Lisa Lucarelli Chandler, MBA, D.B.A., is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Healthcare Management and Organizational Leadership department where she teaches introductory and advanced courses in the Masters of Organizational leadership program. She holds a D.B.A from Nova Southeastern University and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic University. She has worked in the telecommunications industry where she designed, and directed merger and acquisition integration programs for both Fortune 500 and start-up companies. She continues to advise managers and specializes in the effects of disruptive innovation. She was the Leon Radde Educator of the Year Award nominee for 2004. Her current research develops business models reflecting effects of excess firm resources on innovation and the effects of disruptive innovation. Her research interests also include creating communities of learning in online higher-education. She is published in Advances in Business Research, Journal of Medical Marketing and Hartford Business Journal. She currently sits MIT Enterprise Forum, Connecticut Board of Directors.