Luxury industry leaders join NC State/SKEMA Global Luxury Management graduate studies advisory board

RALEIGH, N.C. - June 13, 2013 - PRLog -- RALEIGH, N.C., USA, AND SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, FRANCE – June 13, 2013 – The Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., U.S.A., and SKEMA Business School in Sophia Antipolis, France, announce the inaugural Industry Advisory Board members for the dual-degree Global Luxury Management (GLM) curriculum - < poole.ncsu.edu/glm/ > that the two business schools are teaching jointly, in collaboration with NC State University's College of Textiles.

The 16 advisory board members include leaders in various sectors of the luxury market, including apparel, transportation, consulting, home furnishings, hospitality, investments, and accessories.

The one-year graduate curriculum is offered as an option in NC State Poole College’s Master of Global Innovation Management (MGIM) program < http://www.poole.ncsu.edu/mgim/ >.

Students in GLM’s first cohort of 18 students are completing the program this summer and will receive two masters’ degrees in December 2013, one from NC State University and one from SKEMA Business School.  

As of June 8, 2013, the GLM program had admitted 46 students for the 2013-14 academic year; 23 were admitted through the NC State Poole College, and 23 through SKEMA’s campus in Sofia Antipolis, France.

“This GLM option brings together key areas of strength at NC State University and SKEMA, including business principles, innovation management, textiles management, and the international global luxury industry,” said Ellen Rohde, GLM Industry Advisory Board chairman and adjunct member of the NC State College of Textiles faculty. “This provides a unique opportunity for students to learn about the business of luxury, gain experience in the world of luxury, and begin to develop their career path in this exciting industry. I am pleased to be part of that process.”

“We are very excited about the opportunities this collaboration offers, and are very appreciative of the commitment that our GLM Industry Advisory Board members have made in joining us,” said Dr. Steve Allen, associate dean for the Jenkins Graduate School in the NC State Poole College of Management. “They bring a real world perspective and depth of experience that helps assure students in this new option within our MGIM program are well prepared for the dynamic global luxury industry.”

“Following the opening of our campus in 2011, the launch of this program in fall 2012 is a perfect illustration of the strength and quality of the partnership between NC State’s Poole College of Management and SKEMA,” said Alice Guilhon, dean of SKEMA. “We strongly believe that this cross-disciplinary, international approach offered by our two institutions provides Global Luxury Management students a solid foundation in business and management skills, practices and principles, as well as hands-on experience and exposure to the luxury market.”

Following are the members of the MGIM Global Luxury Management Industrial Advisory Board; each will serve a three-year term on the board.

• Ellen Rohde, chair of the GLM Industrial Advisory Board and president, The ELR Group. Rohde is retired senior executive, VF Corporation, resides in Scottsdale, Ariz.
• Jim Beley, general manager, The Umstead Hotel and Spa, Raleigh, N.C.
• Joe Blair, president and chairman, Individualized Apparel Group, New York, N.Y.
• Lisa Boyles, vice president of sales and marketing, VIETRI, Hillsborough, N.C.
• Larry D. Coats, Jr., private investor, Apex, N.C.
• Russell Cohen, consultant and former chairman and co-chief executive officer Carlyle & Co.
• Lyn B. Conger, founding partner, Taylor Richards and Conger, Charlotte, N.C.
• Jerome Espinos, president, footwear and accessories, Ralph Lauren, New York, N.Y.
• Fred Gallasch, president of Gallasch Consulting Services, Franklin, Mich.
• Millie Graham, vice president of marketing, Peter Millar, resides in Raleigh, N.C.
• Nicholas Krafft, president and chief executive officer, Christofle Silver, Inc., New York, N.Y.
• Alberto Carlo Milani, chief executive officer, Buccellati-Americas, New York, N.Y.
• Gaurav Patel, president, Eschelon Hospitality, Raleigh, N.C.
• Milton Pedraza, founder and chief executive officer, Luxury Institute, LLC
• Christy L. Phillips, partner, Franklin Street Partners, Raleigh, N.C.
• Ashley Swigart, senior director of business development, Christofle Silver, Inc., New York, N.Y.

About NC State University Poole College of Management and Jenkins Graduate School

The NC State University Poole College of Management focuses on management education for a technology driven global marketplace. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in accounting, business administration and economics, as well as custom and open enrollment programs through North Carolina State Executive Education, LLC. The college’s Jenkins Graduate programs include the Master of Business Administration, Master of Accounting, and Master of Global Innovation Management programs, including a Global Luxury Management option offered in collaboration with NC State’s College of Textiles. Master’s and doctoral degree programs in economics are offered jointly with NC State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Corporate engagement opportunities are available through the college’s centers and initiatives that support academic and outreach programs in biosciences management, consumer research, enterprise risk management, in­novation management, supply chain management, and technology entrepreneurship and commercialization. Poole College’s accounting and business programs are accredited by AACSB International. - www.poole.ncsu.edu.

About SKEMA

SKEMA is a global business school with campuses in Asia, Europe and America. Through its research and teaching programmes it prepares talented individuals for 21st century global business environment. Its goal is to train mobile, adaptable, talented managers who are able to deliver sustainable performance, make a valuable contribution to social, societal and economic debates and challenges, network, work remotely and push the boundaries of knowledge and innovation - managers who are comfortable with, and show respect for, multicultural and social diversity. Its campuses are located within large, expanding research parks, where cooperation and partnership come together to create the innovations and technologies of the future. The programmes at SKEMA Business School are aimed at students who want to be part of a globalised training community whose graduates go on to work towards a collective goal with a common vision: to create the right conditions for a sustainable knowledge-based economy. - http://www.skema.edu/campus/sophia-antipolis/