The AMA Academic Council is a 12-member council that represents the diversity of scholarly interests in managerial, behavioral, modeling, and public policy perspectives with attention to strategic marketing implications. The AMA strives to be the most relevant force and voice shaping marketing around the world; an essential community for marketers.
In support of that mission, the AMA Academic Council advocates for the AMA academic membership and provides stewardship of Academic Special Interest Groups (SIGs), events, and related initiatives.
Academic Council members serve a three-year term that starts in July and ends in June three years later. In-person meetings occur on the Thursday and Friday morning prior to the Summer and Winter conferences. A Call for Nominations for members will open in July. The deadline for submission of a nomination is February 10, 2021, for open positions (term of July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2024).
Current Members of the AMA Academic Council
President
Aric Rindfleisch (Executive Committee Term Ends 2022)
Professor of Business Administration and John M. Jones Professor of Marketing
University of Illinois
President-Elect
Koen Pauwels (Executive Committee Term Ends 2023)
Professor of Marketing
Northeastern University
President-Elect Designate
Maura Scott (Executive Committee Term Ends 2024)
Professor of Marketing, Madeline Duncan
Rolland Professor of Business Administration
Florida State University
Immediate Past President
Anders Gustafsson (Executive Committee Term Ends 2021)
Research Professor
BI Norwegian Business School
Lerzan Aksoy (Term 2019 – 2022)
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Professor of Marketing
Fordham University
Sundar Bharadwaj (Term 2019 – 2022)
The Coca-Cola Company Chair of Marketing
University of Georgia
Simon Blanchard (Term 2018 – 2021)
Beyer Family Associate Professor of Marketing
Georgetown University
Amber Epp (Term 2020 – 2023)
Wilbur Dickson-Bascom Professor in Business
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Dhruv Grewal (Term 2020 – 2023)
Toyota Professor of Commerce and Electronic Business
Babson College
Satish Jayachandran (Term 2018 – 2021)
James F. Kane Professor of Business
University of South Carolina
Bryan Lukas (Term 2018 – 2021)
Professor of Marketing
University of Manchester
Karen Winterich (Term 2018 – 2021)
Professor of Marketing and Frank and Mary Smeal Research Fellow of Marketing
Pennsylvania State University