Haworth College of Business

Leadership

Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business is composed of six academic units and several administrative units. The Office of the Dean includes the advising office, the Zhang Career Center and business computing services. The organizational chart below shows the relationship among these areas.

Office of the Dean
Dean: Dr. Satish Deshpande
Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Operations: Dr. Steve Newell
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs: Dr. Devrim Yaman
Executive Assistant: Cyntia Dawson
Phone: (269) 387-5050

Department of Accountancy
Chair: Dr. James Penner
Administrative Assistant II: Jamie Long
Phone: (269) 387-5211

Department of Business Information Systems
Chair: Dr. Muhammad Razi
Administrative Assistant II: Elizabeth Eisenbach
Phone: (269) 387-5411

Department of Finance and Commercial Law 
Chair: Dr. Jim DeMello
Administrative Assistant II: Jeannine Shafer
Phone: (269) 387-5726

Department of Management
Chair: Dr. Decker Hains
Administrative Assistant II: Shauna Waltmire
Phone: (269) 387-5837

Department of Marketing
Chair: Dr. Kelley O'Reilly
Administrative Assistant II: Jessica Pelkey
Phone: (269) 387-6061

Department of Military Science and Leadership 
Chair: Lt. Col. Caitlin Hinterman
Administrative Assistant II: Amy Atherton
Phone: (269) 387-8120

The mission of the Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan University is to provide intellectual and economic value in a focused and personal environment that values quality teaching, peer-reviewed applied research and dedicated student services. How the college of business is structured and how the various units interact with each other to fulfill this mission is depicted in the following organizational chart.

Dean: Dr. Satish Deshpande

  • Advisory Council: Dan DeRyke, chair
  • Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs: Dr. Devrim Yaman
    • Academic Advising: Dr. Colleen Stano, director
    • Recruitment and Outreach: Scott VanAvery, manager, and Paul Hildenbrand, manager, community colleges
    • Student Professional Readiness Series (SPuRS): Danielle Field, director
    • Zhang Career Center: Geralyn Heystek, director
  • Associate Dean of Operations and Graduate Programs: Dr. Steve Newell
    • Graduate Programs: Renuka Phillips, director
    • Center for Business Analytics: Dr. Kuanchin (KC) Chen, director
    • Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Dr. Decker Hains, chair of the Department of Management
    • Center for Supply Chain Management: Dr. Marcel Zondag, director
    • Center for Sustainable Business Practices: Dr. Tim Palmer, director
    • Global Business Center: Renuka Phillips, director
  • Associate Dean of International Programs in Asia: Dr. Mike Tarn
  • Marketing and Alumni Relations: Stacey Lowis, director of marketing and communications
  • Budget, Operations and Service Support: Doralee DeRyke, business manager
    • Duplicating Center: Judy Custer, office assistant senior
    • Computing Services: Alex Roelandt, director of information technology
  • Department Chairs: Drs. Jim Penner, accountancy; Muhammad Razi, business information systems; Jim DeMello, finance and commercial law; Decker Hains, management; Kelley O'Reilly, marketing; and Lt. Col. Caitlin Hinterman, military science and leadership