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Two Associate Deans Named

Executive Education

Roger G. Maclean, an experienced higher education administrator on the UW-Madison campus, began directing public executive education programs for the School of Business in January. He had been associate dean for academic affairs with the UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies for seven years. In that role, he led credit and noncredit programs for returning adult students. He has a doctorate in education and a master of education, both from Pennsylvania State University. He earned his bachelor of science from Purdue University and pursued post-doctoral studies at the Institute for the Management of Lifelong Education at Harvard University. Before pursuing a career in higher education, he spent 13 years in corporate sales and marketing positions. Maclean works closely with Tammy Thayer-Ali. In November, Thayer-Ali was named president of CASB, the nonprofit organization responsible for Executive Education custom programs and the Fluno Center.

Master’s Programs

Associate Professor Ken Kavajecz, Finance, Investment and Banking, will serve as associate dean for the full-time Wisconsin MBA and specialized master’s programs of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business beginning in July. Kavajecz joined the School of Business from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania almost three years ago. He has published in the top journals in his field, been a major contributor to the first-year core curriculum of the new Wisconsin MBA and led development and implementation of an MBA honor code.