College of Hospitality & Business

Administration

  • Jennifer A. Galipeau, Ed.D., dean, College of Hospitality & Business Management
  • Jane Boyland, M.S., CHE, associate dean, College of Hospitality & Business
  • Stephen Pyle, DBA, associate dean, College of Hospitality & Business
  • Jeffrey Binczyk, DBA, program director, Larry Friedman Center for Entrepreneurship
  • Rex Warren, Ph.D., CHE, program director, Doctor of Business Administration Program

Chairpersons

  • Catherine Davin, M.S., CHE, associate professor, chairperson; B.S., M.S., Cornell University
  • Debbie C. Howarth, Ed.D., professor, chairperson; B.S., University of Vermont; M.H.A., University of Nevada; Ed.D., Boston University

Faculty

  • Paul Bagdan, Ph.D., CHE, professor; A.O.S., A.S., Schenectady County Community College; B.S., University of Massachusetts; M.S., Rochester Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Kansas State University
  • Jane Boyland, M.S., FMP, CHE, associate professor, associate dean; A.O.S., Johnson & Wales University; B.S., University of New Hampshire; M.S., University of Massachusetts
  • Patricia Conn Ryan, DBA, CPA, professor; B.S., University of Rhode Island; M.S., Northeastern University; DBA, Liberty University
  • Elizabeth Covino, M.S., CHE, associate professor; B.A., University of Connecticut; M.S., Springfield College
  • Isaac Damoah, Ph.D., associate professor; B.A., University of Ghana; MBA, University of Wales; Ph.D., Liverpool John Moores University
  • Catherine Davin, M.S., CHE, associate professor, chair; B.S., M.S., Cornell University
  • Deborah A. Doonan, M.S.T., CPA, associate professor; B.S.B.A., Providence College; M.S.T., Bryant University
  • Lee A. Esckilsen, M.S., CVE, CHE, associate professor; A.S., Dean College; B.S., Bowling Green State University; M.S., Indiana University
  • Patricia Fisher, MBA, associate professor; A.S., B.S., MBA, Johnson & Wales University
  • Anthony Fruzzetti, Ed.D., professor; A.S., Bristol Community College; B.S., Johnson & Wales University; MBA, Suffolk University; Ed.D., Johnson & Wales University
  • James E. Griffin, Ed.D., CEC, CCE, professor; B.S., M.S., Johnson & Wales University; Ed.D., Boston University
  • Debbie C. Howarth, Ed.D., professor, chairperson; B.S., University of Vermont; M.H.A., University of Nevada; Ed.D., Boston University
  • Timothy Howes, M.S., associate professor; B.A., University of New Hampshire; M.S., Boston College
  • Leslie Kosky, M.Ed., CHE, associate professor; B.A., University of Delaware; M.Ed., University of Guam
  • Nihar Kumthekar, Ph.D., associate professor; B.E., Sardar Patel University; GMBA, SP Jain Center of Management; Ph.D., Georgia Southern University
  • Stevan Labush, MBA, associate professor; B.S., MBA, Johnson & Wales University
  • Bryan J. Lavin, DBA, CHE, associate professor; B.S., Worcester State University; MBA, DBA, Johnson & Wales University
  • Nicholas Makris, DBA, CHE, associate professor; B.S., MBA, Johnson & Wales University; DBA, Grand Canyon University
  • Stephen Pyle, DBA, CHE, associate professor, associate dean; B.S., Cornell University; M.S., Radford University; DBA, Johnson & Wales University
  • Matthew Samel, Ph.D., CHE, FMP, professor; A.S., B.S., MBA, Johnson & Wales University; Ph.D., Capella University
  • Magnus Thorsson, Ph.D., professor; B.S., Johnson & Wales University; M.A.T., Bennington College; Ph.D., Iowa State University
  • John D. Varlaro, Ph.D., professor; B.A., Ithaca College; MBA, University of Hawaii — Manoa; Ph.D., The Chicago School of Professional Psychology