​Board Members
2025-2026 Executive Team

Sarah Fischbach
Board Chair
Pepperdine University

Cal Simpson
President​
Indiana University East

Kristen Schiele
President Elect
University of Southern California​

Leslie Gould
Vice President
Angelo State University

Qin Sun
Immediate Past President
California State University, Northridge

Rex Moody
Treasurer​
Angelo State University

Kathryn Davis
Secretary
Utah Tech University

David Ackerman
Marketing Director
California State University Northridge

Ning Fu
Social Media Director

Paige Bridges
Webmaster
Western Region Directors

Kirti Celly
California State University, Dominguez Hills
kcelly@csudh.edu

Deborah Heisley
California State University, Northridge
deborah.heisley@csun.edu ​​

Rika Houston
California State University, Los Angeles

Shikha Upadhyaya
California State University, Los Angeles

Robert Trumpy
​Central Washington University
Northwest Region Directors

“GG” Gopala Ganesh
​University of North Texas

Thuy Nguyen
​University of North Texas
Southwest Region Directors
Rocky Mountain Region Directors

Laurel Lane
Metropolitan State University of Denver

Kwabena Peprah
​Metropolitan State University of Denver
Central Region Directors

Mary Thomas
Southern Region Directors

Adams Mills
​Loyola University New Orleans
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Katie Howie
​University of Southern Mississippi
Eastern Region Directors

Emi Moriuchi
​Rochester Institute of Technology

Vlad Pashkevich
​St. Francis College
Community College Directors

Sarah Felmet
International Directors

Vilte Auruskeviciene
​ISM University of Management and Economics
vilaur@ism.lt ​

Nathalie Chinje
Founder & Director, UPbeat Marketing

Sabine Emad
​University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland – Geneva Business School

Wade Halvorson
​Deakin University

Karen Robson
​University of Windsor

Samer El Hajjar
​National University of Singapore
At-large Directors

Magali Dubosson
​Haute Ecole de Gestion Fribourg

Janet Parish
Texas A&M University

Mark Rosenbaum
The Citadel

Kathleen Zumpfe
Doane University
Ex-officio Director

Victoria Crittenden
Editor, Journal of Marketing Education
Babson College
Past-president Directors

Glen Brodowsky
​California State University San Marcos

Clay Daughtrey
​Metropolitan State University of Denver

Barbara Gross
​California State University, Northridge

Brian Jorgensen
​Westminster College

Gary Karns
Seattle Pacific University

Robert Lupton
Central Washington University

Chrisann Merriman
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

Julie Nelson
Washington State University

Michelle Nelson
Linfield University
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Ed Petkus
Ramapo College

Tony Stovall
Indiana University

Mindy Welch
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

Jennifer Zarzosa
Henderson State University
zarzosj@hsu.edu ​