Lindner College of Business Leadership Team

Dean Lewis has earned numerous teaching and research awards throughout her academic career. An international expert on organizational paradoxes, her research explores tensions and competing demands surrounding leadership and innovation. She applies her renowned paradox lens across such diverse contexts as strategy, product development, organizational change, governance and technology implementation. Her paper, “Exploring paradox: Toward a more comprehensive guide,” received the Academy of Management Review Best Paper Award in 2000 and is among the most cited in the field. Her work appears in such top journals as the Harvard Business Review, Academy of Management Journal and Organization Science. In 2022, she released a co-authored book titled “Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems.” Dean Lewis earned her PhD from the University of Kentucky.

Robin provides strategic leadership and innovative solutions to assist the college in achieving its operational goals. Her primary responsibilities include overseeing building management, events, class scheduling, college rankings, and elevating the recognition of Lindner as the leading co-op business school. Robin manages the Strategic Operations team, which is comprised of the Building Operations, Marketing Communications, and Scheduling & Analytics departments. Robin has over 20 years of experience providing financial and business advisory services in a variety of sectors. She specializes in the development of data-driven tools to support strategic decision-making, improve efficiencies, and foster innovation and collaboration. Robin is a Lindner graduate holding degrees in finance and business analytics.

Nick is responsible for developing the strategic vision for Lindner’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. His goals of creating and maintaining inclusive spaces are achieved by focusing on the recruitment, retention and support of diverse students, staff and faculty. His passion for helping diverse communities stems from his experience as the son of an immigrant and as a first-generation college student. Nick, who earned his Juris Doctor from the DePaul University College of Law, previously served as Assistant Director of Inclusion & Involvement at UC Blue Ash. He is a National Diversity Council Certified Diversity Professional and a Cultural Intelligence Center CQ® Certified Facilitator.

Kati’s leadership helps Lindner’s achieve strategic initiatives and ensure the college’s financial sustainability. She is responsible for long-term financial planning as well as day-to-day operations of the Business Affairs office. Kati worked at four UC colleges (Medicine, Allied Health Sciences, Pharmacy and Arts & Sciences) prior to joining Lindner in 2024, and most recently was the Senior Business Officer at UC’s College of Arts and Sciences. She is a two-time UC graduate, including earning her MBA from Lindner.

Andrew leads Lindner's graduate portfolio, ensuring alignment with college strategy, UC partners and professional markets. Andrew previously served as interim then assistant department head of Lindner's department of operations, business analytics, and information systems (OBAIS). Andrew's research interests include online consumer fraud, deception, media capabilities and virtual worlds. He has published or has forthcoming research in MIS Quarterly, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Information Systems, DATABASE and Business Horizons. He earned his PhD from Iowa State University.

Suzanne coordinates faculty research and development, RPT, academic leaves, workload and Digital Measures, as well as oversees the Doctoral Program and Lindner staff activities. She teaches organizational behavior, leadership and human resource management; and she was awarded the EXCEL Undergraduate Teaching Award, the Lindner Award for Excellence in Service to Research and UC’s Excellence in Mentoring of Doctoral Students Award. Her research interests include organizational justice, workplace relationships and workspace design. Her research appears in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review and the Journal of Applied Psychology, among others. She currently serves on the editorial review boards for three other management journals. Her PhD is from the University of Maryland.

Jaime Windeler oversees the portfolio of undergraduate programs, including majors, minors and certificates, as well as co-op, study abroad and co-curricular engagement. She is also an associate professor in the department of operations, business analytics and information systems (OBAIS), and was formerly OBAIS Interim Assistant Department Head. Her teaching focuses on the development of information systems and management of IT professionals. Her research focuses on the management of distributed collaboration (e.g., remote work, virtual teams) and the attraction, motivation and retention of a diverse and inclusive IT workforce. Her work has appeared in elite IS journals, including MIS Quarterly and Information Systems Research. She serves as an associate editor of MIS Quarterly and Journal of the AIS. She earned her PhD at the University of Arkansas.

Jenn has worked at the Lindner College of Business since 2002, beginning as an academic advisor before rising to director of undergraduate programs and now her current role on the Dean's Team. She has received the Phyllis Trosper Service Excellence Award and the Julie Menchen Distinguished Service Award while working at Lindner. Jenn has also been honored by UC's Darwin T. Scholars Program and the African American Cultural & Resource Center. The Ohio University graduate is also a prolific presenter on the First-Year Experience at Lindner and UC.