The Business department of College of the Ozarks offers programs in accounting and business administration. The goal of the Business school is to provide specific vocational training in each of these fields as well as preparation in the five-fold mission areas of the college: academic, vocational, Christian, patriotic, and cultural. Graduates from our Christian business school are well prepared to enter the world of work, equipped with a bachelor's degree in business and real-world, hands-on experience.
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PBL Members, Michael Galioto and 2018 graduate, Andrew Carson, placed first in the nation for the Small Business Management Plan category and Kortney Cambers placed first in Hospitality Management, at the 2018 national Phi Beta Lambda competition held in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Title: Associate Professor of Business and The James L. 'Bud' Walton Chair of Retailing
Email: eemery@cofo.edu
Education: B.S., College of the Ozarks, 2006; M.B.A., Southwest Baptist University, 2012; D.B.A., Liberty University, 2021
Mrs. Emily Emery serves as an associate professor in the business department at College of the Ozarks. She graduated from College of the Ozarks in 2006 and earned her M.B.A. in 2012 from Southwest Baptist University. She earned her Doctor of Business Administration from Liberty University, located in Lynchburg, Virginia, in December of 2021. Prior to teaching at College of the Ozarks, Emily worked at Cintas Corporation in sales and management. Emily is married and has two children.
Title: Assistant Professor of Accounting
Email: sfowler@cofo.edu
Teaching Focus: Accounting; CPA Pathway
Education: B.S., East Central University, 1995; M.S., University of Tulsa, 2008; C.P.A., 2009
Mr. Steven Fowler serves as an assistant professor of accounting at College of the Ozarks. He earned a B.S. in accounting in 1995 from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, and a Master of Taxation Degree from the University of Tulsa in 2008. He also is a certified public accountant and worked for 17 years in industry in both private and public accounting before joining the College.
Title: Associate Professor of Business
Email: amoody@cofo.edu
Teaching Focus: Finance and Statistics
Education: B.A., Hendrix College, 1993; M.B.A., Drury University, 1994; Ph.D., Northcentral University, 2007
Dr. Autumn Moody taught at College of the Ozarks from 2002-2014 and returned in 2020. From 2015-2020 she moved to Northwest Arkansas to return to the finance industry as an investment officer at Arvest Bank. Eventually she returned to higher education and taught at the University of Arkansas and as an adjunct at NWACC, UAFS, and JBU. Prior to teaching she had a career in finance.
She teaches a variety of business classes for the business department with her specialty being finance and statistics. Dr. Moody received the teaching award for Walton College of Business in 2019. She has done consulting work for Tyson Foods and served on the Foundation Board at Northwest Technical Institute in Springdale, Arkansas.
She has a B.A. in Musical Theater from Hendrix College, an M.B.A. from Drury University, and a Ph.D. in Business with an emphasis in Management from Northcentral University.
Title: Assistant Professor of Business
Email: scott.hall@cofo.edu
Education: B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1994; M.B.A., Wake Forrest University, 1998
Scott Hall is an Assistant Professor in the business department at College of the Ozarks where he teaches courses in marketing and strategy. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University and his Master of Business Administration from Wake Forest University. He is a doctoral candidate in the Doctor of Business Administration (Marketing) program at Anderson University. Scott brings nearly twenty years of experience in banking and wealth management to the classroom. His research interests are in market orientation, consumer behavior, value creation, and strategy. Scott and his wife Melissa have two daughters and a goldendoodle.
Email: elewis@cofo.edu
Education: B.S., Bogor Agricultural University, 1986; M.S., University of Houston, 1990; M.B.A., Baylor University, 1995; D.B.A., Anderson University, 2018
Eveline Susanto Lewis is an Associate Professor of Business and the ACBSP Accreditation Champion for College of the Ozarks. She has been involved in higher education in Missouri since 2012. Her teaching areas are Management, International Business, and Entrepreneurship. Prior to college teaching in the USA, she worked in the import-export, hospitality industry, and in the nonprofit sector in China, Indonesia, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Her experience also includes managing an orphanage, starting an international school, and developing a social enterprise. Dr. Lewis received her DBA from Anderson University (Indiana), MBA from Baylor University (Texas), Master of Hospitality Management from University of Houston (Texas), and Bachelor of Science in Food Technology from Bogor Agricultural University (Indonesia). She speaks Indonesian, Mandarin Chinese, and English. Dr. Lewis was named one of the Most Influential Women by Springfield Business Journal in 2022.