Clifford (Cliff) J. Shultz, II, is Professor and Charles H. Kellstadt Chair of Marketing in the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago and an International Fellow of the Harvard-Fulbright Economics Teaching Program. He received his PhD in social and organizational psychology from Columbia University. Prior to joining Loyola, Professor Shultz held an appointment as Professor and Marley Foundation Chair in the W. P. Carey School of Business and Morrison School of Agribusiness. He also has taught at the Columbia University Graduate Business School, University of Zagreb, University of Rijeka, Ho Chi Minh City Economics University and College of Marketing, Swedish School of Economics, University of Western Australia, University of Munich, etc. Professor Shultz has expertise on marketing, policy, and sustainable development in transforming economies, particularly the transitioning/recovering economies of Southeast Asia, the Balkans, Latin America and the Middle East. Dr. Shultz has served two terms as Editor of the
Journal of Macromarketing, as President of the International Society of Markets and Development, President of the Macromarketing Society, and is currently on editorial and policy boards of several international journals. He has over 250 publications in various academic journals and other scholarly outlets. His books and special volumes include
Consumption in Marketizing Economies (JAI Press);
Marketing Contributions to Democratization and Socioeconomic Development (Sveucilišna knjinica);
Marketing and Consumer Behavior in East and South-East Asia (McGraw-Hill);
Handbook of Markets and Economies: East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand (Routledge). Professor Shultz has received several awards for his scholarly contributions, including Fulbright appointments, fellowships, outstanding article and best paper awards, honors for outstanding contributions to research, numerous grants, faculty researcher of the year, faculty teacher of the year, etc. He has been invited to lecture, to make research presentations at universities and research institutes, and to counsel governments, NGOs and businesses on six continents.
Don R. Rahtz is a marketing /marketing communications researcher (Ph.D., Virginia Tech) and is the J.S. Mack Professor of Marketing at William and Mary School of Business. His expertise is in integrated marketing communication programs, international competitive intelligence, cultural intelligence, marketing research, survey methodology, analysis, situational awareness, and market assessment. He has had a particular interest in Quality of Life (QoL), environmental issues, economic sustainable development, transitional economies, business/community interface evaluation, and health systems. He has served as the Editor of The Marketing Educator and on the Editorial Review Boards of The Journal of Health Care Marketing and The Journal of Business Psychology. Presently, he serves on the Editorial Review Boards of the Journal of Macromarketing and The Journal of Applied Research in Quality of Life. He is a regular reviewer for many of the international conferences and journals in the marketing (e.g., Academy of Marketing Science) and quality of life areas (e.g. Social Indicators Research). He has traveled and worked extensively in the developing and transitional world and acted as a consultant to businesses in both the public and private sectors concerning the above topics. Professor Rahtz has a number of publications on these topics in books, academic journals, and the popular press. His work has appeared in The Journal of Advertising, Journal of Health Care Marketing, Journal of Macromarketing, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Psychology and Marketing, Journal of Business Research, The Journalof Applied Research in Quality of Life and Social Indicators Research. He has been active in promoting the Quality of Life (QOL) field of study in a variety of disciplines and is a founding member of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) where he has served on the Executive Board in a number of positions and had served as the Vice-President of Programs for over a decade. In 2010 he received the Distinguished Service Award from ISQOLS for his dedicated service to the organization and field. He has served continuously as a Board Member of the Macromarketing Society of nearly two decades and served as the Vice-President of Programs for the society for a decade. He has a long relationship with the International Society of Markets and Development (ISMD) and currently serves on their board.
M. Joseph (Joe) Sirgy is a management psychologist (Ph.D., UMass) and the Virginia Tech Real Estate Professor of Marketing at Virginia Polytechnic
