Faculty Profile
Shawn McCloud
Chair, MBA Program
College of Business and Technology
(302) 327-4876
Associate Professor
DBA, Wilmington University
M.S., Fairleigh Dickinson University
B.A., Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach
Biography
Dr. Shawn K. McCloud is Chair of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program and an Associate Professor in the College of Business and Technology at Wilmington University. He is also a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach who helps students, faculty, staff, and professionals identify and leverage their natural talents to strengthen leadership, communication, collaboration, and professional effectiveness.
Dr. McCloud joined Wilmington University in 2020 after beginning his academic career in 2014 at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he served as a full-time faculty member and Associate Director of the University's Mercer County location. His teaching and leadership emphasize practical, experience-based learning, leadership development, and student success.
Prior to entering higher education, Dr. McCloud built more than 25 years of executive leadership experience leading strategic planning, finance, marketing, operations, and other key business functions within the casino gaming industry. His previous leadership positions include Senior Vice President of Analysis with Spectrum Gaming Group, Vice President of Strategic Planning and Analysis with The Cordish Company, and Executive Director of Financial & Marketing Analysis with Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City.
Dr. McCloud earned a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from Wilmington University. His dissertation, Exploring Attitudes Toward Casino Gambling and Visitation: Perspectives of Middle-Atlantic U.S. Adults, examined public perceptions of casino gaming. He also holds a Master of Science (MS) in Hospitality Management Studies from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics from Stockton University. He is also certified and licensed by the New Jersey Department of Education as a School Business Administrator.
In addition to his teaching and academic leadership responsibilities, Dr. McCloud incorporates the CliftonStrengths framework into leadership development, coaching, and professional growth initiatives. His strengths-based approach helps individuals better understand and apply their natural talents to improve performance, strengthen relationships, and achieve meaningful results.
Dr. McCloud resides in southern New Jersey with his wife and their two daughters. He is active in his community through volunteer leadership, serving on nonprofit boards and as administrator of a youth summer swim team. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, being actively involved in his daughters' activities, working out, and competing as an avid bowler.
