About

Suzanne M. Carter, Ph. D., is the Executive Director of TCU’s Executive MBA program. Currently on faculty at TCU’s Neeley School of Business as Professor of Professional Practice in Strategy within the Management, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership Department, Dr. Carter teaches strategy courses at the EMBA, MBA and undergraduate levels. She has also been faculty on global study abroad courses in China, South Africa, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Panama. Her research focuses on strategic leadership, top management teams and corporate reputation.
Dr. Carter received her M.B.A. and Ph. D. in strategic management from the University of Texas at Austin and her B.S. in accounting from the University of Illinois – Champaign/Urbana. She previously served on the faculty of the University of Notre Dame as an assistant professor and as an assistant instructor at the University of Texas at Austin.
Founding principal of Carter & Associates, (agilestrategicthinking.com) she has consulted with many organizations and boards of directors regarding vision and strategic direction. She also taught classes and conducted workshops on innovative social enterprise strategies to encourage sustainable business models in the non-profit sector.
Dr. Carter has published numerous articles and book chapters in such business publications as the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, Journal of Business Ethics and Corporate Reputation Review. Currently on the editorial board of Corporate Reputation Review she continues to research within the reputation and strategic leadership areas.

Mike Carter, MBA, has 40 years of experience in the grocery, drug, and speciality retail industry. His career includes working with such major companies as HEB Grocery, Supervalu, Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Radio Shack, Minyard Foods, and CVS Pharmacy. During this time he developed valuable expertise and executive leadership skills in many areas including: strategic planning/implementation, customer service excellence, branding/repositioning, change management, leadership training and development, productivity and cost improvements, and multi-unit operations. 

Mike's career began with HEB Grocery in San Antonio, Texas, while he earned his BBA in Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin. The HEB job turned into a 20 plus year career at the very successful grocery/drug retailer. Mike rose quickly though the ranks and held several key executive positions at HEB including Regional Director of Operations, Director of Training and Development, Director of Store Solutions, Director of Continuous Improvement, and District Manager. During this time Mike earned his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Mike also spent three years with Supervalu, on both the wholesale and retail sides of the business. He initially served as EVP of the Midwest Division, the second largest sales volume wholesale division in the company, with five distribution centers in four states. Later, with the reorganization of Supervalu Retail, Mike was asked to lead the Cub Foods East Division - a 51 retail store group in three states, including the greater Chicago market.

Mike then spent four years with The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. His first assignment was President of their Mid-Atlantic Division in Philadelphia. After only one year he was promoted to President of the Midwest Division in Detroit. The two-banner division had 140 stores doing $2.5 billion annually.

When A&P decided to sell their Midwest and Canadian divisions, Mike returned to Texas and held senior operational leadership roles at Radio Shack, Minyard Foods, and CVS Pharmacy.

Since 2013 Mike has served as Vice President of Business Development for Logile, a leader in Workforce Management solutions. Mike's networking skills have helped Logile grow tremendously in the past six years and become recognized as the top workforce management provider as rated by customer satisfactions surveys (2019 RIS LeaderBoard).