Susan Gould
Department Head, Department of Financial Operations Professions
Biography
Susan Gould is a dynamic and passionate educator dedicated to innovation and student success in online learning. Susan previously worked for 20 years in corporate financial services, providing fairness opinions for merger and acquisition transactions and business valuations of privately held companies. She specialized in representing Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) from implementation and stock purchase through sale transactions. Susan has been working in higher education for over 10 years and at UAGC for the past 7 years. Susan joined UAGC (formerly Ashford University) as faculty and then served for 5 years as Program Chair for the BA in Finance and MS in Finance degree programs. Susan has served as a Site Reviewer for the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) and has served as a Peer Reviewer for Quality Matters (QM). At UAGC, Susan has served on the Curriculum and Assessment Steering Committee of Faculty Council, as well as numerous Faculty Council subcommittees. Susan Gould earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Northwestern University and a Master of Management degree with majors in finance and managerial economics from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. She also holds the CFA designation from the CFA Institute.