Governance

Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS, is Associate Dean for Health Services Research, Distinguished Professor of Family and Community Medicine, and Executive Director of CATALYST, the Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking in Health Services and Implementation Science Research in the College of Medicine (COM) at The Ohio State University (OSU).. She has over 30 years of health services research experience during which she has been actively involved in both performing research and disseminating research results to academic and practitioner audiences. Dr. McAlearney is internationally known for her expertise in both qualitative and mixed methods analyses, and has been continuously funded for over 25 years. She has authored more than 400 peer-reviewed publications, 11 books/edited books and over 100 book chapters.

Her ongoing research focuses on information technology innovations in health care, leadership and organizational development, healthcare delivery improvement, and management and implementation science. Dr. McAlearney strongly believes that developing others is a primary goal of her role as a senior faculty member and has recruited and trained more than 20 postdoctoral fellows as well as over 50 junior faculty in health services and management science research. The vast majority of these fellows have gone on to successful careers in academic positions, while the faculty have consistently developed and advanced their teaching and independent research programs as well as obtained extramural funding for their work.

Dr. McAlearney received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University and Harvard University’s School of Public Health.

dt ogilvie (Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin) is a Research Fellow at the Center for Black Entrepreneurship at Morehouse College. She is Dean Emeritus and Professor Emerita at Saunders College of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology, and former Distinguished Professor of Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development. Prior to RIT, she was Professor of Business Strategy & Urban Entrepreneurship at Rutgers Business School and Associate Provost and CIO of Rutgers-Newark. She is a Fellow of the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development at Rutgers, an IC2 Fellow at The University of Texas at Austin, and a Thought Leader Advisor at the Lender Center for Social Justice at Syracuse University.

ogilvie has published in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, Cities, Leadership Quarterly, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Journal of Business Research, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, among other journals. She received research awards for both her published and conference papers. She co-authored the book, Creativities: The What, How, Where, Who and Why of the Creative Process.

ogilvie has reviewed for STR, DEI, TIMS, MOC, ENT, AFAM, and OB, served on AOM’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Leadership in Management Education for the 21st Century, served two non-consecutive terms on the Executive Board of GDO, served on several AOM committees: Initiative for the Advancement of Civic Engagement and Community-based Learning, People of Color, OBNews Redesign, and International Programs. She was President of the AOM Council and President of the Eastern Academy of Management.

Dr. Abbie J. Shipp is Professor of Management and Chair of the Management and Leadership department in the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University (faculty page). Prior to joining TCU, she taught at Texas A&M University, as well as the University of North Carolina where she received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior. Abbie’s research focuses on the psychological aspects of temporal issues at work including how individuals think about the past/present/future, trajectories of work experiences over time, how individuals react to change, and how time is spent on work tasks. Her work appears in premier outlets such as Academy of Management Review, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Human Relations, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Personnel Psychology. Abbie has co-edited a special issue on “Time Perspective and Organizational Behavior” at Journal of Organizational Behavior, and a two-volume book entitled, Time and Work. In addition to previous work experience at The Boeing Company and TV Guide, she regularly consults and teaches executive education workshops on issues surrounding employee satisfaction and retention, person-environment fit, survey design, and organizational change.

Fernando F. Suarez is the Jean C. Tempel Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University, and the former Chair of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Department (2016-2023). .Prior to this, founded the Strategy and Innovation Department at Boston University and served as its Chair from 2008 to 2013. He has also held faculty positions at the London Business School (UK), MIT Sloan School (USA), Hitotsubashi University (Japan), SKEMA Business School (France), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez and ESE Business School (Chile). Prof. Suarez holds a Ph.D. from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a Master’s in Regional Planning from MIT, and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chile.

His widely cited research (10,000+ Google Scholar citations) spans the areas of innovation and technology strategy, entry timing strategies, standards & dominant designs, industry evolution, categorical dynamics, platform competition, entrepreneurship, and the role of services in product firms. His publications have appeared in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Research Policy, Journal of Management, and others, as well as in top practitioner-oriented publications such as Harvard Business Review. He serves in the Editorial Boards of Academy of Management Review and Organization Science. Prof. Suarez’ teaches at the master’s and doctoral levels on topics directly related to his research and business experience. He regularly conducts executive education programs for C-suite executives of major corporations. Prof. Suarez has also been active in both institutional and private entrepreneurial activities.

Laszlo Tihanyi is the William Alexander Kirkland Professor of Strategic Management in the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University, where he serves as the Coordinator and Ph.D. Advisor of the Strategy and Environment Area. He received his Ph.D. from Indiana University. Prior to joining Rice, he was the Roberts Chair in Business at Texas A&M University. He held visiting positions at Duke University, Indiana University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, the University of Groningen, and the University of Melbourne.

Laszlo’s current research explores the involvement of institutional investors in foreign direct investment, the institutional environment of internationalization decisions, and the effects of social movements on multinational firms. His papers have been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, and others.

Laszlo has been active in the International Management, Organization and Management Theory, and Strategic Management Divisions. He served as Associate Editor (2014-2016) and Editor (2020-2022) of the Academy of Management Journal. Following his AMJ editorial service, he joined the Content Portfolio Committee of the AOM Board of Governors, as Editor Liaison.

In addition to his involvement with the AOM divisions and AMJ, Laszlo has volunteered to serve the field in different roles. He was Associate Editor of the Journal of Management Studies (2008-2010) and Co-Editor of the Advances of International Management series (2009-2017). In the Strategic Management Society, he is currently Co-Director of the SMS Annual Conference Best Paper Prize competition. Previously, he served as Co-Director of the Annual Conference Ph.D. Paper Prize competition and Chair of the Corporate Strategy Interest Group.

Heli Wang is the Janice Bellace Professor of Strategic Management and Dean of College of Graduate Research Studies at Singapore Management University. She received a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the Ohio State University. Prior to joining SMU in 2012, she was an assistant and then associate professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Her research, which focuses on the resource-based view of the firm, strategic human capital, stakeholder management, technology management, and corporate social responsibility and sustainability, has been published in various management journals including Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Journal of Management, and Journal of Business Ethics. She has served as a consulting editor for Management Organization Review and as an associate editor for both the Academy of Management Journal and the Academy of Management Review.

Ian O. Williamson is the Dean of the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine. He is the past Pro-Vice Chancellor and the Dean of the Wellington School of Business and Government at Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand). Professor Williamson has also served on the faculties of the Melbourne Business School (Australia), Rutgers Business School (USA), the Zurich Institute of Business Education (Switzerland), the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland (USA) and Institut Teknologi Bandung (Indonesia). He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA).

Williamson is a past recipient of the Management Education and Development Division’s best paper award for his research on high performing teams and the Human Resources Division’s best paper award for his research on the effect of employee mobility on firm performance.  He is a recipient of the AOM Best Practices Mentoring Award for his role as the founding President of the Management Faculty of Color Association (MFCA).  Williamson received the Human Resources Division’s Ralph Alexander Best Dissertation Award for his research examining the top management team selection decisions. He has served on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Learning & Education (AMLE), Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) and Academy of Management Review (AMR). He has served on the Board of Directors of the AACSB. Williamson was inducted into the Ph.D. Project Hall of Fame for his efforts to enhance diversity in higher education.