USC Marshall

Paul S. Adler is Professor of Management and Organization, of Sociology, and of Environmental Studies at the University of Southern California. He holds the Marshall Business School's Harold Quinton Chair in Business Policy. He began his education in Australia and moved to France in 1974, where he received his doctorate in Economics and Management while working as a Research Economist for the French government. He came to the USA in 1981, and before arriving at USC in 1991, he was affiliated with the Brookings Institution, Columbia University, Harvard Business School, and Stanford's School of Engineering.

Eric Anicich studies the forms and functions of social hierarchy within groups. His research has been published in leading academic journals including Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Psychological Science. Additionally, accounts of his work have appeared in numerous popular media and business outlets including Forbes, The Economist, CNN, New York Times, TIME, Sports Illustrated, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, New York Magazine, Fast Company, and the Harvard Business Review. In 2021, Poets & Quants recognized him as one of the “Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors.”

Professor Aponte-Moreno specializes in leadership development, strategic management, and cross-cultural negotiations. His research is interdisciplinary and examines how the arts in general, and theater in particular, can contribute to the development of leadership skills in business settings. His work draws on more than twenty years of experience in the theater. Prior to joining academia, he worked in global corporate finance for international financial firms including Crédit Lyonnais (France), Mizuho (Japan) and ED&F Mann (UK). He is originally from Venezuela and has lived and worked in the US, France and the UK.

Reza Bavafa has twenty-five years of consulting and executive management experience. For six years he directed a strategic planning team at AT&T evaluating and recommending strategic opportunities for advanced communications services. He then joined IBM where he led strategic outsourcing accounts involving large global teams. His experience spans multiple industries--communications, health, aerospace, auto, media and entertainment-- and Fortune 500 companies including Providence Health, Kaiser Permanente, Boeing, Nissan, and The Walt Disney Company. For three years he also led the Executive Leadership Program for IBM Global Business Services on the effective leadership of global accounts.

James Bogle joined Marshal in 2013 with a background in leadership, public policy and international affairs following 25 years of service in the U.S. Army. James commanded two artillery units and led troops in combat in Iraq. Later, he served on the staff of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in the Office of European and NATO Policy. He also served at the U.S. Embassy in Paris coordinating a range of conventional and special military operations with the French Joint Staff. He completed his military career as an instructor at the U.S. Air Force Academy. James is now the Director of the Master of Business for Veterans program and an Adjunct Professor at Marshall. He holds a BA in History from Arizona State University, an MA in International Relations from USC Dornsife and a Master of Business for Veterans from the USC Marshall School of Business.

Courtney M. Brunious is the Associate Director of the University of Southern California’s Sports Business Institute and instructor at the Marshall School of Business. Mr. Brunious is also a consultant on issues involving non-profit organizations, sports business, and real estate. He has continued to study the sports business industry for years and has provided insight into issues ranging from sports anchored real estate development to technology. He has also spoken on or moderated panels at the USC Body Computing Conference, NBPA Tech Summit, and USC Marshall Diversity conference. His media work has included appearances on the CBS evening news and KTLA as well as radio and print such as NPR, CNBC, ESPN, Variety, Fast Company, the Los Angeles Times, and the Los Angeles Business Journal. He is also admitted to the state bar of Illinois.

Phil Birnbaum-More specializes in competitive strategy formulation and implementation, especially in high technology firms in global markets. He has published three books on R&D management and organization design and more than 100 articles in scholarly and practitioner journals.

Judith Blumenthal is an expert in strategic management; organizational design and implementation; corporate governance; and retailing. Her research has been published in the Journal of Management Inquiry, the Journal of Organizational Change Management, Performance Improvement Quarterly, and Human Resources Management, among others.

John Boudreau is recognized for breakthrough research on human capital, talent, and sustainable competitive advantage. His research studies the future of the global HR profession, HR measurement and analytics, decision-based HR, executive mobility, HR information systems, and organizational staffing and development.

Trudi Ferguson has consulted widely with large and small organizations in many areas of organizational development including strategic planning, team building, executive coaching, diversity, and woman's issues.

Warren Bennis is one of the world's leading experts on leadership. A lecturer, consultant, and writer, Professor Bennis has been an advisor to four U.S. presidents, including John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. He is the author of numerous books, including the classic On Becoming a Leader. He chairs the advisory board of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University Kennedy's School of Government. Professor Bennis is a former Distinguished Research Fellow at Harvard Business School, former president of the University of Cincinnati, as well as the former Provost and Executive Vice-President of SUNY-Buffalo.

Robert E. Coffey, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, retired from USC’s Marshall School of Business in 1998 after 35 years of service. During his USC career he was an early director of the Entrepreneur Program, Director of the M.B.A. Program, and served twice as department chair. He co-authored two textbooks in organization and management, was President of the USC Faculty Senate, and served several years on the Senate Executive Board. He was elected to the Fellows of The Academy of Management in 1976.

Larry Greiner is an expert on strategic change, organization growth and management consulting. He has published in Harvard Business Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, and Journal of Management Inquiry, and serves on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Education and Learning Journal and the Strategic Management Education Journal. His article, "Evolution and Revolution as Organizations Grow," was named a "classic" by Harvard Business Review. Professor Greiner received an award for outstanding service to the Management Consulting Division of the Academy of Management, and chaired of two divisions of the Academy of Management.