Penn State Smeal College of Business has announced that Lou Gattis, clinical professor of finance, has been named the faculty director for the college. Gattis came to Smeal in 2004. Before his career at Smeal, he spent fifteen years in corporate finance and investment management where he worked for companies such as IBM and Freddie Mac. Gattis also served as an adjunct professor in finance and economics at George Mason University as well as professor of finance at the University of Maryland.
As faculty director at Smeal, Gattis will be accountable for various academic aspects of the MBA program, including the curriculum, concentrations and global immersions. In a Smeal press release, Gattis explained that the role of the faculty director is to “work closely with MBA students, staff, and faculty to advocate academic integrity, continuously improve the curriculum, and promote student academic achievement.” In addition to serving in his new position, Professor Gattis will continue to teach one course in financial modeling.
Professor Gattis is a Penn State University alumnus and graduate with a BS in Finance in 1988. He received his Ph.D and MA in Economics from George Mason University and an MBA degree in finance from George Washington University. Gattis’s expertise are in Risk Management, Financial Modeling, Global Finance. “I look forward to finding opportunities to improve an already distinguished MBA program to better serve students,” Gattis said in a press release.
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