ANPAD’s 50th Anniversary: Honoring those who built its history 

Over five decades, the Brazilian Academy of Management (ANPAD) has been built by people: professors who devoted part of their careers to the organization as directors, coordinators, editors, researchers, and partners, and who, at different times, helped shape it into what it is today. 

To mark the organization’s 50th anniversary, ANPAD created the ANPAD 50 Years Medal as a tribute to those who have been part of its history. The medals were presented during the opening ceremony of EnANPAD 2026 in Fortaleza on September 23rd, 2026. 

The tribute brought together those who were able to attend that evening. It also serves as recognition of everyone who, at various points, contributed to ANPAD’s journey, including those who could not be there. 

 

ANPAD Lifetime Academic Achievement Award 

The first recipients of the ANPAD 50 Years Medal were the honorees of the 2026 ANPAD Lifetime Academic Achievement Award, who received a plaque and a medal. The award recognizes professors whose contributions to management research and to ANPAD have left a mark on the organization’s history: 

• Professor Armando Santos Moreira da Cunha 

• Professor Maria Ester de Freitas 

• Professor Pedro Lincoln Carneiro Leão de Mattos 

• Professor Angela Maria Cavalcanti da Rocha 

• Professor Roberto Sbragia 

• Professor Eduardo Pinheiro Gondim de Vasconcellos 

• Professor Antonio de Araujo Freitas Junior 

• Professor José Antônio Gomes de Pinho 

 

Founding programs 

ANPAD’s history is also tied to the graduate programs that helped found it. As part of the 50th-anniversary celebrations, the 10 founding programs received a special tribute: 

• CEPEAD/UFMG 

• PPGA/UFRGS 

• PPGA/UnB 

• COPPEAD/UFRJ 

• FGV EAESP 

• PPGA/UFPB 

• PPGA/FEA/USP 

• PPGCC/FEA/USP 

• FGV EBAPE 

• PUC-Rio 

 

Posthumous Tribute 

The ceremony also set aside a moment to recognize researchers who left a mark on the field and on ANPAD and who are no longer with us. The posthumous tribute honored the following: 

• Luciana de Oliveira Miranda — UnB (2024) 

• Valmíria Carolina Piccinini — UFRGS (2024) 

• Patrick Behr — FGV EBAPE (2024) 

• Walter Fernando Araújo de Moraes — UFPB (2025) 

• Paulo Cesar de Mendonça Motta — PUC-Rio (2025) 

• Sérgio Luiz do Amaral Moretti — UNINOVE (2025) 

• Walter Lee Ness Jr. — PUC-Rio (2025) 

• Marcos Augusto de Vasconcellos — FGV EAESP (2026) 

• Antonio Carlos Gastaud Maçada — UFRGS (2026) 

• Sylvia Constant Vergara — FGV EBAPE (2026) 

• Rebecca Arkader — COPPEAD/UFRJ (2026) 

• Valéria Silva da Fonseca — PUCPR (2026) 

 

ANPAD 50 Years Medal: Additional honorees 

In addition to the Lifetime Achievement Award recipients and the posthumous tributes, the ANPAD 50 Years Medal was presented to a group of individuals who, in various roles and at different times, helped build the organization. 

Board of Directors (2024–2026 term) 

• Prof. Emílio José M. Arruda Filho (UNAMA and UFPA) — President 

• Prof. Susana Carla Farias Pereira (FGV EAESP) — Scientific Director 

• Prof. Marco Aurélio Marques Ferreira (PPGA/UFV) — Treasurer and Administrative Director 

• Prof. Patricia Guarnieri (PPGA-UnB and FEAC/UFAL) — Director of Communication and Publications 

• Prof. Jorge Renato de S. Verschoore Filho (UNISINOS) — Director for Education Affairs 

 

ANPAD Staff 

• Rafael Gatto — Governance and Technology Manager 

• Taciana Berti — Finance and ANPAD Test 

• Luciano Takao — IT and Systems 

• Bruna Morete — Events 

• Camila Lima — Events 

• Aline Larissa — ANPAD Test and Events 

• Kler Godoy — ANPAD Test and Projects 

• Carolina Aguiar — Communication and Marketing 

• Simone Rafael — Publications and SPELL 

• Eduarda Anastacio — Publications and SPELL 

 

Past Presidents

• Prof. Suzana Braga Rodrigues — Executive Secretary (1985–1986); Scientific Director (1987–1988); President (1989–1990); honored in 2022 with the ANPAD Lifetime Academic Achievement Award 

• Prof. Tânia Fischer — Administrative Director (1989–1990); President (1991–1992); honored in 2016 with the ANPAD Lifetime Academic Achievement Award 

• Prof. Jorge Ferreira da Silva — Scientific Director (2009–2010); President (2011–2012 and 2013–2014) 

• Prof. Alketa Peci — President (2021–2023 term) 

 

Former Directors

• Prof. Alfredo Alves de Oliveira Melo — Administrative Director (1997–1998 and 1999–2000) 

• Prof. Fernando Bins Luce — Scientific Director (1997–1998, 1999–2000, 2011–2012, and 2013–2014); honored in 2022 with the ANPAD Lifetime Academic Achievement Award 

• Prof. Rodrigo Bandeira-de-Mello — Director of International Relations (2013–2014) 

• Prof. Antonio Carvalho Neto — Director of Communication and Publications (2013–2014); Director of International Relations (2015–2017 term); honored in 2023 with the ANPAD Lifetime Academic Achievement Award 

• Prof. Rosilene Marcon — Administrative and Financial Director (2015–2017 term) 

• Prof. Ely Laureano Paiva — Scientific Director (2015–2017 term) 

• Prof. Fabio Vizeu Ferreira — Administrative and Financial Director (2018–2020 term) 

• Prof. Anielson Barbosa da Silva — Director of Graduate Education (2018–2020 term) 

• Prof. Valmir Emil Hoffmann — Scientific Director (2018–2020 term) 

• Prof. Magnus Emmendoerfer — Interim Director of Communication and Publications (2020) 

• Prof. Claudia Cristina Bitencourt — Scientific Director (2021–2023 term) 

• Prof. Rafael Barreiros Porto — Director of Communication and Publications (2021–2023 term) 

• Prof. André Luiz Maranhão de Souza-Leão — Director of Graduate Education (2021–2023 term) 

 

Previous Recipients of the ANPAD Lifetime Academic Achievement Award 

• Prof. Élvia Mirian Cavalcanti Fadul — Honored in 2025 

• Prof. João Luiz Becker — Honored in 2023 

• Prof. José Afonso Mazzon — Honored in 2023 

 

Editors-in-Chief (2024–2027) 

• Prof. Paula Chimenti — Editor-in-Chief of RAC (Journal of Contemporary Administration) 

• Prof. Ricardo Limongi — Editor-in-Chief of BAR (Brazilian Administration Review) 

 

Division Coordinators (2024–2026)

• Prof. Alexandre de Pádua Carrieri — Organizational Studies Division (EOR); honored in 2021 with the ANPAD Lifetime Academic Achievement Award 

• Prof. Amarolinda Klein — Management Information Systems Division (ATI) 

• Prof. Christian Falaster — Strategy Division (ESO) 

• Prof. Hélio Arthur Reis Irigaray — Human Resources and Labor Relations Division (GPR) 

• Prof. Jorge Brantes Ferreira — Marketing Division (MKT) 

• Prof. Leonardo Gomes — Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Division (ITE) 

• Prof. Marcelo Bispo — Management & Accounting Education and Research Division (EDP) 

• Prof. Paulo Terra — Finance Division (FIN) 

• Prof. Simone Sehnem — Operations Management and Logistics Division (GOL) 

• Prof. Thiago Dias — Public Administration Division (APB) 

• Prof. Vinícius Zonatto — Accounting Division (CON) 

 

Institutional Guests

• Prof. Marcelo Alvaro da Silva Macedo — President of ANPCONT 

• Prof. Mário Vasconcellos Sobrinho — President of SBAP 

• Prof. Claudia Souza Passador — Former President of SBAP 

• Prof. Edson Sadao Iizuka — Former President of ANGRAD 

• Júlio Francisco Dantas de Rezende, Administrator — Director of the Chamber of Training and Education, CFA 

• Prof. Flávio Carvalho de Vasconcelos — Dean of Teaching, Research, and Graduate Studies, FGV EBAPE 

• Prof. Guilherme Silveira Martins — President of Insper 

 

Institutional Guests: Academy of Management (AOM) 

• Prof. Sharon Alvarez — Former President of AOM (2024) 

• Kelly Mitchell — Deputy Executive Director, AOM 

• Kate Maloney — Program Director for the Community Accelerator Program (AOM-CAP) and Teaching, AOM 

• Prof. Sérgio Lazzarini — Editor, AMR (Academy of Management Review) 

• Prof. Sandro Cabral — Editor, AMP (Academy of Management Perspectives) 

 

Other ANPAD 50 Years Medal Honorees

• Alberto Luiz Albertin 

• Alessandra de Sá Mello da Costa 

• Alsones Balestrin 

• Ana Heloísa da Costa Lemos 

• Ana Sílvia Rocha Ipiranga 

• Armindo dos Santos de Sousa Teodósio 

• Carlo Gabriel Porto Bellini 

• Carlos Osmar Bertero (representative) 

• Cesar Alexandre de Souza 

• Cintia Rodrigues de Oliveira Medeiros 

• Daiane Mulling Neutzling 

• Delane Botelho 

• Diógenes de Souza Bido 

• Diogo Henrique Helal 

• Edimara Mezzomo Luciano 

• Eduardo André Teixeira Ayrosa 

• Eduardo Damião da Silva 

• Eduardo Henrique Diniz 

• Eduardo Kazuo Kayo 

• Emerson Antonio Maccari 

• Fábio Frezatti 

• Fernando Antonio Ribeiro Serra 

• Fernando de Souza Coelho 

• Heliani Berlato 

• Henrique César Muzzio de Paiva Barroso 

• Herbert Kimura 

• Ieda Margarete Oro 

• Ivan Lapuente Garrido 

• Jair Nascimento Santos 

• Jaime Evaldo Fensterseifer (representative) 

• Jefferson Marlon Monticelli 

• Jorge Manoel Teixeira Carneiro 

• José Mauro da Costa Hernandez 

• Kadigia Faccin 

• Kleber Fossati Figueiredo 

• Luciana Maines da Silva 

• Marcio Cardoso Machado 

• Marcos André Mendes Primo 

• Marcos Cortez Campomar 

• Mário Henrique Ogasavara 

• Marlene Catarina de Oliveira Lopes Melo 

• Paulo Henrique Muller Prado 

• Priscila Rezende da Costa 

• Roberto Lima Ruas 

• Rodrigo de Oliveira Leite 

• Roy Martelanc 

• Salomão Alencar de Farias 

• Vânia Maria Jorge Nassif 

• Wesley Mendes-da-Silva 

The ANPAD 50 Years Medal honors the contributions of the people and institutions that have been part of the organization’s journey over five decades. The tributes held during EnANPAD 2026 are part of the 50th-anniversary celebrations and recognize the many ways people have helped build the Brazilian Academy of Management (ANPAD). 

To all our honorees, we extend our recognition and gratitude. ANPAD’s history is, above all, the story of the people who chose to build it.