Faculty and Staff work in partnership to lead WashU Olin’s Degree Programs. Each degree program is led by a faculty academic director and an academic advising leader.
Jian Cai
Senior Lecturer in Finance
- Email: caij@wustl.edu
- Academic Director, MSF-C, MSF-WAM, Online MSF
Lorenzo Naranjo
Senior Lecturer in Finance
- Email: naranjo@wustl.edu
- Academic Director, MSF-Quantitative and MSBA-FinTech
Jeff Plunkett
Professor of Practice in Accounting
- Email: jplunkett@wustl.edu
- Academic Director, Accounting Programs
Eli Snir, PhD
Teaching Professor in Analytics
- Phone: 314-935-6090
- Email: snir@wustl.edu
- Academic Director, Analytics Programs (Customer, Talent, Healthcare, Online)
Sergio Chayet, PhD
Teaching Professor of Supply Chain, Operations, and Technology
- Phone: 314-935-6769
- Email: chayet@wustl.edu
- Academic Director, Supply Chain Management Programs
- Chair, Specialized Masters Programs Curriculum Committee
Nate Quest
Associate Director for SMP Academic Advising and Student Affairs (Finance)
- Email: natequest@wustl.edu
Nikki Cornwell
Associate Director of SMP Advising (Analytics, Accounting, Supply Chain Management)
- Email: cornwell.n@wustl.edu
Andrew Knight, PhD
Professor of Organizational Behavior
- Phone: 314-935-3366
- Email: knightap@wustl.edu
- Vice Dean for Education & Globalization
- Chair of Academic Review Committee – Undergraduate
- Chair of Academic Review Committee – Graduate
- Chair of Academic Grievance Committee
- Chair of Accreditation Committee
Markus Baer, PhD
Professor of Organizational Behavior
- Phone: 314-935-6318
- Email: baer@wustl.edu
- Vice Dean of Degree and Non-Degree Executive Education
- Chair, EMBA & Executive Programs Curriculum Committee
- Chair, Brookings Advisory Committee
Mahendra Gupta, PhD
Former Dean and Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil Professor of Accounting and Management
- Phone: 314-935-6344
- Email: guptam@wustl.edu
- Academic Director of EMBA (Mumbai)
Todd Gormley, PhD
Professor of Finance
- Phone: 314-935-7171
- Email: gormley@wustl.edu
- Area Chair for Finance
- Academic Director of Global Specialized Masters Programs
Nicholas Argyres, PhD
Vernon and Marion K. Piper Professor of Strategy
- Phone: 314-935-6391
- Email: argyres@wustl.edu
- Academic Director of EMBA (St. Louis)
Fuqiang Zhang, PhD
Dan Broida Professor of Supply Chain, Operations, and Technology
- Phone: 314-935-4580
- Email: fzhang22@wustl.edu
- Co-Area Chair for Supply Chain, Operations, & Technology
- Associate Dean and Academic Director of MBA, OMBA, and PMBA Programs
- Chair of MBA, OMBA, and PMBA Curriculum Committee
Tim Solberg
Professor of Practice in Finance
- Email: solbergtg@wustl.edu
- Academic Director of Business of Arts
Patrick Rishe, PhD
Professor of Practice in Sports Business
- Phone: 314-540-4017
- Email: prishe@wustl.edu
- Academic Director, Business of Sports
William Bottom, PhD
Howard and Marilyn Wood Distinguished Professor
- Phone: 314-935-6351
- Email: bottomb@wustl.edu
- Co-Area Chair for Organizational Behavior
- Associate Dean and Academic Director for Undergraduate Programs
- Chair of Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Paige LaRose, JD
Senior Associate Dean & Director of Undergraduate Programs
- Phone: 314-935-6315
- Email: plarose@wustl.edu