Amit Batabyal is an expert on microeconomic issues in general and international politics with particular reference to South Asia.

He can also speak on natural resources and the environment, international economic development and international trade, South Asian politics and economics, globalization and its impact on rich and poor nations, and corruption and bribery in developing countries. Also regional economic growth and development and the management of invasive species.

He has published more than 500 books, book chapters, refereed journal articles and book reviews. Batabyal has presented research at conferences and in universities in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia and won numerous national and international awards for research.

At RIT, his primary responsibilities are research, teaching and service.

Batabyal earned his bachelor's in applied economics and business management from Cornell University (1987), master's in agricultural and applied economics from University of Minnesota (1990), and Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics from University of California at Berkeley (1994).

Steven Gold, professor of economics at RIT’s E. Philip Saunders College of Business, is the former chair of Accounting and Finance, and past department chair of Management Information Systems, Accounting and Finance.

Gold is active in the development of economic simulations and business simulations for use in the classroom and in industry. He is the author of four computerized simulation games and has published more than 25 referred journal articles and proceedings in the field of simulation and gaming.

The first commercially available microeconomic simulation game in the nation, MICROSIM, designed for mainframe computers, was authored by Gold and published by MacMillan Publishing Company in 1984. Other simulation games include: Decide-POM: Decision Exercises in Computer Instructor Designed Environments in Production and Operations Management (McGraw-Hill); Astute Business Policy (SHR Associates), and Beat The Market: An Interactive Microeconomic Game (Gold Simulations, a company he founded; see www.goldsimulations.com).

Gold, a fellow and past-president of the National Association of Business Simulations and Experiential Learning, has presented his research studies at the International Simulation and Gaming Association in Weimar, Germany; Scheffield Polytechnic Institute in England; and in Prague, Czech Republic. He received his B.A. in economics and B.S. in industrial engineering at Rutgers University in New Brunswick; and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the State University of New York in Binghamton.

Verna Hazen is an expert on financial aid programs and services for students and families. She is knowledgeable about trends in student aid, technology applications in the student aid office, and financing options for families outside of the traditional aid programs awarded on the basis of financial need.

Hazen received her MBA at Rochester Institute of Technology and a Master of Education from Oregon State University.

Daniel D. Tessoni is an expert on accounting, corporate governance and finance, and an outspoken critic of questionable business practices. At RIT's Saunders College of Business, he developed "Crisis in Accounting: Myth or Reality," an MBA-level course that explores the merits of accounting controversies at companies such as Enron and WorldCom.

An assistant professor of accounting at RIT, Tessoni’s primary interests include the role of accounting in the organization, corporate governance, executive compensation strategies, security price modeling, agency theory and conflict resolution, dividend policy, capital structure issues, the capital budgeting decision, product costing and outsourcing decisions, and the financial aspects of acquisition strategies.

Tessoni has presented seminars and executive programs on accounting and finance related issues to numerous companies including Veeco Instruments, Greatbatch Inc., Clarks Shoes North America, International Textile Group, Western New York Energy, Constellation Brands, ITT Industries, Eastman Kodak, Xerox, Bausch & Lomb, Chase Manhattan Bank, First Empire Bank and Apple Computer.

Tessoni received his Ph.D. in Accounting from Syracuse University, a master’s from Clarkson and a bachelor's degree from St. John Fisher College. He is a Certified Public Accountant in New York State and qualified as a financial expert per SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley criteria. He currently serves on boards/chairs committees for Safety Components International, Inc. and Genesee Regional Bank, and is a member of the board of trustees at Keuka College.