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Amy Kyhos

Executive Lecturer

Amy Kyhos is the graduate program director for Quinlan School of Business executive degrees (Executive MBA and MBA in Healthcare Management), director of the Executive and Professional Education Center, and an executive lecturer. She teaches organizational behavior, international management, strategic management, international business, and organizational development and change.

She served as visiting professor at Universidad del País Vasco in Bilbao, Spain, teaching international management. She was awarded a course development grant from Loyola's Hank Center, which led to the establishment of MGMT 399: Leadership and Management in the Jesuit Tradition. In this course, she leads a study abroad trip for her students in northern Spain.

During 2014-22, Amy served as director of the Quinlan Honors program. She is a member of the Ricci Scholars Faculty Advisory Board and teaches in the Executive and Professional Education Center for custom program clients and in the Mini-MBA program. For five years, Amy was the faculty lead for Quinlan's annual undergraduate case competition. During 2022, Amy was Quinlan’s Faculty Director, Career Development.

Amy joined the Department of Management in 2009 and brings her students twenty years of business experience from her previous career working with corporate, agency, and association clients at Allstate Corporation and with global agencies Golin and FleishmanHillard.

Education

  • MBA, Loyola University Chicago
  • BA, University of Missouri

Professional/Community Affiliations

  • Academy of Management
  • Association House of Chicago, Board Director
  • Colleagues in Jesuit Business Education
  • Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society

Courses Taught

  • Managing People and Organizations (MGMT 201)
  • Strategic Management (MGMT 304)
  • International Management (MGMT 315)
  • Organizational Development and Change (MGMT 318)
  • Leadership and Management in the Jesuit Tradition (MGMT 399/study abroad)
  • Organizational Change and Development (MGMT 472E)
  • Executive MBA: International Immersion (MGMT 606E/study abroad)
  • International Business (IBUS 201)
  • Healthcare Change Management (HCMT 516)
  • Quinlan Honors Seminar (BHNR 300)

Awards

  • Kolvenbach Award for Engaged Teaching, Loyola University Chicago, 2024
  • Dean’s Faculty Service Award, Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago, 2024
  • Mission-Based Faculty of the Year, Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago, 2023