The programs and activities of the Batten Institute would not be possible without the support and leadership of its dedicated professionals.

Ashley Bickers
Special Projects Manager
American InterContinental University

Sean Carr
Director, Corporate Innovation Programs
B.A., Northwestern University; M.S., Columbia University; M.B.A., University of Virginia

Malgorzata "Gosia" Glinska
Senior Researcher
B.A., University of Gdansk, Poland; M.A., Boston University; M.F.A., University of Virginia

Amy L. Halliday
Managing Editor
A.B., Brown University; M.Phil., Oxford University

Andrew King
Research Associate
B.A., The University of the South; M.S., Oxford Brookes University

Michael Lenox
Associate Dean of Batten Programs
Executive Director, Batten Institute
Samuel L. Slover Research Professor of Business Administration
B.S., M.S., University of Virginia; Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Gayle Noble
Office Manager
Pan American Business School

Elizabeth O'Halloran
Managing Director and Director of Intellectual Capital
B.A., Haverford College; M.B.A., University of Virginia

Joyce Smaragdis
Associate Director of Outreach
B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Virginia Tech

Philippe Sommer
Director, Entrepreneurship Programs
Director, Darden Incubator
B.A., Amherst College; M.B.A., Columbia University

MJ Dougherty Toms
Assistant Director, Entrepreneurship Programs
B.A., Williams College; M.B.A., Yale University

Derry Wade
Communications Manager
A.B., Smith College; M.A., University of Virginia

Debbie White
Program Operations and Budget Coordinator
B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., George Washington University