Our People
Staff
Executive Director
Baratta Chair in Global Business and Executive Director, Latin American Leadership Program
Director of Student and Member Programs, Baratta Center for Global Business Education
Director of Research & Technology Initiatives
Associate Director of Marketing and Events
Faculty Fellows
Professor
Research Associate at National Bureau of Economic Research
Karl F. Landegger Professor of International Business Diplomacy | Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service; Adjunct Professor, Law Center; Professor, College – Department of Government
Co-Director, Masters in International Business and Policy Program
Emeritus Faculty
Professor of Operations and Analytics
McCrane/Shaker Chair in International Business and Director of the Izmirlian Program in Business and Global Affairs and Co-Academic Director, International Business and Policy
Teaching Professor
Assistant Professor
Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Deputy Director, MSFS
Wallenberg Chair in International Business and Finance
Professor
John J. Powers, Jr., Professor of International Business, McDonough School of Business; Professor of Government
Teaching Professor of Global Business, McDonough School of Business and Center for Intercultural Education and Development
Professor
Director, Global Business Fellows Program
Visiting Fellows
Jerry Haar, Executive Director for Latin America and the Caribbean and Professor, College of Business, Florida International University
Anil Khurana, Affiliate Visiting Scholar
Student Research Fellows
- Akash Chowdhury (G’29)
- Gracyn Lord (B’26)
- Fahad Shahbaz (C’26)
- Ryan Qu (B’26)
Board of Advisors
The Baratta Center for Global Business Education has assembled an outstanding team of business professionals from across the world to advise the center on its vision and activities. The Baratta Center Board of Advisors leverages resources to enhance the school’s ability to position itself as a leader in global business education, promoting the school’s faculty research and thought leadership in the field of global business, as well as helping frame key topics and themes for the center to study.
Full Board Members:
Executive Vice President, Sourcing, Walmart; Operating Partner, Massmart
Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Private Equity Strategies, Blackstone
Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, The Estée Lauder Companies
Managing Director, Chair of Global Research, J.P. Morgan
Partner, CommonWealth Investments
Baratta Chair in Global Business and Executive Director, Latin American Leadership Program
Chief Executive Officer, Seacor Holdings
Co-Founder, Buena Vida Specialty Coffee
former Group Head of Mergers and Acquisitions and Structured Transactions, Bank of Sharjah
Head of Investment Strategy, AustralianSuper
Partner, Heidrick and Struggles
Managing Partner, Enlightened Capital Management
Guest Board Members:
- Surabhi Agrawal (MBA’16), Director of Sustainability and Social Impact, CAVA
- Jennifer Okwudili (SFS’09), Deputy Director in the Office of the President for Global Policy and Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Carrie Rich (NHS’09), Founder and CEO, The Global Good Fund; Managing Partner, Global Impact Fund
- Devi Sahny (C’15), Founder & CEO, Ascend Now
- Arthur Woods (B’10), Co-Founder, 1080 Ventures
- Kenneth Wong (C’09), Founder and CEO, Evercare
Extended Board Members:
- Bilal Baloch, Partner, Shorooq
- Maximo Blandon (MBA’88),, Managing Director, Head of Clean Technology & Infrastructure, Stephens
- Alifia Doriwala (C’00), Managing Director, The Rock Creek Group
- Stephanie von Friedeburg (SFS’87), Managing Director, Banking and Capital Markets Advisory, Citi
Ex Officio Board Members:
- Prashant Malaviya, Vice Dean of Programs, and Professor of Marketing, McDonough School of Business
- Stephen Weymouth, Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor, Director of Global Business Fellows Program, McDonough School of Business
Emeritus Board Members:
- Charles Fribourg, Vice Chairman, Continental Grain Company
- Franck Moison, former Vice Chairman, Colgate-Palmolive