Neal P. Mero

Biography

Neal Mero is the Dean of the School of Business Administration at Stetson University. Mero has extensive administrative and leadership experience in higher education, business and the military. He served as the founding director of the Kennesaw DBA Program since 2008. Previously, Mero was vice president and chief advocacy officer for three years at AACSB International, the premier professional accreditor for business education, providing leadership for AACSB's global communication, membership services, and business development staff, as well as support for the AACSB's accreditation, thought leadership and other global initiatives. Mero also taught management, primarily in the fields of organizational behavior and human resources management, at the University of Central Florida, the University of Mississippi, Washington State University, and the United States Air Force Academy. Mero's business experience includes extensive consulting services in various industries with special emphasis on the healthcare industry. In the military, he served as the director of human resources and faculty supervisor for the United States Air Force Academy, systems development program manager at Norton Air Force Base in California, and director of training for the U.S. Air Force in Great Falls, MT.

Research Interest

Organizational Behavior, Human Resources Management, Leadership Development & Coaching, Organization Theory, Compensation, Organization Change and Development