University of Massachusetts Boston Sherry H. Penney Endowed Professorship of Leadership

Sherry H. Penney Endowed Professorship of Leadership

College of Management

University of Massachusetts Boston

The College of Management at the University of Massachusetts Boston has initiated a search for the holder of the Sherry H. Penney Endowed Professorship of Leadership. The professorship is named in honor of Sherry H. Penney, who is retiring from UMass Boston. Professor Penney served as the UMass Boston chancellor for twelve years, including one year when she also served as interim president of the University of Massachusetts system. For the past thirteen years, she has been the first holder of the College of Management’s Endowed Professorship of Leadership, and founding director of the Center for Collaborative Leadership.

For the next holder of this distinguished professorship, the college seeks a dynamic, innovative, and experienced individual with an outstanding professional record, and one who is dedicated to advancing the interdisciplinary academic field of leadership. The successful candidate will have teaching responsibilities in the College of Management and will have overall responsibility for the Center for Collaborative Leadership (www.leaders.umb.edu). The center was established in 2001; its mission is to prepare transformational leaders for the 21st century. The center’s award-winning Emerging Leaders Program works with public and private sector organizations to identify and then develop future leaders for the Greater Boston area and elsewhere -- leaders who reflect the changing demography of the region, the nation, and the world; and who embrace a collaborative leadership model. As of 2013, approximately 500 individuals will have completed the program. Two-thirds of those individuals are from the corporate sector, and one-third are from nonprofit and governmental organizations.

Requirements for the holder of the endowed professorship include an earned terminal degree, previous university teaching experience, a record of scholarly or professional intellectual contributions, and exceptional prior performance at the executive level. Competitive candidates will also have extensive knowledge of and contacts in the business community, including the Greater Boston business community, demonstrated success in fundraising, and past experience as a member of organizational boards.

The University of Massachusetts Boston is an urban public research high university, located on Dorchester Bay on the harbor in Boston. The campus shares the site with the John F. Kennedy presidential library. UMass Boston opened in 1965 and currently has approximately 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The College of Management, one of nine UMass Boston colleges and schools, offers bachelor’s degrees in management and in information technology, the MBA, four specialized master’s degree programs, and a PhD in business administration.

Send letter of interest and C.V. online to: http://umb.interviewexchange.com/candapply.jsp?JOBID=34989. Nominations may be sent to Dr. Arthur Goldsmith at Arthur.goldsmith@umb.edu. Nominations and applications for the Sherry H. Penney Endowed Professorship are due November 15, 2012. The search committee will begin its review of applicants immediately.

The University of Massachusetts Boston is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, Title IX employer.