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New Associate
Dean for
Communications
and Business
Development
Wharton Dean Patrick
Harker has announced the
appointment of Kathleen
McClave to the newly created
post of associate dean
for Communications and
Business Development.
The position was created
to expand on the School's
already successful efforts
in global brand building,
corporate relations, and the
creation of new commercial
revenue streams. McClave
will help to coordinate efforts
across administrative
and academic departments,
including research centers,
Executive Education,
Career Management, and
External Affairs, to maximize
the School's potential
in these critical areas.
"Ms. McClave brings
a wealth of professional
experience as well as an extensive
working knowledge
of the Wharton School to
her new role. We are delighted
that she will be providing
leadership for this
very significant new division,"
said Harker.
For the last four years,
McClave has been with
Tillinghast-Towers Perrin,
first as a managing consultant
and later as a principal,
serving as banking sector
leader, marketing leader,
and distribution practice
leader for North America.
From 1996 to 1999, she
was president and chief
executive officer of Furash
& Company, management
and strategic consultants
to the financial services
industry.
A Wharton MBA graduate,
McClave was appointed
as managing director
of Wharton's Financial
Institutions Center with
the charge of organizing an
ongoing research capability
into issues affecting the
financial services industry
under a $6.2 million grant
from the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation in 1993. In
her three years as managing
director, McClave worked
with Wharton faculty to
establish the center's research
agenda, recruit and
manage industry boards of
senior executives, and
develop additional funding
for research from the financial
services industry. She
continues to serve on the
Financial Institutions
Center board and maintains
a research appointment to
the center.
Three years ago, while
with Tillinghast-Towers
Perrin, McClave contributed
a substantial portion
of time and pro bono services
from the firm to assist
a faculty committee in
conducting a strategic self-assessment
of the School
and to identify a key set of
strategic initiatives for the
School's future operations.
Among the outcomes
from the faculty committee's
work were recommendations
that ultimately led
to the establishment of
the School's Wharton West
presence in San Francisco,
the Wharton-INSEAD
Alliance, and the creation
of the Alfred West Jr.
Learning Lab.
"Telling Wharton's
story effectively and consistently
over time will have a
tremendous impact on our
alumni," McClave said regarding
her new role at the
School. "It will make clear
the value of a Wharton degree
in a more comprehensive
way, help alumni to
remain actively engaged in
the learning environment,
and increase their access to
new faculty research and
ideas that will positively
impact their lives."
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