tara Usrey ’06Drew Vactor ’69Kandie Vactor ’69Andrea Valdez ’07Cheryl Valdez ’78Jennifer Van Polanen ’87Jody Vandiver ’45Thomas VandiverKrissel Varela ’10, ’11Jean Vargas ’01Linda Velasquez ’06, ’10Betty Vest ’82Marshall Vest ’75Joel Vigil ’07, ’08Duane VincentBen Vinzant ’04Zalina Visentin ’97Jeri Vitello ’82Margaret VogeTobin Voge ’86Elroy Voss ’68Julia VossJulia WadaJohn Wagner ’89Allen Wang ’05, ’11Luyao Wang ’12Brad Warezak ’98Hugh Warren ’75Janette WarrenWayne Warren ’93Phyl Wason ’69Norma Watson ’63Ted Watson ’71Tijuana Watssen ’01Dixon Weaver ’77Keith Weaver ’10James Webb ’05Jeremy Weed ’00Steve Weil ’76Allison WeinsteinSusanne Weir Johnson ’59Sally WelbornPete Wentis ’81John Werden ’62Susan Wescott ’84, ’87Secret Wherrett ’96Darren Wherry ’01Clarity WhiteKenneth WhiteKimberly White ’86Sandra Widmer ’00Amy Wilcox ’86David WilhelmAnne WilliamsBetsy WilliamsFred Williams ’71

Janet WilliamsJeff Williams ’85Keith Williams ’12Kurt Williams ’88Pat Williams ’99Steve Williams ’66Brittney Williams

Spross ’00, ’04Patricia Williamson ’81Ethan WillingerBill Willis ’76Alexander WilsonChristine Wilson ’84’Hendalee Wilson ’00Jeanette WilsonLeroy Wilson ’85Jim WingroveMary WingroveDonald Winter ’75Kathryn Winters ’94Lee Winters ’12Melinda Witmer ’84Tory Witt ’12Aaron Wixom ’05David Wohlleban ’10Jennifer WolertMarek Wolert ’11Betty WolfJoe Wolf ’60Matt Wolf ’99Jonathan Wolfert ’07, ’08Kim Wolfson ’74Mary Anne WolfsonAnne WoodHeather Wood ’98Jan WoodMike Wood ’66David Woodruff ’08Eleanor WrennKevin WrennCherie Wright ’89Jeff Wright ’98Wes Wright ’95Xiaohui Wu ’99Chris WurmRod Wyse ’62Vera Wyseyang Xiang ’00, ’02Martin yadegar ’91Jenny yang ’12Meagan yannitelli ’07, ’08Ed yasko ’84Craig yeager ’00Kimberly yinSteve yin ’88Erica yngve ’00Rick yngve ’99Martha young ’48Jay yparraguirre ’93Jiao yu ’03

Alaine Zachary ’01Faham Zakariaei ’05Lori ZaleskiTom Zaleski ’84Risa Zemel-Brown ’01Kaitlin Zemitis ’12Noe Zepeda ’10, ’11Limin Zhang ’06David ZigrangTammy ZigrangEldon Zimmerman ’53Daniel ZingerAdam Zloto ’08Leland ZulchFrank Zunno ’67Mark ZupanDiane ZuspannGene Zuspann ’71Andrea Zwerdling-

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Microsoft - Matching Giftsand Giving Campaign

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thank you to organizations that give to the Eller College of Management

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Toyota Motor Sales USA- Matching Gifts

U of A ALPFAU.S. Bancorp Foundation

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& Southern ArizonaVerizon Communications

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A Legacy ofMentorship:new commitmenthonors Davesitton’s memoryThe Eller College of Management has received ananonymous commitment that honors the memoryof Dave Sitton, a UA and community leader whodied August 12.

The Dave Sitton Student Mentorship Grant willsupport mentorship in the top-ranked McGuireCenter for Entrepreneurship. “We believe that withthe active guidance of our mentors, the graduatesof the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program willlaunch successful careers, many of which will serveto strengthen our community and our region,” saidLen Jessup, Dean of the Eller College. “We can’tthink of a more fitting way to honor Dave’s legacy.”

Sitton had a 35+ year relationship with the UA,as a student, coach, administrator, broadcaster,fundraiser, and lecturer. He was a giant in thecommunity, actively involved with numerouscharities and civic organizations. He was mostpassionate about his role as a mentor to youngpeople, and believed that character was thecornerstone of achievement in business and in life.

“Hundreds of people have sent me letters, cards andemails telling me what Dave meant to them andhow much he will be missed,” said Margie Sitton,his sister. “Almost all referred to him specificallyas their ‘mentor’ who had such a positive impacton their lives. His daughters and I can’t think of amore fitting tribute to his memory than having this

mentorship grant named for him. He dedicated hisentire life to helping young people. He approachedeverything that he did, whether working on theRugby program, his various business endeavors,radio show or teaching, from an entrepreneurialperspective. That is why this tribute is such aperfect match and we are thrilled.”

The McGuire Entrepreneurship Program servesclose to 100 students each year. The students formteams around new venture concepts, and all teamsreceive personal mentoring from assigned mentors-in-residence, experienced entrepreneurs who alsohave roots in the regional investment community.The Dave Sitton Student Mentorship Grant willsupport the mentor-in-residence program.

Björgvin Benediktsson, a graduate of the McGuireprogram, describes the mentor-in-residencerelationship as “the most important component ofthe McGuire Center’s program.”

“Our mentors help make the McGuire experiencewhat it is today,” said Bob Lusch, McGuire CenterExecutive Director. “We hope too that this grantwill inspire others to help build his legacy.”

for more information about how you can grow the impact of the Dave sitton studentMentorship Grant, contact tammy farris at 621-9954 or [email protected]

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On April 19, Larry Baer addressed a crowd of students, faculty, and communitymembers as the 2013 University of Arizona Executive of the Year. The followingis edited from his talk on diversification in the sports industry.

Our accomplishments on the field are important becausewe’re in the baseball business, but we’re in other businesses, too, and in many ways,we’re not viewed as a business at all. The fact that we wear San Francisco across ourchests suggests that we’re bigger, or different, than other businesses. We’re viewed asa quasi-public utility, and much of that thematic governs the way we operate.

I think we’re in about six different businesses right now. Those businesses maybedon’t hold equal weight, but if we ignored any one of them, we wouldn’t besuccessful. Number one, obviously, we’re in the baseball business. We need to wingames, and we have to have an apparatus to do that. My role is to provide the fundsto the general manager to make the right decisions, and we can see our report cardevery day in the newspaper.

But in the Eller context, I want to talk a little about some of these other businesses.The second is the entertainment business. To go to a Giants game—from your home oroffice and back—that’s a four-hour commitment. In today’s world, that’s asking a lot.When you get to the ballpark, you need to be entertained. It needs to be compelling.

A third business we’re in is content. We’ve got to distribute our content to the worldas much as we can, and we have to figure out how to monetize that. We have togenerate revenue from other sources. We own a third of our television network, andthat’s been a big, big thing for us.

A fourth business we’re in is technology. On the business side for us today, the mostimportant thing we’re doing is dynamic pricing. No ticket to any two games arepriced the same. We have 1,800 different ticket prices now and they change hourly.That might sound consumer unfriendly, except that 75 percent of the games areactually at the old static price or less. We get good upside on the 25 percent thataren’t there—opening day, Sunday Dodgers—but the rest of it allows people to getin with decently-priced tickets.

Another business we’re in—customer service. At the end of the day, we can’t controlthe outcome of the game. But we can control the cleanliness of the ballpark, the serviceapproach from our workers, the ease of getting in and out of the park. What we’vefound is that if you can deliver an experience where the service folks go the extra milefor the customer, they will absorb the 9-1 loss, or the 58-degree windy night.

My favorite is the community service business, and the reason I say business is thatit’s a dedication to community service. You hear “doing well by doing good,” butI see that ballplayers are role models for kids, and kids are more than ever in needof role models. I see that older folks may not be able to get to the ballpark, but thegames on the radio and television become the background music of their summer.Sports in general, and certainly baseball, can provide an escape for everyone.

last word ondiversification

Larry BaerPresident and CEO, San Francisco Giants

A fourth-generation San Franciscan, LarryBaer has a reputation as a visionary inprofessional sports. A limited partner ofthe Giants’ ownership group, he was namedteam president October 1, 2008 and CEO onJanuary 1, 2012. In his first year as Presidentand CEO, the Giants won their second WorldSeries Championship in three years andextended the team’s home sellout streak to165 regular season games by drawing overthree million fans.

His initial tenure with the Giants began in1980, when he joined the club as marketingdirector after earning Phi Beta Kappa honorsat the University of California. In 1983, heleft the Giants to attend Harvard BusinessSchool, followed by four years at WestinghouseBroadcasting in San Francisco and Newyork. In 1992, he left CBS to be part ofan ownership team that bought the Giantsand kept them in San Francisco. He wasnamed chief operating officer of the Giantsin May 1996. That same year, he was namedpresident of a private entity formed by Giantsinvestors to finance and build a new ballpark,which opened in April 2000.

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Thursday,November 7, 2013

UA ClASS ReUnion ReCeption & DinneR

5:00 – 8:00 p.m., Tucson Marriott University Park

2013 Reunion Classes: 1963, 1988, and 2003.

Friday,November 8, 2013

elleR CUp Golf toURnAment

Hosted by the MBA Student Association

8:00 a.m. shotgun start, Skyline Country Club

Join Eller MBAs, faculty, students, and alumni for golf, food, and friendly competition. Scramble play. Registration at eller. arizona.edu/golf.

BReAkfASt with the DeAn

9:00 – 10:00 a.m., McClelland Hall Room 208

BPA and Eller 2013 reunion classes (50th -1963, 25th - 1988, and 10th - 2003) are invited to join Eller College Dean Len Jessup for breakfast.

All-ClASS lUnCheon

Hosted by the UA Alumni Association

11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., UA Student Union Ballroom

UA AlUmnUS of the YeAR pRoGRAm

3:00 – 5:00 p.m., Student UnionGrand Ballroom South

The awards program honors outstanding achievement and support of an alumnus from each academic college on

campus. Eller is pleased to recognize Jeffrey McKeever (MBA ’73 and Undergrad ’65) as our Alumnus of the Year.

mCGUiRe CenteR foR entRepReneURShip ReCeption

5:00 – 8:00 p.m., McClelland Hall

Join your fellow entrepreneurship alumni for a casual gathering.

Saturday,November 9, 2013

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Stop by the Eller tents for food, fun, giveaways—and prime parade viewing!

footBAll GAme:ARizonA wilDCAtS vS. UClA BRUinS

Time TBA, Arizona Stadium

Call 520.621.CATS or 800.452.CATS to reserve.

Eller Wildcats Represent!

It’s a Wildcat Planet. Join the50,000 UA alumni and students

who annually participate inHomecoming—a UA traditionsince 1914. From the lightingof A Mountain to tailgatingon the mall, we’ve got a full

slate of events for your Arizonaweekend. Bear Down!

More details on all events available at eller.arizona.edu/homecoming.

A Celebration of LifeLongtime Eller professor Bob Tindall passed away July 15 after a five-year battle with lymphoma. Honor his memory at a Celebration of Life on Friday, November 8 at 6 p.m. To RSVP and for details, email [email protected].

2013Homecoming

Office of the Dean McClelland Hall 417 PO Box 210108Tucson, Arizona 85721-0108

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and grad student Devi Bhattacharya. Read more about

Ram’s work in Twitter analytics by scanning this QR code.

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Envisioning the next 100 years of

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Career prep program for freshmen and

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