Thank you to the leadership of the Strategic Leadership and Governance Interest Group. The Chairpeople listed below have each served three years in the Interest Group chair rotation. A different role is held for each year of the rotation: Associate Chair, Program Chair, then Chair.
The foundation of what is now the Strategic Leadership and Governance Interest Group (IG) began to take shape during the 2009 Strategic Management Society (SMS) term. At that time, Mason Carpenter and Bob Wiseman served as Program Chair and Associate Program Chair, respectively, of what was then the Corporate Strategy and Governance IG. As Mason rotated into the IG Chair position and Bob into the IG Program Chair position, the two began a dialogue with IG members about splitting the IG into two IGs – one focused on Corporate Strategy and the other focused on Strategic Leadership and Corporate Governance – as a way to better serve the membership and facilitate growth of the SMS. A survey of IG membership found support for the idea and an agreeable discussion at the 2010 SMS Annual Conference in Rome did likewise.
As Bob rotated into the Corporate Strategy and Governance IG Chair position in 2011, he formally proposed the amicable split to the SMS Board of Directors and IG members; his proposal was accepted by both. Beginning the following year, the Corporate Strategy and Strategic Leadership and Governance IGs came into existence and debuted as individual program tracks for the 2012 SMS Annual Conference (held in Prague, Czech Republic). Gerry Sanders rotated into the Chair position for the 2012 term – becoming the first official Chair of the Strategic Leadership and Governance IG – and Bob asked then incoming Program Chair Parthiban David to remain in Strategic Leadership and Governance and then Associate Program Chair-elect Don Bergh to take on the Corporate Strategy Program Chair position for the purpose of organizing the two IG tracks for Prague. Karen Schnatterly was appointed to become the Associate Program Chair for Strategic Leadership and Governance while Guoli Chen, Cynthia Devers, and William Judge moved into second-year Rep-at-Large positions for the IG and Ruth Aguilera, Scott Johnson, and Hicheon Kim joined them as first year Reps-at-Large to round out the first official IG leadership group.
The Strategic Leadership and Governance IG grew steadily after inception – moving from 419 in 2013 to 578 in 2019, constituting 20% of SMS membership at that time. In 2019, a special conference in Las Vegas, Nevada was the first such event sponsored by the IG and an Engagement Officer position was added to the IG officer rotation. The 2021 SMS 41st Annual Conference, held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic, marked the 10th year in which the IG appeared on the SMS Program.
2021 | 2020 | |||||||||
Chair | Michael Mannor | Chair | Christine Shropshire | |||||||
Program Chair | Aaron Hill | Program Chair | Michael Mannor | |||||||
Associate Chair | David Zhu | Associate Chair | Aaron Hill | |||||||
Engagement Officer** | Christine Shropshire | Engagement Officer** | Scott Graffin | |||||||
Second Year Reps-at-Large | Andres Konig Toyah Miller Abbie Oliver |
Second Year Reps-at-Large | Y. Sekou Bermiss Joanna Campbell Georg Wernicke |
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First Year Reps-at-Large | Amanda Cowen Danny Gamache Wei Shi |
First Year Reps-at-Large | Andres Konig Toyah Miller Abbie Oliver |
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2019 | 2018 | |||||||||
Chair | Scott Graffin | Chair | Cynthia Devers | |||||||
Program Chair | Christine Shropshire | Program Chair | Scott Graffin | |||||||
Associate Chair | Michael Mannor | Associate Chair | Christine Shropshire | |||||||
Engagement Officer** | Cynthia Devers | |||||||||
Second Year Reps-at-Large | Ryan Krause Matthew Semadeni Adam Wowak |
Second Year Reps-at-Large | Yuri Mishina Anastasiya Zavyalova David Zhu |
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First Year Reps-at-Large | Y. Sekou Bermiss Joanna Campbell Georg Wernicke |
First Year Reps-at-Large | Ryan Krause Matthew Semadeni Adam Wowak |
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2017 | 2016 | |||||||||
Chair | Craig Crossland | Chair | Vincent Barker | |||||||
Program Chair | Cynthia Devers | Program Chair | Craig Crossland | |||||||
Associate Chair | Scott Graffin | Associate Chair | Cynthia Devers | |||||||
Second Year Reps-at-Large | Steven Boivie Aaron Hill Sabina Nielsen |
Second Year Reps-at-Large | Dawn Harris Michael Mannor Michael Withers |
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First Year Reps-at-Large | Yuri Mishina Anastasiya Zavyalova David Zhu |
First Year Reps-at-Large | Steven Boivie Aaron Hill Sabina Nielsen |
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2015 | 2014 | |||||||||
Chair | Anja Tuschke | Chair | Karen Schnatterly | |||||||
Program Chair | Vincent Barker | Program Chair | Anja Tuschke | |||||||
Associate Chair | Craig Crossland | Associate Chair | Vincent Barker | |||||||
Second Year Reps-at-Large | Bernadine Dykes Scott Graffin Toru Yoshikawa |
Second Year Reps-at-Large | Brian Connelly Craig Crossland Christine Shropshire |
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First Year Reps-at-Large | Dawn Harris Michael Mannor Michael Withers |
First Year Reps-at-Large | Bernadine Dykes Scott Graffin Toru Yoshikawa |
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2013 | 2012* | |||||||||
Chair | Partiban David | Chair | Wm. Gerald Sanders | |||||||
Program Chair | Karen Schnatterly | Program Chair | Partiban David | |||||||
Associate Chair | Anja Tuschke | Associate Chair | Karen Schnatterly | |||||||
Second Year Reps-at-Large | Ruth Aguilera Scott Johnson Hicheon Kim |
Second Year Reps-at-Large | Guoli Chen Cynthia Devers William Judge |
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First Year Reps-at-Large | Brian Connelly Craig Crossland Christine Shropshire |
First Year Reps-at-Large | Ruth Aguilera Scott Johnson Hicheon Kim |
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* The IG formally came into Existence in 2012 | ||||||||||