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Four new tenure-track faculty have joined the Leavey School of Business departments for Fall 2009, two in the Management Department, and one each in Marketing and OMIS.

Niki A. den Nieuwenboer joins the Management faculty from RSM Erasmus University in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on behavioral business ethics, looking at the causes and processes that inform ethical behavior as well as how the social environment shapes moral perception. She holds a Masters of Arts in Social and Organizational Psychology from Leiden University (the Netherlands) and a Master of Applied Ethics from Catholic University Lueven (Belgium). She has worked as an internal organizational consultant and with KPMG Forensic.

Nydia MacGregor is another Management faculty addition, coming from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business where she received her Ph.D. in June. Her research looks at how organizational structure and the character of available resources influence the launch and survival of organizations, examining these issues in retailing, bookstores, and U.S. banking. Dr. MacGregor received her MBA from UC Davis and a BA in European History from UC Santa Cruz. Prior to her doctoral studies, she held strategic management positions at Jamba Juice Company and Noah's NY Bagels.

Kumar R. Saragee joins the Marketing department faculty from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign doctoral program. His research looks at product line management, innovation and new product development, and entrepreneurship, particularly in high tech markets. He received his MBA from Case Western Reserve University (Ohio) and his bachelor's degree from Ravenshaw College (India). He also has worked in several organizations, including Mirc Electronics, Caltex Lubricants, NFO Worldgroup, and Looking Forward Health Services.

Mu Xia has joined the department of Operations & Management Information Systems (OMIS) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he taught and researched e-business standardization, online communities, and B2B electronic commerce. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin, and his bachelor's in engineering from Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Hersh Shefrin is one of the most influential business writers in the last decade, according to J.P. Morgan, which has included the Santa Clara University finance professor in its exclusive "Celebrating a Decade of the J.P. Summer Reading List."

Since 2000, J.P. Morgan has assembled a summer reading list of 10 current business titles recommended for its clients and the general public. In 2003, Hersh Shefrin's book, Beyond Greed and Fear, was selected to be on that year's list.

To commemorate the tenth anniversary of its list, J.P. Morgan selected 10 from the lists published over the past decade (representing about 5,500 entries overall). Those 10 authors were asked to write a brief essay on their respective book, and the essays were compiled into a commemorative publication distributed to J.P. Morgan's clients. Among the other writers selected were Tom Friedman, Malcolm Gladwell, and PIMCO CEO Mohammed El-Erian.

In addition to Beyond Greed and Fear, Shefrin is the author of Behavioral Corporate Finance (2006), A Behavioral Approach to Asset Pricing (2nd edition, 2008), and Ending the Management Illusion: How to Drive Busienss Results Using the Principles of Behavioral Finance (2008).

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SANTA CLARA, CA – July 13, 2009 – Drew Starbird has become the Interim Dean of the Leavey School of Business, following the departure of Barry Z. Posner, who held the post for twelve years and is returning to the management faculty in Fall 2010. The position began July 1, 2009.

He was appointed to the interim post by Michael E. Engh, S.J., president of the University. “I am pleased that he has accepted my offer,” said the president, in announcing the selection to the campus community. The role will end with the appointment of a permanent dean; a search committee chaired by Finance Professor Hersh Shefrin has begun organizing for a search to be conducted over the next academic year.

Dr. Starbird is a professor of Operations and Management Information Systems in the Business School where he has taught since 1987. He has provided leadership in varied posts, including a stint as Director of the Food and Agribusiness Institute, a multi-disciplinary research program; chaired the Undergraduate Leadership Team of faculty and professional staff; as well as serving as faculty director of the School’s Undergraduate Business programs.

Professor Starbird teaches operations management, statistics, and business analytics at the undergraduate, MBA, and Executive MBA levels, as well as conducting extensive research in quality control and management, supply chain management, food safety, and contracting. He has published in Naval Research Logistics, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Journal of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Agricultural Economics, and the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

His scholarship has been recognized with a number of awards, including “Outstanding Contribution” to the Journal of Agricultural & Resource Economics, “Best Article” for the Journal on Chain and Network Sciences, as well as four Leavey School of Business Extraordinary Performance Awards (for exemplary scholarship, teaching, and service), the ACE Outstanding Faculty Awards, and the Dean’s Outstanding Teaching Award.

Dr. Starbird also serves the larger public, most notably as a long-time member of the board of directors of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. He also consults with companies as diverse as Becton Dickinson Immunocytometry Systems and Fresh Express.
 

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SANTA CLARA, CA – June 30, 2009 – A team of graduate students from the Leavey School of Business placed first at the 2009 International Food and Agribusiness Management Association World Forum and Symposium held last week in Budapest, Hungary. The four MBA students tied for first place with University of Guelph (Canada) in the case study competition, beating out top tiered teams from the U.S., Australia, Canada, and Hungary in multiple rounds

Irene Cermeno MBA ‘11, Michael Enos MBA ‘11, Andrew C.S. Tseng MBA ‘09, and Danielle Wenzel MBA ‘11 were sponsored by the Business School’s Food & Agribusiness Institute, and coached by Operations & Management Information Systems Professor Drew Starbird.

“Our graduate students prepare to work in a global business community,” said Professor Starbird, who becomes Acting Dean of the Business School on July 1. “The success of our Santa Clara team shows our strength as a truly internationally focused graduate business program.”

In the first round, the Santa Clara team competed with students from Purdue University, Texas A&M, Curtin University (Australia), and others, to analyze a case involving a family-owned Hungarian producer and distributor of bottled soda water. Just four teams moved on to the final round, in which teams analyzed a case involving a Dutch venture that employed people with disabilities in an open space farming operation.

The winning teams were judged on the originality, creativity, and effectiveness of the solution to the management problem as well as the quality of their 15-minute oral presentation to the judges, multiple panels made up of  two food industry executives and an academic.

“Because the cases involved real world events with real people and their businesses, it made the experience even more gratifying,” said MBA candidate Michael Enos, who is the Chief Technology Officer for Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. “I was humbled when the family from the Hungarian company approached us afterward and thanked us for our input into their issues,” he continued. “I learned a great deal about how to apply the information in the MBA program to the real world.”

Teammate Danielle Wenzel agreed. “The MBA program here does a great job of putting our education in a global context,” she said. Wenzel, who is an Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Santa Clara University, added “By actually engaging in dialogue and hearing global perspectives from global leaders, it solidified the lessons learned in the classroom.”

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Santa Clara University Executive MBA Ranked #15 in Nation
Elite Leadership Program in its 10th Year

SANTA CLARA, CA – April 23, 2009 – The Executive MBA (EMBA) program at Santa Clara University was named #15 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report this morning, in its annual “America’s Best Graduate Schools” assessment, climbing from its #19 spot last year.

“We’re delighted that our reputation for leading-edge, rigorous, and innovative business education is growing,” said Barry Z. Posner, dean and professor of leadership at the Business School. “Our Executive MBA reflects the cutting-edge nature of Silicon Valley coupled with development of leadership skills, a moral compass and the ability to work effectively within collaborative relationships. ”

“Our proximity to venture capital firms and the organizations they fund give our students special insight into our global business environment,” said EMBA faculty director Kirthi Kalyanam, professor of marketing at the Business School. “We don’t wait for industry challenges to be written into textbooks. Our students witness the issues first-hand and are involved in developing the solutions.”

Faculty leaders have recently revised program curriculum to include what the School calls the “Cutting Edge Immersion” experience. In the program, students work directly with key business decision-makers, review the results, and debrief with corporate executives. Cisco Systems and Mohr Davidow Ventures are two partners in the Immersion program. In addition, the program includes coursework at international sites to provide global business exposure to its students.

The Executive MBA program was launched in 1999 and has approximately 300 alumni. Admission criteria to the highly selective program include 10+ years of professional employment and increasing levels of management responsibility in the student’s career trajectory. For more information, visit www.scu.edu/business/graduates/admissions/ 

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SANTA CLARA, CA – April 24, 2009 – The Evening MBA program at Santa Clara University is #10 in the list of best programs for working professionals, and the Executive MBA program is ranked #15, according to “America’s Best Graduate Schools” published today by U.S. News & World Report magazine. The MBA program in SCU’s Leavey School of Business has appeared every year in the magazine’s top 20 since the specialized assessment began in 1995. Last year’s MBA program came in at #13; the Executive MBA was #19.

“We’re delighted that our reputation is growing nationally,” said Barry Z. Posner, dean and professor of leadership at the School of Business. “Of course, Silicon Valley enterprises already know that a Santa Clara MBA is part of the portfolio of up-and-comers prepared for leading in turbulent marketplaces, across functional and global environments, and with a solid moral compass.” More than 1,000 working professionals are currently enrolled in the Evening MBA program.

“Our Evening MBA program began in the late 1950s to groom young managers to assume leadership roles in the Bay Area's new industries,” said Elizabeth Ford, senior assistant dean for graduate business programs. “We continue to provide emerging leaders in Silicon Valley and beyond with the tools they need to lead global, innovative enterprises across all industries.”

Begun in 1959, the Evening MBA in the Leavey School of Business was among the first group of master’s of business administration programs to be accredited by the Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB-International). The Executive MBA program was launched in 1999. The Leavey School of Business also offers a fast-track-to-completion Weekend MBA program and a M.S. in Information Systems, developing technical and relationship skills for IT executives..

The list of the best MBA programs for working professional was released in the magazine’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools 2010” guidebook, and is also available on the publication’s website: www.usnews.com.

ABOUT THE LEAVEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
The Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University began in 1926, and was one of the first business schools in the country to receive national accreditation. Its undergraduate business program is among the top in the nation (#35 nationally, and in the top three in California), its MBA program is #10 in the nation, and its Executive MBA is ranked 15th in the U.S. The School opened its new $49 million building for undergraduate, graduate, and professional business education in Fall 2008. For more information, see www.scu.edu/business/

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SANTA CLARA, CA (April 8, 2009) — Barry Z. Posner has been named a recipient of the Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance Award by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), an international organization for training efforts in the workplace. Posner, along with his writing partner, James Kouzes, will be recognized at the organization’s international conference in Washington, D.C. on June 1.

ASTD’s 14-member board of directors selected the pair in recognition for their extensive body of work (including best-seller The Leadership Challenge) and the significant impact their writing and workshops have had on learning and performance in the workplace.

According to Tony Bingham, President and CEO of the non-profit founded in 1943, Posner and Kouzes have been “pioneers in creating a model of leadership that has become the standard for aspiring leaders. It is truly fitting that they are receiving this award.”

Barry Posner has been dean of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University since July 1, 1997, and will step down from the post on June 30 of this year, returning to the Business School faculty as professor of leadership in the School’s Management Department. A popular lecturer on leadership topics, he has co-authored best-selling several books in addition to The Leadership Challenge, including Credibility: How Leaders Gain It and Lose It, Why People Demand It (chosen by Industry Week as one of its “Five Best Management Books”), Encouraging the Heart, and A Leader’s Legacy. He is also a contributor to a weekly column on leadership for the Washington Post.

Previous recipients of the ASTD Award have been Malcolm Knowles, Robert Mager, Peter Senge, Geary Rummler, Jim and Dana Robinson, Gloria Gery, Roger Schank, Allison Rossett, Meg Wheatley, David Cooperrider, Roger Kaufman, Jack Philips, John Katzenback, and Robert Brinkerhoff.

ABOUT THE LEAVEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
The Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University began in 1926, and was one of the first business schools in the country to receive national accreditation. Its undergraduate business program is among the top 32 in the nation (and among top three in California), its MBA program has ranked in the top 15 for the last decade, and its Executive MBA is ranked 19th in the U.S. The School opened its new $49 million building for undergraduate, graduate, and professional business education in Fall 2008. For more information, see www.scu.edu/business/

ABOUT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY
Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located 40 miles south of San Francisco in California's Silicon Valley, offers its 8,685 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees and engineering Ph.D.s. Distinguished nationally by one of the highest graduation rates among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest operating higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. For more information, see www.scu.edu.

SANTA CLARA – APRIL 7, 2009 – Three retailing leaders examine the challenges the industry faces in an interactive breakfast panel on Thursday, May 7.  Part of the “Leading in Difficult Times” series presented by the Leavey School of Business, the session begins with a 7:30 AM breakfast in Lucas Hall on the Santa Clara University campus.

The panel, which will be moderated by Business School Dean Barry Z. Posner, features three SCU alumni who are decision-makers at retail firms: Evelia Davis (EMBA ’07), PetSmart director of Dog Food; Gene Domecus, formerly with Macys.com and MacysWeddingChannel.com, and currently CFO of Bella Pictures;  Sam Naumes, founder of Naumes’ Oregon Motorsports in Medford.

Each panelist will describe current marketplace challenges and discuss opportunities to leverage in the industry, as well as take questions from the audience.

Tickets for the event are $29 for alumni, $19 for current SCU students, and $39 for the general public. For registration and more information, visit the Leadership Briefings site at www.scu.edu/business/alumni/events/briefings.cfm.
 

SANTA CLARA – March 18, 2009 – Denis Ring, developer of the Whole Foods 365 line and Santa Clara alumnus, will provide his perspective on challenges in the food industry at the next Leadership Briefing on April 2. Part of the “Leading in Difficult Times” series presented by the Leavey School of Business, the session begins with a 7:30 AM breakfast in Lucas Hall on the Santa Clara University campus.

Denis Ring is founder of Bode International, offering product development to food retailers around the world. He led Safeway’s entrée into organic food products, developing more than 150 products for the company’s “O” Organic line. He established the company after leaving Whole Foods, where he established the Whole Foods Market 365 brand, a popular program with Whole Foods customers. While at the firm, he launched 365 Organic and Authentic Foods Artisan as part of his responsibilities to oversee all private label products within the organization.

Tickets for the event, co-sponsored by the Food and Agribusiness Institute at the Business School, are $29 for alumni, $19 for current SCU students, and $39 for the general public. For registration and more information, visit the Leadership Briefings site at www.scu.edu/business/alumni/events/briefings.cfm.
 

SANTA CLARA, CA – February 26, 2009 – The undergraduate business program at Santa Clara University is #32 in the nation, according to “Best Undergraduate B-schools” published today by BusinessWeek magazine. Last year the Leavey School of Business placed #35 in the annual rating.

“Undergraduate students, their parents, and Silicon Valley employers have long recognized the strengths of our undergraduate business program: our rigorous curriculum, emphasis on ethics, and exploration of the global nature of business,” said Barry Z. Posner, dean of the Leavey School of Business. “We’re delighted that these attributes are gaining national attention as well.”

"A focus on business ethics wins praise" from Leavey School seniors, said the magazine's editors, "as does the innovation-rich Silicon Valley location."

Santa Clara received an "A" in its rating of facilities this year, a significant jump  from the "C" grade it received in 2007, the first year it participated in the rankings.

“Our new facility, Lucas Hall, is a perfect complement to our focus on student learning,” said S. Andrew Starbird, faculty director for undergraduate business programs. “State-of-the-art classrooms, technology, and meeting spaces are providing new opportunities for students and faculty to work together.”

This is the third consecutive year the Leavey School of Business undergraduate program has been ranked by the magazine. The "Best Undergraduate B-Schools" issue is on newsstands on Friday, February 27.

About the Leavey School of Business
The Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University began in 1926, and was one of the first business schools in the country to receive national accreditation. Its undergraduate business program is among the top 35 in the nation (and among top three in California), its MBA program has ranked in the top 15 for the last decade, and its Executive MBA is ranked 19th in the U.S. The School opened its new $49 million building for undergraduate, graduate, and professional business education in Fall 2008. For more information, see www.scu.edu/business/

About Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located 40 miles south of San Francisco in California's Silicon Valley, offers its 8,685 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees and engineering Ph.D.s. Distinguished nationally by one of the highest graduation rates among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest operating higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. For more information, see www.scu.edu.

Jay Shepard, executive in residence for Sofinovva Ventures, is the first speaker in the “Leading in Uncertain Times” series presented by the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. The series, part of the annual Leadership Briefings presented by the Business School Alumni Office and co-sponsored by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, begins Wednesday, March 11, at 7:30 AM in Lucas Hall on the University campus.

Jay Shepard joined Sofinovva Ventures, a biotech VC firm specializing in life science and technology start-ups, in 2008. Prior to joining the firm, he was President and CEO of Ilypsa, a nephrology therapeutics company acquired by Amgen for $420 million. Following the successful acquisition of Ilypsa in July 2007 by Amgen, Shepard helped lead the formation and launch of an early stage spinout (now called Relypsa) as interim CEO. He remains on Relypsa’s board as a founding member.

Prior to joining Ilypsa, Jay was vice president of commercial operations at Telik, where he was responsible for preparing the launch of the company’s lead oncology compounds. He was also vice president of ALZA Pharmaceuticals’ Oncology business unit, having moved into leadership with increasing responsibility in ALZA’s specialty pharmaceutical sales and marketing group. He began his career in pharmaceutical sales and marketing at Ortho Pharmaceutical and Syntex laboratories. He holds a B.S. in business administration from the University of Arizona.

Tickets for the March 11 breakfast event are $39 for the general public, $29 for SCU alumni, and $19 for students, and may be purchased online at www.scu.edu/business/alumni/events/. A three-series package price is also available.

The Leadership Briefings continue with Denis Ring, founder of Bode International, a food product developer and marketing firm, on Thursday, April 2, and a panel of retail executives from Macy’s, Sears, and other national companies, on Thursday, May 7.  

For more information, contact the Leavey School of Business Alumni Office at 408-554-5297, or business-alumni@scu.edu.

Six college teams from the western U.S. will compete in the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) at Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business on Friday, February 13, to determine a place in the VCIC International event in April.

Host school Santa Clara University is fielding a team, making its third consecutive appearance in the competition, joined by teams from Brigham Young University, University of San Francisco, UC Irvine, University of Southern California, and University of Washington in the day-long competition.

In the regional round of the VCIC, groups of graduate business students function as venture capitalists reviewing business plans and pitches from actual entrepreneurs. A distinguished panel of veteran Venture Capitalists judge team performance in such areas as discerning company viability, product marketability, availability of financing, and profitable deal structuring. Representatives from Storm Ventures, Panorama Capital, Xilinx Capital, Gabriel Venture Partners, Selby Ventures, Sanderling Ventures, Intel Capital, InterVenture Partners, Inc., Saban Ventures, Meebo, and the Halo Fund will participate as judges.

The competition is organized by the Entrepreneur’s Connection, a graduate student network in the Leavey School of Business, and sponsored by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Leavey School of Business.

The event, which is open to the public, begins at 8:00 A.M. in the Forbes Family Conference Center in Lucas Hall on the Santa Clara University campus. Tickets are $40 for the public, $25 for SCU alumni, and $20 for students. For more information, visit the Entrepreneur’s Connection website: www.scunetworks-mbaec.org
 

Aaron Beam, Jr., the former CFO of HealthSouth who went to prison for his role in the giant health concern’s accounting scandal, will bring his reflections on ethics in the workplace to Santa Clara University students on Tuesday, February 17, at 3:30 PM in Daly Science 206.

“I think others can learn from my story,” Beam says on his website, aaronbeam.net. Students can learn from his experiences, he says, from starting a company and seeing it become a Wall Street favorite to finding himself in the middle of a corporate scandal. During his presentation, he will examine how he and other HealthSouth officials were pressured by ex-CEO Richard Scrushy to hide earnings shortfalls from 1995 to 2003.

“We want students and faculty to benefit from his perspective,” said Dr. Ahmed Hosseini, adjunct professor in the Accounting Department and coordinator of its speaker series for Winter Quarter.

SCU students, faculty, and staff are invited to hear Beam’s lecture, as well as attend the two other presentations in the series: Philip Boken of Protiviti on Tuesday, February 3, and Marc Seymer and Mary Pat Fernald of Adobe Systems on Tuesday, February 10.

Author and entrepreneur Judy Estrin will discuss “Closing the Innovation Gap” at Santa Clara University on Monday, February 9.

The interactive lecture is sponsored by the Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN) in the Leavey School of Business at the university, and runs from 5:00 to 7:00 PM.

The event will include a question-and-answer session with Ms. Estrin, who will also sign her book, Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy. Tickets for the event are $20 online until February 5, and $25 at the door.

Judy Estrin is CEO of JLABS, LLC, and co-founder of seven technology companies. She has served at Chief Technology Officer at Cisco Systems, and is on the boards of directors of several publicly traded companies, including FedEx Corporation and Walt Disney Corporation. Ms. Estrin also serves on technology advisory boards for Stanford University’s School of Engineering and Bio-X campuswide interdisciplinary initiative. She has been named three times to Fortune magazine’s list of the “50 Most Powerful Women in American Business.”

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.scu.edu/business/gwln/.

Closing the Innovation Gap
Monday, February 9
California Mission Room, Benson Center
Santa Clara University
Admission $20 online until February 5
$25 at the door
 

Mitchell Baker, co-founder of the Mozilla Project and chairman of the Mozilla Foundation, will speak about leading in an open source environment on Tuesday, February 3, as part of the Santa Clara Leadership Lecture series.

Baker, who has led the Mozilla project as general manager since 1999, was instrumental in the creation of the Mozilla Corporation in 2005, serving as its CEO until January of last year. The corporation is the 'parent' of Firefox, an open source browser that has captured more than 20% of the marketplace, and making it the second-most used browser in the world.

A California native, Baker received her BA and her JD from UC Berkeley, and has been profiled by national news media as a leader in technology and its implications for business.

Mario Belotti, the W.M. Keck Foundation Chair in Economics, presents his view of the economy in 2009 on Tuesday, February 3, on the Santa Clara University campus.

Belotti, who consults with Silicon Valley venture capitalists regularly, is an expert on banking, the U.S. financial markets, and outsourcing. He has presented an annual forecast for more than 40 years, packing the venues with business and non-profit leaders eager to gain from his experience.

Tickets for the Santa Clara event are $40 for the general public; $30 for SCU alumni, and $20 for students, and made be purchased online at the Business School alumni website.

Belotti make an additional presentation on Tuesday, February 10, in San Francisco. Details may be found on the Forecast website.

SANTA CLARA, CA  -- December 19, 2008 -- Applications for Spring Quarter 2009 in the MBA program at Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business are due January 20, said school officials on Friday.

Admission to the Spring Quarter in Leavey Business School top-ranked MBA program (#13 nationally) provides an advantage to students who want to begin their graduate studies now, rather than waiting for a traditional September start.

Spring Quarter applicants should complete their applications by January 20 or earlier, said admissions staff.

For more information, contact the Graduate Business Admissions office at 408-554-5485.

SANTA CLARA – December 12, 2008 – A former NFL referee, a founder of the Mozilla Foundation, and an executive from Genentech are scheduled to share their leadership stories with Santa Clara University students in Winter 2009 quarter, said Barry Z. Posner, dean of the Leavey School of Business, in announcing the Santa Clara Leadership Lecture series program which begins in January.

January 20, 2009 : Former NFL referee Mike Carey, a Santa Clara University alumnus, is co-owner of Seirus Innovation, a sports accessories manufacturer. His leadership experiences include work with the Boys and Girls Club of San Diego and other non-profit organizations, as well as serving on the SCU Board of Trustees and the Board of Regents. In addition to his entrepreneurial career as a sporting goods manufacturer, Carey has officiated football games at the collegiate and professional levels, most recently at the 2008 Super Bowl. He earned his B.S. in biology from SCU, and did graduate work in microbiology at South Dakota State University.

February 3, 2009 : A champion of open source innovation on the Internet, Mitchell Baker is the chairman of the Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization promoting open source software to broaden and improve Internet accessibility. As manager of the Mozilla Project, which began in 1999, she helped shape the license under which Netscape’s source code was released. In 2005, Baker helped create the Mozilla Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Foundation, where she served as CEO until January 2008. Her legal career included work for Sun Microsystems and Netscape in the early days of the development of web browsers. Baker earned her BA from UC Berkeley and her JD from the Boalt Hall School of Law.

February 18, 2009 :  As executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of Genentech, David Ebersman is responsible for finance, general audit, investor relations, corporate relations, and corporate information technology groups for the biotechnology firm. He joined the company in 1994 as a business development analyst and subsequently held positions in product development, product operations, and finance. Ebersman was named CFO in 2005 and became executive vice president and a member of the corporation’s executive committee in 2006. Previously he had worked as a research analyst for an investment banking firm, specializing in biotechnology investments. He received his BA in economics and international relations from Brown University.

The Santa Clara Leadership Lectures series is designed to give the Santa Clara community insight into leadership styles and experiences of seasoned professionals from the Silicon Valley. The lectures take place in the California Mission Room of the Benson Center on campus from 4:00 – 5:20 PM. Admission is free but registration is required for admittance, as seats are limited. For more information and a link to the online registration page, visit www.scu.edu/business/scll/.