PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

August 1999-Present: Associate Professor of Management
September 1993-August 1999: Assistant Professor of Management

Hampton University
Department of Management
Hampton, VA 23668

Courses Taught:

Business Policy and Strategy
Organizational Behavior
Organization Theory
International Business
Management Theory and Practice
Business Organization and Management

Research: Case studies in hospital and small business management
Member of the Graduate Faculty Council

September 1988 - May 1993: Instructor, Research and Teaching Assistant

Drexel University
Department of Management
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Courses Taught:

Business Policy and Social Responsibility
Organizational Theory and Behavior

Research Involvement:

Women in Management (Ed., E.A. Fagenson), S. Parasuraman & J. Greenhaus, "Personal Portrait: The Life Style of the Woman Manager", 1993
Women's Health Utilization Study, Drexel University
Careers and Organizational Commitment, Drexel University
Dual Career Couples, Drexel University

Dissertation: Determinants of Quality and Least Costs Strategies (Hospital Industry; a LISREL Model)

June 1987 to June 1988: Director, Business Development.

Witaker S.A.L.
P.O. Box 4347
Riyadh 11491, Saudi Arabia

Start-up of new ventures and development of hospital management projects in Dhahran, Taif, Najran, and Morocco. This venture owned by principals of Saudi Medical Services (below).

January 1982 to June 1987: Vice President (Executive Director), Business Development and Operations.

Saudi Medical Services/Charter Medical Corporation
(a joint venture enterprise diversified into health services management, plant operations, private hospital, health care personnel training, consulting, and medical supplies and equipment)
P.O. Box 7115
Riyadh 11462, Saudi Arabia

Operational responsibility for fifteen hospitals (100-500 beds) with personnel exceeding 8,500.
Business development activities included all management contracts; new venture creation of medical equipment and supply imports, private hospital (300 beds), medical information systems. supervised international support offices in London, Copenhagen, Brussels, Manila, New Deli, Philadelphia, and Cairo.

Study for Riyadh Chamber of Commerce on Strategies for National Health Care Delivery
Operating Procedures, Private Hospital, Riyadh
Proposal/Contract, Dhahran Medical Center, MODA
Proposal/Contract, SANG, National Hospital, Riyadh
Proposal/Contract, Ministry of Health, Najran Hospital; and, various other MOH hospital sites
Proposals/Contracts, Ministry of Defense, Hospitals at Jeddah, Taif, Tabuk, Riyadh, Al Batin, Yanbu, Jabel, and Najran
Proposal/Contract, Hospital at Sad'ah, North Yemen
Proposal/Contract, Ministry of Petroleum, Poly-clinic, Jeddah
Proposal, Queen's Hospital, Amman, Jordan
Proposal, Government Hospitals, UAR
Proposal/Contracts- various Mid-East turn-key equipment projects

March 1981 to December 1981: Consultant, Business Development.

SIYANCO, a joint venture of Frank E. Basil, Inc., (Washington, D.C.), and Fairview Hospitals of Minnesota.
A business venture in Middle East hospital management

April 1979 to March 1981: Director, Medical Services.

Pacific Architects and Engineering, Inc./Hyatt Medical Services Joint Venture
P.O. Box 742
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Management and operation of health services for United States Corps of Engineers and other government services in Riyadh, Taif, and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

1977 to 1979: Instructor, Health Services Management.

San Diego State University, School of Public Administration
National University, Department of Business Administration

Courses Taught: Health Services Management
Health Care Policy
Health Care Economics
Seminar in Health Care Management

1975 to 1979: Medical Service Corps Officer.

Pay Grade, O-3, Lieutenant, United States Navy
U.S. Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Assistant Comptroller; Supply Officer, Administrative Officer to Medical and Outpatient Services

1974: Residency in Hospital Administration.

Providence Memorial Hospital
El Paso, Texas

1972 -73: Director, Planning and Evaluation.

Area Planning Agency for Madison, Clinton, and Bond Counties Edwardsville, Illinois

1971 -72: Management Analyst, St. Louis, Missouri. Human Development Corporation

Summer 1968: Director, Hinds County Tutorial Program. Office of Economic Opportunity. Jackson, Mississippi.

Previously: Organizer for Mississippi Council on Human Relations; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Editor, Free Southern Student (later "The KUDZU"); Field Supervisor for Child Development Group of Mississippi.

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, Business Administration, 1993

Major: Strategic Management
Minor: Organizational Sciences (Organization Behavior and Theory)
School of Business Administration
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
Dissertation: Determinants of Quality and Least Costs Strategies ( Hospital Industry; a LISREL model)

Master of Science in Health Care Administration (MHA), 1975

Trinity University
San Antonio, TX

Post Graduate Studies, Political Science, 1970-1972

Washington University
St. Louis, MO

Master of Arts in Political Science, 1970

The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, 1968

Millsaps College
Jackson, MS

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Academy of Management - Business Policy, Organizational Theory, Health Care Division Membership
Southern Management Association
Association for Health Services Research
Association of University Programs in Health Administration
North American Case Research Association
Western Case Research Association

HONORS

Member, Beta Gamma Sigma (national scholastic honor society in business administration)
National Institutes of Health fellowship, Washington University
Provost's Teaching Innovation Award (Lily Foundation), 1998

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Chair, Curriculum Review Committee for Accreditation, School of Business, Hampton University
Reviewer, Academy of Management Journal
Member, University Program Review Committee (Chaired reviews of Mathematics Department and Foreign Languages Program)
Member, University Library Committee
Member, University Committee on Instructional Programs
Chair, Department of Management, Curriculum Committee
Chair, Self Assessment Committee, Management Department
Member, Mayor's Strategic Planning Commission on the Family and Health (Hampton, Virginia)

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

CONFERENCES

Doctoral student symposium, Academy of Management, 1990
International Business's Symposium, Lake Como, Italy
Organizational Behavior Teaching Development Conference, Philadelphia, Penn.
AUPHA National Conference, Washington, DC, 1993
Panel Discussant, International Business, NACRA Conference, Fall 1997
Harvard University, Art and Craft of Leadership Discussion, Fall 1997
Western Management Association Conference, Case Writers Workshop, Spring 1998.