Elon University / Today at Elon / 10 full-time faculty members join Love School of Business

By Editor On Aug 23, 2021

The Martha and Spencer Love School of Business welcomed new full-time faculty members in accounting, marketing, management, analytics, and finance.

The Martha and Spencer Love School of Business welcomed 10 new full-time faculty members in August 2021, bringing the school’s total full-time faculty to 69.

The new full-time faculty members are:

Chris Baker, Lecturer in Finance

BA, North Carolina State University; MBA, Elon University
She previously taught at Elon University.
Her professional experience includes positions as interim CFO at TriStone Community Bank, Executive Vice President and CFO at Capital Bank and Capital Bank Corporation, Executive Vice President and CFO, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer at 1st State Bank and 1st State Bancorp, Inc., COO and CFO at First Capital Services, Inc. and Senior Vice President and Treasurer at First Federal Saving and Loan Association.

Manoj Chari, Assistant Professor of Business Analytics and Director of the Center for Organizational Analytics

B. Tech., Indian Institute of Technology; Ph.D., UNC-Chapel Hill
Scientific interests: Prescriptive and predictive analytics, interpretability and fairness considerations in AI / machine learning applications
He previously taught at Louisiana State University and Elon University.
His professional experience includes serving as Director of Data Science at Otis Elevator Co. and Senior R&D Director of Analytics Research and Development at SAS Institute.

Ashley Gangloff, Assistant Professor of Management

BFA, MBA, Ph.D., Auburn University
Scientific interests: strategic leadership, ethics, corporate governance
She previously taught at the University of Missouri, Purdue University and Auburn University. She has taught at the Bachelor, MBA and Executive MBA levels. She also served as the director of business administration and developed professional development curricula for the University of Missouri.

Rick Hackworth, Lecturer in Management

BA, University of Delaware; MBA, Duke University
He previously taught at Elon University and Guilford College.
His professional experience includes roles as management consultant for Threshold, Inc., director of strategic projects at Sherwin-Williams, and management consultant at Booze-Allen & Hamilton

Todd Hodgin, Lecturer in Management

BS, Virginia Tech; MBA, University of North Carolina
He previously taught at Elon University.
His professional experience includes senior positions at Wells Fargo & Company including EVP, Head of Business Process Management and Operational Design, Head of Market and Counterparty Capital, Architecture and Cleared Risk, and Head of the Resolution Planning Program Office.

Joseph Lakatos, professor of accounting

BBA, University of Notre Dame; JD and MBA, St. John’s University; LL.M., Boston University; CPA (NY & NC); CFE
Scientific interests: forensic bookkeeping, ethical practices of accountants and tax professionals, government accounting, corporate taxation
He previously taught at UNC-Pembroke and was Elingburg Distinguished Professor of Business Innovation and Director of the Center of Entrepreneurship at Western Carolina University.
His professional experience includes positions as Vice President of Risk Management at Sun Life of Canada, Director of Risk Management and Counsel, NFCS at Fidelity Investments and Senior Auditor at PwC.

Beth McCain, lecturer in accounting

BA, Boston College; MS, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
She previously taught at Elon University and Guilford Technical Community College.
Her professional experience includes roles as Assurance Manager at Smith Leonard CPAs, Audit Manager at Dixon Hughes Goodman, and Pension Plan Administrator at WE Stanley and Co.

Smaraki Mohanty, Assistant Professor of Marketing

Bachelor Degree, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology; MS, Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer; Ph.D., Binghamton University-SUNY
Scientific interests: human-machine interaction, consumer behavior, social media marketing, digital analytics
She previously taught at Binghamton University.

Drew Peabody, assistant professor of finance

BBA, University of Texas at Austin; MS, University of Texas at Dallas; Ph.D., University of North Texas
Scientific interests: Corporate Finance, Investments, Agency Theory, Financial Institutions, Financial Accounting
He previously taught at the University of Texas at Dallas.
His professional experience includes working as a research analyst for investment products at GuideStone Financial Resources and as a campus minister at Rice University.

Lakeisha Vance, Lecturer in Management

BS, MS, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
She previously taught at Elon University.
Her professional experience includes roles as course developer and moderator at NC Virtual Public School, director of information technology at Alamance Community College, and web developer at Volt Services Group.

“I am delighted to welcome these colleagues to LSB and Elon University,” said Raghu Tadepalli, Dean of the Love School of Business. “Several of them have taught for us either as an adjunct or for a limited time, and I thank Provost Volety and President Book for allowing us to hire them as instructors so we can keep them long term. All of these colleagues have many years of professional experience, many of them at the highest levels of their companies. Our students will benefit from having them as professors. “

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