Management

With a specialization in principled leadership, the Management Area develops today’s students into tomorrow’s leaders: globally oriented, ethically minded individuals who will use their diverse gifts to address complex global challenges.

Leadership is the Management Area’s strategic theme. This construct binds us all together and informs our research and teaching efforts. Our strategic theme provides foundational support for a core identity of the McDonough School of Business: principled leadership.

The Management Area faculty include renowned scholars who are experts in their field, as well as practitioners with real-world experience.

The management faculty conduct research on leadership, entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, innovation, and change management.

The topics they study include Leadership and Social Purpose, Collaboration and the Future of Work, Diversity and Inclusion, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

The Management Area faculty includes renowned scholars who are experts in their field, as well as practitioners with real-world experience. 

Management Faculty

Serene Al-Momen

Adjunct Faculty

Robert Bies

Professor

Bertrand Bouhour

Adjunct Faculty

Melissa Bradley

Professor of the Practice

Kerrie Carfagno

Associate Teaching Professor

Leslie Crutchfield

Business for Impact Executive Director & New Strategies Managing Director

Charles Dorison

Assistant Professor

George Dutile

Adjunct Faculty

Ellen Eisenberg

Entrepreneur in Residence

Michael Fitzgerald

Adjunct Faculty

J. Gamble

Adjunct Faculty

Gerry George

Tamsen and Michael Brown (B’94) Family Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Shye Gilad

Professor of the Practice
Management Area: Entrepreneurial Leadership| Innovation | Communications

Phil Hetzel

Adjunct Professor

J Holladay

Heinz Christian Prechter Executive in Residence

Brooks Holtom

Professor of Management

John Jabara

Adjunct Lecturer- SCS BALS

Dana Kanze

Assistant Professor

Renee Kathawalla

Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor

Eric Koester

Adjunct Faculty

Jennifer Logg

Assistant Professor

Alyssa Lovegrove

Teaching Professor
Executive Director, Georgetown Pivot Program

Nicholas Lovegrove

Professor of the Practice

Douglas McCabe

Professor Emeritus

Michael McDermott

Professor of the Practice and Academic Director for the Qatar Executive Master’s in Leadership (EML-Q) Program

Alexander Mears

Adjunct Faculty

Marcia Miceli

Professor Emeritus
Management Area Coordinator

Thomas Nelson

Adjunct Professor

Michael O’Leary

Teaching Professor & Senior Associate Dean, Graduate & Executive Degree Programs

Rachel Pacheco

Assistant Teaching Professor

Jeff Reid

Professor of the Practice, Georgetown University Entrepreneurship
Founding Director, Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative

Steve Ressler

Adjunct Faculty

Gregory Robison

Adjunct Faculty

Steven Schiffman

Adjunct Professor

Eliot Sherman

Assistant Professor

Catherine Tinsley

Raffini Family Professor and Management Area Chair
Faculty Director of the Georgetown University Women’s Leadership Institute

Jeanine Turner

Professor and Director, Communication, Culture & Technology Program (CCT), Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Annette N. Shelby Chair in Business & Leadership Communication, Professor of Management, McDonough School of Business
Director of Communication, Culture and Technology Program and Annette N. Shelby Endowed Chair in Business & Leadership Communication

Ella Washington

Professor of the Practice

Evelyn Williams

MSB Distinguished Teaching Professor
Founding Academic Director, Master of Science in Management Program

Jeremy Yip

Assistant Professor

Khuram Zaman

Adjunct Faculty
CTO, University Startups

News from Management

More Management Faculty News
Rachel Pacheco explains management myths in Extra Credit video

Research and Insights

Extra Credit: Three Mistakes New Managers Make (and How to Avoid Them) 

Rachel Pacheco, associate professor of the practice, debunks three management myths and offers advice on how to be an effective leader in the workplace.

July 10, 2025

Unidentified business manager addresses employees in a conference room

Research and Insights

Research Explores How to Maintain Trust When Pivoting From Failing Projects

Charles Dorison, assistant professor of management, has been exploring the difficulties of navigating the fine line between abandoning failing projects and maintaining trust from key stakeholders. 

June 24, 2025

Smiling woman sits at a conference room table across from two hiring managers

Research and Insights

Stop Saying ‘Thank You’ in Job Negotiations, New Research Finds

Gratitude may not always be a good thing — at least at the negotiating table. Those are the findings in a soon-to-be-published study by Jeremy Yip, assistant professor of management at the McDonough School of Business, and his co-authors.

April 17, 2025