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.
Council News & Initiatives
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Press Release
AMA Announces New Academic Council Members for the 2026–2029 Term
Ju-Yeon Lee and Adithya Pattabhiramaiah will join the AMA Academic Council.
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AMA Transitions Guide: Navigating the Progression from Doctoral Student to Marketing Professor
The American Marketing Association is pleased to present our updated Transitions Guide: Navigating the Progression from Doctoral Student to Marketing Professor, a Marketing News special report. This document is meant to serve as a comprehensive guide for marketing doctoral students as they transition from student life to professor life.
Academic Council members serve a three-year term that starts in July and ends in June three years later. In-person meetings occur on Thursday and Friday mornings prior to the Summer and Winter conferences; virtual meetings will occur as needed throughout the year.
Current Members of the AMA Academic Council
President
Michael Haenlein (Executive Committee Term Ends 2028)
Professor of Marketing, ESCP Business School
Chair of Responsible Research in Marketing, University of Liverpool Management School
President-Elect
Kay Peters (Executive Term Ends 2029)
DHL-endowed Chair of Dialog Marketing and Professor of Marketing
Faculty of Business Administration, Hamburg University
Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Management, University of California Davis
President-Elect Designate
Nailya Ordabayeva (Executive Term Ends 2030)
Kelli Questrom Associate Professor in Marketing
Questrom School of Business, Boston University
Immediate Past President
Amber Epp (Executive Committee Term Ends 2027)
Wilbur Dickson-Bascom Professor in Business
Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Linda Alkire (Term 2024–2027)
Associate Professor of Marketing
McCoy College of Business, Texas State University
Kelly Hewett (Term 2024–2027)
Professor of Marketing and Chair of Marketing Department
College of Business, Colorado State University
Joo-Yeon Lee (Term 2026-2029)
Thome Professor of Business
Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University
Girish Mallapragada (Term 2024–2027)
Professor of Marketing and Weimer Faculty Fellow
Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
Martin Mende (Term 2025–2028)
J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation Professor in
Services Leadership and Professor
W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
Adithya Pattabhiramaiah (Term 2026-2029)
Sharon A. and David B. Pearce Professor
Associate Professor of Marketing
Scheller College of Business, Georgia Tech
Adam Rapp (Term 2024–2027)
The Ralph and Luci Schey Professor of Sales and
Executive Director of the Ralph and Luci Schey Sales Center
College of Business, Ohio University
Julian Saint Clair (Term 2025–2028)
Professor of Marketing
College of Business Administration, Loyola Marymount University
Marilyn Stone (Primary Staff Liaison)
Director, Academic Communities and Journals
American Marketing Association
Matt Weingarden (Senior Staff Liaison)
Executive Vice President, Communities and Journals
American Marketing Association