Keith Ellison teaches Introduction to Management for WPWP. He is also the president of The Ellison Group, Inc., an executive coaching and management consulting firm, with an emphasis on skill development and cycle-time reduction.
Keith served as the Director of Consulting Services at the Wharton Small Business Development Center. In addition, he launched Next Step, a quarterly magazine about cultural diversity.
As a member of the Urban League of Philadelphia, Keith runs the Entrepreneurship Center (ULEC) leading a team of 13 consultants and subject-matter experts in removing the internal and external barriers small businesses face throughout the Philadelphia region. In addition, he facilitates a ten-month leadership development course for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Development Institute in Harrisburg, PA.
His corporate background includes positions at IBM, Proctor & Gamble and Manor Care, Inc. Keith earned an MBA from the Wharton School and a B.S. in electrical engineering and mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University.
Ann Fischer teaches Introduction to Management and Organizational Behavior. She has taught for the Wharton MBA and Executive MBA programs. Previously, she was on the Management faculty at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and at the University of North Carolina business school. She is co-author of the book Impact: A Guide to Business Communication (Prentice-Hall).
Ms. Fischer has consulted for organizations and coached executives from across industries: AT&T, Morgan Stanley, Massachusetts General Hospital, Morgan Lewis LLP, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, Unisys, and Merck.
Angela Francesco teaches Human Resource Management for WPWP. Her skills include management consulting, organizational change, employee relations, and mergers and downsizing.
From 1995–99, she served as vice president of human resources at MCP Hahnemann University, where she helped to manage a merger between two medical schools, including the design of a consolidated faculty benefits package and the introduction of a new sexual-harassment policy.
Ms. Francesco was previously vice president of human resources at a division of Sterling Drug Company in Collegeville, PA, where she designed and implemented an HR strategy to support a 1,500-person research and development operation in the U.S., U.K., and France. She has a JD from Temple University.
Stewart Friedman teaches Organizational Behavior/Organizational Psychology and is the founding and current director of the Wharton Work/Life Integration Project. He was the founding director of the Wharton Leadership Program from 1992–1999. He is a prominent speaker and writer on maintaining a balance between work and life.
Dr. Friedman, who has been affiliated with the Wharton School since 1984 was chosen by Working Mother magazine as one of America's 25 most influential men in improving the lives of working parents.
He has published three books and numerous articles on work/life integration, leadership, and the dynamics of change. His book, Work and Family — Allies or Enemies? (co-authored with Jeff Greenhaus), was cited by The Wall Street Journal as one of the year's best in its field. He earned a PhD from the University of Michigan in 1984.
Lawrence Gelburd teaches Formation and Implementation of Entrepreneurial Ventures for WPWP. He also teaches for Wharton’s Small Business Development Center and Leadership in the Business World program.
In addition, at the undergraduate and graduate level, Lawrence teaches Entrepreneurship at Wharton and Engineering Entrepreneurship in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
An accomplished record producer, Lawrence received his MBA from Wharton with a concentration in Marketing and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Brown University. He is an independent consultant, developing business plans and strategies for low and high tech start-ups. Lawrence is a regular contributor to MSNBC's show "Your Business".
Lawrence co-founded Pittsburgh-based American Auto-Matrix (AAM). While with AAM, Lawrence worked as an engineer, manager, product planner, and director of national and international accounts. He traveled extensively, selling products and training customers across the U.S., Great Britain, Singapore and Japan. He was a member of the ASHRAE special project committee which created ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 135-2001, BACnet -- A Data Communication Protocol for Building Automation and Control Networks, now approved as International Organization for Standardization ISO 16484-5 and European Committee for Standardization CEN 16484-5. AAM was sold in 1989.
Barry Grove teaches Corporate Finance and Financial Accounting for WPWP. He also teaches Entrepreneurial Management in the Wharton undergraduate division and Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Management in The Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Program. Barry has also taught courses in statistics, finance, accounting, and management/entrepreneurship. He has worked as a tax attorney and consultant with the firm of Arthur Andersen and he founded a company specializing in academic consulting for university students, providing services to undergraduate and graduate student.
Barry graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School, holding a Bachelor of Science in Economics, with a concentration in Finance. In addition, he graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and completed a year of graduate study in (mathematical) economics through the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.
Anne Pauker Kreitzberg teaches Human Resource Management and Business Policy and is a leadership, organization, and team effectiveness advisor to private and public companies, nonprofits, and government agencies, including Neuberger Berman, Crunch, The Port Authorities of New York and New Jersey, and Catalyst.
The firm she leads, Cognetics Corporation, is a consulting and product company, which uniquely leverages world-class expertise in software and web usability with innovative human resource strategies.
Anne was the Director of Affirmative Action Compliance for New York State Agencies working out of the State Division of Human Rights. She was a senior human resource executive with Continental Insurance, where she pioneered the use of actors in corporate training, wrote and produced the successful video series The Power of Diversity. Under her direction, Continental received national recognition for its early work-life, workplace flexibility, and innovative HR work. Anne is a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton and received her MBA from the New York Institute of Technology.
Frank LaMay teaches Corporate Finance for WPWP. He has taught finance, economics and investment management at Wharton since 1981.
In addition to teaching, Frank has had extensive practical experience in the field of finance, including leadership of the corporate planning and analysis function for CIGNA, a Philadelphia-based Fortune 200 company. He also has experience in financial management of not-for-profit organizations and investment management oversight.
Frank earned his AB magna cum laude from Princeton University and has an MBA with distinction from the Wharton School. He received awards for his outstanding teaching in the Wharton Evening School in 1998 and in 2002.
Bill Lenney teaches Financial Accounting and Corporate Finance for WPWP. He is a Specialist in the Regulatory Applications area of the Supervision, Regulation and Credit (SRC) department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. He performs research on bank mergers and acquisitions and analyzes bank and bank holding company regulatory applications. Mr. Lenney joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia in April 1997 and held a number of positions in the Audit Department prior to transferring to SRC in June 2005.
Mr. Lenney has a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the Pennsylvania State University and a Masters in Business Administration from Wilkes University. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), and a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).
Michael London teaches Introduction to Management. Dr. London has also taught Principals of Management, Organizational Behavior and Leadership. He has been teaching since 1993 and has taught at the undergraduate and MBA level. He was recognized twice for his outstanding teaching by the Wharton Evening School.
Dr. London also coaches top executives, helping them reach their creative potential as corporate leaders and achieving their personal goals. His own oral presentation skills have been refined by years as a folk singer and entertainer.
He has a PhD in organizational behavior from Case Western Reserve University.
Bill McLaughlin has been teaching since 1994 and currently teaches Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting in WPWP.
McLaughlin, a certified public accountant, serves as director of business development for a professional services firm where he is responsible for the technology and capital markets practices of the firm. He previously worked in accounting, consulting, and marketing for PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte & Touche and has also developed and taught a variety of accounting and marketing programs for executives.
Bill is a graduate of Georgetown University and is a member of the American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants.
Stephen Mullin teaches Monetary Economics for WPWP and has taught various public finance, macroeconomics and urban economics courses at the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Center of Government, City and Regional Planning. He is a Principal with the Philadelphia economic consulting firm, Econsult Corporation. Mr. Mullin is an economist with nearly two decades of experience at the highest levels of government and economic development policy-making in Philadelphia and St. Louis. He has served on numerous boards and commissions and as City Representative and Director of Commerce, under former Mayor Ed Rendell. He currently is Chairman of Optimum Funds Trust mutual funds, and serves as a Director of the Philadelphia Board of Trade. Mr. Mullin graduated magna cum laude in Economics from Harvard and holds an M.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Stephen Oliver teaches Strategic Implementation and Human Resource Management. His expertise includes leadership development, customer service, and facilitation and training.
During a human resources career spanning nearly 20 years, he has recently been manager of learning and organizational development at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a human resources consultant at Tenet Healthcare Corporation. He holds an MA in Human Resources Development from Marymount University in Arlington, VA, and has certifications in conflict resolution, project management, leadership essentials, and related disciplines.
As a consultant, he provides human resources training and organizational development services to healthcare groups, including Hahnemann University Hospital and the Medical College of Pennsylvania. His consultancy group, Stephen W. Oliver & Associates, helps organizations improve communications and productivity through leadership development and employee training.
Peggy de Prophetis teaches Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting for WPWP. She served for three years as a Strategic Planning Officer and Executive Assistant to the Deputy Provost. She served as the CPA advisor and faculty advisor to both Beta Alpha Psi and the Accounting Society. She has taught accounting continuously since 1983.
Dr. de Prophetis also teaches managerial accounting at Sasin, the graduate business school of Chulalongkorn University, in both the MBA and Masters of Management Programs, in Bangkok, Thailand. Her interests include accounting education, business ethics, and accounting literature. She is a prize-winning, published poet of accounting. She earned her MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Dr. Tayyeb Shabbir teaches Corporate Finance and is also consultant to international financial and development organizations.
His areas of expertise include corporate finance, emerging capital markets, globalization, and economic development. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program, and the Asian Development Bank. He is president of Econometrix International, a business and financial consulting firm.
Previously he was a faculty member in the doctoral program at Pennsylvania State University and Chief of Research at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics in Islamabad.
Norman Sigmond teaches Financial and Managerial Accounting for WPWP. Sigmond is a former auditor at Ernst and Young, and he has been a quality review consultant to regional CPA firms.
Norman earned his MBA from La Salle University and an MS in Taxation from Temple University. He is a CPA and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Kenneth Thomas teaches the finance course, Monetary Economics for WPWP. Dr. Thomas is also a consultant to the banking industry on community reinvestment, fair lending, and related regulatory issues.
Dr. Thomas received The Wharton Evening School's Director's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2001 and 2004. He has written two books and several papers on the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977. Because of his expertise in finance, he has been an adviser to federal bank regulators and testified before Congress several times on bank regulation and public policy issues.
He holds a PhD in Finance from The Wharton School and is regularly quoted in financial publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and The Economist, and has made numerous presentations to groups such as the American Bankers Association.
Keith Weigelt co-teaches Business Policy for WPWP and is the Marks-Darivoff Family Professor at Wharton. He is the course head of the MBA Management 653 – Field Application Project. Keith is a game theorist and his teaching focuses on the theory's relevance to the business world. He is the recipient of the Wharton School Excellence in Teaching Awards for both his negotiation and strategy classes.
Keith has worked with a wide range of organizations in developing strategies including, IBM, GM, Boeing, Verizon, Ethicon, The Gap, ESPN, Hartford Life, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the UN. He also counsels upper level managers as a strategy advisor. He is an expert in the growing micro-credit market working on projects in both the retail and wholesale markets for organizations such as FINCA and Women's World Banking.
Professor Weigelt has published numerous articles in management and economics journals. He is the co-author of Managerial Economics (sixth edition). His articles have also appeared in several books and the popular press. Professor Weigelt is presently finishing a book on "making strategy".
Marcia V. Wilkof, teaches Introduction to Management for WPWP and is a guest lecturer in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Her research on high technology companies and women-friendly organizations has been published in academic journals and presented at various conferences.
Dr. Wilkof is the founder of mvwGroup, a consulting firm that helps organizations in both the public and private sectors solve complex problems that most often manifest as group performance issues related to strategy, structure, processes and people. She has consulted to major corporations including Intel, Lockheed Martin, Cisco Systems, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, the State of Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia.
Dr. Wilkof earned her Ph.D. from The Wharton School. She is listed in Who's Who of American Women.
Michael London teaches Introduction to Management. Dr. London has also taught Principals of Management, Organizational Behavior and Leadership. He has been teaching since 1993 and has taught at the undergraduate and MBA level. He was recognized twice for his outstanding teaching by the Wharton Evening School.
Bill McLaughlin has been teaching since 1994 and currently teaches Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting in WPWP.
Stephen Mullin teaches Monetary Economics for WPWP and has taught various public finance, macroeconomics and urban economics courses at the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Center of Government, City and Regional Planning. He is a Principal with the Philadelphia economic consulting firm, Econsult Corporation. Mr. Mullin is an economist with nearly two decades of experience at the highest levels of government and economic development policy-making in Philadelphia and St. Louis. He has served on numerous boards and commissions and as City Representative and Director of Commerce, under former Mayor Ed Rendell. He currently is Chairman of Optimum Funds Trust mutual funds, and serves as a Director of the Philadelphia Board of Trade. Mr. Mullin graduated magna cum laude in Economics from Harvard and holds an M.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Kenneth Thomas teaches the finance course, Monetary Economics for WPWP. Dr. Thomas is also a consultant to the banking industry on community reinvestment, fair lending, and related regulatory issues.
Keith Weigelt co-teaches Business Policy for WPWP and is the Marks-Darivoff Family Professor at Wharton. He is the course head of the MBA Management 653 – Field Application Project. Keith is a game theorist and his teaching focuses on the theory's relevance to the business world. He is the recipient of the Wharton School Excellence in Teaching Awards for both his negotiation and strategy classes.
Marcia V. Wilkof, teaches Introduction to Management for WPWP and is a guest lecturer in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Her research on high technology companies and women-friendly organizations has been published in academic journals and presented at various conferences.