DDM Faculty
Program Management Area
Assistant Chair
Robert Mortlock, Ph.D., COL(R), USA
Code GB, Ingersoll Hall, Room 314
(831) 656-2672
rfmortlo@nps.edu
Jeffrey Dunlap, Lecturer (2019), M.S., Naval Postgraduate School, 1992.
Keith Hirschman, COL, USA (Ret.), Professor of Practice (2022); M.S., Naval Postgraduate School, 1998.
Pace Howard, Professor of Practice (2018); M.S., Naval Postgraduate School, 1998.
Ray Jones, COL, USA (Ret.), Professor of Practice (2012); M.S., Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 2003.
Professor Emeriti:
David V. Lamm, Associate Professor of Acquisition and Contract Management (1978); D.B.A., George Washington University, 1976.
Keith F. Snider, Professor of Public Administration and Management (1993); Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1997.
Contract Management Area
Assistant Chair
Kelley Poree
Code GB, Ingersoll Hall, Room 206
(831) 656-3620
kelley.poree@nps.edu
Rene Rendon, Associate Professor of Acquisition Management (2004); D.B.A., Argosy University, 2003.
Brett Schwartz, Lecturer of Acquisition Management (2017); M.B.A., Naval Postgraduate School, 2005.
Jamie Porchia, LTC, USAF, Assistant Professor (2023); Ph.D., University of North Texas, 2023.
E. Cory Yoder, Senior Lecturer of Acquisition and Contracting (2004); M.S., Naval Postgraduate School, 1993.
Michael Schilling, CDR, USN, Lecturer of Acquisition Management (2021); M.B.A., Naval Postgraduate School, 2011.
Financial Management Academic Area
Assistant Chair
Ryan Sullivan, Ph.D.
Code GB, Ingersoll Hall, Room 316
(831)-656-2811
rssulliv@nps.edu
Laura Armey, Associate Professor of Finance (2023); Ph.D., University of Southern California, 2008.
Philip J. Candreva, CDR, USN (Ret.), Senior Lecturer in Financial Management (2002); J.D., Monterey College of Law, 2014.
Amilcar A. Menichini, Associate Professor of Finance (2011); Ph.D., University of Arizona.
Juanita M. Rendon, CPA, CFE, Lecturer of Accounting (2006); D.B.A., Argosy University, 2012.
Chong Wang, Associate Professor of Accounting (2007); Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1998.
Professor Emeritus:
Thomas L. Albright, Professor of Accounting (2012), PhD University of Tennessee 1990.
Manpower and Economics Academic Area
Assistant Chair
Latika Chaudhary (Hartmann), Ph.D.
Code GB, Ingersoll Hall, Room
(310)-804-1916
lhartmann@nps.edu
Tom Ahn, Assistant Professor of Economics (2018); Ph.D. Duke University, 2003.
Marigee Bacolod, Associate Professor of Economics (2014); Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2002.
Latika Chaudhary (Hartmann), Associate Professor of Economics (2014); Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2006.
Jesse Cunha, Associate Professor of Economics (2010); Ph.D., Stanford University, 2010.
Maxim Massenkoff, Assistant Professor of Economics (2020); Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 2020.
Chad Seagren, Senior Lecturer of Manpower and Economics (2003); Ph.D., George Mason University, 2010.
Simona L. Tick, Senior Lecturer of Manpower and Economics; (2011); Ph.D. University of Arizona, 2005.
Yu-Chu Shen, Professor of Economics (2004); Ph.D., Harvard University, 2001.
Professors Emeriti:
Mark J. Eitelberg, Professor of Public Policy (1982); Ph.D., New York University, 1979.
William R. Gates, Professor of Economics (1988); Ph.D., Yale University, 1984.
Stephen L. Mehay, Professor of Economics: PhD., University of California, Los Angeles.
Operations and Logistics Management Academic Area
Assistant Chair
Geraldo L. Ferrer, Ph.D.
Code GB, Ingersoll Hall, Room 321
(831)-656-3290
gferrer@nps.edu
Aruna U. Apte, Professor of Management Science (2004), Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, 1997.
Uday M. Apte, Distinguished Professor of Operations Management (2004); Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
Eddine Dahel, Senior Lecturer of Operations Management (2015) Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology, 1988
Geraldo L. Ferrer, Professor of Supply Chain Management (2004); Ph.D., INSEAD, 1997.
Bryan J. Hudgens, Senior Lecturer in Operations and Logistics Management (2005); M.S., Air Force Institute of Technology, 1997.
Eva Regnier, Professor Management Sciences (2001); Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001.
Ira Lewis, Associate Professor of Operations and Logistics (1998); Ph.D. Arizona State University, 1992.
Harrison Scramm, Senior Lecturer (2010); M.S., Naval Postgraduate School (2006)
Organizations and Management Academic Area
Assistant Chair
Edward H. Powley, Ph.D.
Code GB/Br, Ingersoll Hall, Room 209
(831)-656-2768, DSN 756-2768
ehpowley@nps.edu
Kathryn Aten, Associate Professor of Management (2010); Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2009.
Mie-Sophia Augier, Professor of Management (2011); Ph.D., Copenhagen Business School, 2003.
Patricia J. Cook, Visiting Assistant Professor of Ethics and Public Policy (2010), Ph.D., Emory University, 1992.
Nicholas Dew, Professor of Management (2003); Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2003.
Marco S. DiRenzo, Associate Professor of Management (2010) ; Ph.D., Drexel University, 2010.
Mitchell Friedman, Senior Lecturer (2016); Ed.D., University of San Francisco, 2011.
Deborah E. Gibbons, Associate Professor of Management (2004); Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1996.
Erik Helzer, Assistant Professor of Management (2019); Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2005.
Paul B. Lester, Associate professor of Management (2019); Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2006.
Edward H. Powley, Associate Professor of Management (2006); Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2005.
Professor Emeritus:
Frank J. Barrett, Professor of Organization and Management (1990); Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1989.