2026 Conference Track Chairs

Accounting, Finance and Economics:
Chair: Juan Pablo Dávila Velásquez, INALDE Business School, University of La Sabana (juan.davila@inalde.edu.co)
Co-Chair: Charles Hilterbrand, University of Mississippi (chilterbrand@bus.olemiss.edu)
Co-Chair: Anna Czegledi, Conestoga College – School of Business (aczegledi@conestogac.on.ca)

Cases Written in Chinese Language:
Chair: William X. Wei, Algoma University (weiw@algomau.ca)
Co-Chair: Shimin Chen, China Europe International Business School Case Centre (cshimin@ceibs.edu)
Co-Chair: Haibo Hu, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics (hbhu@jxufe.edu.cn)

Cases Written in Portuguese:
Chair: Tania Casado, University of Sao Paulo (tcasado@usp.br)

Cases Written in Spanish:
Chair: Lorena A. Palacios Chacon, Tecnologico deMonterrey, Mexico (lapalaciosch@tec.mx)

Corporate Governance and Ethics:
Chair: Vijaya Zinnoury, University of Denver (vijaya.zinnoury@d.edu)
Co-Chair: Theresa Coates, Limestone College (coatestheresa@yahoo.com)

Digital Technologies and Operations:
Chair: Redwan Siddiqui, University of Waterloo (redwan.siddiqui@uwaterloo.ca)
Co-Chair: Fatih Yegul, Conestoga College (Fyegul@conestogac.on.ca)

Entrepreneurship, Family and Small Business:
Chair: Sonia Mehrotra, S.P. Mandali’s Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research (sonia.mehrotra@welingkar.org)
Co-Chair: Sarah Holtzen, Missouri Southern State University (holtzen-s@mssu.edu)

Hospitality and Tourism:
Chair: Vijaya Zinnoury, University of Denver (vijaya.zinnoury@du.edu)
Co-Chair: H.G. Parsa, University of Denver (Haragopal.Parsa@du.edu)

Marketing:
Chair: Silvia Cacho Elizondo, IPADE University (s.cacho@ipade.mx)
Co-Chair: Michael Goldman, University of San Francisco (mmgoldman@usfca.edu)

International Business:
Chair: Grishma Shah, Manhattan College (grishma.shah@manhattan.edu)

Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management:
Chair: Jasmin Lin, Robert Morris University (lin@rmu.edu)

Pedagogy & Research:
Chair: Kristy Williams, College of Business, Jackson State University (j01041383@jsums.edu)
Co-Chair: Daisy Wang, East Stroudsburg University (dwang2@esu.edu)
Co-Chair: Bruce Thomson, MacEwan University (thomsons2@macewan.ca)

Social Impact and Sustainability:
Chair: Maria A Ballesteros-Sola, California State University Channel Islands (Maria.Ballesteros-Sola@csuci.edu)
Co-Chair: Stephanie Raible, University of Delaware (sraible@udel.edu)

John Seeger Start-Up Case Workshop:
Chair: John Varlaro, Johnson & Wales University (john.varlaro@jwu.edu)

Strategy and Policy:
Chair: Erin Pleggenkuhle-Miles, University of Nebraska Omaha (erinpmiles@unomaha.edu)
Co-Chair: Terry McGovern, University of Wisconsin-Parkside (mcgovert@uwp.edu)
Co-Chair: Lief Lundmark, University of Nebraska Omaha (llundmark@unomaha.edu)