Dean, Stuart School of Business

ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Dean, Stuart School of Business

Chicago, Illinois

Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) seeks an innovative, entrepreneurial, and ambitious leader to serve as the next dean of the Stuart School of Business (Stuart). This is an exciting opportunity to lead a business school experiencing exponential growth thanks to the development of innovative new programs, international partnerships, and collaborations across a university that was recently named a 2024 Best College in the U.S. by the Wall Street Journal.

With an ongoing $1 billion capital campaign and in the final year of a bold strategic plan, Illinois Tech is set up for dramatic growth and development as it continues to pursue its founding mission to provide access to higher education for students from different backgrounds and to make a difference in the world through technology-oriented education. The Stuart School of Business is a key player in this mission and in the future of the university thanks to its creative and innovative approach to business education.

Stuart School of Business is a global leader in bridging technology and business, offering distinctive education that trains students to become outstanding professionals in economics, finance, analytics, marketing, business, public administration, operations, and management. Situated within Chicago, whose business community is known for its spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation, Stuart benefits from and contributes to the city’s status as a global market leader in a variety of fields reflected in the school’s academic offerings. Stuart’s innovative culture and unique position as an AACSB-accredited business school at one of the premier technology-focused universities in the nation has led to a near tripling of enrollment across undergraduate and graduate programs since Fall 2022.

The next dean will be tasked with building upon this tremendous momentum, ensuring the recent gains are sustained, nurturing new partnerships, and pursuing opportunities to provide unique and high quality educational opportunities to make Stuart a destination business school. Reporting to the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, the dean will support the vision of the school and continue to craft its identity and broadening its impact. They will be an eager fundraiser and enthusiastically tell the story of Stuart to current and potential donors, while also supporting a talented and diverse faculty in their research, teaching, and outreach. The successful candidate for this position will be globally-minded and forward-thinking. They will be a champion for teaching and student success; have outstanding communication and interpersonal skills; high energy; political astuteness; a deep commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; and a personal style that engenders trust, fairness, and respect.

Illinois Institute of Technology has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in this search. All inquiries, nominations, and applications, should be directed electronically and in confidence to:  

Greg Esposito, Partner

Kristen Andersen, Senior Associate

Isaacson, Miller

https://www.imsearch.com/open-searches/illinois-institute-technology-stuart-school-business/dean

Illinois Institute of Technology is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA employer committed to enhancing equity, inclusion and diversity within its community. It actively seeks applications from all individuals regardless of race, color, sex, marital status, religion, creed, national origin, disability, age, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and any other protected class. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.

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