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About Us

General information about the Institute for the Study of Business Marketing in the Smeal College of Business.

About Us

People at ISBM
Name (click for bio) Title E-mail
Margery Auvinen
Associate Director
ISBMauvinen@hotmail.com
Desiree Donaldson Staff Assistant dmd21@psu.edu
Mary P. Donato Associate Director mpdonato@comcast.net
Paula A. Dorminy
Conference and Seminar Planner
pad148@psu.edu
Cynthia A. Flango Executive Assistant caf13@psu.edu
Rajdeep Grewal Associate Research Director rug2@psu.edu
Irwin Gross Director Emeritus igross7037@comcast.net
Gary W. Holler Business and Services Manager gwh3@psu.edu
Richard I. Kean
Associate Director
rkean@business
marketinginstitute.com

Gary L. Lilien Research Director glilien@psu.edu
Helene C. Mathern
Director hcm11@psu.edu
Sara Monn
Staff Assistant sjt6@psu.edu
Lori Nicolini
Program Specialist
lnicolini@psu.edu
Ralph A. Oliva Executive Director roliva@psu.edu
Arvind Rangaswamy Professor of Marketing axr15@psu.edu
Andrew "Nuke" Stollak Senior Programmer/Analyst nuke@psu.edu
John Tammaro Associate Director tammaro52@msn.com
David T. Wilson Director Emeritus dtw@psu.edu

Facts about ISBM

Founded in 1983
Leading Academic Center in Business-to-Business Marketing
Center of Excellence in the Smeal College
Supported by over 50 Corporations
11 Named ISBM Research Fellows
Supports Leading B-to-B Marketing Research Worldwide

The Mission of ISBM

  • Expand research and teaching in business-to-business marketing and sales in academia.
  • Improve the practice of business-to-business marketing and sales in industry.

We accomplish our mission through three agendas:

  • Research
  • Education
  • Networking and Interchange

The Future of ISBM

ISBM is committed to a leadership role in bringing more talent into our discipline, accelerating high-quality practical research, and spearheading new ways to create more profitable B-to-B marketing and sales practice.