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Anil K. Makhija serves as dean and John W. Berry, Sr. Chair in Business of the Max M. Fisher College of Business. Makhija is recognized as an expert in the field of finance, particularly capital structure, corporate governance and valuation, and has more than 20 years of experience in academic leadership roles.

Prior to his appointment to dean in October 2014, Makhija served as senior associate dean at Fisher. He has served on the faculty of the business college since 1998 and has held the Dean’s Distinguished Professorship and the David A. Rismiller Professorship in Finance. He chaired Fisher’s Department of Finance and served as an associate dean of executive education programs, where he was responsible for the development of Fisher’s top-ranked Executive MBA program.

Makhija has led consulting and executive development programs for dozens of leading companies in the U.S. and around the world. He has held visiting faculty appointments at respected institutions in Chile, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Hong Kong, India and Korea.

He is a respected and widely published researcher. He is also the winner of numerous teaching awards, including the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Pace Setters Daniel Westerbeck Teaching Excellence Award — the highest teaching honors bestowed by, respectively, Ohio State and Fisher College of Business.

Makhija has been a featured expert in media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The New York Times, Financial Times and Bloomberg Businessweek, among many others.

He has a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MBA from Tulane University, and a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

Open/Close Leadership Team

Aravind Chandrasekaran
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Executive Education
(614) 292-4223
chandrasekaran.24@osu.edu

Melanie DiFeo
Chief for Staff & Culture Initiatives
(614) 292-7718
difeo.3@osu.edu

Andrea Prud'homme
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Students and Programs
(614) 292-3173
prudhomme.3@osu.edu

Ben Tepper
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
(614) 688-2129
tepper.15@osu.edu

Cynthia Turner
Assistant Dean and Chief Diversity Officer, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
(614) 292-4023
t urner.1278@osu.edu
Open/Close Department Chairs

Anil Arya
Chair, Department of Accounting and MIS
(614) 292-2221
arya.4@osu.edu

Joe Goodman
Chair, Department of Marketing and Logistics
goodman.425@osu.edu

James Hill
Chair, Department of Operations and Business Analytics
(614) 292-4605
hill.249@osu.edu

Robert Lount
Chair, Department of Management and Human Resources

Bernadette Minton
Chair, Department of Finance
(614) 688-3125
minton.15@osu.edu
Open/Close Senior Executives & Associates to the Dean

Richard Brown
Chief Development and Alumni Relations Officer
brown.8537@osu.edu

Gretchen Gombos
Executive Director of Finance and Administration
(614) 292-5984
gombos.2@osu.edu

Jennifer McLendon, MBA
Human Resources Business Partner
(614) 297-6122
mclendon.4@osu.edu

Jill O'Neill, M.A.
Associate to the Dean
oneill.139@osu.edu
Open/Close Office of the Dean Support Staff

Patti Flinn
Executive Assistant to the Dean
(614) 292-2666
flinn.7@osu.edu
Open/Close Executive Committee

Fisher College of Business Executive Committee is comprised of the dean, associate deans and department chairs of all academic programs. Two at large faculty members and a representative of the Staff Advisory Council complete the committee.

The current executive committee includes:

Anil Arya
Chair, Department of Accounting & MIS (AMIS)

Eliot Bendoly
Faculty Representative

Aravind Chandrasekaran
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Executive Education

Keely Croxton
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs

Melanie DiFeo
Chief Staff & Culture Initiatives

Joe Goodman
Chair, Department of Marketing & Logistics (ML)

Sara Hartman
Chair of the Advisory Committee: Staff

James Hill
Chair, Department of Operations and Business Analytics (O&BA)

Timothy Judge
Chair, Department of Management and Human Resources (MHR)

Mike Knemeyer
Faculty Representative

Anil Makhija
Dean (Committee chair)

Bernadette Minton
Chair, Department of Finance (FIN)

Ben Tepper
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research

Cynthia Turner
Assistant Dean and Chief Diversity Officer

Jay Wellman
Chair, Advisory Committe: Clinical Faculty and Senior Lecturers

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