David R. Klock is currently Dean of the College of Business Administration and Interim Dean of the Collins School of Hospitality Management at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California. He also currently serves as the Chairman Emeritus and Chairman of the Audit Committee of CompBenefits Corporation, an Atlanta, Georgia-based provider of dental and vision plans to over 4.5 million members in the United States. Dr. Klock also served as non-management Chairman for CompBenefits from 2004 to 2006, and as Chairman and CEO from 1993 to 2004. Dr. Klock became an active consultant to CompBenefits in 1981 and a Board member in 1984. Dr. Klock obtained a Doctorate in Finance from the University of Illinois, following which he held several academic appointments, most notably as Chairman of the Finance Department at the University of Central Florida (UCF) from 1982 to 1987. He took a leave of absence from UCF in 1987 to serve as a Financial/Insurance Economist at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York. Dr. Klock is the co-author of four books and over 40 other scholarly publications. |