Lindner announces leadership, faculty and staff changes, hirings

Dust, the Fealy Family Chair in Entrepreneurship and an associate professor of management at Lindner, will spearhead efforts to support and grow Lindner's suite of non-degree offerings, positioning the college as a lead provider on UC’s developing platform. Dust is also the chief research officer at Cloverleaf.

Elfers' leadership helps Lindner’s achieve strategic initiatives and ensure the college’s financial sustainability. She is responsible for long-term financial planning and daily operations of the Business Affairs office. Elfers worked at four UC colleges (Medicine, Allied Health Sciences, Pharmacy and Arts & Sciences) prior to joining Lindner in 2024 and most recently was the senior business officer at UC’s College of Arts and Sciences.

Fry will lead efforts to empower, elevate and coordinate Lindner’s nine centers and institutes as drivers of partnerships and impact. Through his other roles as a professor of operations, business analytics, and information systems, and the managing director of the Center for Business Analytics, Fry brings deep experience in developing community partnerships.

Harrison heads Lindner's graduate portfolio, ensuring alignment with college strategy, UC partners and professional markets. He previously served as interim then assistant department head of Lindner's department of operations, business analytics, and information systems (OBAIS).

• Chelsea Anderson, PhD, CPA, Assistant Professor
• Maureen Bruns, CPA, MBA, Professor-Educator of Accounting and Coordinator, Undergraduate Accounting Major
• Molly Rogers, MBA, CPA, Professor-Educator of Accounting
• John Changjiang Wang, PhD, EY Professor of Accounting

• Olivier Parent, PhD, Professor, new Department Head

• Brian Hatch, PhD, Professor
  
• Annette Hoffman, PhD, Great American Insurance Group Endowed Chairholder & Academic Director, Carl H. Lindner III Center for Insurance and Risk Management
• Clemens Pilgram, Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Real Estate Center
• Steve Slezak, PhD, Professor

• Rebecca Arwine, PhD, Assistant Professor
• Chamina Curtis, Assistant Professor-Educator
• Shane Fudge, PhD, Assistant Professor-Educator
• Mahira Ganster, PhD, Assistant Professor
• Chris Sutter, PhD, Associate Professor

• Kim Busdieker, Assistant Professor-Educator
• Nate Martin, PhD, Assistant Professor
• Christina Shin, PhD, Assistant Professor-Educator
• Wonsuk Jung, PhD, Assistant Professor

• Kris Jones, Assistant Professor-Educator
• Dungang Liu, PhD, Professor; Academic Director, Center for Business Analytics
• Tim Lucas, Assistant Professor-Educator
• Yichen Qin, PhD, Professor