Faculty and Staff
MBA Faculty
Robert Curtis
- Director, MBA/MM Mentor Program
- Adjunct Faculty
Robert "Bob" Curtis retired from AT&T and Alcatel-Lucent. Over the course of his career, he held executive positions in various disciplines including strategic sales, network systems marketing and business unit management. He serves on the board of several foundations and corporations and is currently the COO of Hake Publishing, Inc. Bob has served his church for many years as an elder and as the president of the Board of Trustees. At Biola, Bob is the director of the MBA Mentor program and...
Jake Aguas
- Associate Professor of Management
Dr. Jake Aguas has held leadership positions with a Fortune 100 company and one of the country's top-polling firms. He was a leader in the retail bank division of JPMorgan Chase for 15 years, notably serving as its Human Resource Manager for Talent Acquisition for the Western United States. He currently serves as a principal consultant to one of Canada's premier leadership development organizations and oversees the training and facilitation throughout North America. Dr. Aguas’ research has...
Rachel Bodell
- Associate Professor of Management Marketing
Dr. Rachel Bodell holds three degrees from three countries — the U.S., France, and England. Her publications, research, and teaching expertise are in the areas of branding, experiential learning, and ethical marketing strategies. She has gained industry experience in healthcare information technology, cosmetics, and hospitality while working for Estée Lauder, CompuGroup Medical AG, and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers. She is a 2023 faculty advisor for the American Marketing Association (AMA)...
David Bourgeois
- Professor of Information Systems, Business Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence
- Director of Artificial Intelligence Lab
- Associate Dean, Crowell School of Business
- Assistant Provost for Program Development
David T. Bourgeois is the associate dean for undergraduate programs in the Crowell School of Business. Dave graduated from Biola with a degree in mathematics in 1987. For the next 15 years, he worked in the information systems field with four different companies, including two Fortune 500 companies, experiencing many different roles within this field: systems analyst, programmer, project leader, trainer, consultant and help desk support analyst. Dave completed his doctorate in information...
Les Harman III
- Associate Professor of Marketing
Professor Harman’s teaching philosophy is to have students engage the local community and learn relational and marketing strategies through real world projects with local clients. For the last 15 years, Harman has run a small business IMG (Integrity Marketing Research Services) that specializes in conducting in-depth interviews, focus groups and comprehensive survey projects for non-profit organizations like Urban Strategies, Evangelical Credit Union, Ron Blue and many more. Harman is on the...
Randy Markley
- Associate Professor of Accounting and Finance
Markley is an associate professor of accounting and finance at the Crowell School of Business. With a career in business spanning three decades, Markley has held several executive positions overseeing the financial, operational and business development for both public and private corporations. Markley received a B.A. in Business and an MBA from the University of La Verne. He also earned an MPA from the University of Southern California and in 2019, Markley graduated with his doctorate...
Jeff McHugh
- MBA & MALI Chair
- Associate Professor
Jeff McHugh’s business experience includes 35 years at Beckman Coulter, a Fortune 500 medical device manufacturer, human resources, manufacturing, finance, marketing, sales and general management. Over the final 15 years of his career at Beckman, McHugh was the Vice President West Zone Commercial Operations, Vice President National Accounts, Vice President Americas Commercial Operations and Vice President Chemistry-Automation Division. One of his major achievements at Beckman was the...
Laureen Mgrdichian
- Associate Professor of Marketing
- Interim Undergraduate Program Chair
Laureen Mgrdichian, MBA, is the chair of the Crowell School of Business undergraduate program at Biola University. Mgrdichian has been an associate professor at Biola since 2012 and teaches in the areas of marketing, consumer behavior, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Her current PhD work is researching the faith development of alumni from evangelical Christian universities. She cares deeply about the continued faith development of her students once they leave Biola.
Prior to joining Biola,...
Helen Mitchell
- Associate Professor of Leadership, Ethics and Strategy
- Director, Talbot Center for Faith, Work and Economics
Helen M. Mitchell is a strategist, leadership coach, author, and professor who empowers business leaders, pastors, and marketplace employees to align purpose with performance. She integrates decades of executive experience, pastoral ministry, and academic scholarship to catalyze organizational transformation and personal calling.
Beginning her career with AT&T and becoming an Area Vice President at Lucent Technologies by age 30, Helen went on to serve as a licensed minister at Saddleback...
Undergraduate Faculty
Jake Aguas
- Associate Professor of Management
Dr. Jake Aguas has held leadership positions with a Fortune 100 company and one of the country's top-polling firms. He was a leader in the retail bank division of JPMorgan Chase for 15 years, notably serving as its Human Resource Manager for Talent Acquisition for the Western United States. He currently serves as a principal consultant to one of Canada's premier leadership development organizations and oversees the training and facilitation throughout North America. Dr. Aguas’ research has...
Danielle Becker
- Assistant Professor, Business
Danielle Becker is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed by the state of California and previously, the state of Michigan. She received her Master of Accounting degree from the University of Michigan, and is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) in accounting from Liberty University. During her five years in public accounting, Becker worked as an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Detroit, Michigan and Los Angeles, California to audit large SEC...
Rachel Bodell
- Associate Professor of Management Marketing
Dr. Rachel Bodell holds three degrees from three countries — the U.S., France, and England. Her publications, research, and teaching expertise are in the areas of branding, experiential learning, and ethical marketing strategies. She has gained industry experience in healthcare information technology, cosmetics, and hospitality while working for Estée Lauder, CompuGroup Medical AG, and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers. She is a 2023 faculty advisor for the American Marketing Association (AMA)...
David Bourgeois
- Professor of Information Systems, Business Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence
- Director of Artificial Intelligence Lab
- Associate Dean, Crowell School of Business
- Assistant Provost for Program Development
David T. Bourgeois is the associate dean for undergraduate programs in the Crowell School of Business. Dave graduated from Biola with a degree in mathematics in 1987. For the next 15 years, he worked in the information systems field with four different companies, including two Fortune 500 companies, experiencing many different roles within this field: systems analyst, programmer, project leader, trainer, consultant and help desk support analyst. Dave completed his doctorate in information...
Shane Enete
- Associate Professor of Finance
Enete has worked as an investment research professional for over 10 years for large institutional asset managers. His duties included valuing public stock securities, modeling asset allocations for billion dollar pension plans and serving as a forensic accountant for a trillion dollar bond manager. His research interests include how new developments in Biblically Responsible Investing (BRI) alter investment practice, the theology of financial planning, and how to reconcile the...
Les Harman III
- Associate Professor of Marketing
Professor Harman’s teaching philosophy is to have students engage the local community and learn relational and marketing strategies through real world projects with local clients. For the last 15 years, Harman has run a small business IMG (Integrity Marketing Research Services) that specializes in conducting in-depth interviews, focus groups and comprehensive survey projects for non-profit organizations like Urban Strategies, Evangelical Credit Union, Ron Blue and many more. Harman is on the...
Randy Markley
- Associate Professor of Accounting and Finance
Markley is an associate professor of accounting and finance at the Crowell School of Business. With a career in business spanning three decades, Markley has held several executive positions overseeing the financial, operational and business development for both public and private corporations. Markley received a B.A. in Business and an MBA from the University of La Verne. He also earned an MPA from the University of Southern California and in 2019, Markley graduated with his doctorate...
Jeff McHugh
- MBA & MALI Chair
- Associate Professor
Jeff McHugh’s business experience includes 35 years at Beckman Coulter, a Fortune 500 medical device manufacturer, human resources, manufacturing, finance, marketing, sales and general management. Over the final 15 years of his career at Beckman, McHugh was the Vice President West Zone Commercial Operations, Vice President National Accounts, Vice President Americas Commercial Operations and Vice President Chemistry-Automation Division. One of his major achievements at Beckman was the...
Laureen Mgrdichian
- Associate Professor of Marketing
- Interim Undergraduate Program Chair
Laureen Mgrdichian, MBA, is the chair of the Crowell School of Business undergraduate program at Biola University. Mgrdichian has been an associate professor at Biola since 2012 and teaches in the areas of marketing, consumer behavior, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Her current PhD work is researching the faith development of alumni from evangelical Christian universities. She cares deeply about the continued faith development of her students once they leave Biola.
Prior to joining Biola,...
Helen Mitchell
- Associate Professor of Leadership, Ethics and Strategy
- Director, Talbot Center for Faith, Work and Economics
Helen M. Mitchell is a strategist, leadership coach, author, and professor who empowers business leaders, pastors, and marketplace employees to align purpose with performance. She integrates decades of executive experience, pastoral ministry, and academic scholarship to catalyze organizational transformation and personal calling.
Beginning her career with AT&T and becoming an Area Vice President at Lucent Technologies by age 30, Helen went on to serve as a licensed minister at Saddleback...
Brandon Ware
- Associate Professor, Business
Brandon Odell Ware’s interests lie primarily in the areas of business analytics and economics. His research is not only focused on food deserts, but on the consumers purchasing behavior. Before coming to Biola University, Ware served as an Adjunct Professor of Economics for the Lacy School of Business at Butler University and the DeVoe School of Business at Indiana Wesleyan University. He taught graduate business classes and undergraduate courses in economics, finance, statistics and...
Silvia Mah
- Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Director of the Office of Innovation
Dr. Silvia Mah serves as Director of Innovation at Biola University and associate professor at the Crowell School of Business. Passionate about fostering redemptive entrepreneurship, she empowers students to pursue innovative ventures that expand God’s kingdom.
Her research focuses on servant leadership in startups, impact investing, innovation, and the success of women entrepreneurs. A champion of underestimated founders, Dr. Mah has invested in more than 200 early-stage companies—ranging...
Staff
Michael Arena
- Dean, School of Business
Michael Arena, Ph.D., is the dean of the Crowell School of Business at Biola University. He is also the chief science officer and co-founder of the Connected Commons, a research consortium that brings together business and academic thought leaders to develop and apply organizational network solutions. Arena also continues to teach in Penn’s Masters in Organizational Dynamics program. Prior to joining Biola, he served as the vice president of talent and development at Amazon Web Services...
Anita Axe
- Manager of Strategic Initiatives
Anita leads a dedicated team of Torrey Honors College student admissions advisors and oversees the application process and "Torrientation" week for hundreds of candidates annually. Prior to managing admissions at Torrey Honors College, Anita served in management, marketing, advancement, and administrative roles at British Rail and in education and non-profit sectors. Anita's commitment to process and systems management excellence in Torrey Honors is complemented by her dedication to ensuring...
Amanda Oakes
- Assistant Dean of Administration
Hannah Drewry
- Coordinator, Crowell School of Business
Rachel Gatus
- Executive Assistant, CSB
Brooke Hales
- CSB Undergraduate Administrator
Brooke Lee
- Career Specialist: Crowell School of Business
- Director of Alumni Partnerships for Crowell School of Business
Stefan Jungmichel
- Assistant Director of AI Strategic Initiatives
Veronica Cruz-Schwerin
- Manager of Undergrad Academic Adv & Student Exp
Robert Curtis
- Director, MBA/MM Mentor Program
- Adjunct Faculty
Robert "Bob" Curtis retired from AT&T and Alcatel-Lucent. Over the course of his career, he held executive positions in various disciplines including strategic sales, network systems marketing and business unit management. He serves on the board of several foundations and corporations and is currently the COO of Hake Publishing, Inc. Bob has served his church for many years as an elder and as the president of the Board of Trustees. At Biola, Bob is the director of the MBA Mentor program and...
Sandy Olsson
- Director of Mentor Program
Beth Starr
- Director, Executive Education