{"id":7783,"date":"2014-12-11T11:22:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T11:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/magazines\/vanderbilt-business\/?p=7783"},"modified":"2015-07-14T19:49:15","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T19:49:15","slug":"from-the-dean-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/vanderbiltbusiness\/from-the-dean-8\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DeanI have to confess that I am really proud of the cover of this issue of Vanderbilt Business<\/em>. It\u2019s not only because I think so highly of Owen Student Government Association President Catalina Lizarralde, Class of 2015, and new Alumni Board President Erika Bogar King, MBA\u201999. More than anything, it\u2019s because they perfectly capture the spirit of Owen right now: energetic, smart and engaged in ways that spur those around them to do great things. In these pages, you\u2019ll learn more about their backgrounds and the remarkable work they\u2019re doing for the school.<\/p>\n

Impact<\/h2>\n

Cata and Erika join other strong women at Owen making a tremendous impact. In a previous issue, you read about the important research that marketing professor Kelly Haws is doing around consumer psychology as it relates to things like healthy lifestyle choices. In this issue, you\u2019ll read about Assistant Professor of Accounting Catherine Lee\u2019s unique approach to understanding how companies think about and manage their earnings statements. On page 46, alumnus Nancy Abbott (EMBA\u201991) shares lessons from her rise through GE\u2019s ranks to become head of global HR for the storied company\u2019s capital real estate division. And on page 34, Kim Killingsworth, a former Peace Corps volunteer and now Owen\u2019s director of international recruiting and relations, takes us behind the scenes of her globe-trotting schedule, complete with witnessing rocket attacks in Israel and dealing with a non-working ATM card in Peru.<\/p>\n

Advancing<\/h2>\n

In addition, I want to highlight Director of Admissions Christie St-John for her work with the Fort\u00e9 Foundation, a global organization dedicated to furthering the business careers and management education of women. Christie was a driving force in getting Vanderbilt named as a Fort\u00e9 partner institution, one of a handful of elite business schools that earned that designation this year. Our work with Fort\u00e9 speaks to the broader diversity\u2014not just among gender, race or geography, but personal values and professional backgrounds as well\u2014that we value so highly at Owen.<\/p>\n

Welcome<\/h2>\n

Two welcomes are also in order. Professor Craig M. Lewis returns to Owen\u2019s finance faculty after a three-year stint as chief economist at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition to the wealth of knowledge\u2014and potential speakers!\u2014he brings back to campus, he is already exploring ways to leverage his SEC experience for students in the classroom as well as for his own academic research. We also welcome Assistant Professor Jessica Kennedy, who joins our human and organizational performance group. A graduate of UC Berkeley, she most recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Wharton School. Jessica has already published much-discussed studies on gender issues in the workplace.<\/p>\n

Finally, if you haven\u2019t seen it already, I encourage you to explore Vanderbilt\u2019s new Academic Strategic Plan \u00a0(http:\/\/vanderbilt.edu\/strategicplan\/)<\/a>,<\/span>unveiled earlier this year by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos. We are in the process of charting our own strategic map, building on Owen\u2019s strengths while reflecting Vanderbilt\u2019s direction. You will hear more about that plan in the days and weeks to come.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

M. Eric Johnson<\/a>
\nRalph Owen Dean<\/em>
\n Bruce D. Henderson Professor of Strategy<\/em><\/p>\n

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