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Chief Marketing

Founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is recognized globally for intellectual leadership and ongoing innovation across every major discipline of business education. With a broad global community and one of the most published business school faculties, Wharton creates economic and social value around the world. The School has 5,000 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students; more than 9,000 annual participants in executive education programs; and a powerful alumni network of 92,000 graduates.

Focused and strategic leader catalyzing innovation and results-oriented implementation. Skilled public speaker. Enjoy building and leading collaborative teams and creating a positive culture of trust. Flexible, proactive, resilient and empathetic. Experienced with: Leading start-up and new organizations to growth; Creating focused and engaging marketing and communications strategies to engage stakeholders; Catalyzing a community of partners via thought leadership, content oriented programs and industry engagement; Creating realistic organizational metrics and reporting systems that measure success and foster teamwork and trust; Working with business leaders, elected officials and policymakers at the national, state and local levels to support and launch new programs; and Initiating and managing productive public-private partnerships that produce positive outcomes.