Christine Riordan

Current

Dean at University of Denver

Past

Associate Dean at Neeley School of Business at TCU
Director, Institute for Leadership Advancement at Terry College of Business, University of Georgia
Assistant and Associate Professor, Terry College of Business, at University of Georgia

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Education

Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Georgia Institute of Technology

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Industry

Education Management

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Christine Riordan’s Summary

Christine Riordan became the 15th dean of the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver on July 21st, 2008. The Daniels College of Business has 874 graduate and 2,356 undergraduate students enrolled in its programs. The college is nationally recognized as one of the top seven schools in the world for producing graduates with high ethical standards (The Wall Street Journal) and is ranked among the top business schools in the world by leading business publications such as Business Week, US News and World Report, The Wall Street Journal, and Princeton Review.

From 2005-2008, Dr. Riordan was the Associate Dean for External Relations at TCU where she guided marketing, public relations, corporate relations and alumni relations, and oversaw the Tandy Center for Executive Leadership. She was the Luther Henderson University Chair in Leadership and a Professor of Management.

Prior to joining TCU, Dr. Riordan was in the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia in Athens. From 1995 – 2005, she served as Director of the Institute for Leadership Advancement. She also founded the Waffle House Executive Leadership Program, worked on Governor Sonny Perdue’s Leadership Development Task Force for the Commission for New Georgia, and was invited to help design the Executive Leadership Program for state agency department heads. Dr. Riordan is Past President of the Southern Management Association, a nonprofit professional association.

For seven years, Dr. Riordan has served as Executive Consultant in Leadership for the Southern Zone of State Farm Insurance Cos. She has designed consulting, executive coaching and leadership development programs for businesses and organizations such as: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Waffle House, AT&T, Regions Bank, Fannie Mae, IBM, the State of Georgia, and the Life Office Management Association Inc.

Christine Riordan’s Specialties:

Leadership development
Diversity management
Executive coaching

Christine Riordan’s Experience

Dean

University of Denver

(Education Management industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

Dean of the Daniels College of Business
Associate Dean

Neeley School of Business at TCU

(Education Management industry)

August 2005 — June 2008 (2 years 11 months)

+ Associate Dean for External Relations, in the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.

+ Luther Henderson University Chair in Leadership and a Professor of Management.

+ Guide marketing, public relations, corporate relations, and alumni relations.

+ Oversee the Tandy Center for Executive Leadership, which designs and implements programs in executive leadership development, student leadership, and corporate outreach.
Director, Institute for Leadership Advancement

Terry College of Business, University of Georgia

(Education Management industry)

January 2001 — July 2005 (4 years 7 months)
Assistant and Associate Professor, Terry College of Business,

University of Georgia

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

1995 — 2005 (10 years )

Christine Riordan’s Education

Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business

MBA & Ph.D. , Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management , 1987 — 1995
Georgia Institute of Technology

1982 — 1987