LEADERSHIP, CONFERENCES AND RECOGNITION
VSB Week— Dare to B GLOBAL PANEL HELD
VSB Week is an annual event intended to celebrate and showcase Villanova School of Business initiatives, as well as expose students to emerging business trends and foster a sense of community within the college. This year’s program emphasized Villanova’s core values, Veritas, Unitas, Caritas, and incorporated the theme of: “Dare to B... Competitive, Global, Confident, CuttingEdge, You.” These topics were addressed through a combination of more than 15 formal and informal events, with the goal of encouraging the development of new skills, sharing of ideas and growing as business leaders. The Center for Global Leadership collaborated with VSB Week student leaders on a panel on Working Globally: Advice from International Business Experts. The panel featured CGL Advisory Council members Meredith Altenhofen ’11 VSB, Visa, Inc., Anthony Chiarello ’77 LAS, TOTE, Inc., Manny Nunez ’03 VSB, Inter-American Foundation, and Brian L. Scanlon ’94 VSB, McKinsey & Company, and was facilitated by Center Faculty Director Jonathan Doh. Panelists discussed their international career path and stressed the importance of international exposure and experience in our global economy. They also shared personal challenges that caused them to rethink some assumptions and perspectives about their home country in relation to other parts of the world. These panelists then discussed how globalization has changed their particular industry and concluded the presentation with a lively question and answer session with the student audience.
(Left to right) Brian Scanlon ’94 VSB and Jonathan Doh.
CGL Sponsors Global Real Estate Conference On October 11, the Center for Global Leadership collaborated with The Daniel M. DiLella Center for Real Estate to deliver a conference on the topic, “Global Real Estate Markets—Opportunities, Challenges and Strategies.” David J. Hartzell, Wood/Bell Professor and Director of the Kenan-Flagler Business School’s Center for Real Estate Development, served as the discussant and led panelists in an interactive discussion of the opportunities, challenges and strategies of global real estate markets. Panelists included Matthew G. McDevitt, Executive Vice President, Real Estate, BioMed Realty, Jonathan P. Mehlman, Managing Director, Group Co-Head of Real Estate, Lodging and Gaming-Americas, KPMG Corporate Finance, Joseph P. Smith, CFA, Managing Director, Co-CIO and Senior Global Portfolio Manager, CBRE Clarion, David Watkins, Director of European and Asian Investment Research with Heitman (Left to right) Matthew G. McDevitt and David Watkins.
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The program was held at The Radnor Hotel, attracted nearly 50 professionals, faculty and students and provided an intimate networking opportunity during the reception following the formal program.