Leaders

The EMBAC Board of Trustees sets council goals and charts the strategies for council initiatives. The membership elects candidates for open trustee positions each year. The board includes 11 academic voting members and a corporate member representative as an ex-officio. Each board member assumes a role during the term, such as leading communications, research, conference, and professional development or serving as treasurer.

The EMBAC Nomination Committee uses following guidelines to select candidates for election based on their nominee applications.

- Trustee Nomination Guidelines (PDF)

2024-2025 Board of Trustees

Jaclyn Conner (Chair)
Associate Dean, Executive MBA & Evening MBA
Emory University
jaclyn.conner@emory.edu
TERM EXPIRES: OCTOBER 2026

Jennifer Wiess (Past Chair)
Assistant Dean, Executive MBA and Lifelong Learning
Villanova University
jennifer.wiess@villanova.edu
TERM EXPIRES: OCTOBER 2025

Séan Corbishley
Managing Director, Graduate Programs Strategy & Student Experience
University of Toronto
Sean.Corbishley@rotman.utoronto.ca
TERM EXPIRES: OCTOBER 2027

Barbara Craft
Director of Admissions
University of Pennsylvania
craft@wharton.upenn.edu
TERM EXPIRES: OCTOBER 2025

Sissel Hammerstrøm
Director, Executive Degree Programs
BI Norwegian Business School
sissel.t.hammerstrom@bi.no
TERM EXPIRES: OCTOBER 2027

Sara Lynn Ianni
Executive Director, EMBA Programs
Cornell University - Cornell Tech Campus
si257@cornell.edu
TERM EXPIRES: OCTOBER 2027

Nina Landauer
Director, Degree Programs
Mannheim Business School gGmbH
landauer@mannheim-business-school.com
TERM EXPIRES: OCTOBER 2027

Hayley Pearson
Executive Director: Academic Education
Gordon Institute of Business Science
pearsonh@gibs.co.za
TERM EXPIRES: OCTOBER 2025

Joseph Stephens
Senior Assistant Dean & Director
University of Texas at Austin
Joe.Stephens@mccombs.utexas.edu
TERM EXPIRES: OCTOBER 2025

Nicole Tee
Director, MBA Programs
National University of Singapore
nicole.tee@nus.edu.sg
TERM EXPIRES: OCTOBER 2027

Wendy Tsung
Assistant Dean, MBA for Executives Program
Yale University
wendy.tsung@yale.edu
TERM EXPIRES: OCTOBER 2025

Ex Officio
Gretta Kosanovich
Sr. Sales Manager, Amazon Books
Amazon
grettak@amazon.com
TERM EXPIRES: OCTOBER 2025

Featured board member profile: Sissel Hammerstrøm

With an interest in language and China, Sissel Hammerstrøm decided to join a small cohort – some 15 students in Norway – to study Chinese as an undergraduate at the University of Olso, the only Norwegian university that offered it at the time.

Her studies took her to Chongqing, China, the most densely populated area in the world. “I spent one year there as the only person from Nordic Europe, which you would call an international immersion experience,” says Hammerstrøm, currently director of executive degree programs at BI Norwegian Business School and EMBAC board member.

Hammerstrøm bonded well with her fellow students. “It became a nice community,” she says. “We were friends, and we have kept the network ever since. It was a wonderful experience.”

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The [BI Norwegian EMBA] program gave me much inspiration and motivation to develop and continue improving products.”
SISSEL HAMMERSTRØM
Director of Executive Degree Programs, BI Norwegian Business School