School of Business & Entrepreneurship (SOBE)

Business Studies Faculty and Staff

Faculty/Staff Photo Delaney, Andy
SIER 202 A; 775-673-7234

Andy Delaney has over 40 years of management and small business ownership experience. Specifically, he has been involved in the operation and ownership of restaurants, retail stores, repair services and is currently involved in several small business projects. Andy is a U.S. Air Force Veteran. He has a strong education background in psychology and a master of business administration. Andy has been on the TMCC faculty since 1989.
Faculty/Staff Photo Lawler, Melanie
RDMT 207 D; 775-673-7064

Melanie Lawler holds an international master's degree in business administration from the University of South Carolina, and is working on her doctorate of management at Colorado Technical University. Her research interests revolve around the design and construction of warehouses and distribution centers and how that ties together with marketing concepts. She was most recently the director of special projects for a local Reno company, and is currently the coordinator of the logistics management/entrepreneurship program at TMCC.
Faculty/Staff Photo McCoy, Diana
SIER 203 H; 775-674-7651

Diana McCoy graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1974, with majors in business economics and anthropology. She earned her master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1978. After teaching economics part-time at California State University, Hayward for a year, she moved to Truckee. There she enjoyed skiing and swimming and taught economics part-time at the University of Nevada, Reno. The commute from Truckee to Reno was grueling, especially in winter, so she moved to Sparks in 1981 and has lived in Reno/Sparks since that time. In the spring of 1982 Diana taught an economics class at TMCC. Later that semester, she was hired as a full-time economics instructor at the college.
Faculty/Staff Photo Murgolo-Poore, Marie Ph.D.
Associate Dean; SIER 203 F; 775-337-6708

Marie Murgolo-Poore came to TMCC from Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Australia. She has a Ph.D. and master's degree in commerce with emphases in marketing, and a bachelor of arts degree in communications. She has taught at universities in the USA, Australia, West Indies, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore. She had an active and productive research and publication career. Prior to working at Curtin University of Technology, she spent 18 years in corporate marketing communications management and consultancy roles in both the United States and Australia.
Faculty/Staff Photo Scheible, Ben J.D.
RDMT 207 N; 775-674-7910

Ben Scheible has been a professor of real estate at TMCC since 1998 where he teaches real estate pre-licensing courses. He has also taught introduction to business, various computer applications courses, business law and political science. Ben graduated from Stanford University with distinction in 1975. He earned a law degree at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in 1982 and practiced law in California for approximately 15 years before coming to the college. He is also a licensed real estate broker-salesperson in Nevada and a licensed real estate broker in California. Ben is a published author of numerous real estate continuing education booklets and the following pre-license textbooks. Ben takes great pride in the following awards:
Teacher of the Year TMCC 2003
Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence TMCC 2004
Educator of the Year Reno/Sparks Association of REALTORS® 2003 and 2005
Faculty/Staff Photo Smilanick, Phil
SIER 203 D; 775-673-7296

Phil Smilanick is a certified public accountant in Nevada and has over 16 years of audit, tax and management consulting experience in a large public accounting firm environment. He has a bachelor's and master's of business administration from the University of Nevada, Reno, where he also taught for five years as a full-time lecturer. Phil has been a court-appointed bankruptcy overseer, CFO for a public mining biotechnology company and trustee for several community bank start ups. His experience is important because it enables him to teach accounting from the industry point of view, rather than as an academic. Phil attended the University of Nevada on a golf scholarship and for many years competed in local, state and regional tournaments. He is an avid motorcyclist and participates in many track days. Phil was born and raised in Reno.
Faculty/Staff Photo Streeper, Steven
SIER 200 L; 775-673-7282

Steven M. Streeper has been teaching either part time or full time for over 30 years. After his military service during the Vietnam era, he earned advanced degrees in both economics and mathematical statistics from the University of Wyoming. Early in his career he worked as a consultant and advised small western communities on the economic and financial impact of mining developments and construction projects. He began teaching in 1973 and has taught a variety of quantitative subjects including management science and applied calculus in both private colleges and public universities. A tenured professor of economics, statistics and mathematics at TMCC since 1989, Streeper emphasizes practical application of technical expertise in order to make this knowledge relevant to students on any career path.