CESR, whose mission is to empower business leaders to drive solutions to environmental, social, and ethical challenges, strives to be a center of excellence on ESG and Sustainability.
To help position Leeds nationally and globally as a thought leader in ESG and Sustainability, CESR hosts a Faculty Affiliates program. The program has three objectives:
- Support, fund, amplify, and celebrate innovative faculty research.
- Facilitate the integration of ESG & Sustainability into the curriculum (e.g., by providing relevant case studies, guest speakers, real-world consulting projects, and other resources with interested faculty; possibly funding curriculum development; and helping to coordinate efforts among faculty teaching different courses covering similar topics).
- Build and nurture a community of faculty at Leeds who support CESR’s mission (e.g., by co-hosting ESG or sustainability related seminars in each division to facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue and exchange of ideas).
Our affiliates share their research-based insights and perspectives through interviews in the thought leadership section of our blog.
![EricAlston](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/alston_eric_2.jpg?itok=FrmY3Tey)
Eric C. Alston
Hernando de Soto Capital Markets Faculty Director • Scholar-In-Residence
Finance
![Bonnie Auslander](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/bonnie_auslander.jpg?itok=kcdH0GGH)
Bonnie J. Auslander
Teaching Associate Professor
Professional Effectiveness
![Headshot of Alix Barasch](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/barasch_cropped.jpg?itok=32BEszbW)
Alixandra Barasch
Associate Professor • Gordon and Susan Trafton Faculty Scholar
Marketing
![Xiaoshu Bei](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/screen_shot_2019-05-28_at_3.32.53_pm.png?itok=agg1Lq-p)
Sarah X. Bei
Assistant Professor
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
![Asaf Bernstein](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/leeds_0011s_0002_asaf_b_tim_7605-edit-edit-edit-18.jpg?itok=WK9qiLgs)
Asaf Bernstein
Associate Professor • Co-Director of Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making • Frank Schiff Faculty Scholar
Finance • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making • CU Real Estate Center
![Bhagat](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/bhagat.jpg?itok=KwQ3Afuh)
Sanjai Bhagat
Professor
Finance
![Headshot of Amit Bhattacharjee](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/bio-amit_bhattacharjee.jpg?itok=ERelQD2l)
Amit Bhattacharjee
Associate Professor
Marketing
![Stephen Billings](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/stephen_billings_2y8a2108.jpg?itok=eQo94erl)
Stephen Billings
Associate Professor • Global Real Estate Capital Markets Chair
Finance • CU Real Estate Center • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
![Jennifer E. Bone Headshot](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/jennifere.bone_.png?itok=8vk4nV_V)
Jennifer E. Bone
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs • Associate Teaching Professor • Craig and Cynthia Smith Faculty Scholar
Professional Effectiveness
![Nancy Chapple](/business/profiles/express/modules/features/people_content_type/images/avatar320.jpg)
Nancy Chapple
Teaching Assistant Professor
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
![lorna christoff](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/Lorna%20Christoff_smaller%20cropped.jpg?itok=NBQFtyqF)
Lorna Christoff
Teaching Assistant Professor
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
![cookson](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/tony_cookson_2018_web1.jpg?itok=2L4fpgOZ)
Tony Cookson
Professor • Faculty Director of MS Finance
Finance • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
![Sarah Cowan](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/src_headshot_sept_2021.jpg?itok=kC20KxAV)
Sarah Rosenbaum Cowan
Teaching Assistant Professor
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
![Cory B. Cunningham Headshot](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/10.16.23_corey_cunningham_headshot_6834.jpg?itok=KQdyLzz8)
Cory B. Cunningham
Associate Teaching Professor
Professional Effectiveness
![Davies](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/davies.jpg?itok=1tmXFrwz)
Shaun Davies
Associate Professor • Quinby Family Finance Endowed Faculty Fellow • Research Director of the Burridge Center for Finance
Finance • Burridge Center for Finance
![Headshot of Pete Dignan](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/pete_head_shot_2023.jpg?itok=8raeQdfN)
Pete Dignan
Adjunct Instructor for Certificate in ESG Strategy
Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility
![Zack Donohew Headshot](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/zack_donohew_2y8a0750.jpg?itok=LTh6eZgc)
Zack Donohew
Scholar-In-Residence
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
![David Drake](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/daviddrakeheadshot.jpeg?itok=_I7t9FBO)
David Drake
Chair of the Social Responsibility & Sustainability Division • Associate Professor
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations • Social Responsibility and Sustainability
![Yonca Ertimur](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/screen_shot_2020-11-30_at_7.20.52_am.png?itok=0V9CH7Ya)
Yonca Ertimur
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty • Tandean Rustandy Esteemed Professor • Professor
Accounting
![Erik Estrada](/business/profiles/express/modules/features/people_content_type/images/avatar320.jpg)
Erik Estrada
Teaching Assistant Professor
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
![Phil Fernbach Headshot](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/phil-fernbach-2019.jpg?itok=bMjKDSYI)
Philip Fernbach
Chair of the Marketing Division • Associate Professor • Marketing PhD Program Director • Dean’s Faculty Fellow
Marketing
![Headshot of Jennifer Forman](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/jf_headshot_1.jpg?itok=SmhQRfpc)
Jennifer Forman
Adjunct Instructor for Certificate in ESG Strategy
Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility
![Emily Gallagher Headshot](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/10.16.23_emily_gallagher_headshot_6832.jpg?itok=ws2P39ZF)
Emily Gallagher
Assistant Professor • Arnold Webster Faculty Scholar
Finance • CU Real Estate Center • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
![Ashton Hawk](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/ashton_hawk3.jpg?itok=lnLVTPhA)
Ashton Hawk
Assistant Professor
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
![David Hekman](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/dave_hekman.jpg?itok=khkxvk7V)
David R. Hekman
Associate Professor
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
![Johnson](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/stef.jpg?itok=6kUbm89F)
Stefanie K. Johnson
Associate Professor
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
![Heather Kennedy](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/heather_kennedy.cc15.jpg?itok=gMRkBwQD)
Heather Kennedy
Teaching Associate Professor
Marketing
![Tony Kong](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/tony_kong_edited_for_40_under_40_in_2019.jpg?itok=btrCAzOF)
Tony Kong
Associate Professor • Faculty Director of the Leadership Certificate
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
![Marcia Kwaramba](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/marcia_kwaramba_headshot_mg_9181.jpg?itok=1Q2VSaXW)
Marcia Kwaramba
Scholar-In-Residence
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
![Christina Lacerenza](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/lacerenza_headshot_1.jpg?itok=Sj4Lqj80)
Christina Lacerenza
Assistant Professor • Gordon and Susan Trafton Faculty Scholar
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
![Ryan Lewis](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/lewis_ryan_2017.jpeg?itok=IbNIlWYc)
Ryan C. Lewis
Assistant Professor • Burridge Center Faculty Fellow
Finance • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
![Donald Lichenstein](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/donnie_lichtenstein_2y8a0691.jpg?itok=Eg7P0i3X)
Donald R. Lichtenstein
Professor
Marketing • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
![Liu Liu](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/liu_liu_web.jpg?itok=iB_-Ivo4)
Liu Liu
Assistant Professor
Marketing
![Rebecca Mitchell](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/becca.jpg?itok=DHoK4Nco)
Rebecca Mitchell
Assistant Professor
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
![KatieMoon](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/unknown.jpg?itok=rLJv0Rko)
Katie Moon
Assistant Professor
Finance
![Headshot of Austin Moss](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/bio-austin_moss.jpg?itok=wjLZ1516)
Austin Moss
Assistant Professor
Accounting • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
![Nathalie Moyen](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/nathalie_moyen_2y8a2169.jpg?itok=m6LPnKCB)
Nathalie Moyen
Professor • Chair of the Finance Division
Finance
![Joshua Nunziato](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/dsc08512.jpg?itok=fc9RfX4a)
Joshua Nunziato
Teaching Assistant Professor • Faculty Director of the Daniels Fund
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
![Headshot of Leeds School of Business Associate Professor Antonio Papuzza](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/11.06.23_antonio_papuzza_headshot-2.jpg?itok=BPR0ibol)
Antonio Papuzza
Teaching Associate Professor
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
![pawliczek](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/andrea-p-photo_professional.jpg?itok=qWJhXdCQ)
Andrea Pawliczek
Assistant Professor
Accounting
![Headshot of Ethan Poskanzer](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/bio-ethan_poskanzer.jpg?itok=q3X8f6Mg)
Ethan Poskanzer
Assistant Professor • Frank Schiff Faculty Scholar
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
![Birdie Reznicek](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/headshot_birdie_reznicek_2021.jpg?itok=L-fLW1VF)
Birdie Reznicek
Associate Dean for Culture & Community • Teaching Associate Professor • Associate Chair • Virginia & Ed Mitchell Faculty Scholar
Social Responsibility and Sustainability • Culture and Community
![Rogers](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/rogers.jpg?itok=n9JwQ81R)
Jonathan Rogers
Tisone Professor of Accounting • Professor • Chair of the Accounting Division
Accounting
![Schonberger](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/schonberger.png?itok=EusyA0IB)
Bryce Schonberger
Assistant Professor • John E. Nesland Faculty Scholar
Accounting
![Nikki Skinner](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/dsc_1656_nikki_skinner_copy.jpg?itok=dYhou-fV)
Nikki Skinner
Assistant Professor • Craig and Cynthia Smith Faculty Scholar
Accounting
![Headshot of Jaehee Song](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/10.16.23_jaehee_song_headshot_6917.jpg?itok=eq72hmrQ)
Jaehee Song
Assistant Professor
Finance • CU Real Estate Center
![Andrew Stephan](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/stephan_profile2.jpg?itok=fHFM3NAg)
Andrew Stephan
Assistant Professor
Accounting
![Lev Szentkiralyi](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/szentkiralyi.jpg?itok=h9AhL0MR)
Levente Szentkirályi
Teaching Assistant Professor • Faculty Director of Global Initiatives
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
![Frances Tice](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/frances_tice.jpg?itok=JioVUtm-)
Frances Tice
Assistant Professor
Accounting
![Tony Tong](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/tony_tong_picture_sept_2016.jpg?itok=RS44RgdT)
Tony Tong
Chair of the Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Operations Division • Professor • Dean’s Faculty Fellow
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations • Deming Center for Entrepreneurship
![Gloria Urrea](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/gloria_urrea_2019_0.jpg?itok=EysSG851)
Gloria Urrea
Assistant Professor
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
![Meghan Van Portfliet Headshot](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/10.16.23_meghan_van_portfliet.jpg?itok=9ZaXCYz8)
Meghan Van Portfliet
Teaching Assistant Professor
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
![Edward D. Van Wesep Headshot](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/10.16.23_ed_van_wesep_headshot_6928.jpg?itok=iRubJsKU)
Edward D. Van Wesep
Professor
Finance
![Sabrina D. Volpone](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/sabrina_volpone_headshots_0000_sabrina_volpone_press-26final.jpeg?itok=W4rHwp0k)
Sabrina D. Volpone
Associate Professor • Organizational, Leadership, and Information Analytics PhD Program Director
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
![Clare Wang](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/clare_wang_2019_web.jpg?itok=9oosrL1z)
Clare Wang
Plante Moran / EKS&H Faculty Fellow • Professor • Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility Research Director
Accounting • Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility
![Brian Waters Headshot](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/brian_waters_headshot-1.jpg?itok=Cq1BdySh)
Brian Waters
Assistant Professor
Finance • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
![headshot of Faculty Director Brad Werner](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/brad_square.jpg?itok=4t95Vsko)
Brad Werner
Teaching Assistant Professor • Deming Center Teaching Director • Faculty Director of New Venture Launch • John E. Nesland Faculty Scholar
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations • Deming Center for Entrepreneurship
![Lawrence Williams Headshot](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/lawerence_williams_2y8a0862.jpg?itok=3BQz7sHF)
Lawrence Williams
Associate Professor
Marketing
![Jeffrey G. York](/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/jeff_york_-_square.jpg?itok=wO9Gp5ki)
Jeffrey G. York
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives • Research Director of the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship • Professor • Dean’s Faculty Fellow
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations • Deming Center for Entrepreneurship