HOODING CEREMONY
Pepperdine University
George L. Graziadio Business School
Saturday, August Fifteenth, Two Thousand Twenty-Six Ten Thirty in the Morning
Malibu, California
Marshal
Processional
Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance
DAVID M. SMITH
Interim Dean
Procession of the Nobles (Korsakov)
GARY L. MANGIOFICO
Executive Professor of Leadership and Management
Academic Director, Master of Science in Organization Development
HERSSON GODOY
Class of 2026
National Anthem ANDRÉ J. W. CAMPBELL
Class of 2018
Class of 2026
Presiding JAY L. BREWSTER
Provost
Presentation of Candidates
NELSON F. GRANADOS
Professor of Information Systems and Technology Management
Academic Director, Executive Doctor of Business Administration
GARY L. MANGIOFICO
Executive Professor of Leadership and Management
Academic Director, Master of Science in Organization Development
Closing Comments
Benediction
MATT EBELING
Associate Vice Chancellor, Alumni Affairs
Class of 1999, Seaver College
Class of 2020
CRISTEL A. RUSSELL
Professor of Marketing
(The audience will rise for the benediction and be seated during the recessional.)
Recessional
Handel’s Water Music (Handel)
DOCTORAL CANDIDATES BY HOODING FACULTY
Executive Doctor of Business Administration
Drs. Jillian Alderman and Cole Short
MICHAEL BEAVEN
Pressure Forms Diamond—and Rubble: An Examination of High Stress Backgrounds and Executive Decision-Making amid Disruption
Dr. Jillian Alderman
CHERYL DENISE INGRAM
DEI-cisions: The Influence of Leadership Background in Diversity Decision, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic Decision-Making and Equitable Organizational Outcomes
Dr. Jim DiLellio
EFFIE A. PERRY
Economic and Financial Synergies of a Hybrid Offshore Wind and Wave Energy System
Dr. Cristina Gibson
ANDRÉ J. W. CAMPBELL
Dignity in the Digital Transformation of Healthcare: Optimizing Caregiver Contributions and Patient Outcomes in Value-Based Healthcare
Dr. Nelson Granados
ANGELA MANALO LALAS
Smarter Solutions, Better Performance? Evaluating the Impact of Intelligent Automation in the Hospital Revenue Cycle
MIN ZHANG
Heart over Head? Algorithm Aversion in Healthcare and the Factors That Impact AI Adoption
Dr. Kevin Groves
GERSHON L. ALALUF
When the Dream of Veterinary Medicine Collides with Occupational Reality: Identity, Moral Injury, and the Physiology of US Veterinary Distress
BENJAMIN LAZO
Overcoming Our Nation’s Enrollment Cliff: Strategic Inter-University Consortium within Church of Christ Higher Education Institutions
Dr. Cristel A. Russell
STEPHANIE MARIE DAILEY
Leadership Explicit and Implicit Attitudes Toward Remote Workers
MICHAEL FALLONA
You Sold Your Business. Are You Happy?
DAVID GABRIEL HATFIELD
Lateral Expansion of Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses into New Markets: A Complexity Perspective
LORI HAUCK
Rebranding Accounting
Dr. Cole Short
JUN WANG
Decoding AI Success in Firms: Investigating the Impact of Data Focus and Executive Attributes on AI Innovation
Dr. Dana Sumpter
TODD SCHOFIELD
Corporate Innovation Hubs as a Mechanism of Open Innovation: Investigating Facilitators, Inhibitors, and Best Practices for Sustainable Success
Dr. Rick Walton
ITZEL FABIOLA MONCADA LEYVA
Venture Capital Fund Configuration and the Emerging-Manager Efficiency Frontier