Recent leadership changes at Neeley support the school's strategic plan for growth and excellence. Earlier this month, David Allen transitioned into a new role as senior associate dean for community engagement, and Bill Wempe was appointed as associate dean for graduate programs.
August 15, 2025
By TCU Neeley School of Business
The Neeley School of Business begins the 2025-2026 academic year with leadership changes to align with Neeley’s structure and activities with Texas Christian University’s 10-year strategic plan, Lead On: Values in Action.
David Allen, the Luther A. Henderson University Chair in Leadership, has stepped into a new role as the senior associate dean for community engagement. The university’s strategic plan focuses on four key pillars, one of which is community engagement.
Part of Allen’s leadership will involve the management of existing and new collaborations, both around campus and outside TCU, such as cross-college connections, corporate partnerships, and local engagement in our region. Allen will also oversee the Neeley School's centers and institutes of excellence, either directly or in collaboration with academic department leadership.
Allen previously led graduate programs and was instrumental in the success that Neeley’s graduate programs have experienced in recent years, including strong national rankings for the Full-time MBA, launch of the popular Master of Science in Business Analytics and the expansion of the Professional MBA.
Allen’s research and expertise topics include talent management, employee turnover and retentions, human capital mobility and global business. He earned his doctoral degree in personnel and employee relations from Georgia State University.
Bill Wempe has been named the new associate dean for graduate programs. He is a long-time TCU professor, who joined the university more than 20 years ago. Wempe also has experience with Neeley’s graduate programs, as he served as the executive director of graduate programs from 2012 to 2016. He was most recently the department chair of accounting between 2021 and 2025.
Wempe’s research interests include earnings management, healthcare policy, and the effect of taxes and regulations on business decisions. He received his doctoral degree in accounting from Texas A&M and worked as a faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis.
In his new role, Wempe will lead the incorporation of graduate programs into Neeley’s success across the key pillars of the strategic plan, including student-centered growth and research, scholarship and creative activities.
