Graduate Management News Graduate Management News
 
 

People on the Move

Deans

E. LaBrent Chrite has been appointed associate dean and MBA director of University of Arizona’s Eller Graduate School of Management. Chrite was previously assistant dean of global development and managing director of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan. In addition, he taught graduate-level courses on emerging market economies and business strategies for sub-Saharan Africa. Chrite earned a PhD at the Center for the Study of Higher and Post Secondary Education at the University of Michigan, a master of science in health care administration at the University of Missouri–Columbia, and a bachelor of arts in community health services at Michigan State University.

William C. “Curt” Hunter, senior vice president and director of research of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, has been named dean of the University of Connecticut School of Business. Hunter’s expertise spans monetary policy, banking and financial markets, regional economics, strategic planning, and financial management. Prior to his appointment as chief economic advisor to the Chicago Reserve Bank, Hunter was a vice president in charge of basic research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, where he also managed the financial markets group. He has held faculty positions at Emory University, Atlanta University, the University of Georgia, Chicago State University, and Northwestern University.

Hunter has published more than 70 articles in leading finance and economics journals, is the editor of six books, and is currently coeditor of Research in Banking and Finance. He also has consulted with numerous government agencies and private corporations. In 1982, he was a visiting professor at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, and in 1983 lectured at the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Anacapri, Italy. He served as a U.S. Treasury Advisor to the Bulgarian National Bank and its Bank Consolidation Company from 1992 to 1994 and has consulted with the National Bank of Hungary and its asset consolidation company, the National Bank of Romania, the Korea Institute of Finance, the Korean Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Bank of Korea, the Federal Agency for Insolvency Cases of the Russian Federation, the Peoples Bank of China, the Banca D’Italia, and the Swiss National Bank, among others. Hunter holds a BS degree from Hampton University and MBA and PhD degrees from Northwestern University.

Lisa Mattiace has been appointed assistant dean for alumni and college relations in the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. In this new position, she is responsible for alumni relations, student relations, community outreach, and special events. Mattiace worked in various positions for West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia, from 1980 to 1996. In 1996, she became executive director of university relations for the University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia.

Mattiace holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a marketing emphasis and a master’s degree in education administration from West Virginia University. She has published and presented on the subjects of student recruitment, institutional image, and the development of effective publications.

 
 
GMAC
Click here to visit the gmac.com home page
Click here to Read Our Archive