About Us

 
 
Officers & Board Members
 

Central Office
Interim Executive Director *
Becky Gann
USASBE
Belmont University
1900 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37212
Tel: 615-460-2615
Fax: 615-460-2614
Email: becky.gann@belmont.edu

USASBE 2010 Officers
President *
Jeffrey Cornwall
Belmont University
1900 Belmont Blvd
Nashville, TN 37212
Tel: 615-460-6816
Fax: 615-460-6605
Email: jeff.cornwall@belmont.edu
President Elect *
Mark Weaver
Louisiana State University
3307 B CEBA Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Tel: 225-578-6145
Fax: 225-578-6140
Email: mweaver@lsu.edu
Past President *
Michael H. Morris
Department of Entrepreneurship
Spears School of Business
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
Tel: 405-744-5357
Fax: 405-744-8956
Email: mhm@okstate.edu
Senior Vice President - Operations and Planning *
Frances M. Amatucci
Slippery Rock University
School of Business
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania 16057
Tel: 724-738-7310
Email: amatuccif@comcast.net
Sr. Vice President - Programming *
Rebecca J. White
The University of Tampa
John H. Sykes College of Business - Box O
401 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa FL 33606
Tel: : 813-257-1760
Email: rwhite@ut.edu
Sr. Vice Pres. Elect - Programming *
Michael Meeks
San Francisco State University
835 Market Street #592
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tel: 415-778-4000
Fax: 415-358-4026
Email: meeks@sfsu.edu
Sr. Vice President - Finance *
Christopher M. Scalzo
SUNY Morrisville State College
110-112 Charlton Hall
Morrisville, NY 13408
Tel: 315-684-6233
Email: scalzocm@morrisville.edu
Vice President - Development
Michael Fountain
University of South Florida
Center for Entrepreneurship
4202 E. Fowler Ave Stop BSN3403
Tampa, FL 33620
Tel: 813-974-7900
Email: fountain@coba.usf.edu
Vice President - Research
Susan Coleman
University of Hartford
Barney School of Business
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Tel: 860-768-4690
Fax: 860-768-4911
Email: scoleman@hartford.edu
Vice President - Marketing/Membership
Pat Dickson
Wake Forest University
Box 7285 Reynolda Station
Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7285
Tel: 336-758-4629
Email: dicksoph@wfu.edu
Vice President - Publications
Leslie Toombs
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
School of Business
4901 East University
Odessa, TX 72913
Tel: 432-552-2203
Fax: 432-552-2174
Email: toombs_l@utpb.edu
 

2010 Directors-At-Large
Anthony Mendes
Murphy Center for Entrepreneurship
College Of Business
University of North Texas
1155 Union Circle #311160
Denton, Texas 76203 - 5017
Tel: 940-369-8859
Email: Tony.Mendes@unt.edu
Ethne Swartz
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Silberman College of Business
College at Florham
285 Madison Avenue
Madison, NJ 07940
Tel: 973-443-8979
Fax: 973-443-8847
Email: swartz@fdu.edu
Jim Dupree
Grove City College
100 Campus Dr
Box 2846
Grove City, PA 16127
Tel: 724-458-3354
Email: jvdupree@gcc.edu
Joseph Roberts
Columbia College Chicago
600 South Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60605
Tel: 312-369-7681
Email: jroberts@colum.edu

2010 Appointed Officers
Vice President - Conference *
Ethne Swartz
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Silberman College of Business
College at Florham
285 Madison Avenue
Madison, NJ 07940
Tel: 973-443-8979
Fax: 973-443-8847
Email: swartz@fdu.edu
Vice President - Events/Programs
Kimble Byrd
Rowan University
College of Business
201 Mullica Hill Road
Glassboro, NJ 8028
Tel: 856-256-4015
Email: byrd@rowan.edu
Bill JacksonVice President - Member Services
William T. (Bill) Jackson
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
140 Seventh Avenue S., COB 310
St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5016
Tel: 727-873-4892
Fax: 727-873-4192
Email: wtj@stpt.usf.edu
Special Vice President - Strategic Business Model *
Geralyn McClure Franklin
University of Dallas
1845 East Northgate Drive
Irving, TX 75062-4736
Tel: (972) 721-5276
Fax: (972) 721-5130
Email: geralyn@gsm.udallas.edu
Vice President - Placement/Career Center
Mary Jo Jackson
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
140 Seventh Ave. S.,
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Email: maryjoj@stpt.usf.edu
Assistant Vice President - Publications (Newsletter Editor)
Mark T. Schenkel
Belmont University
College of Business
1900 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37212-3757
Tel: 615-460-5474
Fax: 615-460-6605
Email: mark.schenkel@belmont.edu
Board Secretary
Sarah Reeves
Belmont University
Center for Entrepreneurship
1900 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37212
Tel: 615-460-6601
Email: sarah.reeves@belmont.edu
Historian
Harold P. Welsch
DePaul University
1 E. Jackson Avenue
Chicago, IL 60604
Tel: 312-362-8471
Email: hwelsch@depaul.edu

Conference Committee
Sr. Vice President - Programming *
Rebecca J. White
The University of Tampa
John H. Sykes College of Business - Box O
401 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa FL 33606
Tel: : 813-257-1760
Email: rwhite@ut.edu
Sr. Vice Pres. Elect - Programming *
Michael Meeks
San Francisco State University
835 Market Street #592
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tel: 415-778-4000
Fax: 415-358-4026
Email: meeks@sfsu.edu
Vice President Conference (General Program Chair) *
Ethne Swartz
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Silberman College of Business
College at Florham
285 Madison Avenue
Madison, NJ 07940
Tel: 973-443-8979
Fax: 973-443-8847
Email: swartz@fdu.edu
Conference Chair: Competitive Papers
Daniel T. Holt
Department of Management & Information Systems
Mississippi State University
PO Box 9581
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Tel:  662-325-5101
E-mail:  daniel.holt@msstate.edu
Conference Chair: Workshops
Marty Mattare
Frostburg State University
2630 Mill Race Road
Frederick, MD 21701
Tel: 301-668-9525
Email: mmattare@frostburg.edu
Conference Chair: Cases
Melinda Walls
West Virginia University
PO Box 6025
Morgantown, WV 26506-6025
Tel: 304-293-7861
Email: mfwalls@mail.wvu.edu
Conference Chair: Pre-Conference Sessions
Matt Marvel
Western Kentucky University
Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
321 Stagecoach Court
Alvaton, KY 42122
Tel: 270-745-4343
Email: matt.marvel@wku.edu
Proceeding Editor
Sharon Danes
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
1618 Rosehill Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
Tel: 612-625-9273
Email: sdanes@umn.edu

Belmont University Liaison
J. Patrick Raines
Belmont University
1900 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37212
Tel: 615-460-6175
Fax: 615-460-6455
Email: cobadean@mail.belmont.edu
 

* Executive Committee Member