About Us

  		 
Officers & Board Members
 

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

USASBE Officers
President *
Mark Weaver
Mitchell College of Business
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL 36688-0002
Tel: 251-460-6702
Email: markweaver@usouthal.edu		 President Elect *
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
Past President *
Jeffrey Cornwall
Belmont University
1900 Belmont Blvd
Nashville, TN 37212
Tel: 615-460-6816
Email: jeff.cornwall@belmont.edu		 Senior Vice President - Operations and Planning *
Mark T. Schenkel
Belmont University
College of Business
1900 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37212-3757
Tel: 615-460-5474
Email: mark.schenkel@belmont.edu
Sr. Vice Pres. - Programming *
Michael D. Meeks
College Of Business
University of North Texas
1155 Union Circle #311160
Denton, Texas 76203 - 5017
Tel: 940-565-2137
Email: Michael.Meeks@unt.edu 		Sr. Vice Pres. Elect - Programming *
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
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		 Sr. 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
Jeff Sohl
University of New Hampshire
Center for Venture Research
15 College Rd
Durham, NH 03824
Tel: 603-862-3373
Email: jesohl@christa.unh.edu		 Sr. 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
Email: toombs_l@utpb.edu		 SIG Liaison *
 Joseph Roberts
Columbia College Chicago
600 South Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60605
Tel: 312-369-7681
Email: jroberts@colum.edu

Directors-At-Large
Kimble Byrd
Rowan University
College of Business
201 Mullica Hill Road
Glassboro, NJ 8028
Tel: 856-256-4015
Email: byrd@rowan.edu		 Robert D’Intino
Rohrer College of Business
Rowan University
114 Nursey Drive
Glassboro, NJ 08028
Tel: 856-256-4926
Email: dintino@rowan.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

Appointed Officers
Vice President - Conference / Program Chair *
Melinda Walls
West Virginia University
PO Box 6025
Morgantown, WV 26506-6025
Tel: 304-293-7861
Email: mfwalls@mail.wvu.edu		 Vice President - Member Services
Ethne Swartz
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Silberman College of Business
College at Florham
285 Madison Avenue
Madison, NJ 07940
Tel: 973-443-8296
Email: swartz@fdu.edu
Special Vice President - Strategic Business Model *
Geralyn McClure Franklin
Nelson Rusche College of Business
Stephen F. Austin State University
P.O. Box 13004, SFA Station
Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3004
Tel: (936) 468-4654
Email: franklingm@sfasu.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
Bill JacksonAssistant Vice President - Publications (Newsletter Editor)
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
Email: wtj@stpt.usf.edu		 Historian
Harold P. Welsch
DePaul University
1 E. Jackson Avenue
Chicago, IL 60604
Tel: 312-362-8471
Email: hwelsch@depaul.edu

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

* Executive Committee Member