Dr. Catherine Gilstein, MBA, PhD
Graduate Program Director & Assistant Professor of Business
Organizational Leadership Graduate Program
Contact: GilsteinC@chc.edu
215/248-7028 office
215/500-4331 cell
In addition to teaching different business courses at the college level for the past ten years, I have extensive experience in retail banking (loans, investments, annuities), finance, operations, executing sales and marketing plans, and building strong relationships with colleagues, students, and staff at all levels. I am committed to my students and earn a reputation for integrity and true concern.
I completed my BS in finance and management at Brooklyn College in New York, I earned an MBA in business administration from Delaware Valley University in Pennsylvania, and I earned my PhD from Capella University in business management and focused my research on women in STEM and their experiences in career development.
I have a solid background in sales and marketing plans and am equally strong in budgets and analysis. I have conducted sales and finance trainings and taught courses in business, finance, organizations in HR, macroeconomics, microeconomics and operations management at Chestnut Hill College, Bucks County Community College, and Delaware Valley University. I teach LEAD 601 Leading and Managing People and LEAD 606 Budget and Resource Management. I am also available as your advisor, and for your LEAD 692 Capstone course.
Dr. William (BJ) Cunningham, PhD, Adjunct Professor – teaches LEAD 607 – Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
I have worked in higher education for over 30 years and I have held leadership and management positions for over 15 years as an Assistant Dean, Dean, and Associate Vice President, and I have served in Cabinet level positions at two institutions.
I earned an MA in political science at American University and an MLitt in political studies at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. I earned my Ph.D. from George Mason University in conflict analysis and resolution with a focus on resolving political violence through negotiation and conflict resolution processes.
Earlier in my career I managed one of the oldest and largest campus-based mediation centers in the U.S. at American University. A trained mediator, negotiator, and facilitator, I have conducted mediations, facilitated strategic planning processes, and helped resolve interpersonal, inter-group, and organizational conflicts. I have conducted trainings and taught courses in negotiation, mediation, and conflict resolution at American University, George Mason University, University of the Sciences, and Chestnut Hill College. I conducted field based research during the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland and I have presented papers at conferences in the U.S., Germany, and New Zealand on terrorism, peace processes, mediation, threat assessment, global governance, and peacekeeping operations. I teach LEAD 607 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution.
Deborah Harmon-Pugh, M.S., SPHR, SHRM, Adjunct Professor – teaches LEAD 603 Managing a Diverse and Global Workforce
President of The Healthy Caregiver Community Foundation; National Campaign for the Women Veterans ROCK Advocacy Campaign; and National Chair of The Women Veterans Civic Leadership Institute, I have been teaching at Chestnut Hill College in the School of Continuing Education and Professional Studies over 20 years.
Civically engaged as a Public Policy Advocate on Capitol Hill since 2010. I sit on several nonprofit boards that are dedicated to improving to improving the lives of family caregivers and aging adults; military women and military families; And, preparing today’s young and emerging women leaders for civic, business and nonprofit leadership.
Arnold Herenstein, MBA, Adjunct Professor – teaches LEAD 602, Leading Strategic Change & LEAD 605, innovation and Technology
Arne has been at InsureTech Associates as President since 2018. Prior to founding InsureTech, he was the Chief Information Officer at Harleysville Insurance, (a Nationwide Company). Arne has also worked in both the USA and Europe as a technology innovator for several companies as well as for a venture capital company.
Arne completed his MBA at St. John’s University in New York and his BS in Mathematics at The City College of New York. His adjunct teaching experience includes courses at The Pennsylvania State University. In addition, Arne holds a secondary executive certification in technology and operations from MIT.
Among professional interests are AI and fraud detection, use of data lakes to improve customer service interactions cloud systems and the development of simple to use APIs to combine reusable apps and functions across multiple industries. Arne has been a part of several incubation labs assisting startups in developing themselves and preparing to go to market and has done this at OSU and for several Israeli companies.
At Harleysville Arne and his team developed a well-known platform to provide small commercial insurance by asking only 5 questions. This was part of a $100 million dollar upgrade to processing systems using configurable parts, off-the-shelf products and easy to use, business-oriented controls.
Dr. David Schlosser, MS, MBA, DBA, Adjunct Professor – teaches LEAD 608, Data Management & LEAD 609, Managing Risk in the Global Environment
With over 25 years of experience in banking, higher education, and retail, I have held positions ranging from Credit Analyst and Assistant VP of Marketing, to Director of Advising. I am currently a Manager at Stickman Brews. I earned my BA in Sociology and my MS in Organizational Science from Villanova University; my MBA from Eastern University and I am currently a doctoral candidate (ABD) at Liberty University studying Strategic Management. My dissertation is currently focused on LMX (leader-member exchange), leadership style, and retention. As an adult learner myself for many years, I am compassionate towards those who are returning to school while balancing work, family, and/or life in general. I have experienced domestic and global impacts to organizational risk such as the subprime mortgage bubbles, 9/11 terror attacks, and the Great Recession. The need for identifying risk factors and planning to mitigate them sets up organizations to distinguish themselves competitively from their industry peers.
