College Leadership

Anil K. Makhija serves as dean and John W. Berry, Sr. Chair in Business of the Max M. Fisher College of Business. Makhija is recognized as an expert in the field of finance, particularly capital structure, corporate governance and valuation, and has more than 20 years of experience in academic leadership roles.
Prior to his appointment to dean in October 2014, Makhija served as senior associate dean at Fisher. He has served on the faculty of the business college since 1998 and has held the Dean’s Distinguished Professorship and the David A. Rismiller Professorship in Finance. He chaired Fisher’s Department of Finance and served as an associate dean of executive education programs, where he was responsible for the development of Fisher’s top-ranked Executive MBA program.
Makhija has led consulting and executive development programs for dozens of leading companies in the U.S. and around the world. He has held visiting faculty appointments at respected institutions in Chile, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Hong Kong, India and Korea.
He is a respected and widely published researcher. He is also the winner of numerous teaching awards, including the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Pace Setters Daniel Westerbeck Teaching Excellence Award — the highest teaching honors bestowed by, respectively, Ohio State and Fisher College of Business.
Makhija has been a featured expert in media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The New York Times, Financial Times and Bloomberg Businessweek, among many others.
He has a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MBA from Tulane University, and a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.
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Leadership Team
Aravind Chandrasekaran
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Executive Education
(614) 292-4223
chandrasekaran.24@osu.eduMelanie DiFeo
Chief for Staff & Culture Initiatives
(614) 292-7718
difeo.3@osu.eduAndrea Prud'homme
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Students and Programs
(614) 292-3173
prudhomme.3@osu.eduBen Tepper
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
(614) 688-2129
tepper.15@osu.eduCynthia Turner
Assistant Dean and Chief Diversity Officer, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
(614) 292-4023
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Department Chairs
Anil Arya
Chair, Department of Accounting and MIS
(614) 292-2221
arya.4@osu.eduJoe Goodman
Chair, Department of Marketing and Logistics
goodman.425@osu.eduJames Hill
Chair, Department of Operations and Business Analytics
(614) 292-4605
hill.249@osu.eduBob Lount
Chair, Department of Management and Human Resources
(614) 292-0737
lount.1@osu.eduBernadette Minton
Chair, Department of Finance
(614) 688-3125
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Senior Executives & Associates to the Dean
Richard Brown
Chief Development and Alumni Relations Officer
brown.8537@osu.eduGretchen Gombos
Executive Director of Finance and Administration
(614) 292-5984
gombos.2@osu.eduFrancisco-Xavier Gomez-Bellenge
Associate to the Dean for Special Projects
(614) 292-6684
gomez-bellenge.1@osu.eduJennifer McLendon, MBA
Human Resources Business Partner
(614) 297-6122
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Office of the Dean Support Staff
Patti Flinn
Executive Assistant to the Dean
(614) 292-2666
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Executive Committee
Fisher College of Business Executive Committee is comprised of the dean, associate deans and department chairs of all academic programs. Two at large faculty members and a representative of the Staff Advisory Council complete the committee.
The current executive committee includes:
Anil Arya
Chair, Department of Accounting & MIS (AMIS)Ben Campbell
Faculty RepresentativeAravind Chandrasekaran
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Executive EducationTracy Dumas
Faculty RepresentativeJoe Goodman
Chair, Department of Marketing & Logistics (ML)James Hill
Chair, Department of Operations and Business Analytics (O&BA)Stephanie Lewis
Co-Chair Advisory Committee: Clinical Faculty and Senior LecturersBob Lount
Chair, Department of Management and Human Resources (MHR)Anil Makhija
Dean (Committee chair)Bernadette Minton
Chair, Department of Finance (FIN)Birsel Pirim
Co-Chair Advisory Committee: Clinical Faculty and Senior LecturersAndrea Prud'homme
Associate Dean for Undergraduate ProgramsBen Tepper
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and ResearchCynthia Turner
Assistant Dean and Chief Diversity Officer
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