Fourth Walton College Dean Candidate Holds Open Forum
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The fourth of four candidates to be the next dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas speaks to the campus community Monday, Feb. 13.
Eli Jones, dean of the business college and professor of marketing at Louisiana State University, speaks at an open forum from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development.
Jones earned his undergraduate, M.B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Texas A&M University, receiving his doctorate in 1997. Jones has been widely published in major marketing journals and is co-author of the books Selling ASAP: Art, Science, Agility, Performance and Strategic Sales Leadership: BREAKthrough Thinking for BREAKthrough Results. Jones’ research primarily focuses on issues related to the changing sales force – sales force diversity, sales force change management and sales force technology adoption and performance, salesperson motivation and buyer-seller relationships. Before becoming a professor, Jones worked in sales and sales management for three Fortune 100 companies. In March 2009, he was named a Mays Business School outstanding alumnus.
The other three candidates for the position are Sarah Gardial of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; David Urban of Virginia Commonwealth University; and Stephen Mangum of Ohio State University.
A half-hour reception will follow Jones’ talk. Complete vitas for all of the candidates are available online at http://waltoncollege.uark.edu/dean-search.asp.
Contacts
David Speer, Director of Communications
Sam M. Walton College of Business
575-2539,
dlspeer@uark.edu
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