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Extracted Content: John Brown University announced this week the appointments of four new deans to its colleges and programs, effective July 1.
The appointments include Ryan Ladner, dean of the Soderquist College of Business; Richard Ellis, dean of the College of Education & Human Services; Stacey Duke, dean of The Graduate School; and Joe Walenciak, dean of business development and strategic partnerships in the Office of Academic Affairs.
Ladner began serving as the associate professor of marketing and chair of undergraduate business programs at JBU in 2015. In 2017, he became the chair of Graduate Business programs. Before JBU, Ladner was a district sales leader in the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo North America and then served in various roles at Bryan College and Palm Beach Atlantic University. He received a B.S.B.A. from The University of Southern Mississippi, a M.B.A. from Mississippi College, a M.A. from Liberty University and a D.B.A. from George Fox University.