Michael Hertzel is Professor of Finance at ASU W. P. Carey School of Business and a Dean's Council of 100 Distinguished Scholar. Formerly, he was the Richard Kraemer Professor of Finance, and a Ford Honors Program Faculty Fel

Professor Hillegeist’s research interests include the determinants and effects of firm's voluntary disclosure decisions, executive compensation, insider trading, and bankruptcy prediction.

Lawrence directs the administrative, personnel and financial functions of a large science school within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

​Laura Coordes's research focuses on bankruptcy and financial distress, including commercial law, large corporate reorganizations, international and comparative insolvency law, and local government finance and policy.