Faculty & Staff Awards
School of Management Advisory Council Awards for Outstanding Achievements
Annually, the School of Management Advisory Council honors three most outstanding faculty colleagues for their achievements in three categories – Teaching, Research, and Service – based on a rigorous nomination and selection process. We are proud of our faculty who always give their best, and equally grateful to our dedicated staff whose commitment and support make these achievements possible!
2025 Award Recipients
Vlad Vaiman
Precipient of the 2025 Faculty Award for Research.
Prof. Vaiman has been going above and beyond research expectations for a long time. He previously received this award once before, in 2014. Since then, he has authored or co-authored 25 articles in peer-reviewed journals (some of which are among the highest ranked and most-cited in their fields), 15 chapters in research monographs, 20 contributions to conference proceedings; he has written, edited or co-edited 10 books, served as an editor and peer-reviewer for other journals and conferences, and published numerous articles in the trade media. But, as I mentioned before, this is not just about quantity, it is also about quality. Our honoree is highly regarded in the fields of Talent Management, Human Resource Management, and International Human Resource Management around the globe.
Kyle McIntosh
Recipient of the 2025 Faculty Award for Teaching.
The School of Management Advisory Council Award for outstanding achievements in teaching is awarded only to those faculty members who do more than simply fulfill one’s teaching requirements. The award honors extraordinary performance regarding the quality of their teaching, innovations in pedagogy, new course developments, or even teaching that goes beyond the classroom. Prof. McIntosh joined the School of Management as a faculty member after a long and impressive career in various global for-profit companies. The unique combination of vast expertise with a pedagogically sound approach keeps earning this faculty colleague praise from students for its logic, sense-making, and applied nature. Both undergraduate and graduate students often comment how accessible he makes even the most challenging concepts and how interesting the most boring ones. Most importantly, teaching for Prof. McIntosh doesn’t end with the moment a scheduled class ends. He often spends significant amounts of time with his students before or after class, and he engages with them long after graduation.
Adriana Sekulovic
Recipient of the 2025 Faculty Award for Service.
All faculty members at California Lutheran University are expected to engage in service to their school, the entire university, their professional community, and our regional community. With the faculty award for service, we recognize colleagues for extra-ordinary achievements in fulfilling and – as in the case of our honoree – exceeding expectations for service. Apart from being a highly regarded and versatile instructor, Prof. Sekulovic has made a major service commitment to the School of Management and the university by developing our Online MS in Sport Management program. Within an unbelievably short period of time, our honoree designed a top-notch curriculum, developed syllabi for all courses, shepherded a program proposal through the faculty approval process, identified and hired highly-qualified adjunct professors from around the country, oversaw the development of close to a dozen online courses, developed several online courses herself, and ultimately launched the program in the summer of 2024 that she now leads as its program director. In addition, she also continues to be involved in various membership organizations nationally and internationally, serving her academic and professional communities.
Hana Petr
Recipient of the 2025 School of Management Staff Award
In her short time at the School of Management, Hana has become a cornerstone of our operations. Students, faculty members, adjunct instructors, and staff colleagues all appreciate how she shines with her positive attitude, her unparalleled helpfulness, her pro-active approach, her readiness to collaborate and volunteer across all sorts of boundaries, that extra touch that makes many of our events and activities beautiful and appealing, and her thirst for learning. As one of Hana’s colleagues said, “She has significantly enhanced productivity through creative solutions and proactive initiatives that consistently exceed her role requirements. Her proven ability to effectively collaborate across the School has definitely strengthened our internal relationships and streamlined operations.” The School of Management is fortunate to have Hana as a team member!