Georgia State appoints new business school dean

Georgia State University has promoted associate dean Richard D. Phillips to lead the school’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business.

Phillips, who has been associate dean of academic initiatives and innovation at the business college since 2012, begins his new position July 1.

He succeeds H. Fenwick Huss, who resigned after 10 years as dean of the college, and now leads a business college withing the City University of New York System.

During his time at the Robinson business college, Phillips has served as chair of the risk management and insurance department, and led the team responsible for the college’s Vision 2020 strategic plan. He serves on the board of the American Risk and Insurance Association, is co-editor of the Journal of Risk and Insurance and past president of the Risk Theory Society.

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