Kent State University College of Business Administration Faculty Member Appointed to Global Advisor

KENT, Ohio - May 2, 2016 - PRLog -- Craig Zamary, marketing and entrepreneurship instructor at Kent State University's College of Business Administration, has been appointed as an advisor to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Global Innovation Exchange.

USAID Global Innovation Exchange is the first global online marketplace for innovations, funding, insights, resources and conversations.

"I am honored to serve as an advisor to USAID Global Innovation Exchange to help tackle the world's biggest challenges," said Zamary. "This is an exciting opportunity to connect innovators, governments, businesses and academia to bring solutions to humanity's greatest challenges."

Zamary was asked to serve as an advisor by Alexis Bonnell, director of the Office of Engagement and Communications at the USAID Global Development Lab, and Grace Kim, manager of Global Innovation Exchange at the USAID Global Development Lab, to assist them in the area of entrepreneurship and global strategic partnerships.

Zamary is a serial entrepreneur, board member, advisor and faculty member in the Department of Marketing & Entrepreneurship at the College of Business Administration, where he teaches courses in entrepreneurship education.

He is a contributor to the Huffington Post and has served as a senior advisor to the Kauffman Foundation, overseeing the development and implementation of the Entrepreneur in Residence Program for a select group of community colleges across the U.S. to build their entrepreneurship programs and local ecosystem.

Zamary has helped and advised numerous companies, government organizations, nonprofits and for-profits and has appeared in many national and international television and online media outlets, such as the Huffington Post, the Cisco Entrepreneur Institute, the Kauffman Foundation, Inc.com, Fast Company, Cnet, HI Velocity Media, Inside Business, Reuters, Ohio Means Business, Forbes.com and was an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year nominee.

"I am ecstatic, but not at all surprised, that Craig has been asked to be an advisor for the USAID Global Innovation Exchange," said Deborah F. Spake, Ph.D., dean of the College of Business Administration. "He has accomplished a tremendous amount throughout his career and we are very fortunate to have him as an instructor at the College of Business Administration."

The USAID Global Exchange brings together innovators, funders, researchers, innovation-support organizations, and others to identify, support and scale high-impact solutions for good. It was created by USAID, the lead U.S. Government agency that works to end extreme global poverty and enable resilient, democratic societies to realize their potential, in collaboration with more than 80 partners.

The more than 100 global partners and co-founders include organizations such as the United Nations, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, XPRIZE, NSF, Department of Commerce and more.  The Exchange currently has more than $100 million in funding opportunities, 3901 innovations and 4786 collaborators.

To learn more about the USAID Global Innovation Exchange, visit http://www.globalinnovationexchange.org.

To learn more about the Kent State University Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, visit http://business.kent.edu/departments/marketing-and-entrepreneurship.

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Kent State University's College of Business Administration is fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB) and one of the largest colleges of business in Ohio.  The college has more than 4,300 students representing 50 countries with over 89 full-time faculty from 16 countries.

The college grants undergraduate through graduate degrees, and is one of only three colleges in Ohio with a comprehensive Ph.D. program.  The MBA program is offered with nine concentrations and five dual degree options. The Executive MBA program offer two tracks: one targeting corporate professionals and the other healthcare executives.  The M.S. in Accounting and M.A. in Economics are specialized master's degrees for those seeking advanced study in these disciplines.  The college boasts nine undergraduate majors, 12 minors and a Professional Sales Certificate program.

The college is listed as a Best Business School by Princeton Review, ranked as a Best Business College by U.S. News and World Report, one of only 23 accounting programs worldwide to be endorsed by the IMA (Institute of Management Accountants), ranked Top-Tier for Executive Education in North America by CEO Magazine and ranked fourth by the SEF (Sales Education Foundation) in Ohio for Professional Sales Education.

The college boasts an onsite Career Services Center and International Programs Office dedicated to business students, and operates the Global Management Center, the Center for Information Systems and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation all propelling scholarly research, establishing innovative industry partnerships and providing outreach to Northeast Ohio and beyond.

Media Contacts:

Michelle Manning, Director of Marketing Communications, mparris3@kent.edu, (330) 672-2717

Ashley Cowles, Marketing Communications Specialist, acowles1@kent.edu, (330) 672-1279