CAMPUS NEWS Noted design expert Bob Schwartz to lead Arts and Design, Business
ALIOTO NAMED VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS
MMU welcomes Bob Schwartz as Dean of the School of Arts & Design and the School of Business. Formerly the Vice President for Global Design & User Experience at GE Healthcare, he has held executive leadership roles at P&G, Levolor Kirsch, Motorola, IDSA and AdvaMed. In 2015 the Industrial Designers Society of America named Schwartz among the 50 most notable industrial designers of the last 50 years. He won a Design Management Institute lifetime achievement award in 2019. Schwartz has a master’s degree in industrial design from the Rhode Island School of Design and a bachelor of fine arts in industrial & graphic design from the Kansas City Art Institute.
Keri Alioto has been named the Vice President for Student Affairs at Mount Mary University. She joins Mount Mary after 19 years at Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana. At Franklin, Alioto most recently managed the college’s student involvement team and center for student success and served as the chief retention officer. At Mount Mary, the Student Affairs division includes oversight of student success, persistence and engagement efforts. Alioto is currently enrolled in Northern Illinois University’s executive Doctor of Education Program in higher education. She is also a watercolor artist and has been involved in competitive dog sports with her golden retrievers.
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