Our Faculty

The Center for Leadership and Strategic Thinking at the University of Washington Foster School of Business brings together the school’s top scholars in strategic thinking and leadership. Take a moment to meet some of our key faculty. 

Bruce J. Avolio, Professor of Management and Executive Director of Center for Leadership and Strategic Thinking

After becoming one of the top scholars on transformational leadership, Bruce has spent the past seven years devising evidence-based models and methods to accelerate the development of authentic, ethical and transformational leadership. Most recently directing the University of Nebraska’s Global Leadership Institute, he has supported the launch and validation of development programs the world over, shaping leaders of schools, corporations, non-profits, governments, hospitals and military units. At Foster, Bruce will channel his expertise and entrepreneurial focus into creating the new Foster School Center for Leadership and Strategic Thinking.

Chris Bauman, Assistant Professor of Management

Pat Bettin, Adjunct Faculty

Gregory Bigley, Associate Professor of Management and Charlene M. and Arthur W. Buerk Faculty Fellow in Entrepreneurship

Xiao-ping Chen, Professor of Management

Christina Ting Fong, Assistant Professor and Evert McCabe Faculty Fellow

Morela Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Management





Michael Johnson, Assistant Professor of Management

Judith Kalitzki, Senior Lecturer and Director of MBA Leadership Development





Tom Lee, Hughes M. Blake Endowed Professor of Management and
Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs  




Terence Mitchell, Professor of Management and Edward E. Carlson Distinguished Professor in Business Administration

Scott Reynolds, Assistant Professor of Business Ethics and
Helen Moore Gerhardt Faculty Fellow

Sonali Shah, Assistant Professor of Management