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Online MBA Faculty

Deborah Correnti

Deborah Correnti has an MBA with a concentration in economics and finance from the University of Chicago , and a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois. She has worked in both manufacturing and process design for Monsanto and Amoco Chemical companies. After leaving engineering, she worked in the marketing department for Amoco, managing the daily operations of a petrochemical product line. She also has held positions in Operations Planning, Economic Analysis and Strategic Planning for a variety of product lines. Her specialty was microeconomic analysis and production optimization.

In 1999 she moved to London and began her teaching career, lecturing at Brooklands College for the Chartered Institute of Managerial Accountants. In addition to teaching she is an antiques dealer, specializing in rare books and a fiction writer.

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Ann Fulmer, MS

Ann Fulmer is a marketing communications professional with over 17 years of experience in developing effective integrated marketing communications programs, education and training, market research, event management and writing and design. This knowledge has established her as a nine-year adjunct faculty member at Benedictine University specializing in the MBA Marketing Management graduate programs, which include traditional, online and Cohort learning.

In addition to teaching, Fulmer serves as a consultant to Marketing Solutions Plus, which is a strategic planning, business development and communications company. This has allowed for a diverse portfolio of clients including for-profit service corporations, non-profit associations and other municipalities covering a wide array of industries.

Fulmer also serves as the marketing and administrative manager to Special Gifts Theatre, a therapeutic and recreational drama program for children with special needs. She has assisted in the growth of the program increasing the number of staff, locations and students in the program. She has successfully produced promotional materials for such shows as “Annie”, “Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and the “Wizard of Oz.”

Ann’s prior experience includes a ten-year marketing communications career at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital and Clinics. Throughout her career she was promoted to several corporate positions, which included marketing specialist, internal marketing coordinator, account executive and market research specialist. Ann interfaced with more than 300 employees and seven off-site locations, coordinating marketing materials and providing feasibility studies for future growth.

Fulmer also serves on the MBA Faculty of Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University teaching marketing and advertising where she was awarded the Faculty Excellence Award for exceptional teaching and outstanding performance. She has guest lectured at Midwestern University, Oak Brook, IL, and volunteers for a number of community organizations including School District U-46, Bartlett Park District and Bartlett Little League.

Ann Fulmer is an Honors graduate of Roosevelt University where she received her Masters of Science in Integrated Marketing Communications and her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business & Economics with a minor in Communications from Elmhurst College. She has been selected and is a member of the Sigma Beta Delta Honors Society at Benedictine University.

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Cindy Atchley

Cindy Atchley is actively involved in the development, training and instructional design of online academic programs and courses. Currently, she is employed by Deltak Edu as Director of Academic Services heading up program management and curriculum design and development of graduate online programs and faculty training for several domestic universities. Ms. Atchley has also worked with international institutions in Japan, Saudi Arabia and China consulting, teaching and developing online courses and educational projects. In 2004, she returned from a ten month stay in Tokyo, Japan teaching Business English and researching Japanese Business Culture while working on the development of a global online educational program in Japan.

Prior to her move to Japan, Ms. Atchley was the Director of Professional Development Programs in the College of Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago where she created more than 40 programs and seminars, targeted to both domestic and international business managers, including 12 courses in UIC’s online MBA program. Ms. Atchley also served as Associate Director of the UIC MBA program and worked with the Asian MBA and International Student Exchange Programs. She developed and taught MBA Business English courses and implemented a Pre-MBA English Program.

Before entering the academic world, she spent 15 years in corporate management including five years with Baskin-Robbins, Inc. In her position as Merchandising Production and Marketing Manager, she interfaced with more than 2500 franchisees and coordinated marketing materials for the global marketplace.

Ms. Atchley has over 27 years of academic and corporate experience in marketing, management, instruction and international business. She is currently working toward a doctorate degree in Multicultural and Global Management in Walden University’s Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences program. She holds an M.B.A. and M.A. Applied Linguistics from the University of Illinois at Chicago, a Certificate of Management in European Business from the Université de Caen, France, a certificate in Brazilian Business Operations from the Fundação Getulio Vargas Business School in São Paulo, Brazil and B.A. in Marketing Management from the University of Oklahoma.

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John C. Draut

John Draut joined Benedictine University in 1995 as an Adjunct Professor of Business in both its MBA Programs and Undergraduate Business School, lecturing in accounting, finance, business strategy, supply chain management, economics, and financial reporting. Mr. Draut began is adjunct career in 1981 at Aurora University lecturing in the previously mentioned topics in their undergraduate school program and has continued with this relationship up to this day. In 2003, Mr. Draut began an affiliation as an Adjunct Professor of Business with Saint Xavier University which focuses on managerial accounting, macro economics, financial management, and business statistics in both their Graduate School and Undergraduate School Programs.

Mr. Draut has held many executive positions such as Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, V. P. Finance, and Divisional Controller, to name just a few, in his 30 plus years of business experience in various industries such as: hotels and resorts, agricultural equipment manufacturing and distribution, financial printing, electronic component distribution, and commercial and retail tool manufacturing. He has worked for large multi-national firms, small privately-held corporations and foreign parent operations.

Mr. Draut presently is the President of NorthStar Management Consulting, Inc. which specializes in assisting small to medium sized firms in developing business plans, strategy, controlling costs, improving profits, management training programs and seminars, and managing accounting operations.

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Chet Legenza

Chet Legenza has been teaching for over 12 years at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, online and in the classroom. He has taught courses related to Business Planning for about 10 years.

Chet was recently Associate Academic Dean for Keller Graduate School of Management for the downtown Chicago campus. He was responsible for hiring, training, and mentoring both undergraduate and graduate faculty. He is now an independent consultant.

He has spent approximately 25 years in Operations Management, primarily in the electrical and electronics industry, in positions ranging from technician through Operations Manager.

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Simona S. Citron

Simona is a CPA specializing in the taxation of estates and trusts cultivating a practice for the past 14 years. She has a MBA with a Specialization in Finance from The University of Chicago, and a degree in Accounting from De Paul University. Her prior experience includes working for Fortune 500 companies in the area of finance and accounting--primarily inventory and financial statement preparation and analysis.

Simona lives in Chicago with her husband and two boys. She is an avid kick-boxer, and in her spare time, brokers fine art - an unrelenting passion. She also loves to write, and served as an editor and writer for a magazine in the early 1990s.

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Beth Kane

Beth Kane received her BS in Commerce with a Major in Accounting from DePaul University in 1984. She received her CPA in 1985, and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from DePaul University’s Kellstadt School of Business in 1990.

After 6 years of experience at several fortune 100 companies she started her own business, which includes consulting for large and small companies related to accounting and tax issues as well as providing income tax services for individuals as well.

In 1998 she began teaching as an adjunct faculty member at two neighborhood colleges following her childhood dream of becoming a teacher. She began teaching online in 1999, the early years of online education. The popularity of online education opened up a new career path for Ms Kane, as she initially taught online courses, and went on to develop on line courses, train new faculty to teach in the online environment, and mentor faculty through the initial courses of their online teaching experience.

Her interest in providing hands-on, entertaining applicable learning materials led her to write her recently published textbook Creating the Band. The book allows a student to practice what he/she has learned in his/her early accounting courses in a hands-on fun way, as the student becomes the accountant for a group of friends who have formed a band. The student records the transactions for the band during the band’s first year of business. During the year the band members produce a music CD, tour, and achieve recognition and success.

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Ada Marie Bell, Ph.D.

Professor Bell received her Ph.D. from The Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. She holds a master’s degree from Ohio State; she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, with a BA in the honors program at Ohio State.

She has taught in traditional undergraduate, MBA, Ph.D. and Executive Education programs in Canada and the U.S. for nearly 20 years and has been teaching and developing courses in the online environment for the past six years. Her work focuses on the areas of organizational behavior, human resource management, and negotiations. She has negotiated collective agreements for both management and for labor and earned certification as a mediator in Canada. She consults with private and public sector organizations in the areas of managing conflict and developing respectful workplaces.

Courses that she has developed for graduate, executive, and undergraduate programs in the online environment include Strategic Negotiations, Organizational Behavior, Leadership, Knowledge Management, and Introduction to Management.

Professor Bell lives and works in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and enjoys the many outdoor activities that the high desert climate provides.

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Gregory J. Sellers, Ph.D.

Dr. Gregory J. Sellers is on the adjunct faculty at Benedictine University where he has taught math and statistics courses.

Dr. Sellers earned his three academic degrees in Physics. He was awarded his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois in 1975 where he specialized in cryogenic Solid-State Physics. He was granted his M.S. from the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois in 1970 and his A.B. from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York in 1968.

Dr. Sellers is a founder of FOTRON, Inc. and currently serves as its President. He leads FOTRON’s efforts to develop fiber optic connection devices for use in high performance military aircraft. He possesses over 30 years of diversified industrial experience in the management, development, marketing and commercialization of high technology products for the fiber optics, electronics, and materials markets.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Sellers served as General Manager for a joint-venture between an American company and a start-up connector company in Singapore.

Dr. Sellers has published 18 technical papers and received 12 issued U.S. Patents. He has been listed in Marquis “Who’s Who in the World”, “Who’s Who in America”, “Who’s Who in Finance and Industry”, “Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in America”, “Who’s Who in the Midwest”, and “Who’s Who in Frontiers of Science and Technology”.

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Peter D. Papantos

Peter Papantos joined Benedictine University in 1998 as an Adjunct Instructor of Business in the MBA Program lecturing in operations and advanced operations classes. Mr. Papantos began is adjunct career in 1993 at DeVry Institute lecturing in the previously mentioned topics in their undergraduate school program and has continued with this relationship up to this day. Peter also remains active as an under graduate instructor at Northwood University Outreach focusing on operations, statistics and business philosophy/ethics.

Peter has extensive operations and quality experience. Managing various process and discrete manufacturing operations for over 30 years, Peter has gained expertise in meeting or exceeding the high demands customers place on today’s organizations. Currently employed as a Director of Operations at Videojet Technologies, Peter facilitates 4 global manufacturing businesses. This includes insuring key safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives are met.

Peter received his undergraduate degree from Elmhurst College and his M.B.A. from DePaul University. Memberships include A.S.Q. and A.P.I.C.S.

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Daniel (Dan) L. Waldron, CMBA

Dan has served as a corporate executive and possesses a broad base of business development experience. He has held senior positions in energy, franchising, aerospace, commercial printing and advertising/public relations. He served as CEO for a renewable energy development company, and as Managing Member of a renewable energy project holding LLC. He held a number of positions including, Chief Marketing Officer, Executive Franchise Director and CEO for a regional airline. He served as Vice President of Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer for an aerospace company. Dan was a Principal and Senior National Accounts Executive for a commercial printing company. He founded and directed a full service advertising and public relations agency, which served national and multinational corporations.

In the corporate arena, Dan currently serves as a member of the Board of Advisors for Utah based Davanti Capital, and advises the founding member of a new Nevada based holding company. In the education arena, Dan is presently an Adjunct Professor for Benedictine University teaching MBA Managerial Economics, and for Western Governors University teaching undergraduate Financial Accounting, and MBA courses in Macro and Micro Economics, Statistics, Marketing, Financial Accounting, and Leadership and Professionalism. Dan’s prior educator experience includes instructing for two Oregon community colleges, and serving for six years as Chairman, Secretary, and a member of the Board of Directors for Lourdes School, Oregon's first Public Charter School.

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Jeanne Weiland Herrick, PhD

Jeanne Weiland Herrick has been teaching Project Management for seven years in both online and classroom formats at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University and now at Benedictine University. She has also been a member of project teams in the field of product development.

As a full time member of the faculty of Northwestern University, Dr. Herrick teaches project management, teamwork, business communication, and technical writing. In McCormick’s Master in Product Development program, she teaches the module for Effective Communication, emphasizing developing strategic approach to achieving communication goals in the global business environment.

Jeanne began her business career doing sales and public relations for CBS. She also does management consulting, specializing in working with organizations to assess their unique communication and cultural needs and then designing and developing customized organizational development strategies and training to meet those needs. Her client list includes Abbott Labs, ExxonMobil, Helene Curtis, Commonwealth Edison, Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Shure Inc., and Arthur Anderson as well as many smaller firms.

Ms. Herrick’s other areas of specialization include facilitating and understanding and communication across cultures, including gender, race, ethnicity, and professional cultures. She is a published author and has won awards for her writing, scholarship, and teaching, and is a member of the Association of Professional Communication Consultants, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) and the National Association of Practicing Anthropologists (NAPA).

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Ray Bell

Ray Bell has been teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses for several years in the areas of statistics, economics, strategic planning, and information technology. He has taught on-site and online for several major universities.

Ray lives in Oklahoma with his bride Donna and cat Shadow. He is retired from Amoco Corporation, where he was an internal consultant on strategic planning for information technology. While at Amoco, he consulted with the Social Security Administration on the strategic direction of their Information Technology. He also was an international speaker on Information Technology and Information Economics.

Prior to Amoco, he worked with NASA on the Apollo program and before that as a sports writer and editor for the Orlando Sentinel (covering Daytona and Sebring).

Ray’s advanced degree is a Master of Commercial Science from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. His undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Economics and Math from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.

When not participating in threads and grading papers, Ray likes to play golf and do woodworking. One of his kookiest hobbies is solving math problems in algebra, statistics, and calculus. Donna assures him that he is not a nerd.

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Jim Foley

At the International Trade Center and NAFTA Opportunity Center at Bradley University , Mr. Foley manages a program of counseling and training in international business planning, marketing, logistics and export finance. The centers are a joint venture between the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and Bradley University with a mission to promote international trade and assist companies with trade-related expansion and training.

Mr. Foley is a frequent speaker on issues of international trade. He was recently the President of NASBITE, the North American Small Business International Trade Educators and now serves as the Director for the NASBITE Certified Global Business Professional credential program. He was elected Chairman of IATTO – International Association of Trade Training Organizations during the 2004 IATTO Forum in Cape Town, South Africa. He is previous chair of the Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) International Section Executive Committee.

Mr. Foley is the author of the book The Global Entrepreneur discussing techniques to expand international trade for small to midsize companies. First printed in 1999 and now in its second edition, numerous colleges and universities have adopted the text for undergraduate and MBA international business courses. The book has also been used by thousands of readers to expand their international business.

In 1997 he was awarded the Illinois Small Business Development Association ITC Director of the Year Award and in 2001 he received the Governor’s Export Award from Illinois Governor George Ryan. In 2005 he received the NASBITE International Trade Educator of the Year Award.

Prior to joining the trade center in 1994, Mr. Foley lived and worked in Europe for seven years. His overseas business experience includes positions in marketing, sales, and corporate management in the computer industry. Mr. Foley received his MBA from the London Business School at the University of London, and his undergraduate degree from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. Before London, Jim worked in Los Angeles in the software industry, and also lived in Mexico City where he earned a Spanish proficiency certificate.