The organization is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of 14 members. The membership annually elects three Directors-at-Large for three year terms. Every other year, the membership also elects a new President-Elect for a two year term. After the conclusion of the term as President-Elect, this individual becomes President for the following two years, and then Past-President for another two year term. The Board appoints a Treasurer and an Executive Director for terms of three years.
The Board of Directors typically comes together for two meetings per year to deliberate and make decisions on policies and other larger issues. Aside from these meetings, the Board works through committees that each cover important areas of SMS’ activities. Some of these committees help operate the organization across programs and activities (e.g. Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Nominating Committee), most committees though align with a particular program area (e.g. Publications, Conferences, Awards & Honors, Research Funding, Membership) and are active in the policy development and supervision of that particular activity within SMS.
The SMS bylaws make some prescriptions for officers to be part of certain committees, e.g. Treasurer to chair the Finance Committee. Other than those, Directors are appointed to committees by Board vote following a recommendation from the President. Most Directors are members of two committees. Some committees have additional members, who are not Directors, for example the Publications Committee has an editor from each journal as member. In general, Board committees review issues and come up with proposals in preparation of action by the Board.
*Below information is the committee members for 2018. Members for 2019 will be available soon.*
Awards and Honors Committee
Chaired by: Marjorie Lyles
Julian Birkinshaw
Jeff Reuer
Conference Committee
Chaired by: Costas Markides
Julian Birkinshaw
Javier Gimeno
J Myles Shaver
Ethics Committee
Chaired by: Yan Anthea Zhang
Marvin Lieberman
Jeff Reuer
Finance Committee
Chaired by: Tomi Laamanen
Javier Gimeno
Marvin Lieberman
Sharon Matusik
Nikolaus Pelka
Membership Committee
Chaired by: Ruth Aguilera
Russ Coff
Will Mitchell
Jeff Reuer
Nominating Committee
Chaired by: Marjorie Lyles
Costas Markides
Sharon Matusik
Nikolaus Pelka
Publications Committee
Chaired by: J Myles Shaver
Russ Coff
Marvin Lieberman
Will Mitchell
Yan Anthea Zhang
Research Committee
Chaired by: Tomi Laamanen
Ruth Aguilera
Will Mitchell
Julian Birkinshaw
London Business School
Marvin Lieberman
University of California, LA
Sharon Matusik
University of Colorado, Boulder
Will Mitchell
University of Toronto
J Myles Shaver
University of Minnesota
Yan Anthea Zhang
Rice University
Ruth Aguilera
Northeastern University
Dovev Lavie
Bocconi University
George Stalk Jr
The Boston Consulting Group
