Current Courses

• BG 479 Strategic Management

• BN330 Organizational Theory

* Teach in University Honors Program
 

Education

• Ph.D., Management, University of Nebraska

• M.A., Industrial Relations, University of Nebraska

• B.A., Economics, Central College, Iowa

Interests

• Organization Development – Management of Change

• Values Based Leadership and change

• Transportation Management

• Implementing Strategy in Multiple Functional Areas

• Managing Intercollegiate Athletics

Other Positions

• President/CEO, Sigma Iota Epsilon, The Honorary Society and Professional Management Fraternity of the Academy of Management

• Director, Institute of Transportation Management, College of Business

• Former Secretary-Treasurer and Board of Directors, College Football Association

• Former NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative and NCAA Council Member (many committee memberships in the Western Athletic Conference and the NCAA including President of Mountain Pacific Sports)

• Former owner-operator of two small business

• Former organization development manager for a Fortune 100 corporation (Johns-Manville Corporation)

• Consultant to private and public sector organizations in the areas of organization development & change, leadership and strategic planning and implementation. Sample of clients include: Collegiate Athletic Business Management Association, Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, Colorado Parks and Recreation Association, Colorado Cooperative Extension, AT&T, BAE, Coors, Dun and Bradstreet, Hewlett-Packard, Wal-Mart, and Johns-Manville.

Scholarly Activities

Over 40 articles and professional papers and three books: a sample of the most recent appear below:

• Identification of appropriate investment levels to improve and maintain seat belt usage rates in the state of Colorado http://www.dot.state.co.us/publications/researchreports.htm (April 2004)

• Organization Development and Change, (McGraw-Hill/Primis, 3rd edition, 2002).

• A critical success factor in managing for excellence: Values-based leadership, Journal of Management Systems, 13(1), 2001 (co-authors John Mohr and Brenda Ogden).

• Integrated values-based leadership cultures in the world of rapid acquisitions, Management Consulting Division, Academy of Management, Lyon, France, March 2001 (co-author John Mohr).

• The impact of values-based leadership upon organizational health and environmental issues, Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2000.

• Transportation management and the role of universities, Transit and University Communities Conference, June 1998.

• The role of research, contracts and grants, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 1997.

• Technical Papers and Reports (sample of most recent)

• Colorado Adult Seat Belt Study, CDOT, State of Colorado, (1997-2006)

•  Colorado Child & Juvenile Restraint and Seat Belt Study, CDOT, State of Colorado, (2000-2006)

• Colorado Youth Seat Belt Safety Study, CDOT, State of Colorado, (2004-2005)

Funded Research Contacts (most recent)

• Colorado Department of Transportation, Principle investigator (2006-2010) $1.1 million

• Federal Highway Administration Tribal Technical Assistance Program, Ron Hall, Colorado Principal Investigator and Project Director, (2005-2009) $1.2 million

• Department of Public Health and Environment, Principle Investigator (2004-2007) $69,000

• Safe Kids Coalition, Principle Investigator, Bicycle Helmet Safety Study (2004)

• National Safety Council and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Seat Belt and Restraint Usage Survey, Denver Metro Area, Principal Investigator (2001-2002)