About Us

Dr. Josh Daspit

Director

Dr. Joshua J. Daspit
Associate Professor 
Dean Paul R. Gowens Excellence Professor of Business
Department of Management
McCoy College of Business
Texas State University


Areas of expertise:  
• Family Businesses
• Small Businesses
• Entrepreneurship & Management


Dr. Rob Konopaske

Assistant Director of Outreach

Dr. Rob Konopaske
Associate Professor
Department of Management
McCoy College of Business
Texas State University


Areas of expertise:  
• Strategic Planning for Small Businesses
• Human Resource Management
• Multi-Generational Workforce



Dr. Josh Daspit

Assistant Director of Research

Dr. Maggie Wan
Associate Professor 
Department of Management
McCoy College of Business
Texas State University


Areas of expertise:  
• Work-Family Issues
• Employee Wellbeing
• Human Resource Management



Dr. Josh Daspit

Research Fellow

Dr. Sidney T. Anderson 
Associate Professor 
Department of Marketing 
McCoy College of Business 
Texas State University


Areas of expertise:  
Marketing Analytics  
Health & Wellness Marketing  
Marketing Strategy


Research Fellow

Dr. Marlene Orozco
Research Fellow
CEO, Strategic Insights, LLC
Ph.D., Stanford University
 


Areas of expertise:  
• Reducing Systems-Level Bias
• Mixed Methods Research 
Entrepreneurship, Finance, & Digital Economy


Jason Silva

Associate Research Fellow &
Development Coordinator

Mr. Jason Silva
Graduate Student, Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Rawls College of Business
Texas Tech University
2022 Graduate of Texas State University


Mrs. Andrea Estrada Boren

Administrative Assistant III

Mrs. Andrea Estrada Boren
Translational Health Research Center
Texas State University


Mr. Dhanush Kumar Selvaraj

Digital Solutions Specialist

Mr. Dhanush Kumar Selvaraj
Graduate Student, Master of Science - Computer Science (MS)
College of Science & Engineering
Texas State University