Experts in their respective fields lead MEIM classes, ensuring that you benefit from the most advanced thinking in management and artistic disciplines. Faculty from the Heinz School provide the analytic and professional training necessary for leadership positions in private and not-for-profit institutions. Faculty from the College of Fine Arts teach classes in issues surrounding the creative enterprises.

Adjunct faculty who hold key positions in film production companies and television studios bring critical practical training to curriculum, complementing the MEIM faculty ranks.  The MEIM Advisory Committee is actively involved in the process of securing distinguished adjunct faculty.

In addition to the regular core and elective coursework, a number of seminars and convocations feature national leaders in the arts, culture, entertainment and public policy.

Core Course Faculty

    1st Year Faculty:

• Ed Barr
  Associate Teaching Professor, Heinz School
  Professional Writing
• Pamela Lewis
  Teaching Professor
  Professional Speaking
• Eileen Meddis
  Director of Human Resources, The Carnegie Museums
  Human Resource Management in Creative Enterprises
• Dan J. Martin
  Associate Dean, Heinz School; Associate Professor, School of Drama
  Creative Enterprises: Systems & Structures
  Strategic Planning
  Advisor, Systems Synthesis
• Ronald David Porter
  President, RDP Consulting Services
  Managing in a Multi-Cultural Society
• Marnie Conley
  Independent Marketing Specialist
  Contemporary Marketing Principles
• Lowell Taylor
  Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Heinz School
  Applied Economic Analysis

• Jonathan Baker
  Director of Marketing, TriStar Pictures/Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Entertainment
  Film Marketing
  
• Vicky Choy
  Producer; Former VP, Production at Alliance-Atlantis Entertainment
  TV Production/Finance
• Rick Gire
  Attorney; Former business affairs attorney with Columbia, MGM and Fox Family
  Business Affairs
  Intellectual Property Rights
  
• David Jensen
  Senior Vice-President, Broadband TV for Tandberg Television
  New Media
• Lee Miller
  Independent Television Director and Producer
  TV Production/Finance
• Patrick Moore
  Writer and Co-Founder of 12th Street Jam, a new media production company
  New Media
• Robert Oswaks
  Executive Vice-President, Marketing for Sony Television
  Television Marketing

Elective Course Faculty
Among the many courses MEIM students may take as electives while in Pittburgh, the faculty include:

• Linda Babcock
  James F. Walton Professor of Economics, Heinz School
  Negotiation
• Jonathan P. Caulkins
  Professor of Operations Research and Public Policy, Heinz School
  Management Science
• Don Marinelli
  Professor, School of Drama
  Co-Director, Entertainment Technology Center
  Theatre Management
• Kevin McMahon
  Executive Director/CEO, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
  Arts Facilities Management
• Charles Palmer
  Senior Interaction Designer, Entertainment Technology Center
  MultiMedia
• Jeanne Pearlman
  Arts Program Officer, Pittsburgh Foundation
  Arts Policy Issues
• Denise Rouseau
  H. J. Heinz II Professor of Organizational Behavior
  Organizational Change
• Luca Zan
  Distinguished Professor, University of Bologna (Italy)
  Management Rhetoric in European Cultural Institutions