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Home / Staff Directories / Faculty / Business Faculty

Business Faculty

Shelly Zaldivar, Ph.D.

Business Department Chair/Graduate Coordinator, Professor

972-923-5490

[email protected]

Sheila Bullard

Administrative Assistant

972-825-4840

[email protected]

Jesse Godding, M.A., Ed.D.

Associate Professor

972-825-4811

[email protected]

Melody Gray Block, ABD, CFP®, MBA, CKA®

Assistant Professor

(972) 923-5473

[email protected]

Ellie Gates, MBA, MAOL, MABT, DSL

Assistant Professor

(972) 923-5519

[email protected]

Joseph Reed, D.C.

Associate Professor; Science

(972) 825-4629

[email protected]

Jo Cardenas, MBA

Donor Relations & Data Records Coordinator / Adjunct Instructor

(972) 825-4855

[email protected]

James Southerland, M.S.

Instructor

972-825-4649

[email protected]

David Dorsett, MBA

Instructor

972-923-5548

[email protected]

Eric Asante, CFE, CISA, PMP, MBA, DBA

Adjunct Instructor

[email protected]

John Caraway, PhD

Adjunct Instructor

[email protected]

Franklin Orellana, MBA, MIT, DBA

Adjunct Instructor

[email protected]

Beverly R. Tillman, MPA, DM

Adjunct Instructor

[email protected]

Avito Zaldivar, MBA

Adjunct Instructor

[email protected]

Daren Walker

Adjunct Instructor

[email protected]

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