Women Advancing Management Education
How WAME Empowers Women in Business Education
Leadership
Monica Adya is the Dean of Rutgers School of Business-Camden, Rutgers University and is serving as the current Chair of WAME.
As Dean of Rutgers School of Business-Camden, Rutgers University, Dr. Adya steers the direction of the school through strategic growth of undergraduate and graduate programs, an executive education unit, as well as Centers of Excellence. Her priorities include developing and implementing strategies for bridging academic scholarship with industry and developing the school as a model for access to high-quality business education. As a scholar in information systems, her areas of expertise include IT Strategy, digital disruption and transformation, design and use of systems, and workforce development in IT. Dr. Adya has delivered executive training to medium and large organizations in several of these areas as well as innovation and creativity in the workplace.
WAME is a forum to engage with women leaders, aspiring leaders, learn from other leaders, discuss challenges, and realize we are not alone! We as leaders are doing great work. Additionally, it is an incredible support system!
The got your back program has helped me to have a great support system and come out of sessions energized and with new ideas
WAME has always been a very valuable organization to me due to the passion of its members and officers. Where else can you get so many leaders who support and assist each other in a collaborative way? Since the beginning, it was founded on connecting women and enabling them to network and learn from each other to the betterment of everyone.
WAME is my home in AACSB. It’s a community where I get to know women I admire, who challenge and inspire me, who give good advice, ask good questions and are colleagues and friends in the journey. I’ve been involved for more than a decade now and attending the sessions have always energized me and given me new and interesting perspectives and ideas. All with a sense of fun and camaraderie that can’t be beat.
It is great to have a safe space to talk to other Deans to get honest feedback and suggestions and share challenges!
“Having a network of women learning with and from each other and working to increase the number of women in leadership in higher education is empowering. The openness and support of other WAME members as I came into my position as a Dean from a nontraditional background has helped me to increase my effectiveness and the impact I have on our college, faculty and students”
“WAME is a wonderful opportunity to learn from other women leaders and help advance inclusion and equality in business education”
