Dean, College of Business Administration
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska

The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) seeks a visionary and growth-oriented leader to serve as Dean of the College of Business Administration (CBA). Situated in Omaha, home to eleven Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies, including iconic Berkshire Hathaway, Union Pacific, Peter Kiewit Sons, and Mutual of Omaha, CBA provides an unparallelled opportunity for an entrepreneurial leader to create opportunities for students and faculty, to serve the University’s mission as an urban community-engaged university, and to bolster UNO’s role as an engine for workforce development in the Omaha region.

Founded in 1908, UNO is Nebraska’s premier metropolitan university and one of four campuses of the University of Nebraska. With over 15,000 students enrolled in more than 200 programs of study, UNO is recognized nationally for its strengths in undergraduate, graduate, and online education, military friendliness, and community engagement. Embracing its identity as a metropolitan university, UNO is guided by its dedication to excellence, engagement, inclusion, discovery, and integrity; its Maverick spirit of resilience, independent thinking and entrepreneurism; and its focus on student-centeredness and opportunities for social mobility.

Established in 1931, CBA aims to be the business school of choice for ambitious and hard-working learners of all backgrounds. CBA’s mission emphasizes innovative and career-focused learning, transformative research, business collaboration, and community engagement. CBA’s academic units include the School of Accounting and Departments of Economics; Finance, Banking & Real Estate; Management; and Marketing & Entrepreneurship. At the undergraduate level, CBA offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with 15 concentrations, eight minors for non-business students, and a Cross-Sector Collaborative Leadership minor with the College of Public Affairs and Community Service. At the graduate level, CBA offers an MBA, an Executive MBA, a Master of Accounting, a Master of Science in Economics, and a recently introduced Master of Science in Healthcare Logistics and Supply Chain Management. CBA enrolls approximately 2,000 undergraduate students and nearly 600 graduate students, and employs 73 full-time faculty, of whom 73% are classified as tenured and tenure-track, and 35 full-time staff. CBA programs are accredited by AACSB; the School of Accounting maintains dual AACSB accreditation.

Reporting to the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the Dean serves as the chief academic and administrative officer of CBA. The Dean is accountable for the quality of CBA’s academic programs and the alignment of CBA’s strategic priorities with those of the University. The Dean is an advocate for CBA’s full array of disciplines and programs, employees, and students, and is responsible for the development of an overarching vision and collaborative spirit that will pull these components into an integrated whole. The Dean is expected to recruit, develop, and retain strong tenure-line faculty, outstanding practitioner faculty and lecturers, and excellent staff; to increase undergraduate and graduate offerings and enrollment; to continue to elevate the caliber and impact of research activity as befits UNO’s identity as a Carnegie High Doctoral Research institution; and to lead development and fundraising efforts to secure resources necessary to fulfill CBA’s strategic priorities.

UNO seeks a Dean for CBA who combines strategic leadership with respected scholarship and/or professional accomplishments, outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, collaboration, creative energy, entrepreneurial ambition, well-honed fundraising skills, and a strong growth orientation. CBA’s next leader will nurture and strengthen the College’s excellent teaching, research, and collegial culture while driving innovation, technological growth, and partnerships with the business community. Key qualifications include exemplary academic and/or professional achievements, strategic leadership ability, outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, and passion for the unique metropolitan mission of UNO. The next dean should have a bold vision for the College’s important role in advancing social mobility, workforce development, innovation, and the creation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem. While many successful candidates will hold an earned doctorate from an accredited institution and will have academic qualifications that merit appointment as a tenured full professor in an academic discipline represented within the College of Business Administration, UNO is equally interested in exceptional candidates who have cultivated equivalent knowledge and impact through significant executive-level experience and hold advanced degrees in business or a related field.

Screening will begin immediately and continue until an appointment is made. Completed applications should include a CV and a cover letter addressing interest and should be submitted using DSG’s candidate portal. Nominations and inquiries should be directed electronically to UNOBusinessDean@divsearch.com

This is a full-time position that will be performed on site in Nebraska. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. The expected start date for this position is July 2026 or earlier.

Kim M. Morrisson, Ph.D., and Euris E. Belle, Senior Advisors/Managing Directors
Christine Falcone, Senior Associate
DSG Storbeck

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