Deborah Merrill-Sands has served as Dean of the Simmons School of
Management since 2004. Dr. Merrill-Sands is an authority on gender
dynamics in the workplace, women and leadership, and organizational
change. As Dean, Dr. Merrill Sands has overseen the development of the
School’s nationally-ranked entrepreneurship program, integrated
business ethics and corporate social responsibility into the
curriculum, strengthened faculty research, and expanded global
education and partnerships.
In her previous role as the
School’s Associate Dean, she was responsible for executive education,
research, development and alumnae relations, and corporate relations.
She partnered with Deloitte to fund the School’s first endowed chair in
Women and Leadership and secured new Fortune 50 companies as Executive
Education clients.
Dr. Merrill-Sands is a co-founder and
former co-director of the Center for Gender in Organizations, the
research arm of the School of Management focused on deepening
understanding of gender and diversity dynamics in the work place and
their impact on women’s opportunities for leadership. The Center was
launched with a major grant from the Ford Foundation.
Dean
Merrill-Sands is quoted frequently in the media as an expert on women
and leadership, including recent coverage in the Wall Street Journal,
Bloomberg Radio, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, NY Times, and Boston
Globe.
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