Meet Your Chief Risk Officer Faculty
The faculty leading George Mason University's Chief Risk Officer (CRO) program are distinguished scholars and industry professionals who bring deep expertise in corporate risk. Their mission is to empower senior leaders to protect their organizations and seize new business opportunities.
Director of Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science in Management (MSM) Programs
Additional Roles: Associate Professor, ISOMIoannis Bellos is the MBA program director and an associate professor within the Information Systems and Operations Management Area in the Costello College of Business at George Mason University.
Founder and Managing Principal, Osprey Cove LLC; Chief Risk Officer Certification Faculty
Ronald L. Black is the Founder and Managing Principal of Osprey Cove LLC, in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Governance, Sustainability, Risk Expert; National Standards Authority of Ireland
Peadar Duffy is a governance, sustainability, and risk expert for the National Standards Authority of Ireland. He is an expert in CSRD, IFRS-TCFD, and GRI.
Chief Financial and Performance Officer, U.S. Department of State
Temika Edwards, '23 currently services as the Chief Financial Officer for the U.S. Department of State.
Professor (Term), Organizational Behavior and Management
Victoria Grady is an instructional associate professor within the Management Area in the Costello College of Business at George Mason University.
Co-Founder and President, Mid-Atlantic Area, IntelliVen
David Halwig, IntelliVen Co-Founder and President of Mid-Atlantic Region, provides strategic management consulting and advisory services to corporate leaders and higher education executives whose organizations are at critical growth and performance inflection points.
Former U.S. Deputy Chief Risk Officer
Founder & CEO, Strategic Leadership Advisors LLCDr. Karen Hardy has been the architect of a leading and best practice enterprise risk management operation built from the ground up for a $7 billion Cabinet-level government agency with 48,000 employees that support economic growth and opportunity. Prior to her public service, Dr. Hardy managed several branches in consumer banking at Citibank in the private industry.
Assistant Deputy, Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Education, U.S. Department of the Navy
Mark Livingston assumed the duties as Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Education (ADCNO MPT&E) in May 2020. In this role, he serves as the civilian executive advisor to the Chief of Naval Personnel.
Founder, President, and Managing Consultant, Excellence in Risk Management, LLC
Additional Roles: Assistant Professor & Instructor of the ERM Practice, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Adjunct Professor at…Christopher E. Mandel is President and Managing Consultant of Excellence in Risk Management, LLC, Assistant Professor & Instructor of the ERM Practice, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and is an Adjunct Professor at Florida State and George Mason Universities and was on the ERM Master Program Advisory Council at Yeshiva University.
Associate Professor, Management
Olivia (Mandy) O'Neill is an associate professor within the Management Area in the Costello College of Business at George Mason University.