Barnett takes step toward SMA presidency

Tim Barnett

Tim Barnett of Mississippi State University’s College of Business is a newly elected member of the Southern Management Association’s leadership team.  A professor in the university’s management and information systems academic department, he is vice president and program chair-elect, a position that begins a multi-year track taking him to the SMA’s presidency in 2013.  Representing more than 1,000 members in 43 states, the association is the largest regional affiliate of the Academy of Management. Barnett, the business college’s Richard and Mary Puckett Notable Scholar and a founding member of its Center of Family Enterprise Research, is an MSU doctoral graduate and faculty member since 2002.