Chris Bauman
Associate Professor of Organization and Management
PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago

Chris Bauman’s research addresses how people make sense of and respond to their social environment, including the individuals, groups, and organizations with whom they interact. One line of his research focuses on how individuals determine issues of ethics and fairness. This work includes studies of individual decision making, group diversity, and corporate social responsibility. Another line of his research examines information processing in negotiation and its implications for tactics that can increase individual or mutual gains.

Maritza Salazar Campo
Assistant Professor of Organization and Management
PhD, New York University

Maritza Salazar Campo’s research focuses on learning and innovation in teams and organizations. As a holder of a PhD in management from the NYU Stern School of Business, her research yields insights that enhance the competitiveness of firms, the effectiveness of teams, and the quality of work experience for individuals. Through detailed field studies, survey research, and rigorous experimental methods she explores several research questions including:

• What are the underlying practices and processes that promote collaboration in teams comprised of members from different cultural and disciplinary backgrounds?
• How can leadership, team composition, and training enable science teams to integrate diverse knowledge, methods, and approaches to solve complex problems?

Maia Young
Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs
PhD, Stanford University

Maia Young earned her PhD from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and taught at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management for 13 years before joining The Paul Merage School of Business in 2017.

Her research examines the psychology of individual decision making in the workplace, particularly the way that decisions can be affected by emotions. Prof. Young teaches topics including leadership, influence, team management, conflict management, and negotiations. She strives to make organizations a place where leaders and employees thrive and where each can be their best self.

Janet Ioli
Leadership & Change Expert
Executive Coach, Writer and Speaker

Janet Ioli has been helping people and organizations make changes and maximize their impact for over 25 years. As a former leader inside Fortune 200 companies such as Cigna, Gannett, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, she understands first-hand the complexities and realities leaders face leading their organizations.

Ioli has master’s degrees in public administration and business, an undergraduate degree in business, and has extensively studied human development and adult learning at the doctoral academic level. She is certified as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) by the International Coach Federation and has an Advanced Executive Coaching Certificate. She is an author and a contributor to Forbes and to Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global.

Katerina Hencova
Certified Financial Planner
Continuum Consulting Group

Katerina Hencova is a certified financial planner who specializes in serving women and their unique needs. She is passionate about empowerment through knowledge and guides individuals and families in building comprehensive financial plans and developing customized strategies to achieve their financial liberation. Hencova is enthusiastic about teaching her seminar Plan Like a Woman, created to inform the female demographic on overcoming various hurdles of the gender wage disparity, living longer than men, lower social security benefits, and going through major changes they may face throughout life.

Prior to joining Continuum Consulting Group, Hencova spent nine years as an investment Advisor Representative with Signator Investors, Inc. under John Hancock Financial Network. She has gained vast experience in retirement planning, personal risk management, employee benefits and tax planning. As a philanthropist, she is committed to volunteering and community service by acting in different leadership roles with non-profit organizations focusing on improving other people’s lives and building a strong healthy community.