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Joan holds a bachelor’s degree from Princeton and master’s and doctoral degrees from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has served as a Salzburg Seminar Fellow, as President of the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, as editor of the Journal of Management Education, and on numerous regional and national advisory boards. Also an accomplished professor, Joan has taught at the Radcliffe Seminars, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the University of Massachusetts-Boston, and Babson College, as well as in executive programs at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Babson College, and the University of British Columbia.

 Joan is also is the author of three books – Teaching Diversity: Listening to the Soul, Speaking from the Heart, Organization Development, and Business Leadership – with two others in the works. She received the Fritz Roethlisberger Memorial Award for the best article on management education in 1990. In 1993, Gallos accepted the Radcliffe College Excellence in Teaching award.

Joan served as Founding Director of the Truman Center for the Healing Arts, based at the Truman Medical Centers, which received the Kansas City Business Committee for the Arts 2004 Partnership Award as the best partnership between a large organization and the arts. A Professor of Leadership at the Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, she has also served as Professor and Dean of Education, Coordinator of University Accreditation, Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Strategic Planning, and Director of the Higher Education Graduate Programs.   

Joan, who becomes director effective July 1, said, "I look forward to a fun year – and to a continuation of the great work and contributions from alumni, students, faculty, and staff to this magnificent program." 


ALUMNI REFERRAL PROGRAM-TELL A FRIEND!

We are continuing the Alumni Referral Program for our Bloch Executive MBA alumni and current students.  

The program has already yielded several excellent new student candidates. Keep them coming!  Once you have identified a candidate and established their level of interest, just call or email us at the Bloch School at (816) 235-2205 or emba@umkc.edu and tell us his or her name, company and contact information and we will do the rest.

Classes begin at the end of August, so if you know a first-rate candidate, please act now. We appreciate your support in making this the preeminent Executive MBA program in the nation.



BLOCH FACULTY NAMED AMONG REGION'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN

Doranne Hudson, Bloch executive in residence and EMBA faculty member, has been named to KCB (KC Business) Magazine’s 50 Most Influential Women list, reflecting women “who have shaped and inspired Kansas City.”

KCB took nominations from the community and made its selection based on business savvy and professional accomplishments, level of board involvement, community activity and past awards and recognition. Doranne teaches Executive MBA courses in leadership.

Her corporate experience includes 22 years of marketing and general management at The Gillette Company and Hallmark Cards and includes senior leadership positions in brand management, new product development, several business units, subsidiary companies, and retail. At Hallmark, Hudson was a senior vice-president and a corporate officer, and she served on the corporate executive council and Hallmark U. K. board of directors. She currently serves on the executive committee of the UMKC Board of Trustees and on the boards of the Central Exchange and KCPT.



EMBA ALUMS TAKE HIGH HONORS IN
BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION

A team of Bloch Executive MBA alumni took high honors in the 2008 Regnier Family Foundations New Venture Challenge Competition.

Tammy Breitenbach, Vickie Schatz, Bill White, Troy Greenfield, and Arun Ramasamy, along with faculty advisor Mark Parry, were awarded third place for their nautical lifestyle brand NautiGirl by an elite judging panel consisting of angel investors, private equity investors, successful entrepreneurs, and business executives. 

The competition is the marquee event for UMKC's Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The competition promotes student ideas and venture creation by providing a forum in which students--undergraduate and graduate--can present new business concepts to local venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and investors. Student teams competed for more than $30,000 in prizes to use to launch their business ideas.


 
KEEPING ALUMNI INVOLVED: THIRD TUESDAYS CAREER ACCELERATION SERIES 

The spring sessions of our Third Tuesdays Career Acceleration Series have been well-received by both students and alumni. One more session remains for the spring theme of High-Impact Leadership.

June 17 - Gaining Confidence and Credibility Through Risk-Taking 
Mediocre managers play not to lose; successful leaders play to win. Find out your risk-aversion quotient, and discover how to become more comfortable taking the calculated risks that are critical for leadership success.

Contact us now to register!

IMPROVE YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR HANDICAP 

Our friends at The Ali Kemp Education Foundation and Lamar Outdoor Advertising present the inaugural ALI KEMP EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION Golf Classic.  Weather issues have pushed the date for the event back to July 21, 2008. Team spots and hole sponsorships are still available! 

Tournament entries and many levels of tax-deductible sponsorship are still available. All proceeds from this tournament will benefit local young women learning the art of self defense. It’s a fun event that will help make a difference in the lives of thousands of teens and women throughout the country.

The Take Defense classes have given over 26,000 women skill, confidence and awareness in life-threatening situations. To be a part of this fun, empowering and educational event, contact Bob Fessler at Lamar Advertising (816) 924-5900. For full details, click here.