Meet the Team
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Steve Elias - Center of Innovation Director
Steven Elias is Dean of the Katz School of Business at Fort Lewis College. Previously, he was the Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Professor in the College of Business at New Mexico State University, where he was also a 2010 Bill Daniels Fellow in Ethics. While at NMSU, he held several administrative positions, including NMSU Director of the Woodrow Wilson MBA Fellowship in Education Leadership program, Interim Associate Dean for Research, and Head of the Management Department. Steven is very active in both the local business community and AACSB. Although Steven is interested in several areas of organizational behavior, his primary interests revolve around leadership, managerial influence, social power, self-efficacy, job attitudes, and deviant workplace behavior.
Contact:
selias@fortlewis.edu
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Elizabeth Calagias - Business Manager
Elizabeth is a Fort Lewis College alumna, where she earned a Bachelor’s of Arts in Marketing and Graphic Design. She is excited to put both skill sets to work as the Business Manager at the Center for Innovation in Durango, CO. In this role, she oversees a collaborative and engaging co-working space, facilitates and coordinates events, and hopes to inspire creativity in entrepreneurs to reach their potential. Elizabeth loves to learn and solve problems with a creative lens. Stop by the Center for Innovation to explore new ideas and expand your knowledge base.
Outside of her career, Elizabeth is the wife to another Skyhawk alumnus and mother to a two-year-old future Skyhawk. For fun, you can find Elizabeth dancing, camping, cooking, or designing something with her hands.
Elizabeth's Strengths are: Positivity, Learner, Achiever, Relator, Strategic.