
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)
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
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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Director of Executive Degree Programs, BI Norwegian Business School