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FACULTY/STAFF NEWS

Associate Professor Mason A. Carpenter, Management and Human Resources, was elected as associate program chair of the Strategic Management Society's Corporate Strategy and Governance division. Over the next three years, Carpenter will rotate through the associate program chair, program chair, and chair positions. This year's program takes place in San Diego, Calif., and next year's will be held in Cologne, Germany.

Professor Urban Wemmerlöv, executive director of the Erdman Center, and Yoon Hee Kim, PhD student in Operations and Information Management, have been awarded a grant from the Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM). Their research on supplier-buyer relations in supply chains is currently supported by a grant from the UW-Madison Graduate School.

Mary Brost has joined the Graaskamp Center for Real Estate as university services program associate A. Brost joins the School of Business from Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, where she held various positions, including wholesale branch operations manager, central regional trainer and wholesale account executive. Brost has a BBA from Edgewood College.

Tony Cooke has joined the business school as an information processing consultant in the Marketing Services unit. He will be working with Webmaster Mark Anderson to maintain and enhance the business school’s web presence. Cooke worked as a freelance creative consultant with an emphasis on Web development for small businesses before coming to the business school. He has a B.A. in English from the UW-Madison.

Kelly Truttschel has accepted a position of university services associate 2 with Marketing Services at the Fluno Center. She recently graduated from UW-Madison with a BBA in Marketing and Spanish.

David Tang has accepted the position of associate information processing consultant with Technology Support Center. He previously worked as an associate media specialist with the TSC. Tang has a B.S. in Computer Engineering from UW-Madison.

Rebecca Fischler has accepted the position of electronic technician media with the Business Career Center. Fischler joins the School of Business from the UW-Madison Department of Afro-American Studies, where she worked as a student services coordinator. She has a B.A. in English from Georgetown University, and an M.A. in Media and Cultural Studies from UW-Madison.

Marjorie Pfeifer, student services coordinator, Undergraduate Academic Services, ended her appointment with the school the end of October.