Meet Our Faculty
What Makes Our Business Faculty So Special?
At UHC you’ll be surrounded by full-time faculty and adjunct instructors who are experts in their chosen fields. They bring real-world experience and creativity to the classroom to create a dynamic learning environment. Our professors are committed to students and encourage and inspire them to think globally and critically.
Armine Shahoyan, MSM, Ph.D
Professor and Chair
Accelerated Graduate and Undergraduate Programs Coordinator
Email: ashahoyan@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 677-6570
Teaching areas: Economics, Business Statistics, Management Theory
Nicole Ortloff, MBA, DBA
Professor of Business Administration;
Business Department Internship Program Coordinator;
Marketing Program Coordinator;
Quality Matters Coordinator
Email: nortloff@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 398-2132
Teaching areas: Business, Marketing, Economics, Management.
Lawrence Audler, MBA, DBA
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Email: laudler@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 398-2304
Teaching areas: Business, Management.
Philippe Lannelongue, MBA, MSc HCM
Assistant Professor of Management;
Healthcare Management Program Coordinator
Email: plannelongue@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 398-2332
Teaching areas: Management, Healthcare Management, International Management. Marketing.
Lillian Grose, MBA, CPA, Ph.D. candidate
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Accounting Program Coordinator
Email: lgrose@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 398-2230
Teaching Areas: Principles of Accounting, Intermediate and Advance Accounting, Taxes.
Riley Busenlener, JD, CPA, ABV, AEP, ASA
Adjunct Professor of Accounting
Email: rbusenlener@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 524-1801
Full-time job outside of UHC: Vice President, Chaffe & Associates, Inc.
Teaching area: Accounting for Managers
Michelle Sens, Ed.D., CPA
Adjunct Professor of Accounting
Email: michelle_sens@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 376-3187
Full-time job outside of UHC: Tax Manager at Entergy
Teaching areas: Foundations of Accounting, Intermediate Accounting
Erica Smith, MS, CPA,CFF, CFE, CIGA
Adjunct Instructor of Accounting
Email: esmith@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (352) 514-8704
Full-time job outside of UHC: Deputy Inspector General for the New Orleans Office of Inspector General
Teaching areas: Advanced Accounting, Audit.
Christine Duncan Watts, MBA, SHRM –CP, Ph.D. candidate
Adjunct Instructor of Management
Email: cwatts@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 460-0922
Full-time job outside of UHC: Algiers Charter School Association, Executive Director of Human Resources
Teaching area: Human Resource Management.
George Lange, MBA, MA, JD
Adjunct Professor of Business Administration
Email: glange@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 296-4203
Full-time job outside of UHC: Associate Professor, Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Teaching areas: Business, Business Law.
James Zeller, MBA
Adjunct Instructor of Management
Email: jzeller@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 421-4545
Full-time job outside of UHC: IT Director for Chaffe McCall Law Firm
Teaching areas: Operations Management, Management Information Systems
Nene Glenn Gianfala, MBA, CPA/ABV, CEIV, ASA-BV/IA
Adjunct Instructor of Finance
Email: ngianfala@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (281) 748-9977
Full-time job outside of UHC: Vice President in Valuation Group at Chaffe & Associates, Inc.
Teaching area: Finance
Salvador J. Provenzano, MBA
Adjunct Instructor of Business Administration
Email: sprovenzano@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 259-6673
Teaching area: Business Communications
Jose F. Rubio, MSc, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Finance
Email: jrubio@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 377-1533
Full-time job outside of UHC: Developer at StoneX
Teaching areas: Finance, Economics
Malanna Verdi
Administrative Assistant for the College of Counseling, Education and Business
Email: mverdi@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 398-2237
