Senior Leadership

Vice Dean of Specialized Masters Programs
Clinical Professor in the Department of Finance and Business Economics

Rahsan Akbulut is a Professor of Clinical Finance & Business Economics. She is also serving as the Vice Dean for Specialized Masters Programs. She previously served as Academic Director of the MBA for Professionals and Mangers as well as the MS Finance Programs. Her teaching focuses on Microeconomics. She is also a recipient of the Golden Apple Teaching Award. Professor Akbulut's research interests include macroeconomics, labor economics, and household and family economics. Prior to re-joining USC, she was a visiting Assistant Professor at Pomona College for 3years. Before her academic career began, Professor Akbulut worked as a financial controller at Daimler AG. in Istanbul, Turkiye.

Interim Dean, USC Marshall School of Business
Dean, USC Leventhal School of Accounting

Andy Call is interim dean of the Marshall School of Business and dean of the Leventhal School of Accounting and the Alan Casden Dean’s Chair at the University of Southern California. Professor Call’s research focuses on the activities of Wall Street analysts and their impact on the capital markets, managers’ forward-looking earnings guidance, the role of the media in disseminating accounting information, and the involvement of employee whistleblowers in the discovery of financial misreporting.

Chief Financial Officer and Vice Dean of Finance & Administration

Janet previously served as the vice dean for finance and administration at Columbia’s Business School. Along with responsibility for administrative operations and financial oversight of a $280 million budget, she was instrumental in the transformational $500M capital project building two new facilities in Manhattan.

Vice Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs

Christopher Jones conducts research on empirical asset pricing and financial econometrics. He is an expert on volatility modeling and option pricing. He currently teaches courses in investment management. Prior to USC, Professor Jones was on the faculty at the University of Rochester.

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Chief Communications Officer

Karine Kim is Chief Communications Officer at the USC Marshall School of Business, where she leads the school's integrated communications strategy to advance its reputation and strategic priorities.

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Vice Dean of MBA Programs

Kyle Mayer studies how firms govern relationships with other firms, with particular attention to the contract and its role in establishing a framework for the relationship. He served on the editorial board of Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Academy of Management Review, and Strategic Management Journal.

Chief Development Officer and Associate Dean External Relations

Rachel’s advancement career spans nearly 30 years at USC. She leads a dynamic team that raises transformational gifts, and engages alumni, parents and friends to accelerate Marshall’s trajectory through groundbreaking research, student support, experiential learning opportunities, and capital projects.

President of the Marshall Faculty Council

Albert Napoli is an award-winning instructor at the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Southern California, having taught the Entrepreneurial Family Business course for over a decade. During this time, he has gained the unique perspective of the next generations’ insight into productive family business successions and has been able to implement them into his consultations.

Vice Dean of Teaching and Faculty Affairs

Kirk Snyder is nationally recognized as an expert on the contemporary workplace. His work has been featured in publications that include the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, TIME Magazine, Fortune, strategy + business, and Wall Street Journal . He is the recipient of two USC Marshall Golden Apple Awards as well as a USC Mellon Mentoring Award and a USC Marshall Teaching Excellence Award.

Chair of Staff Council

Dr. Jennifer Sparks Taylor serves as the Director of Corporate Relations & Executive Education at the Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) within the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. In her role, Jennifer co-leads the Center, collaborating closely with CEO’s sponsors, clients, and research scientists to develop impactful solutions and programs aimed at enhancing organizational effectiveness.

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Vice Dean of Undergraduate Programs

Sarah Townsend studies the psychological foundations of inequality. Her research reveals the dysfunctional behaviors and physiological costs that can result when individuals’ cultural norms collide with the dominant cultural norms of organizations.

Associate Vice Dean of Marketing

Laurence "Larry" Vincent is an award-winning author, researcher, and marketing leader. He has developed strategies for some of the world's most beloved brands, including Disney, Mattel, Mastercard, the NFL, Nikon, and Sony Playstation. He specializes in brand strategy, new product development, marketing innovation, consumer research, and marketing for media, entertainment, and technology.

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