{"id":766,"date":"2018-05-02T13:40:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T17:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/business-school\/about\/faculty-and-staff\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T15:31:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T19:31:24","slug":"faculty-and-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/business-school\/about\/faculty-and-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1603\" height=\"1603\" style=\"object-position: 48.265% 40.165%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Uddin1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Uddin1.jpg 1603w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Uddin1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Uddin1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Uddin1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Uddin1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Uddin1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1603px) 100vw, 1603px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/nancy-uddin\/\">Nancy Uddin, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Interim Dean of the Leon Hess Business School;<br> Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Accounting<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Samuel E. and Mollie Bey Hall, 212<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 263-5537\">732-263-5537<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:nuddin@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Nancy'>nuddin@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" style=\"object-position: 49.21% 42.22%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2016\/02\/jkmerkle.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2016\/02\/jkmerkle.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2016\/02\/jkmerkle-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2016\/02\/jkmerkle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2016\/02\/jkmerkle-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/janeth-merkle\/\">Janeth Merkle, DBA<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Assistant Dean for Student Engagement<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Leon Hess Business School<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Samuel E. and Mollie Bey Hall, 213<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 571-3483\">732-571-3483<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:jmerkle@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Janeth'>jmerkle@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/shartman\/\">Sharon Hartmann<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Assistant to the Dean<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Leon Hess Business School<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Samuel E. and Mollie Bey Hall, 210<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:732-571-3423\">732-571-3423<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:shartman@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Sharon'>shartman@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Directors<\/h2><div class=\"wp-block-mu-people alignfull is-style-2022 \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-mu-person card wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-vertical person-40802268909 is-style-2022  has-photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"1534\" style=\"object-position: 49.835% 27.165%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2024\/03\/Alison-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2024\/03\/Alison-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2024\/03\/Alison-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2024\/03\/Alison-2-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2024\/03\/Alison-2-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2024\/03\/Alison-2-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"tile-title name\">Alison Gilbert<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <p class=\"title\">Director, Center for Entrepreneurship<\/p>   <p class=\"email\"><span class=\"label\">Email: <\/span><span class=\"value\">agilbert@monmouth.edu<\/span><\/p> <p class=\"phone\"><span class=\"label\">Phone: <\/span><span class=\"value\">732-263-5360<\/span><\/p>   \n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-mu-person card wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-vertical person-40802216378 is-style-2022  has-photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"560\" height=\"559\" style=\"object-position: 47.735% 51.765%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/08\/JonathanDaigle.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Jonathan A. Daigle, Ph.D., MBA\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/08\/JonathanDaigle.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/08\/JonathanDaigle-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/08\/JonathanDaigle-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"tile-title name\">Jonathan A. Daigle, Ph.D., MBA<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <p class=\"title\">Associate Professor<\/p>   <p class=\"email\"><span class=\"label\">Email: <\/span><span class=\"value\">jdaigle@monmouth.edu<\/span><\/p> <p class=\"phone\"><span class=\"label\">Phone: <\/span><span class=\"value\">732-263-5616<\/span><\/p>   \n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Department Chairs<\/h2><div class=\"wp-block-mu-people alignfull is-style-2022 \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-mu-person card wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-vertical person-40802205424 is-style-2022  has-photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"224\" height=\"333\" style=\"object-position: 52.38% 37.24%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/10\/McManus.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Headshot of Joseph J. McManus\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/10\/McManus.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/10\/McManus-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/10\/McManus-200x297.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"tile-title name\">Joseph McManus, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <p class=\"title\">Associate Professor;<br>Chair<\/p>   <p class=\"email\"><span class=\"label\">Email: <\/span><span class=\"value\">jmcmanus@monmouth.edu<\/span><\/p> <p class=\"phone\"><span class=\"label\">Phone: <\/span><span class=\"value\">732-923-4643<\/span><\/p>   \n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-mu-person card wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-vertical person-40802195974 is-style-2022  has-photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"210\" height=\"224\" style=\"object-position: 53.735% 42.635%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/Dr.min-hua-lu-updated-photo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Min Hua H. Lu, DBA.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/Dr.min-hua-lu-updated-photo.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/Dr.min-hua-lu-updated-photo-141x150.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"tile-title name\">Min Hua Lu, DBA.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <p class=\"title\">Department Chair;<br>Associate Professor<\/p>   <p class=\"email\"><span class=\"label\">Email: <\/span><span class=\"value\">mlu@monmouth.edu<\/span><\/p> <p class=\"phone\"><span class=\"label\">Phone: <\/span><span class=\"value\">732-571-3650<\/span><\/p>   \n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-mu-person card wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-vertical person-40802195924 is-style-2022  has-photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1304\" height=\"1452\" style=\"object-position: 45.08% 42.39%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/reyes.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/reyes.jpg 1304w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/reyes-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/reyes-920x1024.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/reyes-768x855.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1304px) 100vw, 1304px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"tile-title name\">Benedicte Reyes, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <p class=\"title\">Chair;<br>Associate Professor<\/p>   <p class=\"email\"><span class=\"label\">Email: <\/span><span class=\"value\">breyes@monmouth.edu<\/span><\/p> <p class=\"phone\"><span class=\"label\">Phone: <\/span><span class=\"value\">732-571-3432<\/span><\/p>   \n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-mu-person card wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-vertical person-32212258480 is-style-2022  has-photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"980\" height=\"980\" style=\"object-position: 49% 36.105%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/10\/GildaAgacer.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Gilda M. Agacer, Ph.D.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/10\/GildaAgacer.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/10\/GildaAgacer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/10\/GildaAgacer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/10\/GildaAgacer-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/10\/GildaAgacer-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/10\/GildaAgacer-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/10\/GildaAgacer-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/10\/GildaAgacer-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/10\/GildaAgacer-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/10\/GildaAgacer-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"tile-title name\">Gilda M. 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