Meet our Leadership Council
Guiding the strength and imagination that powers WIBE.
Thomas Aicher
Dean, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
“Strategy matters, but so does having a circle that understands your world.”
Michael Bedell
Dean, Northeastern Illinois University
“Being a dean means living in complexity. WIBE turns complexity into possibility.”
Deborah Compeau
Phyllis J. Campbell Endowed Dean at Carson College of Business, Washington State Univ.
“Innovation is not a budget line. It is a mindset.”
Felisa (Preciado) Higgins
Associate Vice Provost & Dean of the John Martinson Honors College, Purdue University
“You can be brilliant alone, but you are unstoppable in WIBE.”
Emily McMahon
Associate Vice President, Marketing, Eduvantis
“Heavy jobs feel lighter when you have the right people in your corner.”
Lance Nail
Provost & SVPAA, The University of Southern Mississippi
“Passion is what keeps you moving when the path is unclear. Energy is what helps others follow.”
Kaj Pedersen
Global Technology Executive, Former CTO, AstrumU
“A good strategy sets the direction; the right circle ensures you’re not walking it alone.”
Regan Shaffer
Divisional Dean, Business Administration, Pepperdine University
“Real innovation requires space to experiment, fail and adjust.”
Christine Sinapi
Dean, Programmes & Development, ESSCA (France)
“Leadership grows faster in a global community. Your ideas find their place in the world.”
Isho Tama-Sweet
Associate Dean, University of Montana
“Real community is not about comfort. It is about challenge, raw honesty, and growth.”
Lisa Leander
Founder & CEO
“Leadership feels less lonely when you have a community that refuses to let you go small.”
Brandon Victoria Youngman
Associate Vice President, WorldStrides Higher Education
“Leadership is people work. WIBE understands that better than anyone.”
Rachel Clapp-Smith
Dean of the Mike Cottrell College of Business at the University of North Georgia
“Leadership is lonely, but great leadership has a community behind it.”
Ioana Lazar
Associate Dean, ESIC Business School (Spain)
“This is the power of community for the leaders shaping the future.”
Bertie Greer
Rist Family Dean, Manning School of Business, UMASS Lowell
“You don’t rise alone here. WIBE is the community that lifts you up.”
Ekin Pellegrini
Associate Dean Graduate Programs, Univ. of Missouri Saint Louis
“The learning we share in WIBE becomes the innovation that defines the future of business education.”
Debjani Sarkar
Principal Group Engineering Manager, Health and Life Sciences Solutions, Microsoft