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Elias G. Rizkallah, 2001.
Coordinator; Professor of
Management and Marketing
Ph.D. Northwestern University 1982
International marketing, strategic marketing planning, marketing
management, consumer behavior
Contact Number: 951.785.2474
Contact Email: erizkall@lasierra.edu

Lee Reynolds, 1979, 2001.
Coordinator; Professor of Finance and Economics
Ph.D. University of Nebraska 1979
Financial management, investment analysis, value-based management
Contact Number: 951.785.2501
Contact Email:lreynold@lasierra.edu

George O. Ogum, 1997.
Associate Professor of Finance
D.B.A. University of Memphis 1990
International finance, financial management, banking, emerging capital markets finance, corporate finance, financial econometrics
Contact Number: 951.785.2314
Contact Email: gogum@lasierra.edu

Siddharth Swaminthan, 2001.
Associate Professor of Economics and Quantitative Methods
Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University 2001
Political economy, political demography, conflict processes, research design, econometrics, areas: South Asia and China
Contact Number: 951.785.2475
Contact Email: sswamina@lasierra.edu

Kan Sugandh, 2007.
Associate Professor of Accounting
M.A. Rutgers University 1994
C.P.A. 1983
A.C.A 1977
Financial Accounting, ethics in financial accounting, cost accounting, management accounting, management, accounting pedagogy
Contact Number: 951.785.2507
Contact Email: ksugandh@lasierra.edu

John Thomas, 1989.
Basshir Hasso Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University 2001
Behavioral finance, political economy, development studies, social
entrepreneurship
Contact Number: 951.785.2064
Contact Email: jthomas@lasierra.edu

Kristine Webster, 1995, 2006.
Associate Professor of Accounting and Finance
C.P.A. 1992
M.B.A. Loma Linda University 1991
Financial and managerial accounting, auditing, taxation, government and nonprofit accounting, entrepreneurial finance
Contact Number: 951.785.2405
Contact Email: kwebster@lasierra.edu

Danette Zurek, 2006.
Assistant Professor of Accounting
M.B.A. Andrews University 1998
C.P.A. 1992
Auditing, financial accounting, managerial accounting, taxation, government and nonprofit accounting
Contact Number: 951.785.2181
Contact Email: dzurek@lasierra.edu

Gary Chartier, 2001.
Associate Professor of Law and Business Ethics
J.D. University of California at Los Angeles 2001
Ph.D. University of Cambridge 1991
Theology, philosophy, ethics, political theory, public policy,
law and legal theory
Contact Number: 951.785.2181
Contact Email: gchartie@lasierra.edu

Prudence E. LaBeach Pollard, 1999.
Associate Professor of Management
P.H.R. 1997
Ph.D. Western Michigan University 1993
Human resource management, leadership, institutional,
assessment and strategic planning
Contact Number: 951.785.2517
Contact Email: ppollard@lasierra.edu

A. Andrew Truong, 2006.
Assistant Professor of Management
Ed.D. University of California 2006
M.B.A. California State University at Pomona 2001
Management strategy, multicultural management
Contact Number: 951.785.2057
Contact Email: atruong@lasierra.edu

Doug Lainson, 2008.
Assistant Professor of Strategic Management
Director, Program in Executive Education
Ph.D. student, Claremont Graduate University
M.B.A., Biola University 2005
Mission-based business strategy, strategic modeling, leadership, entrepreneurial economics, business as mission
Contact Number: 951.785.2031
Contact Email: dlainson@lasierra.edu