About Darden - Leadership - Darden School Academic Leadership

Darden's academic programs are led and supported by the School's academic and faculty leadership: the dean, senior associate deans, associate deans and academic directors. 

Scott C. Beardsley
Dean and Charles C. Abbott Professor of Business Administration

Martin Davidson
Senior Associate Dean and Global Chief Diversity Officer

Greg Fairchild
Associate Dean for Washington, D.C., Area Initiatives

Mary Margaret Frank
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development

Yael Grushka-Cockayne
Senior Associate Dean for Professional Degree Programs

Michael Lenox
Senior Associate Dean and Chief Strategy Officer

Casey Lichtendahl 
Academic Director of the MSBA Program

Tom Steenburgh
Senior Associate Dean for Full-Time MBA Program

Sankaran Venkataraman
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty & Research

Ron Wilcox
Associate Dean of Executive Degree Programs