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is not yet present. The // classes are added to so styling immediately reflects the current // toolbar state. The classes are removed after the toolbar completes // initialization. const classesToAdd = ['toolbar-loading', 'toolbar-anti-flicker']; if (toolbarState) { const { orientation, hasActiveTab, isFixed, activeTray, activeTabId, isOriented, userButtonMinWidth } = toolbarState; classesToAdd.push( orientation ? `toolbar-` + orientation + `` : 'toolbar-horizontal', ); if (hasActiveTab !== false) { classesToAdd.push('toolbar-tray-open'); } if (isFixed) { classesToAdd.push('toolbar-fixed'); } if (isOriented) { classesToAdd.push('toolbar-oriented'); } if (activeTray) { // These styles are added so the active tab/tray styles are present // immediately instead of "flickering" on as the toolbar initializes. In // instances where a tray is lazy loaded, these styles facilitate the // lazy loaded tray appearing gracefully and without reflow. const styleContent = ` .toolbar-loading #` + activeTabId + ` { background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25) 20%, transparent 200%); } .toolbar-loading #` + activeTabId + `-tray { display: block; box-shadow: -1px 0 5px 2px rgb(0 0 0 / 33%); border-right: 1px solid #aaa; background-color: #f5f5f5; z-index: 0; } .toolbar-loading.toolbar-vertical.toolbar-tray-open #` + activeTabId + `-tray { width: 15rem; height: 100vh; } .toolbar-loading.toolbar-horizontal :not(#` + activeTray + `) > .toolbar-lining {opacity: 0}`; const style = document.createElement('style'); style.textContent = styleContent; style.setAttribute('data-toolbar-anti-flicker-loading', true); document.querySelector('head').appendChild(style); if (userButtonMinWidth) { const userButtonStyle = document.createElement('style'); userButtonStyle.textContent = `#toolbar-item-user {min-width: ` + userButtonMinWidth +`px;}` document.querySelector('head').appendChild(userButtonStyle); } } } document.querySelector('html').classList.add(...classesToAdd); })(); Faculty and Staff | ÃÛÌÒapp

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Faculty and Staff

ÃÛÌÒapp business professors are committed Christians who have both applied experience in the business world and academic and professional credentials. As such, they are excellent teachers and advisors when it comes to planning your career in business. 

Our professors have expertise in many areas, including small business management, corporate accounting, marketing research, international business, and non-profit management.

Christian Balcer

Adjunct Instructor
616-526-7870
Portrait photo of Tom Betts

Tom Betts

Professor
616-526-6480
Kai Ton Chau

Kai Ton Chau

Adjunct Instructor
616-526-6298
Bob Eames

Bob Eames

CCIB Director Professor Emeritus
616-526-8797
Anne Gaertner

Anne Gaertner

Operations Manager
616-526-6078
Elena Gill

Elena A. Gill

Program Coordinator
616-526-6098
Kristin Groom

Kristin Groom

CCIB Program Coordinator
616-526-7862
Hugh_Groot

Hugh J. Groot

Adjunct Faculty
616-526-7870
Rachel Hammond

Rachel Hammond

Associate Professor - Department Chair - Management and Marketing
616-526-7870

Bernardo Hargous

Assistant Professor
616-526-7870

Amber Johnson

Adjunct Instructor
616-526-7870
Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson

Assistant Professor
616-526-7198
Jim Ludema

Jim Ludema

Dean for the School of Business

Jeff Muller

Adjunct Instructor
616-526-7870
Jill Risner

Jill R Risner

Associate Professor
616-526-7624
Scott Rush

Scott Rush

Associate Professor - Department Chair - Accounting, Finance and Analytics
616-526-7870
Brian Scharp

Brian Scharp

Adjunct Instructor
616-526-6586
suraj sharma

Suraj Sharma

Assistant Professor
616-526-7870
Marilyn Stansbury

Marilyn Stansbury

Professor MAcc Program Director
616-526-7795

Ken Tameling

Executive in Residence
616-292-9978
mark taylor

Mark Taylor

De Vries Institute Postdoctoral Fellow in Normative Business Ethics
Leonard Van Drunen

Leonard Van Drunen

ProfessorMBA Program Director
616-780-4313
April_Van_Putten

April Van Putten

Visiting Lecturer
616-526-6870
Jon VerLee

Jon VerLee

Director of ÃÛÌÒapp Startup Garage

Ron Winoweicki

Associate Professor
616-526-7870