New Hybrid Format: Students May Attend Courses In-person or Live Online
FAU’s Executive PhD in Business program welcomes senior professionals from corporate,
government, non-profit, entrepreneurship, and military leadership positions. Their
expertise and achievements extend across a variety of industries: Finance, Entertainment,
Venture Capital, Technology/FinTech, Healthcare, Media, Hospitality, Higher Education,
as well as Public Administration.
This impressive first class includes CEOs, CFOs, Vice Presidents, senior-level executives,
published authors, entrepreneurs, and an MD.
Jeffrey Weiss, MD, former Chief of Retinal Surgery at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston,
faculty of Harvard Medical School, and visiting scientist at MIT explains his desire
to pursue a second doctoral degree with the Executive PhD in Business Administration.
Lotta Collard, CEO of Key Performance, shares about her background from growing up
in Sweden to relocating to the U.S., where she started her family and her business.
Chris Hasse is one of the cohort’s out-of-town travelers from Jacksonville, Florida
where he is the Mayo Clinic Associate Administrator.
Kevin Allen, CEO as well as one of the creators of emotional intelligent business
simulation games, E. I. Games, and author of Wall Street Journal best seller, The
Hidden Agenda: A Proven Way to Win Business and Create a Following, discusses his
career, his passions and his decision to come to FAU for his doctoral studies.
The welcome reception, hosted in FAU’s College of Business’ Sean Stein Pavilion, includes
faculty representing each business department who meet with the incoming students.
FAU’s College of Business Dean Daniel Gropper welcomes this first class of students
into the very first Executive PhD in Business Administration program in Florida.
Janine Paul-Hills introduces herself to her new cohort members, faculty and staff.
