Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Eugenio Aleman, MA, MBA, PhD
Program: Masters Business Administration

Eugenio Aleman has been a senior economist and vice president at Wells Fargo Bank in Minneapolis, MN since July of 2005. His main duties include analyzing and forecasting the U.S. economy as well as traveling across the country making presentations on the state of the economy. He oversees the analysis of regional economies, has specialized in the coverage of the Texas economy, oversees three Latin American economies (Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico), as well as the analysis of trade patterns between Mexico and the U.S.

Jacqueline Garner, PhD
Program: Masters Business Administration
 Dr. Garner's areas of expertise include Investment banking, initial public offerings (IPOs) and corporate finance, and corporate governance. She received her BS in Business Administration from Samford University, her MBA in Finance from the University of Alabama, and her PhD in Finance from Georgia State University. She has published articles on finance and IPOs in numerous academic journals, including the Journal of Business, the Journal of Finance, and the Journal of Financial Research. Dr. Garner has authored a chapter on business and management in The Federal Reserve System, and has presented most recently at the Financial Management Association in 2006. She has been recognized for her teaching excellence by being named "Favorite Professor" by her students in the Lead MBA program two years in a row, and she won Drexel's Excellence in Teaching Award. She has also won Drexel University's Excellence in Research Award. Read More »

Hyokjin Kwak, PhD
Program: Masters Business Administration
Dr. Kwak received a PhD in Marketing and an MA in Advertising from the University of Georgia. His research interests lie in advertising effects, e-commerce, and consumer behavior and communications. He has published academic articles in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of Advertising Research, Journal of Current Issues and Research in Advertising, International Journal of Advertising, Journal of Consumer Marketing, Journal of Consumer Affairs, Media Psychology, Journal of International Consumer Marketing, Marketing Education Review, and others. He has also published articles in national conference proceedings including: Advances in Consumer Research, American Marketing Association, American Marketing Science, Decision Sciences Institute, and IEEE Engineering Management Society. One of his research articles in American Marketing Association proceedings received an award as the "Best Paper in E-Business." He has received Excellence in Research award at the LeBow College of Business, Drexel University. He is on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science and International Journal of Advertising. He has also received Excellence in Teaching award at the LeBow College of Business, Drexel University and a university-wide teaching award at the University of Georgia. He is a Distinguished Teaching Fellow at Drexel. He currently serves as the Marketing PhD advisor. Read More »

Frank Linnehan, PhD
Program: Masters Business Administration
Dr. Frank Linnehan is an Associate Dean for Graduate and Undergraduate Programs at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business and Professor of Management in the Department of Management. Dr. Linnehan received his PhD in Human Resources Administration from Temple University and has taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in Human Resources, Compensation, Organization Behavior, Leadership and Management. Prior to receiving his PhD, Dr. Linnehan worked for seventeen years in both line and Human Resource management in the financial services industry. Read More »

Michele Masterfano, DBA
Program: Masters Business Administration
Dr. Masterfano earned a DBA in marketing from Argosy University, a MS in management science from Lehigh University, and a BA from Penn State University. Her areas of expertise include marketing, management, new venture planning, and market research. In addition to teaching at Drexel, she has taught at Villanova and Lehigh Universities, as well as Ursinus College. Dr. Masterfano has her own management consultancy supporting new ventures and existing businesses with supply chain management consulting, start-up financing, as well as mergers and acquisitions. She has authored articles ranging from financing to home based businesses, and has created the resource manual for several textbooks on marketing. She sits on the board of the Art Institute of Philadelphia and the Penn State Professional Women's Network. Read More »

Thomas McWilliams, PhD
Program: Masters Business Administration
Dr. McWilliams has served on Drexel's business faculty since 1998. He holds a BS in Mathematics from Gonzaga University, a MS and PhD in Statistics from Stanford, and a MS in Computer Science from Villanova University. His areas of expertise include Statistical Quality Control, Linear Models, and Sequential Analysis. Dr. McWilliams has authored numerous academic articles, chapters in anthologies, and books on statistical theory and practice. He has been recognized for his teaching with the LeBow College of Business Faculty Excellence Award for Excellence in Teaching and the LeBow College of Business Center for Corporate Programs Distinguished Teaching Award. Read More »

David Stewart, MS
Program: Masters Business Administration
David Stewart joined Drexel University's LeBow College of Business in 2002 as Director of LeBow's Professional MBA Program. As Senior Director for Graduate Programs in Business, he contributed to LeBow's significant rise in the rankings over the past five years. Working with LeBow faculty leaders and administration, he successfully planned, developed and launched LeBow's innovative Evening Accelerated Drexel (LEAD) MBA Program in 2004 which was recognized among the top 10 part-time MBA programs in the world by Business Week magazine in 2007. Read More »