Leadership

Dr. Katie Conway is Vice Dean of Administration and Chief Operating Officer, with financial and administrative oversight of the School.

Katie works closely with the Dean on executive-level large-scale projects supporting School initiatives, including our move to Manhattanville and capital campaigns. She manages the Financial Planning, Operations, Human Resources, and ITG departments, and serves as a key School liaison to University partners.

Erin Dodd is the Vice Dean for Development and Alumni Relations, leading a team of professionals in major gifts, individual giving, alumni relations, and advancement services. 

Prior to joining CBS, Erin served as the Executive Director of Alumni Relations and Development for Cornell in the Northeast Corridor, Managing Director for Development and Campaigns at NYU, and Executive Director for the Annual Fund at NYU.  She began her career in fundraising at the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.     

Jesse Gale is Chief of Staff in the Office of the Dean, where she supports the goals and priorities set by the Dean.

Prior to joining CBS, Jesse served as Chief Communications Officer at Bryn Mawr College, Associate Dean for Communications and External Relations at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, and as a director at Columbia’s Office of Alumni and Development. She has extensive experience in communications, constituency engagement, and higher education.

Adam Galinsky is the Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Paul Calello Professor of Leadership and Ethics and at the Columbia Business School.

Professor Galinsky has published more than 200 scientific articles, chapters, and teaching cases in the fields of management and social psychology. His research and teaching focus on leadership, negotiations, diversity, decision-making, and ethics.

Amy Jaick is the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Columbia Business School. She works across functions and channels to create integrated programs that bring CBS’s mission, vision, and values to life. Prior to joining CBS, Amy built and led the first-ever corporate digital marketing and communications team at ViacomCBS and helped launch Goodman Media’s digital business. Amy has also held the role of Director of Digital Marketing at Estimize, where she implemented acquisition, engagement, and retention campaigns across mediums.

Professor Netzer's expertise centers on one of the major business challenges of the data-rich environment: developing quantitative methods that leverage data to gain a deeper understanding of customer behavior and guide firms' decisions. He focuses primarily on building statistical and econometric models to measure consumer preferences and understand how customer choices change over time, and across contexts. Most notably, he has developed a framework for managing firms' customer bases through dynamic segmentation.

Jonah E. Rockoff is a Professor of Business at the Columbia Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Rockoff's interests center on the finance and management of public schools. His most recent research focuses on systems for hiring new teachers, the effects of No Child Left Behind on students and schools, the impact of removing school desegregation orders, and how primary school teachers affect students' outcomes in early adulthood. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and a B.A.

Pierre Yared is the MUTB Professor of International Business, Senior Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, and Vice Dean for Executive Education at Columbia Business School.  His research, which has been published in leading academic journals, focuses on macroeconomic policy and political economy. He is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and an associate editor of the American Economic Review.  Yared teaches Global Economic Environment, a Core MBA course in macroeconomics for which he received the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence.