The Center for Professional Sales’ new leadership team concluded a monumental spring semester at Texas State University’s McCoy College of Business, marking a new era of student-focused initiatives and significant growth for the program.
Following the retirement of longtime director Vicki West in late 2024, Dr. Linda Alkire, an associate professor of marketing at Mc-Coy College, assumed the director role at the start of the 2025 spring semester. Dr. Derrek Schartz, assistant professor of instruction in marketing, joined the center as assistant director in August of 2024.
The duo formed a dynamic leadership team that guided the center through a semester of swift transitions and noteworthy accomplishments.






