Kathleen Welch Appointed As MBA Director Of Marketing
Kathleen Welch Appointed As MBA Director Of Marketing
Kathleen Welch recently joined Penn State's Smeal College of Business
Administration as the MBA Director of Marketing.
Welch is a 1999 graduate of the Smeal MBA program and received her B.S.
in accounting from Smeal College in 1984.
Her responsibilities include marketing the MBA program to prospective
employers and students as well as providing professional leadership to
build and enhance relationships with the business community.
"The chance to be involved in the renewal process of a top-tier
business school and to represent what I think is one of the best values
in business education is a unique challenge and opportunity. I am excited
about what the future holds for the MBA program and for Smeal College,"
says Welch. Her other responsibilities include participating as a member
of recruitment and admission committees and supporting career development
activities for students in residence.
"Her experiences as a graduate of our MBA program, coupled with
her background in supply chain management, accounting, financial analysis
and strategic-consulting make Kathleen well suited for interacting with
a wide array of businesses and students," says Rocki-Lee DeWitt,
associate dean of professional master's programs at Penn State's Smeal
College of Business Administration.
Since 1999, Welch was an associate consultant in the Washington D.C.
office of Mercer Management Consulting, Inc. From 1985 to 1998, she held
a variety of positions with Arthur Andersen & Company, Continental
Holdings, Inc., CITGO Petroleum Corporation and Hewlett Packard.
REPORTERS & EDITORS: For more information, please contact Wyatt DuBois in the Smeal College of Business Media Relations Office at 814-863-3798 or wed112@psu.edu.
Penn State's Smeal College of Business offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, marketing, insurance and real estate, management, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers such as the Center for Supply Chain Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Center for Digital Transformation, the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Business Studies, and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change.
