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13 BizEd July/August 2014 NEW APPOINTMENTS ■ Linda A. Liv- ingstone has been announced as the next dean of the George Washington School of Business in Wash- ington, D.C. She begins her service August 1. Livingstone has spent the last 12 years as dean of the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. During her time at Pepperdine, she over- saw a US$200 million expan- sion of the business school's regional campuses, increased the school's international part- nerships with other academic institutions, and led the school to membership in the Glob- ally Responsible Leadership Initiative. July 1, Livingstone becomes chair of the board of directors for AACSB International. ■ On July 15, Erika Hayes James becomes dean of Emory University's Goi- zueta Business School in Atlanta, Georgia. She comes to Emory from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia, where she served most recently as senior associate dean for executive education. ■ On June 1, Stephen Stan- difird became the dean of Butler University's College of Business in Indianapolis. He previously was dean of the Schroeder School of Busi- ness at the University of Evansville in Indiana. ■ In August, Elrie LaBrent (Brent) Chrite takes his post as dean of the Daniels Col- lege of Business at the Uni- versity of Denver in Colorado. He was previously dean and professor of management and international business at Montclair State University in New Jersey. ■ Siamack Shojai has been named dean of the Cotsakos College of Business at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, effective July 1, 2014. Shojai comes to William Paterson from Central Con- necticut State University, where he has served as dean of the School of Business since 2007. ■ Shane Hunt has accepted the position of dean of the Col- lege of Business at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. He brings faculty expertise in the areas of strategic mar- keting, professional sales management, and marketing management. ■ Beginning on August 1, Stefanie Lenway will become dean of the Opus College of Business and hold the Opus Distinguished Chair at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is currently business dean at Michigan State University and has spent 33 years as a professor, department chair, or dean. She succeeds Chris- topher Puto, who has been dean of St. Thomas' business programs since 2002. Follow- ing a one-year sabbatical, Puto plans to return to the university as a member of the faculty. ■ Irfan Hyder (top photo) has been named dean of the Col- lege of Business Management at the Institute of Business Man- agement (IoBM) in Karachi, Paki- stan. Hyder was recently deputy director at the Institute of Busi- ness Administration in Karachi and dean and vice president of PAF-KIET (Karachi Institute of Economics and Technol- ogy). Mohammad Ali Shamim has been named dean of the College of Economics & Social Development at IoBM. Shamim has been both a working executive and a busi- ness professor. ■ Benjamin C. Ayers, direc- tor of the J.M. Tull School of Accounting in the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business in Athens, has been named dean of the Terry College. Ayers will succeed Charles B. Knapp, UGA president emeritus, who has served as interim dean since July 2013, when Robert Sumichrast stepped down as dean to accept a position at Virginia Tech. Ayers was named director of the Tull School in 2005 after serving on the faculty since 1996. He also holds the Earl Davis Chair in Taxation. ■ The Orfalea College of Business at California Poly- technic State University in San Luis Obispo has chosen Scott Dawson as its new dean. He starts August 1. Dawson is currently dean of the School of Business and Administration at Portland State University in Oregon. Dawson succeeds Dave Christie, who served from 2004 to 2013, and interim dean Doug Cerf. ■ Rebecca I. Porterfield has been named dean of the Haile/US Bank College of Business at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights. She was most recently gradu- ate associate dean of the Cameron School of Business at the University of North Car- olina Wilmington. She takes her post at NKU on July 1. ■ On July 1, J. Dennis Cradit joins San Diego State Uni- versity in California as dean of the College of Business Administration. He was most recently dean of the College of SHORT TAKES RON HALL JIM CARPENTER