Introducing BGS Board Members

Deans John Wholihan (Loyola Marymount University), Melvin Stith (Syracuse University) and Karen Boroff (Seton Hall University)

John Wholihan is the Dean of the College of Business and Administration at Loyola Marymount University, where he has served on the school’s faculty since 1984. He was elected to the post of Beta Gamma Sigma Vice President in 2004 and will serve in that position through 2006.

Wholihan started his professorial career in 1960 and, prior to joining the faculty at LMU, served as the Associate Dean at Bradley University for five years. While at Bradley, Wholihan served for several years as the Director of the school’s MBA program and Director of the Small Business Institute. In addition to his time at LMU and Bradley, Wholihan taught for two years at American University.

He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame, his MBA from Indiana University and his Ph.D. from American University. Wholihan traveled to Brazil in 1976 as a Fulbright Scholar.

In addition to his work with Loyola Marymount University and Beta Gamma Sigma, Wholihan is also a member of the Academy of Management, Corporate and Non Profit Boards of Directors, and AACSB International. He is a past president of the International Association of Jesuit Business Schools of Business and the Western Association of Collegiate Schools of Business.

Melvin Stith was named Dean of the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University in January 2005. This is the second time Stith has served as dean of a business school, having previously held the post within the College of Business at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla.

He has also served as Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Marketing within the College of Business at Florida State University, Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of the College of Business at the University of South Florida, and Director of Graduate Programs at Syracuse University.

Stith received his bachelor’s degree from Norfolk State University, and his MBA and Ph.D. from Syracuse University.

A veteran of the Vietnam War, Stith was a military intelligence officer for the United States Army from 1968-1971. During his military tenure, he achieved the rank of Captain.

Stith was elected to the BGS Board of Governors in 2004 will serve through 2006.

Karen Boroff has served as Dean of Seton Hall University’s Stillman School of Business since 2000.  Boroff was elected to the BGS Board of Governors in 2004 and is scheduled to serve on the board through 2008.

Boroff was the inaugural director of the Stillman School’s prestigious Leadership Studies Program, an honors program to enhance students’ leadership competencies.  In this program, high achieving students develop their leadership abilities through interacting with corporate mentors.

Joining the Stillman School faculty in 1989 as an assistant professor in the Department of Management, Boroff was promoted to associate professor in 1995 and five years later was named a full professor.  She also served as Associate Dean of the School, and implemented the School’s novel, yet comprehensive, undergraduate assessment process.

She earned a Ph.D. in Business from Columbia University, an M.B.A. from Lehigh University and a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. Boroff is a member of the Acadamy of Management.

In addition to her academic career, Boroff was employed by AT&T for 11 years, where she served in various managerial capacities and was a labor negotiator.