Staff

Guy Pfeffermann Guy Pfeffermann
Founder & CEO

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Guy Pfeffermann was born in Montauban, France. He received his Licence en Droit et Sciences Economiques in Paris in 1962 and was awarded first prize, Concours General, a French national inter-university essay competition. Mr. Pfeffermann was a Besse scholar at St.Antony's College, Oxford from 1962-65 and received a B.Litt. (Oxon.) in 1967.

Mr. Pfeffermann joined the World Bank’s Young Professionals Program in December 1966. He served as Chief Economist for the Latin America and Caribbean Region from 1979-87 and Chief of Debt and Macroeconomic Adjustment division from 1987-88. He was the Director of the Economics Department and Chief Economist for the International Finance Corporation from 1988-2003. In 2003 Guy founded the Global Business School Network at the IFC and continued to serve as CEO after his retirement from the World Bank in 2006. From 2000-2003 he was also an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies. From 2003-2007, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Giving Foundation. He is currently on the Advisory Board of the Association of African Business Schools (AABS). His most recent publication (with Nora Brown): Empowering tomorrow’s African entrepreneurs and managers: the Global Business School Network, Journal of International Relations and Development (2011).

 

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COO

Nora Brown is currently Chief Operating Officer at GBSN. Prior to this, she managed projects for GBSN while it was still housed at the International Finance Corporation. While her primary focus was on the East Africa portfolio, she managed programs in West and Southern Africa as well. She has experience in the financial sector and has worked for non-profit organizations in development and human rights. Nora earned her M.A. in International Development and Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and her B.A. in International Studies from Johns Hopkins University. Hopkins University. Her most recent publication (with Guy Pfeffermann): Empowering tomorrow’s African entrepreneurs and managers: the Global Business School Network, Journal of International Relations and Development (2011).

Lisa Leander
Member Services Officer

Lisa Leander is currently the Member Services Officer for GBSN, overseeing membership and building relationships for the network.  Previously, she worked as GBSN's Program Officer overseeing the Karachi Education Initiative in Pakistan. In her previous position with Higher Education for Development (HED), she managed twenty-six global higher education partnership grants, including the partnership program to enhance the Executive MBA program at Alexandria University in Egypt. From 2002-2005 Lisa worked for The Services Group, an economic development consulting firm focusing on international trade. Lisa has field experience in Egypt, Jordan, Mexico, Botswana, Tanzania and South Africa. She has earned a Bachelors degree in History and Spanish from Sonoma State University, and a Masters degree in International Development from George Washington University.

 

Page Schindler BuchananPage Schindler Buchanan
Communications & Media Officer

Page Schindler Buchanan serves as Communications & Media Officer for GBSN. Previously, she worked in Santa Barbara, California as an advocate for reproductive health issues with Planned Parenthood and as program manager for a nonprofit capacity-building organization. She is an active volunteer in the DC community, cooking with Capital Area Food Bank and Miriam's Kitchen, and addressing financial literacy with Capital Area Asset Builders. Page holds a bachelor's degree in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a master's degree in Media Psychology and Social Change from Fielding Graduate University.

 

 

 
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Food for Thought

A competitive and vibrant post-secondary educational system in any country is a critical precursor to ensuring that the workforce of tomorrow will possess the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to create and manage new businesses, to privatize and restructure existing enterprises, and to regulate business activity effectively-all elements of a robust private sector.
 
-"Assessment of Graduate Management Education", William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan Business School (2003)