Dean, School of Management, California Lutheran University
Apfelthaler is the dean of the School of Management at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, where he oversees both graduate and undergraduate programs. He also leads several centers within the university: the Dorfman Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the community startup space known as Hub101 and the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting. Before his tenure at Cal Lutheran, which began in 2009, Apfelthaler held several positions in higher education in his native Austria. He chaired the international management department at FH Joanneum University of Applied Science in Austria. He also served as Austria’s Commercial Attache to Singapore and Deputy Trade Commissioner in L.A.