Meikles & Dimes

Gavin Kilduff is a Professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. Gavin researches status dynamics in groups, and how individuals can achieve status and influence. He also teaches classes on collaboration, conflict, consensus building, and negotiation. Gavin earned an undergraduate degree in computer science from Penn State and a Ph.D. in business administration from Berkeley.

Travis Goff is the Athletic Director at the University of Kansas, his alma mater. Prior to becoming AD, Travis worked in development at Kansas, Tulane, and Northwestern, where he was a wildly successful fundraiser. And in 2021, Travis' first year back at KU, Bill Self and the men's basketball team won the national championship.  Travis earned degrees in Journalism and Sociology from Kansas and an MBA from Tulane. He is married to Nancy Kockott, a former tennis standout for Tulane, and together they have two daughters, Ellie and Carly, and a son, Graham.

Nate Fast, professor at the University of Southern California, researches power, leadership, and technology adoption. He earned his PhD in Organizational Behavior from Stanford University and has received USC’s Golden Apple Teaching Award, the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research, and was named Poets & Quants “Best 40 business school professors under the age of 40.” Nate is also the Director of the Neely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision Making and Co-Director of the Psychology of Technology Institute. 

Jessica Kennedy is a professor at the University of Vanderbilt where she teaches ethics and negotiation. As a teacher she has been named among the Best 40 Under 40 Professors by Poets and Quants. As a researcher, her work has been covered by outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Businessweek, Fast Company, New York Magazine, and Time. Jessica earned an undergraduate degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.

John Donohue, Stanford Law School professor and economist, is known for his work on the death penalty, gun ownership, crime, civil rights, and abortion.

Eric Bettinger, professor in the Stanford University School of Education and research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, has served as a consultant to the White House and various state and national governments on education policies.

Lindy Greer is an award-winning professor at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, and is a world-renowned thought-leader on how to create high-performing teams.

Maggie Neale, professor emerita at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, is a globally recognized expert on negotiation and team performance.

Aaron Beam is the former CFO of HealthSouth (now called Encompass Health), which committed a $2.8 billion fraud, one of the largest in the history of corporate America. After serving time in federal prison, Aaron started speaking to schools, corporations, and associations about ethics and fraud. 

Bruce Barry is a Professor of Management and Sociology at the University of Vanderbilt. He’s an international authority on negotiation, ethics, and workplace rights, and he’s the author of the book, Speechless: The Erosion of Free Expression in the American Workplace, which was published in 2007. Bruce serves on the national board of directors on the ACLU, and his textbook on Negotiation is the most widely used book on the subject in colleges and universities worldwide. Bruce earned an undergraduate degree in Foreign Affairs and Speech Communication from the University of Virginia, a master’s degree in Speech Communication from the University of Virginia, and a PhD in business from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.