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Leadership

Sri Venkataraman

Senior Associate Dean for Strategy and Academics, Professor of Marketing, and Edward M O’Herron Scholar, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

CBOH Team

Joshua Barrett

Research Assistant Professor, UNC Center for the Business of Health

Zoey Kernodle

Research Assistant Professor and Interim Faculty Director, UNC Center for the Business of Health

Susanne Killian

Senior Associate Director of Student Programs, UNC Center for the Business of Health

Erin Leach

Program Manager, UNC Center for the Business of Health

Markus Saba

Executive in Residence, UNC Center for the Business of Health; Professor of the Practice, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Affiliated Faculty

Vinayak Deshpande

The Mann Family Distinguished Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Jon Easter

Associate Faculty Director - Eshelman , Center for the Business of Health; Professor of the Practice, Practice Advancement & Clinical Education Division, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Devin Hubbard

Teaching Associate Professor, UNC Chapel Hill and NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

Audra Rankin

Associate Faculty Director - Nursing , Center for the Business of Health; Clinical Associate Professor, Health Care Leadership and Administration (HCLA) Program-Faculty Lead, UNC School of Nursing

Kristin Reiter

Humana Distinguished Professor & Department Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Karen Volmar

Associate Faculty Director - Gillings , Center for the Business of Health; Director, MHA and MSPH Programs, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Student Leaders & Interns

Mary Pope Bourne

CBOH Undergraduate Student Intern; UNC Bachelors Degree 2027 Major: Health Policy & Management, Minors: Business of Health and Statistics

Briana Alexis Cady

CBOH Undergraduate Student Intern; Second-year at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School; Major: Business Administration Area of Emphasis: Business of Health

Emmanuel Darko

2026-27 President, MBA Healthcare Club , UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Vivek Gottumkkala

CBOH Undergraduate Student Intern; Major/Areas of emphasis: Nutrition, Neuroscience, & Business

Bradley Swayne

CBOH Undergraduate Student Intern; UNC Bachelor's Degree 2029, Major: Business Administration (Business of Health Area of Emphasis), Minor: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Joshua Barrett

Research Assistant Professor, UNC Center for the Business of Health

Mary Pope Bourne
CBOH Undergraduate Student Intern; UNC Bachelors Degree 2027 Major: Health Policy & Management, Minors: Business of Health and Statistics
Briana Alexis Cady

CBOH Undergraduate Student Intern; Second-year at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School; Major: Business Administration Area of Emphasis: Business of Health

Emmanuel Darko
2026-27 President, MBA Healthcare Club , UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Vinayak Deshpande
The Mann Family Distinguished Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Jon Easter

Associate Faculty Director - Eshelman , Center for the Business of Health; Professor of the Practice, Practice Advancement & Clinical Education Division, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Vivek Gottumkkala
CBOH Undergraduate Student Intern; Major/Areas of emphasis: Nutrition, Neuroscience, & Business
Devin Hubbard
Teaching Associate Professor, UNC Chapel Hill and NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
Zoey Kernodle

Research Assistant Professor and Interim Faculty Director, UNC Center for the Business of Health

Susanne Killian

Senior Associate Director of Student Programs, UNC Center for the Business of Health

Erin Leach

Program Manager, UNC Center for the Business of Health

Audra Rankin

Associate Faculty Director - Nursing , Center for the Business of Health; Clinical Associate Professor, Health Care Leadership and Administration (HCLA) Program-Faculty Lead, UNC School of Nursing

Kristin Reiter
Humana Distinguished Professor & Department Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Markus Saba
Executive in Residence, UNC Center for the Business of Health; Professor of the Practice, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Bradley Swayne
CBOH Undergraduate Student Intern; UNC Bachelor's Degree 2029, Major: Business Administration (Business of Health Area of Emphasis), Minor: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Sri Venkataraman
Senior Associate Dean for Strategy and Academics, Professor of Marketing, and Edward M O’Herron Scholar, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Karen Volmar

Associate Faculty Director - Gillings , Center for the Business of Health; Director, MHA and MSPH Programs, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health