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| Eli Jones |
May 12, 2008
[LSU NEWS]
[LSU Reveille]
[Baton Rouge Business Report]
LSU Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Astrid Merget announced that Eli Jones has been named as dean of the E. J. Ourso College of Business at LSU, effective July 1 pending approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors. Jones, who becomes the first minority dean of the E. J. Ourso College of Business, most recently served as a professor of marketing and associate dean for Executive Education Programs in the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston.
“We are excited to have Eli Jones join LSU as dean of the E. J. Ourso College of Business,” Merget said. “Jones brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience from both corporate and academic settings, and I look forward to watching him continue the success of our business programs.”
Jones holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism, an MBA and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. He has been at the University of Houston for 11 years and previously served as the executive director of the Sales Excellence Institute and the Program for Excellence in Selling.
“We are delighted that Dr. Eli Jones will be joining LSU. He commands great respect in his field, and his expertise and experience are certain to lend great momentum to the E. J. Ourso College of Business as it continues to move ever higher in national stature,” said LSU Acting Chancellor William Jenkins. “We welcome his leadership in our quest to reach Flagship Agenda goals and in working with our alumni and friends to support the new business building. I have every confidence that Dr. Jones will enjoy great success as dean.”
Jones has published 30 articles in major marketing and management journals and co-authored two books: “Selling ASAP: Art, Science, Agility, Performance” and “Strategic Sales Leadership: BREAKthrough Thinking for BREAKthrough Results.” He currently serves on four editorial review boards and on the board of directors of Administaff, the nation’s leading professional employer organization. Jones is the chairman of the Compensation Committee.
Jones has won 10 Excellence in Teaching awards at the college, university, national and international levels, and he has taught sales and sales management at the undergraduate and MBA levels, and a doctoral seminar in marketing strategy at the University of Houston. He also has been a visiting professor at Vlerick School of Management in Belgium, in the MBA program at Tuck Business School at Dartmouth and in the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell. He has taught leadership, sales strategies and customer relationship management to senior- and mid-level executives in China, Dubai, France, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Trinidad, United Kingdom and in the United States.
“Although the search committee was presented with many outstanding candidates, Dr. Jones was clearly a front runner from the start,” said LSU Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development Brooks Keel, who chaired the dean search committee. “In addition to his credentials as a scholar and administrative leader, his business background, experience and people skills will serve him well in his role of building relations with the business community in the region.”
Before becoming a professor, Jones worked in sales and sales management for three Fortune 100 companies: Quaker Oats, Nabisco and Frito-Lay.
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