MBA Program Faculty

Director of the School of Business and Graduate Business Programs, Associate Professor

• Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri – Kansas City, M.B.A. from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, Master of Science from Fort Hays State University, B.A. from Benedictine College
• Served as President of the College of Saints John Fisher & Thomas More in Fort Worth, Texas
• Principal in several start-up business ventures and a small investment banking firm
• Worked in the United States Senate as professional staff on the Commerce Committee
• Contact: 913-360-7160, email

Geenens hold an M.B.A. from Rockhurst University, a B.S. in Accounting from Baker University, and a CPA certificate from the state of Kansas. He is the former President/CFO of Fire Door Solutions, former CEO of Avascend Healthcare Hospitality, and former President/CEO of Impact Design. Prof. Geenens founded and is the CEO of Inhance Leadership – bringing leadership to life. On top of his academic and entrepreneurial accomplishments, he has written the following books: Arise! Life-Changing Truths for the Tormented Leader, Leaderslip: Reversing the SLIDE of American Enterprise Leadership, Nothing is Free: The Price Only Business Leaders Can Pay to Protect Free Markets, and Truth and the Transcendent Business: Heresy or Prophesy? Prof. Geenens teaches courses in accounting, leadership, management, and business strategy.

• M.S. in Organizational Leadership with a concentration in Management Consulting from Norwich University.
• B.A. in Philosophy and B.A. in Theology from Benedictine College.
• Member of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society
• Seventeen years of experience serving in leadership, managerial, teaching and mentoring capacities, including Director of the Catholic Newman Center at Missouri Western State University for ten years
• Provided leadership and management consulting for non-profit organizations
• Served in the 163 Infantry Regiment, Montana Army National Guard
• Teaches courses in Organizational Behavior, Enterprise Management, Human Resources Management, and Ethics, Compliance, & Social Responsibility

• Ph.D. in Economics from University of Missouri-Kansas City, M.S. in Economics from University of Iowa, and B.A. in Economics from Benedictine College
• Formerly worked as a computer programmer at Cerner and a financial analyst at M&I Bank
• Member of the Association for Social Economics
• Research interests include the history of economics, social economics, and Catholic Social Teaching.
• Contact: (913) 360-7456, email

• PA, MAcc, DBA
• Doctorate in Business Education from Creighton University; Master of Accounting from Keller Business School; Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Missouri Valley College.
• Missouri licensed CPA
• Owner of Tax Ability, LLC
• Teaches courses in accounting and tax

• Currently working on a Doctorate in Business Administration, Creighton University, M.B.A. from University of Kansas, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Served as a Business Development Director for Johnson Controls in the Public Private Partnership (P3) project development group. Led over $3 billion of project development including new hospitals, courthouses, corrections facilities, and municipal building infrastructure.
• Various sales management and branch management positions at Johnson Controls
• Presenter at over 20 infrastructure conferences in North America on Public Private Partnerships
• Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Kansas

• Earned Ph.D. from the University of Kansas, M.S. from the University of Massachusetts, B.S.B.A. from the University of Nebraska
• Worked at various sports organizations including the Green Bay Packers, Harvard Athletics, the LPGA Tour/IMG Golf and the Lincoln Stars
• Served on the marketing faculty in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University prior to joining Benedictine College
• Teaches courses in all aspects of marketing, including but not limited to consumer behavior, marketing strategy, digital marketing and sport marketing
• Focuses research on the sport industry/sport marketing, with particular emphasis on cause-related sport marketing and corporate social responsibility in sport
• Published research in academic journals including Sport Marketing Quarterly, the International Journal of Sport Marketing and Sponsorship, the Journal of Applied Sport Management and the Harvard Journal of Sport and Entertainment Law
• Presented research at conferences including the American Marketing Association (AMA), the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) and Sport Marketing Association (SMA)

• Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Palermo (Italy); graduate studies in International Business at the International School of Management (Paris), St. John’s University (New York), and Fudan University (Shanghai)
• Founder of Snaiderbaur Consulting in New York City, advising entrepreneurs and foreign companies on U.S. market entry in fashion, textiles, healthcare, life sciences, and nonprofit sectors
• Developed academic programs in Florence, Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong; collaborated with UPMC, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, to establish a transplant center in Sicily serving patients across the Mediterranean basin
• Research interests include multicultural leadership and country-of-origin branding; known for the article Made in Italy in China
• Founder of One City Mission, a nonprofit supporting the chronically homeless and asylum seekers in New York City and Kansas City
• Teaches courses in management and global strategy

• M.S. in Finance and B.B.A. in Accounting from Texas A&M University.
• 10+ years in Corporate Finance ($4B in M&A, IPO, Debt Capital Markets) and Entertainment Finance (Sound of Freedom, This is the Year, A Tale Dark and Grimm, Cabrini, Monster Summer, Zero AD).
• Successful repeat startup-to-7-figure business owner.
• Public accounting experience (Big 4, Middle Market, Boutique).
• USMC Major with combat service in Iraq and Afghanistan; Chief Technology Officer for 4th Recon Battalion, 3d Light Armored Recon Battalion, and 7th Marine Regiment.
• Teaches courses in Finance, Entrepreneurship, and Corporate Social Responsibility.

Billy Schiffiano, MBA comes to Benedictine College after 28 years serving as President and COO of multiple public relations and marketing organizations. During this career Billy developed a love for helping people find success through serving others and something larger than themselves. His love for Benedictine College began when his oldest son began attending as a student. He is now the proud parent of an alum and current student. Billy holds an M.B.A from Pfeiffer University and Executive Development from the University of North Carolina. He is also the Director of the Cray Center for Entrepreneurial Services and an adjunct professor in the School of Business.