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Georgetown UniversityMcDonough School of BusinessRECRUITMENT AND SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPSWhat programs and initiatives has your school found successful in the recruitment of minority and/or female students?The MBA full-time program at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business participates in special, targeted events for minority students asa partner of the Management Leadership for Tomorrow organization. In addition, the school hosts a special open house during the fall semester forprospective minority students. It also recruits current minority students in the MBA program to assist the admissions team with calls to admittedminority students.The Georgetown MBA Program also participates in events for women as a sponsor school of the Forté Foundation. In addition, it hosts a special openhouse during the fall semester for female prospective students in conjunction with Georgetown Women in Business.The school’s partnership with the Forté Foundation is part of its larger ambition to enable talented women to excel in business and become leaders intheir fields. Through this partnership and participation in organizations such as Management Leadership for Tomorrow and the Diversity PipelineAlliance, it seeks to broaden our outreach and support to future women MBAs. Each year, Georgetown MBA hosts a variety of events during whichprospective female applicants may interact with the school’s current students and alumnae. In addition, the school awards several Forté scholarshipsper year to help women finance their graduate business education.As leaders of the Student Government Association and student organizations, women at Georgetown make decisions which help shape the future ofthe Georgetown MBA program as well as their classmates’ experiences. They are provided opportunities to expand their skills and networks throughparticipation in Georgetown Women in Business, a robust chapter of the National Association of Women MBAs, which addresses issues specificallyrelevant to businesswomen and builds career and networking opportunities through formal and informal events. Additionally, through forums hostedby the Georgetown University Women’s Leadership Initiative, students can hear directly from women business leaders about cutting edge practices andtrends.Please describe any scholarship and/or fellowship opportunities for minority and/or female students attending your school.Name of fellowship program: The Forté FellowshipNumber of fellowships awarded: Two to four awardees are selected each year based on the application for admission.Deadline for application: With application for admissionFellowship award amount: VariesWebsite or other contact information: www.fortefoundation.orgThere is no separate application for the fellowship; all female applicants are automatically considered for the scholarship.PROMINENT ALUMNI/FACULTYPlease provide information about prominent minority faculty members at your school.Rohan Williamson, associate professor, Holowesko Research Fellow and area coordinatorPhD, Ohio State University, financeMA, Ohio State University, financeMBA, Clark Atlanta UniversityBME, University of Dayton, mechanical engineeringProfessor Williamson’s publications include “Identifying and Quantifying Corporate Exposures” (with René Stulz) in Financial Risk and “CorporateTreasury: New Developments in Strategy and Control” reprinted in Corporate Risk: Strategies and Management; “The Determinants and Implicationsof Corporate Cash Holdings” (with Tim Opler, Lee Pinkowitz and René Stulz) in the Journal of Financial Economics; and “Exchange Rate Exposure andCompetitiveness: Evidence from the World Automotive Industry” in the Journal of Financial Economics. His working papers include “Bank Power andCash Holdings: Evidence from Japan” (with Lee Pinkowitz) and “An International Comparison of Exchange Rate Exposure” (with Craig Doidge and JohnGriffin). Professor Williamson has presented his work at many conferences and seminars. He was formerly a financial analyst for the ChryslerCorporation and served as copy editor for the Journal of Finance.Paul Almeida, associate professorPhD, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, international business and strategyMA, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, applied economics and managerial scienceMBA, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad BE, University of Poona, electrical engineeringProfessor Almeida’s recent publications include “The Localization of Knowledge and the Mobility of Engineers in Regional Networks” in ManagementScience. He also has published articles in the Strategic Management Journal and Small Business Economics, and contributed articles to several279
Vault/CGSM Guide to Business School Diversity, 2010 EditionGeorgetown University (McDonough)scholarly books. He currently is coediting a volume on “Managing Knowledge in the 21st Century.” His paper, “Learning and Contributing: ForeignMultinationals in the U.S. Semiconductor Industry,” won the Best Paper Award in Technology and Innovation Management by the Academy ofManagement.Professor Almeida is a member and active contributor to the Academy of Management, Academy of International Business and Strategic ManagementSociety and has served as a reviewer for articles in over 10 scholarly journals. He also has been a consultant to several firms including IBM, AT&Tand Philips and previously worked as an electrical engineer and a management consultant. An important focus of Professor Almeida’s professionallife is introducing and applying the latest business ideas, frameworks and tools to professional organizations. He achieves this through consulting,executive education and corporate seminars in the areas of strategic planning, international business and knowledge management. Organizations hehas worked with include Microsoft, Gucci, IBM, AT&T, Bechtel, BAE Systems, Kimberly-Clark, OPIC, ENI (Italy), the World Bank, the LG Group (SouthKorea), NPR, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Department of Agriculture.Kasra Ferdows, Heisley Family Chair of Global ManufacturingPhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, industrial engineeringMBA, University of Wisconsin-MadisonMSc, Teheran Polytechnic, mechanical engineeringProfessor Ferdows is the current president of the production and operations management society. He also is the codirector of programs for study ofglobal logistics at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business. Before joining Georgetown in 1990, he taught for 10 years at the European Instituteof Business Administration (INSEAD) in Fontainebleau, France, (where he still teaches occasionally as a visiting professor) and before that at the IranCenter for Management Studies. He also has been a visiting faculty member at the Harvard Business School, the Stanford Graduate School ofBusiness, and last year, the Melbourne Business School. He was the acting dean of Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business fromJuly 1997 to July 1998. He has published in general management journals such as Harvard Business Review, Strategic Management Journal,California Management Review, The Columbia Journal of World Business, European Management Journal, Industrial Engineer and the Journal ofBusiness Strategy and in scholarly journals in the field of operations management, including Production and Operations Management, The Journal ofOperations Management, The International Journal of Production Research, The International Journal of Operations and Production Management andInternational Journal of Technology Management. His book, Managing International Manufacturing (North Holland, 1989), is one of the pioneeringworks in the field.Please provide information about prominent minority alumni from your school.Kalena Alston-Griffin, MBA 2004, managing partner, Bull Run GroupIn Ebony magazine’s February 2007 issue, an article titled “30 Young Leaders Under 30” cited Kalena Alston-Griffin. The story spotlights “educated,talented and extremely gifted young Black men and women who are making tremendous strides and accomplishing much in [their professions, and]are also demonstrating leadership qualities by giving back to their communities and devoting time and effort to charitable endeavors.” Ms. AlstonGriffin, vice president of Merrill Lynch’s Global Private Client Group, is cofounder of Merrill Lynch’s Women’s Associate Leadership Network and a boardmember of Services for the Underserved.Marcus Johnson, JD/MBA 1997, jazz pianist and chief executive officer, Marimelj Entertainment Group, LLCMarimelj Entertainment Group, LLC is a multifaceted group of entertainment companies that include recording studios, two music publishingcompanies and has among its clients some of the hottest contemporary jazz musicians. Following graduation from Georgetown, Mr. Johnson pursueda career as a jazz pianist, a record producer and a business career in founding by Marimelj Entertainment Group. The ambitious artist turned recordcompany CEO acquired enough critical acclaim to receive the United States Small Business Administration’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year award,and raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Resource Committee’s breast cancer support and awareness programs in the Washington, D.C.,metropolitan area. Mr. Johnson’s strong sense of community activism has a significant impact on his company where each employee is required togive 15 hours of community service per month. All artists signed to his music label are required to give 10 hours of community service as stipulatedin their contract. Mr. Johnson has also partnered with Robert Johnson, CEO of Johnson Entertainment and owner of BET (Black EntertainmentTelevision) and several other major entertainment outlets.Todd Corley, MBA 1997, senior vice president of diversity and inclusion, Abercrombie & FitchTodd Corley is a seasoned executive in the areas of diversity leadership, change management, organizational behavior, business development andfinancial analysis. In his role, Mr. Corley reports to the chairman and CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch and has global responsibility for the company’sdiversity initiative. Since assuming the role in 2004, the demographic makeup of the in-store manager and in-store model position are now moreracially and ethnically diverse than the United States. Mr. Corley also is a founding member of the nation’s first graduate degree in diversitymanagement at Georgetown University, housed by the School of Continuing Studies. He also is currently on the faculty of the university.In 2008, he was listed by SAVOY Professional magazine as one of the “Top 100 African Americans in Corporate America.” In 2009, he was invited tojoin the Executive Leadership Council, the nation’s premier leadership organization which comprises the most senior African-American corporateexecutives. With less than 400 members, the ELC represents senior executives in positions one to three steps from the chief executive officers ofFortune 500 companies, CEOs themselves and other entrepreneurs.280
Vault/CGSM Guide to Business School Diversity, 2010 EditionGeorgetown University (McDonough)Please provide information about prominent female faculty members at your school.Reena Aggarwal, Stallkamp Fellow, professor of finance and McDonough ProfessorPhD, University of Maryland, financeMMS, BITS, India, engineering and managementProfessor Aggarwal specializes in corporate governance, international stock markets, microstructure of stock exchanges and initial public offerings.Her current research focuses on mutual fund investments in international markets, international differences in governance and market value,demutualization of stock exchanges and public offerings. She teaches courses in corporate finance and investment banking. She has been namedamong Outstanding Faculty in the BusinessWeek Guide to the Best Business Schools. Professor Aggarwal has held various positions including interimdean of Georgetown’s McDonough School; deputy dean of the McDonough School; visiting professor of finance at the MIT Sloan School ofManagement; visiting research scholar at the International Monetary Fund; academic fellow at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; andFulbright Scholar to Brazil and Chile.Pietra Rivoli, professorPhD, University of Florida, finance and international economicsBS, University of Florida, financeProfessor Rivoli specializes in corporate and international finance as well as ethical and social issues related to finance. She teaches corporate financeand international finance. She has served on the Georgetown faculty since 1983. Her recent research has been published in Business Ethics Quarterlyand the Journal of International Business Studies. Professor Rivoli also is involved in social issues at Georgetown, including the university’s licensingoversight committee, which oversees workplace issues for the university’s apparel producers, its committee for social responsibility in investing and theVital Voices partnership, a university initiative in executive education for women from developing countries. Professor Rivoli teaches at theundergraduate, MBA and executive levels and has been the recipient of teaching awards at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.Marcia Miceli, professorDBA, Indiana University, personnel and organizational behaviorMBA, Indiana University, personnel and industrial relationsBA, Indiana University, psychologyProfessor Miceli is the co-author of Blowing the Whistle (1992, Lexington Books, with J.P. Near). Two recent publications are “Consequences ofsatisfaction with pay systems: Two field studies,” Industrial Relations (with P. W. Mulvey); and “Effective whistle-blowing,” Academy of ManagementReview (with J.P. Near). She has served as a member of the editorial boards of Journal of Management and Academy of Management Review. Shewas a member of the faculty at the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University from 1981 to 1998 and was appointed Hoyt Professor ofManagement in 1998. While at Ohio State, Professor Miceli served in several administrative positions, including academic director of graduateprograms in labor and human resources, chair of the department of management and human resources, interim academic director of the MBAprogram and senior associate dean. She has also taught at Indiana University.Please provide information about prominent alumnae from your school.Ada Polla, MBA 2004, founder, Alchimie ForeverWhile earning her MBA at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, Ada Polla also was building her Swiss antioxidant skin care line,Alchimie Forever. She grew the business from the five products that were created for her parents’ medical spa to nearly two dozen products for menand women that are sold around the world. Polla has professional experience in consulting and product management in the medical device industry.She is on the editorial board of PCI Magazine, a committee member of the International Spa Association and the founder of the Network ofEntrepreneurial Women, an association for women entrepreneurs in the mid-Atlantic region.Juliana Lutzi, MBA 1999, chief executive officer, PURE STYLE GirlfriendsPrior to founding PURE STYLE Girlfriends, a women’s fashion company, in 2007, Juliana Lutzi, a San Francisco native, was the founder and chiefexecutive officer of FIRE Solutions, a financial services e-learning and compliance technology firm. There, Lutzi led the company from inception to amultimillion-dollar award-winning organization. Under her tenure, FIRE trained over 300,000 financial services professionals around the world.Awarded the No. 1 Fastest Growing Women-Run Company in American Cities in 2006, Lutzi was recognized by Inc. for growing FIRE Solutions at acompound annual growth rate of 1,116 percent over five years. Additionally, Institutional Investor’s prestigious Compliance Reporter named Lutzi andFIRE Solutions Vendor of the Year for excellence in innovation and service.CURRICULUM AND RESEARCHPlease provide information on any classes and concentrations that focus on issues related to women or minorities.HR Management for Line ManagersThe primary objective of this course is to enhance the ability to recognize and address HR issues faced by managers, through cases and readingsfocused on research on HR and legal developments. The course focuses primarily on the operational level, rather than the strategic (top management)level. It examines HR problems both from the perspective of the organization and its managers and from the perspective of the employee.281
Vault/CGSM Guide to Business School Diversity, 2010 EditionGeorgetown University (McDonough)Investing in Africa and Community DevelopmentThis course addresses the issues from the points of view of established company management, new entrepreneurs, development policymakers andmultinational corporate managers. The course will deepen students’ understanding if they want to better grasp economic events in Africa or arethinking of going to work as entrepreneurs, managers, consultants or financial advisors, lenders or investors.Please describe any faculty and/or student research projects that focus on diversity, multiculturalism and minority issues.Under the direction of Professor Cathy Tinsley, the Gender in the Workplace Research Initiative supports research aimed at understanding andpromoting women’s advancement. Georgetown students have the opportunity to conduct rigorous research on gender issues in the workplace andpresent those findings before a panel of successful businesswomen. The first symposium at which findings were presented was held in April 2008.In addition, Professor Tinsley, through research sponsored in part by the Georgetown University Women’s Leadership Initiative, has cowritten a reportentitled, “How Strong is that Glass Ceiling? Gender Effects for Mentoring.”Please describe any symposiums or special lectures that focus on diversity and minority issues organized and/or sponsored by your school.Women’s Leadership InitiativeThe Georgetown University Women’s Leadership Initiative sponsors a number of events available to the Georgetown community. The distinguishedspeaker series is a semiannual event that brings women leaders from business and politics to talk about their experiences and offer insight into havingsuccessful careers while also leading successful lives.The initiative also sponsors skill development workshops that bring business women leaders in to discuss climbing the corporate ladder, includingadvice, dos and don’ts through presentations, lectures and demonstrations.ORGANIZATIONS AND STUDENT LIFEPlease provide information on your school diversity student and alumni organizations.The Asia Business Consortiumstudent.msb.edu/abcThe Asia Business Consortium was developed to provide a link between the Georgetown MBA Program and the Asian business world. The club assistsstudents with job and internship opportunities; promotes the Georgetown MBA/McDonough School of Business brand in Asia; further develops theGeorgetown MBA-Asia alumni network; and brings Asian culture to the MBA community through the sponsoring of different events.Black MBA Association (BMBAA)student.msb.edu/bmbaaMembers of the Black MBA Association are committed to making a difference in their local, regional and global communities through the investmentof individual and collective professional resources in activities that promote ethical business strategy and compassionate social interaction. Its purposeis threefold: to encourage excellence in academic preparation and professional development of students of African descent who are candidates for theMBA, to cultivate their presence as members of the Georgetown community and enrich the academic and professional environment at the McDonoughSchool of Business and to engage in structurally organized activities in the areas of recruitment, retention, and placement of students of African descentin our program.European Busine
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