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Boston College Names Andrew Boynton Dean of Carroll School of Management

Andrew C. Boynton, founder and program director of the executive MBA program at the International Institute of Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland, has been named dean at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management. A 1978 graduate of Boston College with a bachelor’s degree from the Carroll school, he received his MBA and doctorate from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He began his academic career as an assistant professor at the Darden School of the University of Virginia before accepting a two-year visiting professor position at IMD.

In 1994 Boynton joined the faculty at the Kenan-Flager Business School at UNC, where he was tenured in 1996. The following year he returned to Switzerland and founded the IMD Executive MBA Program, which in 2003 was ranked by Business Week as the sixth best executive MBA program in the world.

Dina Dommett Joins NYU Stern School of Business as Dean of MBA Admissions

New York University Stern School of Business recently hired Dina Dommett--former associate dean of executive MBA programs at  Columbia Business School and director of special projects at London Business School (LBS), as assistant dean for MBA admissions.  Dommett has held leadership positions in management development and education at renowned institutions in the United States and Europe, and most recently managed key initiatives in corporate and government relations for LBS Dean Laura Tyson.

In her new role, Dommett will lead both the full-time and part-time admissions teams in attracting, admitting, and enrolling top-quality students into Stern MBA programs. 

“Dina’s breadth of experience in both the corporate world and in university administration will significantly contribute to the strength of our programs,” said Thomas F. Cooley, dean of NYU Stern. “We are delighted to have such an innovative thinker join Stern’s leadership team. Her proven effectiveness in raising the bar on student caliber and enrollment, as well as her ability to connect with students, will help take Stern to the next level of success.”  For the past two years she has served on the senior staff of the London Business School. She holds a Ph.D. in Italian language and literature from Yale University and spent a year as a Fulbright Fellow at the University of  Rome after earning her B.A. in Italian and German from Boston College. 

UK-based Open University Business School Appoints James Fleck New Dean 

James Fleck has been selected the new dean of The Open University Business School, which operates a series of regional offices and works with international partners to deliver courses in 44 countries. Fleck succeeds Roland Kaye who was dean at OUBS since January of 1999.

Fleck, formerly head of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group at the University of Edinburgh Management School, has first degrees in arts and mathematics from the University of Edinburgh and postgraduate education in the structure and organization of science and technology from the University of Manchester. He has held the Chair of The Organization of Industry and Commerce at the University of  Edinburgh.

“I am really looking forward to contributing to the continuing success of the OUBS and Open University,” Fleck said. “OPU is a terrific global brand and—with increasing globalization and the further development of information and communication technologies—it is well placed to play an even more important role in the future.”

Brenda Gourley, vice-chancellor of the Open University, said: “As  Europe’s largest business school, the Open University Business School continues to play a significant role in business and management education in the UK. The scale, reputation for quality and specialized supported open learning methods that the school boasts all demand dynamic leadership. We believe Prof. Fleck will provide such leadership.”

Fortino Named New Dean of Marist College School of Management 

Dr. Andrés Fortino has been named the new dean of the School of Management and professor of management at Marist College. He joins Marist after serving as the school’s chief academic and fiscal officer. Prior to that he was associate dean for academic development at George Mason University School of Management in Virginia, and director of both the Bioscience Management Graduate and Northrop Grumman MBA programs at George Mason.

A fixture on the worldwide technology lecture circuit and the author of seven books, Fortino has led more than 180 high technology seminars for Learning Tree International, a company specializing in worldwide hands-on training for management and technology professionals. He also worked for the IBM Corporation in its advanced technology division where he received IBM’s first invention level award for his work in semiconductor research.

Fortino received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from the City College of New York and his PhD in electrical engineering from the City University of New York.

The School of  Management consists of 910 undergraduate and 537 graduate students, with degrees offered in accounting, business, and economics and master’s degrees in business administration and public administration.

Moyer New Dean of College of Business and Public Administration at Louisville

R. Charles Moyer, dean of the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University from 1996-2003, has been named the new dean of the College of Business and Public Administration at the University of Louisville. For the past 16 years, he has held the GMAC Insurance Chair of Finance at the Babcock school. 

Prior to his service at Wake Forest, Moyer was professor of finance and finance area chairman at Texas Tech University. He also has held academic appointments in finance at the University of New Mexico, Lehigh University, and the University of Houston.  Moyer received his bachelor of arts in economics from Howard University, and earned his MBA and doctorate in finance and managerial economics from the University of Pittsburgh.  

University of Melbourne picks Seybolt as New Dean of Melbourne Business School

An intensive search has come to an end with the announcement of John Seybolt as the new dean of Melbourne Business School (MBS). He replaces Paul Rizzo who resigned last March due to ill health.

Seybolt takes the dean’s position after serving as senior vice president and distinguished professor of management at Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management in Arizona. He has more than 20 years of experience in business school management positions with leading institutions in the US, Europe, China, Japan, and Latin America.

"This is an exciting opportunity and I am delighted to have been given the role,” said Seybolt. “MBS has an unrivaled reputation and I am proud to be part of such a prestigious and growing institution."

After approving Seybolt’s appointment with a unanimous vote, Board Chairman Ron McNeilly said: “Professor Seybolt brings an impressive mix of academic and management credentials that not only complement the School’s culture and philosophy, but also will enable us to continue building Melbourne Business School as the pre-eminent provider of management and business education in the Asia-Pacific region.”

Since 1988, Seybolt has been active in AACSB International as chair of the International Partnership Team for Continuous Improvement, as member and chair of the International Affairs Committee, the International Peer Review Marketing Task Force, the Accreditation Application Review Committee, and other AACSB groups.

From 1985-88, he was dean of the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah, where he also was a professor of management and adjunct professor of psychology from 1974 through 1998. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale in 1966, an MBA in 1971 from the University of Utah, and a PhD in 1975 from Cornell. His research, teaching, consulting, and advising has been centered on issues of employee motivation, performance and retention, leadership skill assessment and development, organizational and job design, and effective team development.

Seybolt will be a featured speaker at the 2005 AACSB International Deans Conference, Feb. 6-8, 2005, in Orlando, Fla. His presentation topic will be: “Global Management in Turbulent Times.”

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