Stewart Center for Professional and Executive Education Office
Carmen Weigelt is Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. Prior to joining the faculty at the Freeman School, Dr. Weigelt was an assistant professor at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management at Rice University. Dr. Weigelt obtained her Ph.D. in strategy from Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business in 2003. Her dissertation research was funded by the National Science Foundation and the Financial Services Exchange.
Her research interests focus on innovation, outsourcing, firm capabilities, and acquisition performance. In particular, she studies the role of outsourcing in enabling firms to adopt new technologies, and the impact of outsourcing on subsequent firm performance outcomes and firm competencies. Another line of her research focuses on measurement issues in strategy research related to acquisition performance. Her papers were finalists for the McKinsey/Strategic Management Society Best Paper Award in 2001 and 2006. She is a member of the Academy of Management (BPS, OMT, and TIM divisions), the Strategic Management Society, and INFORMS. She has reviewed for the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, and the Academy of Management Annual Meetings.
Dr. Weigelt has taught undergraduate, daytime and executive MBA courses in strategy, change management, organization architecture, managerial effectiveness, and technology innovation management. She holds an MBA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and worked for Hewlett Packard prior to joining the Ph.D. program at Duke.
Ashley Francis joins the Stewart Center for Professional and Executive Education as Assistant Dean, bringing her extensive experience in online learning and program development to a new role overseeing all aspects of the Stewart Center’s programs: the Executive MBA, Professional MBA, Online MBA, and executive certificate programs. Ashley served as Director of Online Learning at the Freeman School since 2020. In that role, she helped launch the Freeman School’s first fully online MBA program in fall 2023. Prior to joining Tulane, Ashley spent almost a decade at Loyola University New Orleans as an educator and administrator, most recently as senior director of Online Education & Strategic Partnerships. While on faculty, she was a visiting Assistant Professor for Marketing and Management. In 2013, she earned the College of Business Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching. She also served as MBA Director. Ashley earned a BA from Loyola University and an MBA from the Freeman School of Business.
Danielle Martin joined the Freeman School as Senior Program Manager for Stewart Center CBD in 2019. She assists in all phases of development, implementation and strategic planning for academic programs and related initiatives, including marketing and admissions for the executive degree programs. Danielle brings a diverse set of skills to support recruiting, admissions and on-boarding of executive students. Prior to joining Tulane, Danielle worked for several regional economic development organizations. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Louisiana State University.
