School of Business & Entrepreneurship (SOBE)

Business Studies Faculty and Staff

Faculty/Staff Photo Ashton, Marjorie
SIER 203 C; 775-674-7585
Faculty/Staff Photo Chism, Barbara M.B.A. M.Ed. Ed.D.
MDWS 118; 775-829-9028

Barbara Chism has a unique background which includes advanced degrees in business and education plus experience as a small business owner. After many years of teaching a variety of business classes in higher education, Barbara says she never tires of meeting new students and watching their intellectual growth. Her greatest pleasure comes from former students who indicate that she helped to make a difference in their lives. She is very active in the community through service to the Assistance League, the American Association of University Women, and the Better Business Bureau. Her leisure time is taken up with bridge dates, lunches with family and friends, growing fabulous tomatoes, traveling to Maui, Sudoku, and watching Steeler football.
Faculty/Staff Photo Chism, John M.B.A.
MDWS 119; 775-829-9023

John Chism has taught management and business at TMCC since 1978. John has a varied business background - working in international business, big business, small business and the U.S. government. He has consulted in gaming, industry and local government. He has served his community in leadership roles in local government, and numerous non-profit organizations.
Faculty/Staff Photo Delaney, Andy
SIER 202 A; 775-673-7234

Mr. 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. Professor Delaney is a U.S. Air Force Veteran. He has a strong education background in Psychology and a Masters of Business Administration. Andy has been on the TMCC faculty team since 1989.
Faculty/Staff Photo McCoy, Diana
SIER 203 H; 775-674-7651

Diana graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1974, with majors in Business Economics and Anthropology. She earned her Masters degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1978. After teaching Economics part-time at California State University in Hayward for a year, she moved to Truckee, California. There she enjoyed skiing and swimming and taught Economics part-time at the University of Nevada in 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. Still close to the mountains and the lakes, but MUCH less snow to shovel! In the spring of 1982 Diana taught one Economics class at TMCC. Later that semester TMCC decided to hire a full-time Economics teacher, and she has taught Economics full-time since the Fall semester, 1982. She now lives in Reno with her two sons (Matt, born in 1981, and Logan, born in 1990) and her dog, Deja Vu.
Faculty/Staff Photo Murgolo-Poore, Marie Ph.D.
Associate Dean; SIER 202A; 775-337-6708

Marie 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 BA in Communications. She has taught at universities in the U.S.A., 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 Truckee Meadows Community College 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 Truckee Meadows Community 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 is a Certified Public Accountant in Nevada and has over sixteen years of audit, tax and management consulting experience in a large public accounting firm environment. He has a Bachelors and Masters 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 here 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 thirty years. After his military service during the Vietnam era, he received 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 as well as public universities. A tenured professor of Economics, Statistics and Mathematics at Truckee Meadows Community College since 1989, Mr. Streeper emphasizes practical application of technical expertise in order to make this knowledge relevant to students on any career path.