Announcing the Search Advisory Committee for the Dean of the Questrom School of Business

From Dr. Gloria Waters, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer

As we begin the process of selecting the next dean of the Questrom School of Business, the first step is to establish the search advisory committee. The BU Faculty Handbook specifies that: “the advisory committee shall consist of three faculty members elected by the faculty of the School for which a dean is to be selected, two faculty members elected by the Faculty Council from other Schools, and as many as three members designated by the provost.”  In addition, the provost appoints the chair of the committee.  

I am pleased to announce that we have completed this initial step, and the membership of the Search Advisory Committee for the Dean of the Questrom School of Business is listed at the end of this memo. I thank the Questrom faculty and the University’s Faculty Council for their efforts to elect members to serve on this critical committee. I would also like to thank, in advance, the members of the search advisory committee for their service and give special acknowledgement to Azer Bestavros, associate provost for Computing & Data Sciences, who will serve as chair. 

The charge to the search advisory committee and the process by which it should conduct its work are outlined in my March 6 memo. I will soon convene the committee to provide them with further specifics of their charge, with the expectation that they will immediately begin the work of consulting with faculty and relevant stakeholders, soliciting nominations, recruiting outstanding candidates, and evaluating the qualifications and strengths of nominees and applicants. I will ask the search advisory committee to forward the names of 3-5 qualified candidates to incoming Provost Colin Duckett by November, for final selection of the dean by President Gilliam and approval by the Board of Trustees. 

The selection of a new dean is among the most important decisions we make. I look forward to working with the search advisory committee to identify and recruit an outstanding faculty leader to serve as the next dean of the Questrom School of Business.

Search Advisory Committee for the Dean of the Questrom School of Business  

Chair:
Azer Bestavros, Associate Provost for Computing & Data Sciences (selected by the University Provost)  

Members:
Anita Carson, Larz Anderson Professor in Operations & Technology Management, Questrom School of Business (elected by the Questrom School of Business)  

Jeffrey Furman, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Program, Professor of Strategy & Innovation, Questrom School of Business (elected by the Questrom School of Business)  

Tarek Hassan, Professor, Economics, College of Arts & Sciences (selected by the University Provost) 

Kelly Pesanelli, Senior Lecturer, Health Science, Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences (elected by the Faculty Council) 

Eddie Riedl, John F. Smith Jr. Professor in Accounting, Questrom School of Business (elected by the Questrom School of Business) 

Megan Trainor, Senior Lecturer, Administrative Sciences, Metropolitan College (elected by the Faculty Council) 

Mark Williams, Master Lecturer, Finance, Questrom School of Business (selected by the University Provost) 

Staff Liaison: 
Gina Ford, Project Manager, Office of the Provost 

Announcing the Search Advisory Committee for the Dean of the Questrom School of Business – 4.15.26