UNICON Emeritus Status
The UNICON board recognizes outstanding personal and professional contributions to the organization by awarding Emeritus status.
Listed below are those having been granted Emeritus status since 1972; they truly have made UNICON the success it is today.
Gabriel Aramouni, Fundação Dom Cabral
(2013 – 2019)
Karen Arden, USC
(1992 – 1997, chair, 1997)
Carlos Arruda, Fundação Dom Cabral
(2005 – 2011, chair 2010)
Ken Bardach, Fundação Dom Cabral
(1996 – 2002)
Devin Bigoness, Cornell University
(2018-2023)
Melanie Weaver Barnett, University of Michigan
(2007 – 2013, chair 2013)
Kelly Bean, University of California, Los Angeles
(2010 – 2016, chair 2014-2015)
Ron Bendersky, University of Chicago
(1998 – 2004, chair 2004)
Gale H. Bitter, Stanford University
(2004 – 2009)
Luca Borroni-Biancastelli, Insper Institute of Education
and Research (2010-2015)
Clark Callahan, Harvard School of Business
(2011-2016, chair 2015-2016)
Pat Cataldo, University of North Carolina
(2005 – 2011, chair 2011)
Lou Centini, University of Virginia
(1997 – 2005, chair 2002)
Chantal Delys, University of Texas, Austin
(2009-2014)
Marie Eiter, Dartmouth College
(1994 – 2000)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Elena Escagedo, IE Business School
(2012 – 2018)
Robert Fair, University of Virginia
(1972 – Founding Fellow, First chair 1988-1991)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Markus Frank, University of St. Gallen
(2016-2021, chair 2021-22)
Bob Gardner, SMU
(1997 – 2003, chair 2003)
Dr. William Haeberle, Indiana University
(1972 – Founding Fellow)
Lise Hammergren, BI Norwegian Business School
(2016-2021, chair 2020-2021)
Nancy Hartigan, Northwestern University
(1990 – 1994, chair 1994)
Richard Headley, Babson College
(1991 – 1996, chair 1996)
Peter Hirst, MIT Sloan School of Management
(2012-2018, chair, 2018-2019)
Michael Hostetler, Cornell University
(1995 – 2001)
Erica Kantor, Northwestern University
(2005 – 2010)
Dr. C. L. Kendall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(1988 – 1994)
Don Kuhn, UNICON Executive Director
(1994-2006)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Steve Lacivita, University of Chicago
(2000 – 2006, chair 2005)
Frank Lloyd, SMU – Southern Methodist University
(2001 – 2007)
Mike Malefakis, Columbia University
(2006 – 2012, chair 2009)
Thomas McNichols, Northwestern University
(1972 – Founding Fellow)
Peter Methot, Rutgers University
(2017-2023, chair 2022-23)
Frank Morgan, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(1994 – 2000, chair 1999)
Larry Murphy, University of Virginia
(2016-2021)
Tina Narron, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(2012-2018, chair, 2017-2018)
John Peterson, Claremont College
(1972 – Founding Fellow)
Michael Pitfield, Henley Business School
(1994 – 2000, chair 1998)
Jim Pulcrano, IMD – International Institute For Management Development
(1995 – 2001, chair 2000)
Mónica Sacristán, ITAM
(2002 – 2008, chair 2008)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Bill Scheurer, University of Minnesota
(1996 – 2002, chair 2001)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Leon Selig, INSEAD
(1990 – 1996)
Marco Serrato, The University of Chicago
(2016-2021, chair 2019-2020)
Cathy Shea, Babson College
(2011-2017, chair 2016-2017)
Bill Shedden, Cranfield School of Management
(2007 – 2013, chair 2012)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Hoke Simpson, Columbia University
(1988 – 1992)
Jaki Sitterle, New York University
(2005-2010)
Mike Stanford, IMD – International Institute For Management Development
(2008 – 2012)
Bob Stilliard, Ashridge Business School
(2001 – 2007, chair 2007)
Dr. L. Joseph Thomas, Cornell University
(1989 – 1995, chair 1993)
Peter Topping, Emory University
(2001 – 2007)
Gini Tucker, Pennsylvania State University
(1996 – 2002)
Kathy Venne, Harvard Business School
(2000 – 2006, chair 2006)
Dr. Albert Vicere, Pennsylvania State University
(1990 – 1996, chair 1995)
Ray Watson, Duke University
(1972, Founding Fellow)
Rochelle Weichman, MIT Sloan School of Management
(2009-2014, chair 2014)
Alan White, MIT Sloan School of Management
(1983, chair 1992)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Della Wong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(2012 – 2018)
