Meet the Dean

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Reggie Gilyard is a Senior Advisor and certified Executive Coach with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He is a recognized leader in strategy development and execution, business transformation, pre- and post-merger activities, and advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Reggie has worked with management teams and boards of Fortune 500 companies, large education institutions, and large national foundations. He has also served in the higher education sector as a senior administrator.  

From 2012 to 2017 Reggie served as Dean of the Argyros School of Business and Economics at Chapman University. With his leadership the Argyros School team set records for improvement in the national rankings for both the undergraduate and graduate business programs. While at Chapman Reggie was also appointed to serve on the board of AACSB International, the primary accreditation authority for top business schools around the world. 

Prior to Chapman Reggie was a Partner and Managing Director with BCG, working full time with the firm from 1996 to 2012. While leading successful engagements with large corporations, Reggie also led BCG’s North America Ethnic Diversity Program, served on the BCG America’s Leadership Team, and led the North America Education Practice for non-for-profit institutions.

Reggie serves on the boards of both multinational and national corporations. He is a Director for: CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBRE), First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), Orion Office REIT (NYSE: ONL) where he chairs the board, and Realty Income Corporation (NYSE: O) where he chairs the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee. In addition, Reggie serves on the board of Pacific Charter School Development, a 501(c)(3) real estate development company which has completed 110+ school development projects, deploying over $1B in capital serving low-income families in the U.S.

Early in his career Reggie served nine years in the U.S. Air Force as a Program Manager leading the development, production, and fielding of global intelligence technology systems and weapon systems. Following his active-duty service, Reggie was promoted to Major in the U.S. Air Force Reserves where he served for an additional three years.

Reggie is a 1985 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy where he received a BS in Operations Research, a 1989 graduate of the Air Force Institute of Technology where he received an MS in Computer Systems, and a 1996 graduate of the Harvard Business School where he received a Master of Business Administration degree.

Reggie is based in Los Angeles, CA.