Committees & Teams Overview

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How the Executive Committee is structured

The Organizational Behavior Division is a community of more than 6,000 scholars, teachers, practitioners, and graduate students from over 60 countries. Its work is led by an Executive Committee organized into three groups of roles: an elected chair track, elected representatives-at-large, and appointed members who keep the Division running year-round.

This page explains what each group does and how the roles fit together. The people currently filling them are shown alongside each role, but the structure comes first — cohorts rotate every year, while the responsibilities stay the same.

Meet the committee members →

The chair track — a five-year progression

Officers elected to the chair track serve a single five-year term and advance one role each year, moving left to right through the sequence below. Because a new officer enters the track every year, five cohorts overlap at all times — this staggered design carries leadership knowledge from one year to the next.

Year 1

Program chair-elect

Handles symposia submissions and oversees the Division's field awards.

Jennifer D. Nahrgang

University of Iowa

Year 2

Program chair

Develops and coordinates the OB program for the annual meeting.

Marie Mitchell

University of North Carolina

Year 3

Division chair-elect

Supports the Chair and leads strategic initiatives for the Division.

Keith Leavitt

Oregon State University

Year 4 · leads

Division chair

Leads the Division's programming, governance, and member engagement.

Gilad Chen

University of Maryland

Year 5

Past division chair

Advises the committee and chairs the Lifetime Achievement and Cummings Scholar award committees.

Bradley L. Kirkman

North Carolina State University

Year 1 → Year 2 → Year 3 → Year 4 → Year 5 · one step per year

Representatives-at-large — year-round programming

Representatives-at-large are elected by the membership to staggered terms, with a new cohort joining each year to preserve continuity. They design and run the Division's year-round programming: professional development workshops and consortia, faculty and doctoral programming, microcommunities, the reviewing initiative, international partnerships, and the social events that bring members together at the annual meeting. Several also chair a standing portfolio, shown on each card below.

Faculty programming & chair of international partnerships

Jia (Jasmine) Hu

Tsinghua University

Microcommunities & chair of volunteers

Fadel Matta

University of Georgia

Doctoral programming & chair of reviewing initiative

Shannon Taylor

University of Central Florida

Faculty programming

Marjo-Riitta (Maikki) Diehl

Aalto University

Faculty programming

Talya Bauer

Portland State University

Microcommunities

Kira Schabram

Pennsylvania State University

Microcommunities

Christopher Myers

Johns Hopkins University

Doctoral programming

Andreas Richter

University of Cambridge

Doctoral programming

Amy Bartels

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Appointed positions

The Executive Committee also appoints non-elected members who keep the Division running between meetings and across leadership transitions. These roles cover operations and records, finances, event logistics, program development, communications & technology, and the work of the Making Connections and Global Committees.

Operations, finance, and events

The Chief Operating Officer coordinates officers and volunteers and maintains the Division's records and minutes. The Treasurer manages the budget, finances, and institutional knowledge. The Event Planner handles audio-visual, room, and catering needs for OB events at the annual meeting.

Chief operating officer

Beth Campbell

University of Minnesota

Treasurer

David Wagner

University of Oregon

Event planner

Laura Erskine

University of California, Los Angeles

Program development

The program development team schedules and builds the annual-meeting program in AOM's Program Developer tool, supporting the Program Chair and Program Chair-Elect. A Director leads the work, with Specialists handling sessions, symposia, and social events.

Program developer director

Eean R. Crawford

University of Iowa

Program developer specialist

Mel Fugate

Mississippi State University

Program developer specialist

Lance Frazier

Creighton University

Program developer specialist

Mikhail A. Wolfson

University of Kentucky

Communications & Technology

The Communications Officers manage the Division's communications and digital presence — the Connect@AOM community, social media, and member updates from the Executive Committee.

Communications officer

Michael D. Johnson

University of Washington

Communications officer

Huan (Harry) Wang

Siena University

Making Connections Committee

The Making Connections Committee fosters connection, mentorship, and networking across the membership, with a chair and two co-chairs leading its programming.

Committee chair

Anna Lennard

Indiana University

Committee co-chair

Nitya Chawla

University College London

Committee co-chair

Lauren Locklear

Texas Tech University

Global Committee

The Global Committee welcomes and supports international members and ensures the Division's offerings reflect its increasingly global character, led by a chair and two co-chairs.