DDM’s diverse faculty comprises individuals from academic, professional, civilian, and military service backgrounds with strengths in graduate instruction and research spanning many domains. With concentrations in acquisition, program management, contracting, financial management, logistics, manpower and systems analysis, and information technology management, the depth and breadth of DDM faculty defense expertise is unlike any in the country.

DDM leaders are listed here as faculty members and identified on the Leadership Team page.

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Tom Ahn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Manpower Management


Laura Armey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Financial Management


Susan K. Aros, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Logistics Management


Marigee Bacolod, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Manpower Management


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Jesse Cunha, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Manpower Management


Marco DiRenzo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Strategic Leadership and Management


Mitchell Friedman, Ed.D.
Senior Lecturer
Strategic Leadership and Management


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Jennifer Heissel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Manpower Management


Bryan J. Hudgens, Lt. Col. (Ret.) USAF
Assistant Chair for Logistics Management, Senior Lecturer
Logistics Management


Paul Lester, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Strategic Leadership and Management


Maxim Massenkoff, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Manpower Management


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Charles K. Pickar
Senior Lecturer
Program Management


Rene G. Rendon, Ph.D., CPCM, CFCM, CPSM, PMP
Associate Professor
Contract Management


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Chad Seagren, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
Manpower Management


Ryan S. Sullivan, Ph.D.
Assistant Chair for Financial Management, Associate Professor
Financial Management


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Aruna Apte, Ph.D.
Professor
Logistics Management


Kathryn Aten, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Strategic Leadership and Management


Frank Barrett, Ph.D.
Professor
Strategic Leadership and Management


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Eddine Dahel, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
Logistics Management


Geraldo Ferrer, Ph.D
Associate Chair for Scholarship, Professor
Logistics Management


Deborah Gibbons, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Strategic Leadership and Management


Latika Hartmann, Ph.D.
Assistant Chair for Manpower Management
Associate Professor
Manpower Management


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Erik Helzer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Strategic Leadership and Management


Raymond Jones, Col. (Ret.) USA
Department Chair,
Professor of the Practice
Program Management


Amilcar Menichini, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Financial Management


Alan Nelson
Lecturer
Strategic Leadership and Management


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Kelley Poree, MBA
Assistant Chair for Contract Management, Lecturer
Contract Management


Eva Regnier, Ph.D.
Operations & Logistics Chair
Professor
Logistics Management


Michael Schilling
Lecturer
Commander, US Navy
Contract Management


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Karey Shaffer, MBA
Faculty Associate - Research
Program Manager, ARP
Program Management


Chong Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Financial Management


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Uday Apte, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Logistics Management


Mie-Sophia Augier, Ph.D.
Professor
Strategic Leadership and Management


John Terrence Blake, VADM (Ret.) USN
Professor of the Practice
Financial Management


Philip Candreva, JD.
Senior Lecturer
Financial Management


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Nicholas Dew, Ph.D.
Professor
Strategic Leadership and Management


Jeffrey Dunlap
Lecturer
Program Management


Daniel Finkenstadt, Ph.D., Lt. Col, USAF
Assistant Professor
Contract Management


Kathleen Giles
Assistant Professor
Commander, US Navy
Program Management


Margaret Hauser
Faculty Associate - Research
Logistics Management


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Keith Hirschman
Professor of the Practice
Program Management


Ira Lewis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Logistics Management


Robert Mortlock, Ph.D., Col. (Ret.) USA
Assistant Chair for Program Management, Professor of the Practice
Program Management


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Edward (Ned) Powley, Ph.D.
Assistant Chair for Strategic Leadership and Management
Associate Professor
Strategic Leadership and Management


Juanita Rendon, D.B.A.
Lecturer
Financial Management


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Yu-Chu Shen, Ph.D.
Professor
Manpower Management


Simona Tick, Ph.D.
Associate Chair for Instruction, Senior Lecturer
Manpower Management


Elliott Cory Yoder
Senior Lecturer
Contract Management