Professor David Levy Announced as Winner of the Aspen Institute’s 2011 Faculty Pioneer Award

The Center for Business Education at the Aspen Institute has announced that Professor David Levy of the University of Massachusetts Boston has been named the 2011 Faculty Pioneer.

This recognition program, dubbed the “Oscars of the business school world” by The Financial Times, celebrates business school instructors who have demonstrated leadership and risk-taking in integrating social, ethical, and environmental issues into the MBA curriculum. Nominations are open to all faculty members at any institution in any country offering a graduate management degree. Professor Levy will be honored as part of the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education Awards in New York City.

David Levy is professor of management and Chair of the Department of Management and Marketing at the UMass Boston, as well as the founder and current director of the Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness. He maintains the popular business and climate change blog, ClimateInc.

“This award is a well-deserved recognition of David’s research and leadership. His scholarship is interdisciplinary, innovative and collaborative, and it has already made  a  major impact on  business education and practice. The College of Management is honored to have such a remarkable colleague,” said College of Management Dean Philip L. Quaglieri.

"We are so impressed by this year's group of winners and finalists,” says Judith Samuelson, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute’s Business & Society Program. “Their success in integrating environmental impacts and social context into teaching and research sets a high bar—for business faculty and for the future managers they help prepare for the challenges and opportunities in global business."

This year’s winners were selected from over 80 nominations submitted by respected academics and business executives. Self-nominations are not considered, and finalists are selected by Aspen Institute staff in consultation with prominent academics; winners are selected by a panel of corporate judges. This year’s final-round judges were:

• Dan Bross, Senior Director of Corporate Citizenship, Microsoft
• Beth Colleton, VP, Green is Universal, NBCUniversal
• Paul Dillinger, Senior Director, Global Design, Levi Strauss & Co.
• Karen Ellis, Managing Director, Corporate and Int’l Environmental Programs, FedEx Express
• Deborah Holmes, Global Director of Corporate Responsibility, Ernst & Young
• Carsten Tams, Senior Vice President, Bertelsmann Ethics & Compliance Executive

For more information about this awards program and to see the list of finalists, please visit: www.aspencbe.org/awards/index.html.

About the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education equips business leaders for the 21st century with a new management paradigm—the vision and knowledge to integrate corporate profitability and social value. As part the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program, the Center aims to foster values-based leadership, encouraging individuals to reflect on the ideals and ideas that define a good society, and to provide a neutral and balanced venue for discussing and acting on critical issues. www.AspenCBE.org

About UMass Boston
With a growing reputation for innovative research addressing complex issues, the University of Massachusetts Boston, metropolitan Boston’s only public university, offers its diverse student population both an intimate learning environment and the rich experience of a great American city. UMass Boston’s eight colleges and graduate schools serve 16,000 students while engaging local, national, and international constituents through academic programs, research centers, and public service activities. To learn more about UMass Boston, visit www.umb.edu.

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