| Dates | Location | Tuition |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2010 - Jun 17, 2010 | Philadelphia | $6,500 |
Please note, tuition includes lodging and meals.
A joint program for veterinarians from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and Wharton Executive Education.
The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine in partnership with the Wharton School have launched the first-of-its-kind program designed to provide veterinarians with the advanced business and leadership capabilities they need for making a significant impact in their profession. The Penn Executive Veterinary Leadership Program combines the knowledge and experience of a veterinary school with that of a business school to help veterinarians adopt a more strategic approach to leadership within their organizations.
The format of the program will allow you to learn, understand, and apply a variety of tools to hone and refine your leadership development. The program blends the state of veterinary business today with business skill-set development — a leadership experience completely customized for you and the challenges you face in the current environment. This program prepares you to:
- Make better strategic decisions
- Work and lead cross-functional teams
- Adopt advanced methods of influence and persuasion
- Develop effective marketing strategies for your skills and services
- Become more effective business executives and public health leaders
- Advance the veterinary profession
This leadership development program gives veterinarians a comprehensive blueprint for making an impact as a leader without losing clinical focus — beginning with a broad overview of the profession and culminating with a personalized action plan for continued post-program development. These personal development plans will be conducted virtually once participants leave Wharton. This ongoing contact is designed to extend the experience and improve the knowledge transfer.
"Veterinarians want to be — and need to be — effective business leaders in their organizations and partners for disease control and other major global health, biosecurity, and food supply issues. This program gives veterinarians what they need to be successful both as business executives and clinicians who contribute to the advancement of public health," says Dr. Joan C. Hendricks, The Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.
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Session Topics
- The Challenge of Critical Thinking and Peripheral Vision
- The Art of Woo: Strategic Influence and Persuasion
- The Current State of Veterinary Medicine from a Business Context
- Working Across Boundaries
- Rebranding the Veterinary Profession
- Leading Teams
- Challenges and Opportunities for Veterinary Medicine
- Veterinary Public Health
- Panel Discussion: The Future of Animal Health
- Individual Action Plans for Post-Program Development
This program is targeted at current or aspiring veterinarian executives or leaders. The goal is to have participants with breadth and depth across the profession and across industries and with a global reach, come together to hone and refine their individual leadership skills as well as think about how they can be the change agents in the profession.
The following are examples of the types of positions held by candidates who are expected to apply; however, the list is in no way exhaustive:
- Veterinarians in the pharmaceutical industry
- Faculty
- Government (FDA, CDC, USDA, state, county)
- International (OIE, World Bank, UN)
- Retail
- Directors of associations
- VMAs and AVMA (state associations)
- Veterinary Management Groups (VMGs)
- Large practice owners (>10 practitioners)
- Veterinary business consultants/advisors
- Animal Hospital Association
Faculty use a mix of learning methodologies — team sessions, role play, interactive lectures, experiential learning, and cases. The four-day program culminates in the development of individual action plans for the participants' change initiatives. The individual action plans will include very specific, feasible, actionable steps to which the participants commit during a self-designated timeframe. The participants will also be asked to consider metrics in determining progress on the commitments — thus encouraging accountability.
Enrollment is limited to allow an environment conducive for interaction.
KATHY
PEARSON, PhD
Academic Director
Adjunct Associate Professor,
Operations and Information Management Department
The Wharton School
Operations and Information Management Department
The Wharton School
Kathy Pearson, PhD, serves as an adjunct associate professor in the Operations and Information Management Department at the Wharton School. She has taught operations management courses in the MBA program and Executive Master’s of Technology Management program as well as probability and statistics, simulation modeling, and other courses for the department and the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, Dr. Pearson is a senior consultant and director, Executive Education, for Decision Strategies International (DSI), a management consulting firm focused on scenario-based strategic planning and decision making. She specializes in subject areas such as critical thinking, scenario planning, strategic decision making, project management, and stakeholder analysis. Dr. Pearson has also worked with executives from a wide variety of industries and has taught at CEDEP at INSEAD in Fountainebleau, France.
DAVID
N.
BERG, PhD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Yale School of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
David N. Berg is Clinical Professor at the Yale School of Medicine. His special interests are group and intergroup relations. From 1977 to 1992, he was a professor at the Yale School of Organization and Management (SOM), where he taught courses in organizational behavior, group dynamics, and organizational diagnosis. In 1990, he received the SOM Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching.
In 1992, Dr. Berg opened a private practice in organizational psychology, continuing his work as a consultant and as a teacher in executive programs. He has consulted for a wide variety of organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, municipalities, not-for-profit foundations, and public school systems. He has written several articles and books. In addition, he was deputy editor of the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science from 1994 through 2004, and formerly served on the editorial boards of both the Journal of Management Inquiry and the Journal of Management Education.
Dr. Berg received his BA in Psychology and MA in Administrative Sciences from Yale University, as well as both an MA and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Michigan.
In 1992, Dr. Berg opened a private practice in organizational psychology, continuing his work as a consultant and as a teacher in executive programs. He has consulted for a wide variety of organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, municipalities, not-for-profit foundations, and public school systems. He has written several articles and books. In addition, he was deputy editor of the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science from 1994 through 2004, and formerly served on the editorial boards of both the Journal of Management Inquiry and the Journal of Management Education.
Dr. Berg received his BA in Psychology and MA in Administrative Sciences from Yale University, as well as both an MA and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Michigan.
GREGG
BEVIER, DVM
Dr. Gregg BeVier is an accomplished senior executive with more than 25 years experience in the global agricultural business. He has successfully managed more than 650 people for the world's leading Animal Health Company and has also led a large global operation for a swine genetics firm. He has had a successful career designing winning strategies for leading organizations and has a reputation as an innovative thinker. He also does international consulting work with various companies and offshore veterinary schools.
Dr. BeVier holds a BS in Agriculture Science, an MS in Animal Science, a DVM and an MBA, all from the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. His extensive background and experience in global livestock production and as a Board member of a public company have helped him shape leading organizations such as Sygen, PIC, Merial and Premium Standard Farms. He has been a lifetime member of the American Veterinary Medicine Association and the American Association of Swine Veterinarians and serves on the Dean's advisory council at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois.
Dr. BeVier holds a BS in Agriculture Science, an MS in Animal Science, a DVM and an MBA, all from the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. His extensive background and experience in global livestock production and as a Board member of a public company have helped him shape leading organizations such as Sygen, PIC, Merial and Premium Standard Farms. He has been a lifetime member of the American Veterinary Medicine Association and the American Association of Swine Veterinarians and serves on the Dean's advisory council at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois.
ERICA
P.
FLUKINGER
Erica P. Flukinger is a native Texan who attended Tulane University in New Orleans, LA and graduated from TCU in Fort Worth, TX with two bachelor's degrees, one in psychology and one in mathematics. She began her career in executive and leadership development at the Tandy Center for Executive Leadership at TCU's Neeley School of Business, working with such clients as PepsiCo, TTI, Mary Kay, BNSF, & Bell Helicopter. She also served as Program Manager of the center's ACHIEVE Summer Business Institute, a business immersion program for successful non-business majors.
She currently works in human resources development at the corporate offices of Acme Brick Company, a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary. She recently was promoted to one of the top professional positions in the department, leading projects in performance/talent management, compensation analysis, leadership development, succession planning, and internal executive coaching.
She currently works in human resources development at the corporate offices of Acme Brick Company, a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary. She recently was promoted to one of the top professional positions in the department, leading projects in performance/talent management, compensation analysis, leadership development, succession planning, and internal executive coaching.
E. DEAN
GAGE, DVM
During the past forty years, Dr. E. Dean Gage held many leadership positions in some of America's leading universities. Most significantly, he has served as President of Texas A&M University, as well as Executive Vice President and Provost, Executive Assistant and Chief of Staff to the President, and Executive Director of the Center for Executive Development in the Mays School of Business at Texas A&M. Prior to retirement from Texas A&M University in December 2008, he served as Executive Director and held the Bridges Endowed Professor Chair for the National Center for Executive Leadership in Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University.
Dr. Gage received his BS and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Texas A&M University in 1966. He then accepted a Postdoctoral Scott Ritchey Research Fellowship at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University and obtained a postdoctoral M.S. and Residency in neurosurgery. Dr. Gage was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus of the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1991. He has served on the Board of Regents and is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Dr. Gage has published over 70 scientific papers, contributed to 5 textbooks and given more than 150 papers and presentations to professional, scientific, and educational associations. Since 1994, Dr. Gage has given more than 250 presentations on the Character of Leadership to executives, corporations, governmental entities, Christian groups, and professional organizations.
Dr. Gage received his BS and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Texas A&M University in 1966. He then accepted a Postdoctoral Scott Ritchey Research Fellowship at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University and obtained a postdoctoral M.S. and Residency in neurosurgery. Dr. Gage was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus of the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1991. He has served on the Board of Regents and is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Dr. Gage has published over 70 scientific papers, contributed to 5 textbooks and given more than 150 papers and presentations to professional, scientific, and educational associations. Since 1994, Dr. Gage has given more than 250 presentations on the Character of Leadership to executives, corporations, governmental entities, Christian groups, and professional organizations.
JOAN
C.
HENDRICKS, VMD, PhD
The Gilbert S. Kahn Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Joan C. Hendricks became the 12th dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine in 2006. She is the third female dean of a veterinary school in the United States. Dr. Hendricks has served on the faculty of the School for more than 20 years. In 2001, she became the first woman to hold an endowed professorship at Penn Vet, when she was named the Henry and Corinne R. Bower Professor of Small Animal Medicine. In addition to serving as chief of critical care in the Department of Clinical Studies at Philadelphia, Dr. Hendricks is founding director of the Veterinary Clinical Investigation Center (VCIC) and holds a secondary appointment as professor in the Department of Medicine at Penn’s School of Medicine. Dr. Hendricks also has served in a leadership position in the Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association (PVMA).
In the area of critical care, Dr. Hendricks has played a key role in enhancing teaching and patient care. With colleagues at the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital, she was instrumental in establishing a Center for Critical Care at the hospital, which brought the Emergency Service, Intensive Care Unit and the Anesthesia Service together into a single section. Dr. Hendricks has significantly advanced the stature and importance of the School’s clinical investigation capabilities by successfully recruiting highly regarded tenure-track faculty in the Department of Clinical Studies, and by establishing an innovative partnership with Pfizer Animal Health to support clinical trials.
Dr. Hendricks' work has been widely published in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Journal of Applied Physiology, and she is frequently invited to lecture at major conferences around the world. Dr. Hendricks is a recognized expert in the field of sleep and sleep disorders, and has recently published pioneering studies on the molecular biology of sleep in fruit flies in the high-impact journals Nature Neuroscience and Neuron.
In 1979 and 1980, Dr. Hendricks earned her VMD and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. She also carried out her residency and postdoctoral fellowship at Penn. She has a BS in biology and psychology from Yale University.
In the area of critical care, Dr. Hendricks has played a key role in enhancing teaching and patient care. With colleagues at the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital, she was instrumental in establishing a Center for Critical Care at the hospital, which brought the Emergency Service, Intensive Care Unit and the Anesthesia Service together into a single section. Dr. Hendricks has significantly advanced the stature and importance of the School’s clinical investigation capabilities by successfully recruiting highly regarded tenure-track faculty in the Department of Clinical Studies, and by establishing an innovative partnership with Pfizer Animal Health to support clinical trials.
Dr. Hendricks' work has been widely published in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Journal of Applied Physiology, and she is frequently invited to lecture at major conferences around the world. Dr. Hendricks is a recognized expert in the field of sleep and sleep disorders, and has recently published pioneering studies on the molecular biology of sleep in fruit flies in the high-impact journals Nature Neuroscience and Neuron.
In 1979 and 1980, Dr. Hendricks earned her VMD and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. She also carried out her residency and postdoctoral fellowship at Penn. She has a BS in biology and psychology from Yale University.
BARBARA
KAHN, PhD
Dean and Professor of Marketing
School of Business Administration
University of Miami
School of Business Administration
University of Miami
Professor Kahn is the co-author of The Grocery Revolution: The New Focus on the Consumer (Addison-Wesley, 1997), a look inside the packaged goods industry and study of consumer behavior. Her research areas include consumer choice, variety seeking, brand loyalty, decisions under uncertainty/ambiguity, purchase timing/purchase process, and price promotions. She is currently researching mass customization techniques and their implications for marketing managers and consumer decision-making processes for medical and financial decisions.
EDWARD
W.
KANARA, DVM, DABVP
Managing Partner, Kanara Consulting Group, LLC
Edward Kanara has a broad breadth of leadership experience working in the animal health industry for over 30 years. Kanara Consulting Group, LLC, which he established in 2007, works primarily with academia, veterinary medical associations, private practices, and corporate clients in the areas of strategic planning, leadership development, organizational change management, marketing/communications, recruitment, regulatory affairs and clinical trial program development.
Dr. Kanara received his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees from the University of Illinois. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners and has an Executive Coaching Certification from the University of Georgia. He has also been an invited speaker at national and international veterinary continuing education meetings and a published author in refereed and non-refereed journals, magazines, books, and educational materials. He has served on the Board of Directors for the American Association of Equine Practitioners, the Sponsors Council of the National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues, and the Deans National Advisory Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois.
Dr. Kanara received his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees from the University of Illinois. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners and has an Executive Coaching Certification from the University of Georgia. He has also been an invited speaker at national and international veterinary continuing education meetings and a published author in refereed and non-refereed journals, magazines, books, and educational materials. He has served on the Board of Directors for the American Association of Equine Practitioners, the Sponsors Council of the National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues, and the Deans National Advisory Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois.
KATHERINE
J.
KLEIN, PhD
Edward H. Bowman Professor; Professor of Management
The Wharton School
The Wharton School
Katherine Klein is well-known for her award-winning multilevel research in organizations. In rigorous and creative studies, she examines how individual, team, and organizational characteristics combine to shape individual, team, and organizational performance and effectiveness.
She is the author of "How Do They Get There? An Examination of the Antecedents of Centrality in Team Networks" (Academy of Management Journal), which examines who gains positions of influence, friendship, or dislike in a team's social network, and why. Her recent study of team leadership in emergency trauma care center exposes leaders’ use of "dynamic delegation" to simultaneously ensure high-quality patient care and the development of the team's novice members. She is also the author of studies of diversity in organizations, technological change, and employee stock ownership.
Prior to coming to Wharton, Dr. Klein was on the faculty of the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland (Industrial and Organizational Psychology Program). She was also a visiting professor at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. She earned her BA from Yale University and her PhD from the University of Texas.
Dr. Klein is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Psychology and has served on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, and Leadership Quarterly, among others. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Army Research Institute, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, private foundations, and corporations. Dr. Klein is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the American Psychological Association.
She is the author of "How Do They Get There? An Examination of the Antecedents of Centrality in Team Networks" (Academy of Management Journal), which examines who gains positions of influence, friendship, or dislike in a team's social network, and why. Her recent study of team leadership in emergency trauma care center exposes leaders’ use of "dynamic delegation" to simultaneously ensure high-quality patient care and the development of the team's novice members. She is also the author of studies of diversity in organizations, technological change, and employee stock ownership.
Prior to coming to Wharton, Dr. Klein was on the faculty of the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland (Industrial and Organizational Psychology Program). She was also a visiting professor at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. She earned her BA from Yale University and her PhD from the University of Texas.
Dr. Klein is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Psychology and has served on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, and Leadership Quarterly, among others. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Army Research Institute, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, private foundations, and corporations. Dr. Klein is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the American Psychological Association.
CHARLOTTE
A.
LACROIX, DVM, JD
Veterinary Attorney and CEO,
Veterinary Business Advisors, Inc.
Dr. Charlotte Lacroix owns and manages Veterinary Business Advisors, Inc., a legal and business consulting firm, and advises veterinarians and attorneys nation-wide on business and legal issues. Dr. Lacroix received her Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine in 1988 from the University of California at Davis. After completing a large animal internship at the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada), she worked for several years at an equine medical and surgical referral practice serving northern New Jersey's large equine community. In pursuit of her goal to make greater contributions to the veterinary profession, Dr. Lacroix attended law school and received her Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Dr. Lacroix's legal and consulting activities include: legal document preparation and negotiation; assisting practice owners in selecting and forming business entities; advising on all aspects of veterinary partnerships, including associate buy-ins, specialty and general practice governance and management, and partner retirement and withdrawals; negotiating and facilitating the purchase and sale of practices of all types; consulting on specialty practice "shared leases" and other commercial leases; assisting with all employment law issues; and advising on malpractice cases, animal law and other legal and business problems. Dr. Lacroix lectures extensively on all these topics nation-wide and overseas, and is a frequent speaker at AVMA, AAHA, NAVC, WVC, and other veterinary association and industry meetings and seminars. She is also an enthusiastic adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Lacroix is a regular contributor to JAVMA, Veterinary Economics, DVM Magazine, Veterinary Forum, Partners in Practice, and AAHA publications. She has written numerous other articles, contributed to several books, and appeared on radio and television. Dr. Lacroix also volunteers her time and expertise to veterinary and other organizations, including AVMA, AAHA, AAEP, NJAEP, NJVMA, PVMA, and NAVC.
Dr. Lacroix's legal and consulting activities include: legal document preparation and negotiation; assisting practice owners in selecting and forming business entities; advising on all aspects of veterinary partnerships, including associate buy-ins, specialty and general practice governance and management, and partner retirement and withdrawals; negotiating and facilitating the purchase and sale of practices of all types; consulting on specialty practice "shared leases" and other commercial leases; assisting with all employment law issues; and advising on malpractice cases, animal law and other legal and business problems. Dr. Lacroix lectures extensively on all these topics nation-wide and overseas, and is a frequent speaker at AVMA, AAHA, NAVC, WVC, and other veterinary association and industry meetings and seminars. She is also an enthusiastic adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Lacroix is a regular contributor to JAVMA, Veterinary Economics, DVM Magazine, Veterinary Forum, Partners in Practice, and AAHA publications. She has written numerous other articles, contributed to several books, and appeared on radio and television. Dr. Lacroix also volunteers her time and expertise to veterinary and other organizations, including AVMA, AAHA, AAEP, NJAEP, NJVMA, PVMA, and NAVC.
MARK
LUTSCHAUNIG, VMD
Director, Governmental Relations Division
American Veterinary Medical Association
American Veterinary Medical Association
Dr. Lutschaunig is the Director of the Governmental Relations Division (GRD) for the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) based in Washington, DC. Prior to joining the GRD, Dr. Lutschaunig spent six years as Manager of Professional Communications for Nestle Purina PetCare Company in St. Louis. In addition, Dr. Lutschaunig was the manager of ALPO Petfood's animal nutrition research center and spent four years in clinical small animal practice.
Dr. Lutschaunig holds a VMD degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from DeSales University. Dr. Lutschaunig oversees the American Veterinary Medical Association's federal advocacy efforts in Washington.
Dr. Lutschaunig holds a VMD degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from DeSales University. Dr. Lutschaunig oversees the American Veterinary Medical Association's federal advocacy efforts in Washington.
MARIO
MOUSSA, PhD
Principal, CFAR (Center for Applied Research), Inc.
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Care Economics
University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Care Economics
University of Pennsylvania
Co-author of The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas, Mario Moussa directs and teaches programs for hospital leaders and physicians, corporate security managers, and energy and banking executives. He teaches negotiation, influence, strategy, change, and corporate culture and is co-director of Wharton's Essentials of Management program. He is also a principal at CFAR, Inc., a management consulting firm that began as a Wharton research center. A specialist in large-scale organizational change initiatives, he has consulted to many of the world's leading corporations, universities, and foundations, including United Health Group, PNC Bank, the Georgetown University Medical Center, and State Farm Insurance. He has published widely in the field of organizational dynamics, power, and influence.