SCU Leavey School of Business
| SCU Leavey School of Business |
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| Motto | Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (Latin) |
| Motto in English | For the Greater Glory of God |
| Established | 1923 |
| Type | Private Roman Catholic (Jesuit) |
| Endowment | $603.6 million parent institution[1] |
| Dean | Andrew S. Starbird |
| Academic staff | 488 (full-time) 268 (part-time) |
| Students | 8,846 (Fall 2009)[2] |
| Undergraduates | 1,491 |
| Postgraduates | 1,047 |
| Location | Santa Clara, California, United States |
| Colors | Red and White |
| Affiliations | Santa Clara University |
| Website | Official website |
The SCU Leavey School of Business is a private academic institution at Santa Clara University. It is one of the professional schools of Santa Clara University. The School of Business was founded in 1923 and accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business thirty years later. Located in the Silicon Valley.
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[edit] History
- 1851 Santa Clara College established
- 1923 School of Business and Administration established
- 1953 Business School accredited by Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
- 1957 Executive Development Center established
- 1959 MBA program created
- 1963 Graduate program recognized through AACSB accreditation
- 1975 Combined JD/MBA program created
- 1983 Dedication of the Dorothy and Thomas Leavey School of Business
- 1999 Executive MBA program created
- 2008 Lucas Hall business facility dedicated
[edit] Academics
The Leavey School of Business, which serves over 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students, has six academic departments including Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing, and Operations Management and Information Systems.
- Degrees in Accounting, Accounting & Information Systems (AIS), Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing, Operations and Management Information Systems (OMIS)
- Different methods of completing the degree Full-Time, Part-Time (Evening, Weekend Accelerated, Saturday), Executive (EMBA)
- -Joint-degee with School of Law JD/MBA
- -Joint-degee with School of Law JD/MSIS
[edit] Centers & Institutes
"Centers and institutes in the School of Business provide scholars and organizations an interdisciplinary approach to business issues." (Source: Santa Clara University)
- Center for Accounting Education and Practice
- Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Certified Equity Professional Institute
- Civil Society Institute
- Executive Development Center
- Food & Agribusiness Institute
- Global Women's Leadership Network
- Retail Management Institute
[edit] Ranking
Bloomberg BusinessWeek listed the Santa Clara University School of Business Evening MBA program in the top 20 part-time programs in the U.S. in its biennial rankings of specialty (i.e. other than full-time) MBA programs. (Source: www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/)
In addition, the MBA program has ranked as high as 10th among part-time MBA programs in the United States, and the Executive MBA program, 15th nationally, in the U.S. News & World Report's annual poll of business school deans, and published in the “America's Best Graduate Schools” guide. (Source: [1][2])
The undergraduate business program has been ranked 2nd in the West by U.S. News & World Report with its management program ranked 21st in the nation. The undergraduate business program has also been ranked 27th in the nation by Bloomberg BusinessWeek. (Source: [3][4][5])
[edit] Leadership
Presently the Leavey School of Business is led by S. Andrew "Drew" Starbird, professor of Operations Management and Information Systems, who was appointed dean effective July 1, 2010. He succeeds Barry Z. Posner, professor of leadership and best-selling co-author of The Leadership Challenge, who served twelve years as dean and is returning to the faculty after a sabbatical in Fall 2010.
Previous deans and their tenure: Alexander Field, acting dean (1995–96), currently Orradre Professor of Economics James L. Koch (1990–1995), currently Terry Professor of Management Albert Bruno, acting dean (1988–89), currently Cleary Professor of Marketing Andre Delbecq (1978–1988), currently McCarthy Presidential Professor Charles J. Dirksen (1941–1978)
[edit] Lucas Hall
Lucas Hall is among the newer buildings on the Santa Clara University campus and is home to the Leavey School of Business. Construction began in May 2007 and the building was formally dedicated on September 14, 2008, in honor of Donald L. Lucas, veteran Silicon Valley venture capitalist.
At approximately 86,000 square feet (8,000 m2), the facility is two and a half times the size of the former home of the Business School, Kenna Hall. The three-story building contains 12 classrooms (two dedicated to executive education), 102 faculty offices, 16 team project rooms, six large executive-style conference rooms, and a 100-seat seminar room. The center core of the facility contains the Dukes Business Services Center and the Cadence CyberCafe. [6]
[edit] Notable Alumni
See also: List of Santa Clara University people
- Everett Alvarez (1960), President of Conwal Consulting
- Michonne Ascuaga (1983), President of John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino
- Donald Barbieri (1968), Former CEO WestCoast Hospitality Corp
- David Bauer (1992), Vice President of Q2 Brand Intelligence
- Leigh Belden (1979), President, VeriLink Corporation
- Julianne Biagini (M.B.A. 2000) CFO, Endwave
- Mary Bitterman (1966), President, James Irvine Foundation, former CEO, KQED Broadcasting
- Roger Brunello (1963), Former Owner, President and Chairman of Le Boulanger Inc.
- David Carey (1981), President and CEO, Outrigger Enterprises, Inc.
- William Carter (M.S. 1995) Chief Technology Officer, Xilinx
- Lewis Chew (1984), CFO of National Semiconductor
- David Cheng (M.B.A. 2006), Senior Financial Analyst, Apple
- Kathleen Collons (1988), Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Alan Cordano (1965), Owner, Cordano Co.
- Steven C. Crosby, Vice President Corporate Communications, Vulcan Inc.
- Dorian Daley (1986), Senior Vice President, General Council and Secretary, Oracle
- William Dallas (1987), Founder and Owner, Dallas Capital
- Mike Dillon (1984), Senior Vice President, General Council and Corporate Secretary, Sun Microsystems
- David Drummond (Google) (1985), Vice President and General Counsel, Google
- Tom Dunlap (1979), Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Intel
- Carrie Dwyer (1976), Executive VP of Corporate Oversight, Charles Schwab
- Thomas Fanoe (1968), former president, Levi's USA and Joe Boxer Corp.
- Gary Filizetti (1967), President of Devcon Construction
- Robert J. Finocchio Jr. (1973), Retired Director of Informix and former President, 3COM
- Fred Franzia (1965), Owner of Bronco Winery and maker of Charles Shaw wine, potentially the largest grape producer in California.
- David Fry (1983), Chief Information Officer and Co-Founder, Fry's Electronics
- John Fry (1978), President and Co-Founder, Fry's Electronics
- Randy Fry (1980), Co-Founder, Fry's Electronics
- Jim Garrison (1973), Co-Founder of the State of the World Forum
- Frank Greene (Ph.D 1970), Founding Partner, New Vista Capital/New Vista Capital Funds
- Michelle Goins (1983), Chief Information Officer, Juniper Networks
- Paul Grossman, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development, Life Technologies
- Rebecca Guerra (M.B.A. 1978), Vice President of Human Resources, Extreme Networks
- Michael L. Hackworth (1963), chairman, Cirrus Logic
- Kevin Haley (M.B.A 2005), Founder, Clearstreme LLC
- Elizabeth Harris (1986), Senior Corporate Counsel, Safeway Inc.
- Stanley Ho, Managing Director, Shun Tak Holdings
- Scott Howley (1990), Director of Project Management, Oracle Corporation
- Laura Jacobus (1987), Director of Business Development, Cisco
- Richard Justice (1971), Senior Vice President World Wide Field Operations, Cisco Systems
- Walter Kaczmarek (1974), President, CEO, and Director, Heritage Bank
- Charles Kissner (M.B.A. 1973), Executive Chairman and Former CEO of Stratex Networks
- Jennifer Konecny (1968), Senior Vice President, Novell Inc.
- Jack Kuehler (1954), Former President of IBM
- Thomas A. Lacey (M.B.A. 1988), CEO and Chairman of International Display Works, former VP of Intel
- Thomas Lavelle (1976), Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Rambus
- Jack Lazar (1987), CFO, Atheros Communications
- Thomas E. Leavey (1922), Co-Founder of Farmers Insurance
- Sara Ledoux (1987) Director of Public Relations, Kimco Hotel Management Co.
- Paul Lunardi (1983), President/CEO, Lunardi's Super Markets
- Mike Maciag (1987), CEO, Electric Cloud
- Bonnie MacNaughton (1982), Senior Attorney, Microsoft
- Chris Malachowsky (M.S. 1986), Co-Founder and Senior VP of Engineering and Operations, NVIDIA
- Ryan Maynard (1991), VP of Finance and Accounting, CFO, Rigel Pharmaceuticals
- Katherine Miller (1989), Vice President, TH Miller Associates, Inc.
- Darren J. Milliken (1995), Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Accuray Inc.
- Michael Mondavi (1966), Former Chairman, President and CEO of Robert Mondavi Corporation, and Founder of Folio Wine Company
- Rodney Moore (1985), President of the National Bar Association
- David Mooring (1980), Former President and Director, Board Member, Rambus
- Gregory McNulty (1977), Former CEO of Cranite and Former Executive of Microsoft
- Peter Oppenheimer (M.B.A. 1987), CFO and Senior Vice President of Apple Computer
- Catherine Ozburn (1992), Director, Visa International
- Betsy Rafael (1983), CFO and Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer, Cisco Systems and Former CFO and Vice President of Finance for Aspect Communications
- Howard Peters (1978), Founder Peters, Verny, Jones, Schmitt & Aston LLP and American Chemical Society National Board of Directors
- Laura Ramosos (M.B.A 1991) Vice President, Industry Marketing, Xerox
- Gene Ravizza (1950), Founder of Cupertino Electric
- George Reyes (M.B.A 1979), CFO, and former Senior Vice President, Google
- Shannon Riordan (1991), Director, Global Brand Management, Visa International
- Nicole Ryan (1992), Vice President, Bank of America Corp.
- Stephen Schott (1960), Former Owner of the Oakland Athletics
- Donny Sebastiani (1999) President and CEO, Principal, Don Sebastiani and Sons
- Sam Sebastiani (M.B.A. 1966), Founder, Viansa Winery and Italian Marketplace, Former President of Sebastiani Vineyards, creator of the restored Viansa Marsh
- Scott Shipman (1999), Associate General Counsel, eBay
- John A. Sobrato (1960), Billionaire Owner and Chairman, Sobrato Development Companies
- John M. Sobrato (1983), General Partner, Sobrato Development Companies
- Theresa Strickland (M.B.A 2005), Chief HDS and Branding Officer, Sears Holdings
- Thomas D. Terry (S.J.), President of Novitiate Wines
- William E. Terry (1955), Retired Executive Vice President, Hewlett-Packard
- Erik Tobiason, president, Vitronics Soltec
- James M. Walker (M.B.A. 1978), President and CEO, Alara
- Richard P. Wallace (M.S. 1989), CEO of KLA-Tencor Corporation
- Jennifer Webb (1995), Director, Plaza Research
- Gordon Yamate (1980), Vice President and General Counsel, Knight Ridder, Inc.
- Kevin Yeaman (1988), CFO, Dolby Laboratories
[edit] References
- ^ As of June 30, 2010. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2010 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2009 to FY 2010" (PDF). 2010 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2010NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values_Final.pdf. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
- ^ Student Profile – Fall 2009
[edit] External links
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