Airline Economics Seminar
Daniel L. Petree, Ph.D. (Speaker)
Dean, College of Business
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daniel Petree is a native of Kansas City, Missouri, where his late
father was a mechanic for TWA and a member of the International Association
of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Dan is twice a graduate of Rockhurst
University in Kansas City, receiving the BSBA in accounting and the
MBA. He worked in a variety of financial management positions with the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and as an adjunct faculty
member until entering the Ph.D. program at the University of Kansas.
He earned this Ph.D. from the K.U. School of Business, majoring in labor
and human resources. While at KU, Dan worked as a research associate
for the Institute of Public Policy and Business Research and as a research
assistant for the National Bureau of Economic Research and established
a consulting practice.
Dan returned to Rockhurst to serve as a member of the faculty and first
Executive Director of the Labor-Management Council of Greater Kansas
City. The Labor- Management Council was a not-for-profit corporation
owned by the major employers and labor unions in the metropolitan Kansas
City area. The council was charged with improving the labor-management
relationship for purposes of fostering regional economic development.
Dan left the Labor-Management Council in 1989 to become Interim Dean
of the School of Management at Rockhurst until 1991.
He left Rockhurst to focus on his consulting practice, which has served
large and small client organizations in a wide range of industries.
Clients included the FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
who were working in the early 90’s to develop a cooperative organizational
culture. Dan’s consulting areas have included labor-management
relations, human resources, total quality and continuous improvement,
organizational change, and strategy and planning.
In 1995 Dan joined the faculty of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesot,
as the Chair of the Department of Business, Accounting and Economics.
While there he lead the development of the college’s graduate
programs, as well as the department’s first strategic plan and
a comprehensive self-study. He also taught, advised students and continued
his community service and consulting practice. Throughout his career,
Dan has served on numerous academic, public and community committees,
boards and advisory groups.
He joined Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Daytona Beach campus
as Chair of the Department of Aviation Business Administration on January
3, 2001. In August 2002 Dan was selected as Dean of the College of Business,
which was formerly the Aviation Business Administration Department.
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