Kelley Indianapolis Evening MBA Program Appoints New Leadership

Catherine Bonser-Neal, associate professor of finance at Kelley Indianapolis View print-quality image

An experienced finance professor at the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis has been named the new chair of the school’s Evening MBA program.

Catherine Bonser-Neal, an associate professor of finance at Kelley Indianapolis with a specialization in international finance and economics, has taught in the Evening MBA program since she joined Kelley in 1996.

Bonser-Neal is an award-winning teacher in the program, but she cites her devotion to the Kelley School and its Indianapolis programs as a factor in her decision to take on this new position.

“I’m very honored to have an opportunity to serve the Kelley School in this role,” Bonser-Neal said. “I’ve been a part of Kelley Indianapolis for many years, and I’ve watched the Evening MBA program grow and develop in exciting ways.”

Bonser-Neal, who officially takes over on July 1, said she looks forward to building on the program’s past successes to ensure the Kelley Evening MBA program’s reputation for quality and success continues to grow. As the job market remains arduous, she said now is an ideal time to evaluate the structure of the program to ensure its continued evolution.

“MBA programs around the country, and indeed around the world, are facing many challenges; however, I think it has never been more important for students to gain knowledge and an understanding of how to operate in a global and competitive environment. The Kelley School provides students with those skills,” Bonser-Neal said.

Bonser-Neal has an undergraduate degree from Indiana University and a master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Chicago. She has also taught at the University of Washington and at the Melbourne Business School, and she has worked as an economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the President’s Council of Economic Advisors. She is a native Hoosier and said she returned to Indiana to work with Kelley’s talented faculty and students and because she appreciates the people, the talent, and the opportunities the state has to offer.

Bonser-Neal replaces Phil Powell, a business economics professor at Kelley Indianapolis who recently was named chair of the MBA program on the Kelley Bloomington campus. She credits Powell for implementing successful policies during his tenure and said she plans to see that the program continues on its path of growth and innovation.

“I want to ensure the design of the program is meeting the needs of those who aspire to be global business innovators and leaders in the 21st Century,” she said. “No program can stay totally stagnant, and to ensure our students are globally competitive means we need to stay ahead of the curve.”

For more information, please visit www.kelley.iupui.edu or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 274-6856 or dhosick@iupui.edu.

About the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis

Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business has been a leader in American business education for more than 80 years. With an enrollment of more than 4,800 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students, it is among the premier business schools in the country. The school’s Indianapolis academic unit, Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, is located on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus and is home to the school’s Evening MBA, Master of Science in Accounting, and Master of Science in Taxation programs and a full-time undergraduate program.