CENTER FOR EXECUTIVE SUCCESSION WELCOMES NEW DIRECTOR

The Moore School’s Center for Executive Succession hired in June 2022 retired Trane Technologies executive vice president and chief human resources, marketing, and communications officer Marcia Avedon as its new executive director.

Avedon brings more than 35 years of global experience leading Fortune 500 companies’ human resources practices in diverse sectors that include industrial, health care and consumer products. She served as the executive vice president and chief human resources, communications, and corporate affairs officer at Ingersoll Rand, which separated from Trane in 2020, for more than 13 years and previously was the chief human resources officer at Merck science and technology company.

Imba Pozen Scholars

Two International MBA students from South Carolina and underrepresented backgrounds received in 2022 the first gift from former financier Robert “Bob” Pozen, a former president and vice chairman of Fidelity Investments. The recipients were Troy Etta Knox (‘22 USC political science) and Sajion Moore (‘16 management and economics), both expected to graduate in 2024.

To enhance the Moore School’s diversity and inclusion efforts within the two-year full-time International MBA program, Pozen agreed in 2022 to sponsor two full-tuition fellowships for students who are from underrepresented backgrounds. He specifically wants the students to be from South Carolina so they can earn their IMBAs and hopefully stay in the state to positively contribute to South Carolina’s workforce.