Hall of Fame

Ramon Avila
Ph.D., Virginia Tech University

• George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Marketing at Ball State University. 
• NCSM Executive Director, Program Chair and contributor.
• Published in top marketing and sales journals.
• Author of three textbooks.
  • The Professional Selling Skills Workbook, Sales Management: Analysis And Decision Making, Sell: Trust Based Professional Selling
• Multiple prestigious awards: 
  • 2009 University Sales Center Alliance Distinguished Sales Educator. 
  • 2003 Ball State’s Outstanding Faculty Award. 
  • 2002 Leavey Award for innovation in the classroom with his advanced selling class. 
  • 1999 Mu Kappa Tau’s Outstanding Contributor to the Sales Profession. 
  • Served on 5 journal review boards.

Ball State University

Stefanie Boyer
Ph.D., University of South Florida

• Professor, Bryant University
• NCSM: Board Member and frequent contributor
• Award winning author, professor, presenter, and entrepreneur
  • TEDx speaker
  • Named as Forbes Next 1,000
  • Poets and Quants Top 50 Business Professors worldwide
  • 2025 GTM AI Award Winner and 2026 One the Watch
  • Demandbase 100 Powerful Women in Sales
  • And many, many more!
• Co-founder, Chief Science Officer, and Head of Education at RNMKRS

Bryant University

David Fleming
Ph.D., University of South Florida

• Professor and Director of the Sales and Negotiations Center at Indiana State University
• NCSM: Executive Director, Program Chair, Proceedings Editor, and frequent contributor.
• Prolific contributor to sales research and pedagogy
  • Top 2.3% according to ScholarGPS
• Built the Sales and Negotiation Center into a built a premier program within the University Sales Center Alliance
  • Sales program pre-graduation placement rate over 98%

Indiana State University

Scott Inks
Ph.D., The University of Memphis

• Associate Professor of Marketing & Professional Sales and Co-Director of the Center for Professional Selling at Kennesaw State University
• NCSM: Executive Director, Program Chair, Proceedings Editor, and frequent contributor.
• Executive Director National Collegiate Sales Competition.
• Past President of University Sales Center Alliance.
• Uses innovative experiential methods to teach students how to use sales technology, such as CRM and pipeline management.

Kennesaw State University

Timothy A. Longfellow
DBA. University of Kentucky

• Retired after 31 years at Illinois State University (1988-2018) as a faculty member, MBA Director, Department Chairperson, and Associate Dean 
• NCSM: National Director, Program Chair, Proceedings Editor and contributor.
• Built the sales program at ISU, including raising $1 million.
• Helped other universities to build and grow their sales programs.
• International guest lecturer
• Exemplary service to ISU, the sales field, and marketing
  • PSE advisory member
  • Central Illinois Chapter AMA with a Lifetime Achievement Award

Illinois State University

Michael Mallin
Ph.D., Kent State University

• Professor of Marketing and Sales at The Edward H. Schmidt School of Professional Sales at The University of Toledo’s Neff College of Business & Innovation. 
• NCSM: Executive Director, Program Chair, Proceedings Editor, and frequent contributor.
• Prolific researcher and author 
  • Top 0.27% of sales researchers according to ScholarGPS
  • Recipient of 12+ research grants and awards
• Serves on editorial review boards of several academic journals
• Received numerous awards and honors for education

University of Toledo

Don McBane (1946—2006)
Ph.D. Texas Tech

• Professor of Marketing at Central Michigan University 
• Previously Clemson University
• NCSM: 
• Designed websites for academic organizations
• District Executive with the Boy Scouts of America, Free-lance photographer working out of New York City, and as a manager for Sears, Roebuck & Co. 
• Sergeant in the United States Army during the Vietnam War

Central Michigan University

Rob Peterson
Ph.D., University of Memphis

• Currently: Clinical Professor of Sales at the Kelley School  of Business, Indiana University 
• Previously: Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Sales, Director of the Professional Sales Program, Northern Illinois University & Chair, Department of Sales at William Paterson University
• NCSM: 
  • Executive Director, Program Chair, Proceedings Editor, and frequent contributor.
  • Over 31 consecutive years of NCSM participation! 
  • 8th year of “Improv with Rob”
  • Founded the Teaching Applications Award
• Prolific researcher
• Award winning educator: 20 awards and grants

 Indiana University

Ellen Pullins
Ph.D., the Ohio State University

• Distinguished University Professor and the Schmidt Research Professor of Sales & Sales Management at the University of Toledo 
• NCSM: Executive Director, Program Chair, Proceedings Editor, and frequent contributor.
• AMA Sales SIG Don McBane Special Recognition Award for outstanding service to the profession on an international scale
• Cited in Google Scholar 5155 times!  
• Published 90+ articles, including in top journals.
• Fulbright Scholar (2015) and Fulbright Specialist award (2024), teaching, consulting, and researching in Finland.
• Active in many key sales organizations.

 University of Toledo

E. James (Jim) Randall
DBA, University of Memphis

• Professor of Marketing at Georgia Southern University 
• NCSM: Inaugural Program Chair
  • Renamed PSE’s Annual  Educator’s Seminar into the NCSM 
  • Initiated our call for research papers
• Long list of honors and awards related to sales education
• Key service contributions to the fields of marketing and sales
  • Founder of the Journal of Marketing Theory & Practice
  • President & Program Chair, Association of Marketing Theory &  Practice

 Georgia Southern University

Charlie Ragland
DBA, Kennesaw State University

• Executive Director of the Center for Global Sales Leadership, Fettig/Whirlpool Faculty Fellow, and Clinical Professor of Marketing at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. 
• NCSM: Doctoral Student Fellowship Award recipient and has remained an active presenter, collaborator, and champion of the NCSM mission.
• Award winning educator: Two-time recipient of the Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award.
• Service to the sales discipline: 
  • Directing the Global Sales Workshop 
  • Leading National Team Selling Competition 
  • Board member of the University Sales Center Alliance
  • Kelley Faculty Service Award in 2020 

Received the “Outstanding Article” recognition from the Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing in 2017.

 Indiana University

David A. Reid
Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton

• Emeritus Associate Professor of Marketing Bowling Green State University
• Extensive experience running sales programs:
  • Director – The Services Marketing Institute, Bowling Green State University
  • Executive Director – The Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales at William Paterson University 
  • Director/Founder – Savage & Associates Center for Advanced Sales and Marketing and The Edward H. Schmidt School of Professional Sales The University of Toledo 
  • Raised over $2.5 million in funding for programs
• Numerous awards for his work running sales programs, sales education and academic research.
• NCSM: National Director, Program Chair, Board Member and contributor

 The University of Toledo

Lisa Simon
M.B.A., University of Southern California

• Lecturer, California Polytechnic State University
• NCSM: Executive Director, Program Chair, Proceedings Editor, and contributor.
• Many awards/honors for collegiate education, such as
  • Hugh G. Wales National Faculty Advisor of the Year Award, American Marketing Association
  • Orfalea College of Business Club Advisor of the Year
  • Outstanding Faculty for Marketing
  • Cal Poly Learn by Doing Research Scholar Award 
  • Marketing Most Outstanding Lecturer
  • Outstanding Faculty for Business Administration
• Also, Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Central California Region: Center Impact Award Winner

Cal Poly State University

Dan Weilbaker
Ph.D. University of South Carolina

• Professor Emeritus of Sales at Northern Illinois University
• NCSM: Executive Director, Program Chair, Proceedings Editor, and frequent contributor.
• Leadership positions in many sales organizations
  • Treasurer in USCA.
  • Treasurer in GSSI.

 Northern Illinois University

Michael R. Williams
Ph.D. Oklahoma State University

• Professor of Marketing and AFS Endowed Chair in Marketing  – Oklahoma City University 
• NCSM: Program Chair, Proceedings Editor and contributor
• Co-authored 14 textbooks
• Prolific researcher, received grants over $3.5 million
• Numerous awards in research and teaching, such as:
  • 2014 Marvin Jolson Award for Best Contribution to Selling and Sales Management Practice 
  • The Caterpillar Faculty Scholar Award for Outstanding Scholarship
  • AACSB’s Leadership in Innovative Business Education Award

 Illinois State University