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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Mohamad Sepehri
Dean, School of
Business and Public Administration and
Professor
of Strategic International Management
University of
the District of Columbia, DC
Dr. Mohamad Sepehri is
the Dean of the School of Business and Public Administration and professor of
Strategic International Management at UDC.
He has a unique combination of academic and business experience, with extensive
background in strategic management/leadership and broad experience in
international and global business operations. Dr. Sepehri has Triple Ph.D.
in Management, Higher Education Administration, and Strategic International &
Political Economy from Indiana University, Bloomington. Dr. Sepehri has numerous
research and publications in professional and refereed journals and he is
frequent and distinguished speaker at national as well as international forums.
He has been acknowledged as “outstanding contributor” to the field and he has
been credited for his contributions to several textbook editions. Dr. Mo
has received numerous First-Place and Gold Awards for business plan, community
service projects, partnership with business projects, state leadership, and etc.
He has served on the Executive Board of the Academy of International Business (AIBSE)
for twenty years and he is the treasurer of the organization. Dr. Sepehri
has been listed in the Harvard Business who’s Who as a distinguished scholar in
international business. He was inducted as AIBSE Fellow in 2014. Dr.
Sepehri has over 35 years of experience in strategic planning and global
competitive market analysis. He is a consultant and research analyst to
business corporations. He has served as expert advisor and consultant to
number of city, county, and state governments. He also served on the
International Trade Committee of Jacksonville Chamber and the Trade Development
Board. He was a board member of Global Jax (the International Visitors
Corp. of Jacksonville) for six years.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Maja
Zelihic
Program Chair, Master of
Organizational Management (MAOM)
Forbes
School of Business at Ashford University, San Diego –California
Topic:
Teaching the Needed Skills May not be Needed
Dr. Maja Zelihic is a Program Chair for the Masters of
Organizational Management, in the Forbes School of Business at Ashford
University. She has a Ph.D. in General Business with an emphasis in
Organizational Management. In addition to being a Program Chair in the MAOM
program, Dr. Zelihic is a Chair of Professional Development and Scholarship
committee at Ashford University, which is a committee that recommends
professional development content and provides recommendations concerning faculty
research. She is a Communication Director of ABSEL
(Association
for Business Simulation & Experiential Learning).
Dr. Zelihic has
published more than 20 articles in various refereed journals, such as, the
Springer’s Quality and Quantity Journal, Life Science journal, Journal of
American Business Review, Journal of Strategic and International Studies, Global
Business and International Management International Journal. She an
editorial advisory board member of The Journal of Global Business Management
and a peer reviewer at the University of New Mexico Mentoring Institute
and Journal for Excellence in Business Education. Dr. Zelihic
presented at the
International
Symposium of the New Technologies in Sports,
delivering a lecture on sports management in April, 2011 in Sarajevo, Bosnia;
2015 IX International GUIDE Conference -Buenos Aires, Argentina; 2015
Multidisciplinary Academic Conference, Orlando, Florida; and she is a three
time attendee and presenter at the
Finance, Economics, MIS, & Global Business Research
Conference, Miami, Florida. Dr. Zelihic presented at the
XI International GUIDE
Conference and IX International EdTech IKASNABAR Congress
in Madrid, Spain in 2016. Some of her academic activities, aside from
instruction, include serving as a Doctoral Chair, co-facilitation of faculty
certification and mentorship programs, innovative technology development
and application, course development, lecture taping, test bank creation, and
newsletter committee forces. Dr. Zelihic enjoys doing research, specifically in
the fields of online learning, biculturalism, marketing, conflict negotiation,
business ethics, and management. In the last few years, Dr. Zelihic
teaches a whole range of courses, some of which are, The Functions of Modern
Management, Business Ethics and Responsibility, Organizational Culture,
Organizational Change, Operations Management, Operations Strategy, Business
Research and Quantitative Methods for Decision-Making.
She is also a host of bi-weekly research Think Tanks which attract a large body
of Ashford faculty across several different colleges, including many associate
faculty members that gather to become involved in developing research
collaboration, sharing best teaching practices, and enhancing a sense of faculty
community in an online setting.
Dr. Zelihic is the
recipient of Western International University Excellence Award for Contributions
to Faculty Peer Development, two-time University of Phoenix Faculty Scholarship
award, recognized as one of the top 10 Forbes School of Business faculty members
in 2013, recipient of the University Fellows grants award in 2014 (as part of a
team of four), and again the recipient of the University Fellows Grant award in
2016 as the principal investigator.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Stephen C. Gara
Drake University, Des Moines, IA
Topic:
International Tax Policy & Enforcement
Dr. Stephen Gara is the Director of the School of Accounting and Associate
Professor of Accounting at Drake University. He received his BS
from Syracuse University, JD from Southern Methodist University, LLM from
Georgetown University and a PhD from the University of Memphis. Prior to
joining Drake University in 2005, Dr. Gara taught at Long Island University-CW
Post and Old Dominion University.
Dr. Gara’s research interests
include taxation, financial reporting and accounting education. He
research has appeared in over 25 national and international journals and
conferences, including Advances in Taxation, Advances in Accounting
Education, CPA Journal, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, and
Education Finance and Policy. Additionally, Dr. Gara is both a
Certified Public Accountant and licensed attorney. Prior to entering
academia, Dr. Gara was a tax attorney in Washington, DC. He is a member of
the American Accounting Association, American Taxation Association, Academy of
Legal Studies in Business, and Financial Executives International.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Veronica Hampson
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
Topic:
Costing Government Outputs: An Assessment of Activity Based Costing. #24
Dr.Veronica Hampson is a Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Southern
Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland.
She received a B. Com from the University of Queensland (1980), Diploma
of Adult & Vocational Education from Griffith University, Queensland (1991), M.
Fin Mgt from Central Queensland University (1996) and Ph.D. from University of
Southern Queensland (2009).
Dr
Hampson has presented papers nationally and internationally and published in the
field of performance measurement and cost management. Dr. Hampson has
spent many years working in both the private and public sectors in senior
executive positions. Her private sector experience includes executive financial
management in the manufacturing industry. In the public sector, her experience
includes the provision of performance measurement advice to government agencies,
as well as, the provision of strategic management advice on the implementation
of SAP R/3 throughout the state public service.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr.
Charles Salter
Schreiner University, Kerrville, TX
Topic: The Ethics of Leadership
Dr. Charles R. Salter is an author and Chair of the Department of Business
Administration at Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas. He also teaches and serves on
dissertation committees in the Doctorate of Leadership Studies for Our Lady of
the Lake University San Antonio. He has held various community,
academic and corporate leadership positions specializing in leadership and
finance. As a former city councilman of The Woodlands, Texas, Executive for
Baker Hughes, Inc., President of 3 his own entrepreneurial endeavors, and
President and Elder in the Lutheran Church Charles brings a unique perspective
to his study and publications on the various forms of leadership.
Dr. Salter holds a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Georgia, a
Masters of Business Administration concentration in Management and Finance from
University of Houston, and a Doctorate of Philosophy from Our Lady of the Lake
University San Antonio. A licensed Texas Real Estate Broker and former Financial
Investment Advisor (IA), holding Series 6, 63, & 65 securities licenses his
professional consulting experience has been eclectic having consulted major
utility companies, universities, symphony orchestras, medical doctors, and
school districts on communication and leadership.
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