Lucy Gilson is dean of the University of New Hampshire Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics. She joined UNH in August of 2022. Since joining UNH she has successfully led the college through AACSB re-accreditation, prioritized innovation and new program development, and worked closely with alumni and the business community to build deep and lasting relationships.
Gilson came to UNH from the University of Connecticut School of Business, where she served as Associate Dean for Faculty & Outreach and the Faculty Director for the Geno Auriemma UConn Leadership Conference. She is a visiting Scholar at Universidade Catolica Portuguesa (Lisbon), on the Board of Trustees for the Academy of Management, and the Senior Associate Editor of Group and Organization Management.
Gilson is a world-renowned researcher on virtual teams and team effectiveness and in 2019 was named by the Web of Science as one of the world’s most highly cited researchers. Specifically, she studies how creativity, employee empowerment, diversity, fairness issues, leadership, and virtual communication influence team effectiveness. Her research has been published in many of the top management and psychology journals and in 2023 she published an edited book – The Handbook of Virtual Work.
Dean Gilson has provided consulting expertise to many multinational companies, along with state and national agencies in the areas of leadership, virtual teams, managing change, and leading for creativity. She has given several invited keynote presentations on ‘Women and Leadership’ and ‘Leading for Creativity and Change.’
Gilson earned her Ph.D. and MSM from Georgia Institute of Technology and her B.S. from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.
