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FACULTY-STAFF NEWS

Accounting Professor Larry Rittenberg received the Outstanding Educator Award for 2007 from the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association in January at the group’s annual meeting in Charleston.

Real Estate Professor Stephen Malpezzi presented "The Supply of Real Estate," his presidential address to the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, at the Allied Social Science Meetings held in Chicago in January.

Joann Peck, assistant professor of marketing, will receive support for 2006-07 from the Vilas Life Cycle Professorship program, which provides funds to faculty and principal investigators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who are at critical junctures in their professional careers and whose research productivity has been directly affected by personal life events.

Assistant Dean of Administration Melissa Amos-Landgraf recently passed a major exam and was certified as a senior professional in human resources by the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI), the credentialing body for human resource professionals that is affiliated with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

Joan Gillman, director of Special Industry Programs in the Executive Education unit of School of Business, spoke to the International Association of Business Communicators in November and will speak to the Madison chapter of the Association for Women in Communications on Feb. 14. Gillman’s talk will explore how to spot trends.

Linda Uitvlugt, formerly associate director of the Evening MBA program, has been named to the new position of director of the Wisconsin Enterprise MBA Programs. (The Evening MBA and the Executive MBA, which both aim to serve the needs of working professionals, comprise the Wisconsin Enterprise MBA Programs.) Uitvlugt will work with Deborah Mitchell, who was named executive director of Wisconsin Enterprise MBA Programs in August. Uitvlugt’s areas of responsibilities, in addition to operational oversight, recruiting and admissions, will include building connections among the Executive MBA and Evening MBA alumni networks.

Suzanne Dove has accepted the position of outreach specialist with the School of Business, serving as outreach manager for the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) and UW-Madison’s Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE). Dove is returning to Wisconsin from the Washington, D.C. area, where she has worked for several years. Since 2001, she served as a senior analyst for the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the International Affairs and Trade Team. Prior to her time at the GAO, she spent three years at the World Bank, working on poverty reduction and economic management issues for Latin America and the Caribbean. A fluent Spanish speaker, Dove received a Ph.D. in Political and Administrative Science in 2002 from Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain. While in Spain, she also conducted research on free trade issues in Europe and Latin America for the Escuela Superior de Administracion y Direccion de Empresas (ESADE). She holds a Masters degree in Public Administration from New York University and completed her undergraduate degree in European Cultural Studies at Brandeis University. Dove began her work in January as outreach manager for CIBER. She is working with a variety of campus departments and the business community to design workshops, seminars and conferences that address a range of global business topics.

Jim Woodrum has joined Executive Education as program director of Mid-Management Development programs. For the past 22 years, he worked in multiple positions at Hewitt Associates LLC, an international HR outsourcing and consulting firm, including stints in corporate development and Hewitt’s consulting segment. As an executive compensation consultant with Hewitt, Woodrum was a board consultant to Fortune 500 companies and a frequent speaker on compensation and governance issues. He has an M.M. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.S. in finance from Millikin University. Associate Dean for Executive Education Roger Maclean said the skills and experience Woodrum brings will provide Executive Education the opportunity to expand programs in the areas of human resources and corporate strategy.

Judith Louer is leaving the Business Library to accept a position in Central Technical Services at Memorial Library. She had been the circulation manager for the Business Library for more than seven years.

Gerry George, assistant professor in the Department of Management and Human Resources, has resigned his position with the School of Business.

Carol Aspinwall is going to Gulfport, Miss. for a week to do volunteer relief work for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Vinni Pedersen has accepted the position of university services program
associate B with Executive Education. She previously worked as assistant to the director of the Officer Education Program at UW-Madison.

Melissa Anunson has accepted the position of marketing specialist with
Executive Education. She comes to the School of Business from PC/Nametag of Verona, Wis., where she was marketing manager. She has a BBA in marketing from the UW-Madison School of Business. Tiffany Olson has joined Executive Education as an associate marketing specialist. She previously was central division sales and marketing manager for Charter Communications, Inc., in Madison. She has a B.S. in business administration from UW-Platteville. Anunson and Olson will work closely with marketing staff and program area staff on creating and executing integrated marketing campaigns to increase visibility and enrollments in Executive Education programs.