The programs and activities of the Batten Institute would not be possible without the support and leadership of its dedicated professionals.

Administration

Michael Lenox 
Executive Director and Associate Dean 
Samuel L. Slover Research Professor of Business Administration 
BS, MS, University of Virginia; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Gayle Noble
Office Manager
Pan American Business School

Debbie White
Associate Director of Operations
BA, University of Virginia; MA, George Washington University

Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Philippe Sommer 
Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Director, Darden Incubator
BA, Amherst College; MBA, Columbia University 

MJ Dougherty Toms 
Associate Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
BA, Williams College; MBA, Yale University 

TBA
Special Projects Manager 

Research Division

Sean Carr
Director of Intellectual Capital
BA, Northwestern University; MS, Columbia University; MBA, University of Virginia 

Daniel Bierenbaum
Senior Research Associate
BS, Duke University; MA, Columbia University

Malgorzata "Gosia" Glinska 
Senior Research Associate
BA, University of Gdansk, Poland; MA, Boston University; MFA, University of Virginia 

Amy L. Halliday 
Researcher and Managing Editor, Batten Bulletin
AB, Brown University; MPhil, Oxford University

Andrew King
Research Associate
BA, The University of the South; MS, Oxford Brookes University

Marketing and Communications

Joyce Smaragdis 
Associate Director of Outreach
BA, University of Virginia; MA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 

Derry Wade
Communications Manager
AB, Smith College; MA, University of Virginia