As seven new faculty members joined the BYU Marriott School of Business, Dean Brigitte Madrian shares, “We are grateful that these extremely capable individuals have joined our faculty. They are deeply committed to our guiding principle of being centered on students and to our mission of developing leaders of faith, intellect, and character who will transform the world.”
Ryan Allen earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from BYU before earning a PhD at Harvard University and spending two years on the faculty at the University of Washington. His research focuses on common mistakes organizations make in data-driven decision-making and how they can improve decisions by recognizing the uses and limits of data. Now as an assistant professor of management at BYU Marriott, he is extending his research into artificial intelligence while teaching students how to make effective strategic choices in the midst of uncertainty.
Prior to joining BYU Marriott’s School of Accountancy as an assistant teaching professor, Brittley Eldredge worked several management roles at Netgain Solutions, where she designed complex accounting training programs for clients and partners in customer success, enterprise delivery, and enterprise enablement. Now, she looks to use her experience to educate students at her alma mater, where she earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accountancy.
Marylis Fantoni earned an MPA from BYU Marriott and a PhD in public affairs from Indiana University Bloomington. Fantoni focuses her research on policy implementations and public management, and she explored citizen interactions with the government in many areas, including her home country of Brazil. Now an assistant professor in the Romney Institute of Public Service and Ethics, Fantoni teaches MPA classes related to policy analysis and statistics.
Captain Brandon Malone graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 2020, where he received his commission. Malone completed the Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting training in February 2021 and then served as a missileer in North Dakota. He was assigned to Yokota Air Base in Japan, where he became a logistics readiness officer and eventually executive officer at 515th Air Mobility Group. In that role, he supported nearly 900 personnel across six countries. He now serves an assistant professor and recruiting officer in the BYU Air Force ROTC program.
Scott Murff graduated from BYU with a bachelor's degree in economics and began his career in Washington, DC, as a research analyst at the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. After more than three years in that position, he returned to Utah to work at Zions Bancorporation. Murff later earned a master’s degree in management science and engineering from Stanford University and spent nearly seven years with McKinsey & Company in Silicon Valley. Remote work brought him back to Utah, where he discovered a passion for teaching. He joined BYU Marriott as an adjunct professor in 2022 before accepting a full-time position as an associate teaching professor, teaching courses in product management, consulting, and AI. Murff also serves as director of the strategy program.
As an assistant professor and operations officer for the BYU Air Force ROTC, Lieutenant Colonel Scott Whitaker instructs 200 cadets in their goals to either complete the aerospace minor or fulfill the United States Air Force commissioning requirements. Whitaker started his air force career as a navigator and then cross-trained to become a remotely piloted aircraft pilot. He deployed in defense of the US five times, and his assignments have taken him to Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, and Nevada.
Zach Wright, an assistant professor of global supply chain management, began his career in the global supply chain leadership development program at Whirlpool Corporation, where he went on to hold positions in manufacturing, procurement, and forecasting. He earned a bachelor’s degree in global supply chain management from BYU Marriott and a PhD in operations and business analytics from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business. He uses econometric methods to research how changes to monitoring approaches influence compliance outcomes such as production quality and safety.