Wachovia Partners with MBA Program to Present Executive Lecture Series
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This spring, The Fox School MBA program partnered with Wachovia Bank to launch the Wachovia Executive Lecture Series. The series, open to students in the school’s MBA programs, supports The Fox MBA’s emphasis on real-world learning, leadership, teamwork and communication — skills repeatedly ranked as top priorities for recruiters.
The series featured senior-level executives from a wide variety of industries, including financial services, healthcare and telecommunications, who shared insights into complex issues faced by companies every day.
“As senior executives spoke with students about real-life case studies in leadership, the Executive Lecture Series proved itself to be an excellent complement to the rigorous Fox MBA curriculum,” said Kirsty Hosea, director of corporate relations for The Fox School of Business.
Students learned many lessons from speakers. Hugh Long, Pennsylvania, Delaware State CEO for Wachovia, told students that the most important step an executive can take is to promote creativity to engage employees, Vik Dewan, regional president for Wachovia, emphasized the need for corporate responsibility and encouraged students to “take care of business.”
Independence Blue Cross’ vice president of corporate strategic planning, Joe Henry, shared the firm’s complete re-evaluation of their strategy, and Dennis Alter, CEO of Advanta, provided a unique perspective on branding to the next generation in a new, global economy.
Speakers in the series included:
- Advanta - Dennis Alter, CEO
- Amerisource/Chapman Associates - Jay James, former CFO, Amerisource; Emmet Lescroart, managing director, Chapman Associates
- City of Philadelphia - Dianah Neff, chief information officer
- Independence Blue Cross - Joe Henry, vice president, Corporate Strategic Planning
- Goldman Sachs - Joseph H. Ellis, former partner and author of Ahead of the Curve
- Temple University Health System- Chip Marshall, CEO
- Wachovia - Vik Dewan, regional president, Philadelphia, Delaware and Delaware County; Michael Heavener, managing director, international division - Hugh Long, Pennsylvania, Delaware State CEO
