The non -profit association of graduates business schools evolves with the evolution of learners and educators’ demands.
Reston, go.,, July 17, 2025 / Prnewswire / – Graduate Management Admission Council (Gmac), a global association of brief graduate business schools, announced today the results of its most recent advice elections. Catherine DugganA member of the GMAC Board of Directors since 2022 and the Director (DEAN) of the Graduate School of Business of the University of Cape, was elected chairman of the board of directors. David BachPresident of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) Swiss; Jake CohenDean main partner of Sloan School of Management has Massachusetts Institute of Technology (WITH)); And Ian FenwickDirector of Sasin School of Management at Chulalongkorn University In Thailandwere elected to join the board of directors. Ana María Zermeño Padilla, director of the academic experience and operations in Tecnológico Monterrey Business School EGADE in Mexico and member of the board of directors since 2023, has been re -elected to the board of directors to serve its first full mandate. The last term of service of the board of directors began July 1, 2025.

In addition, the University of California in Riverside Business school, home of the A. Gary Anderson graduate School From management, joined GMAC as 228th member school. The school has a new dedicated installation this year and a large portfolio of master’s programs, demonstrating its commitment to offer specialized and complete management training. By joining the GMAC community, the school recognizes the unique advantages offered by GMAC in industry resources and the global network while it strives to contribute its forces in the supply of higher education programs that comply with high academic standards and support ethical practices.
“This is one of the most dynamic and most evolving periods that we have seen, with major changes in talent mobility, technological progress and renewed accent on the development of skills in the process of reshaping commercial education. Joy JonesCEO of GMAC. “Their new perspectives and ideas will strengthen GMAC’s work and help us continue to contribute to the invaluable development of business leaders in an interculturally competent and conscious manner of tomorrow.”
The new members of the Board of Directors and the Member School entered board at a time when GMAC innovates and evolves with the landscape of the teaching of diplomas in rapid management. Earlier this year, GMAC launched AdvanceA tool fueled by AI designed to guide future learners through their business education journey. The new tool offers a personalized experience that connects skills identification, program recommendations and application strategy in a unified platform. These efforts aim to facilitate the exploration of candidates to more easily explore commercial education and continue their professional aspirations, while cultivating a stronger national and global pipeline for business schools.
“GMAC’s mission to link talents to commercial education is more important than ever, because the transformative power of graduate management is most clear in complex environments and during periods of uncertainty,” explains Catherine DugganThe Chairman of the newly elected GMAC Board of Directors. “When they are associated with the right management program, students acquire skills that help them develop as leaders while seeing opportunities and sailing on the risks of how others cannot. This is precisely the type of insight and agility that organizations now need and in the coming decades. Careers.
While the GMAC welcomes the new management and adding to its board of directors, the Council also recognizes the exceptional contributions of the previous members of the Board of Directors and thanks its outgoing chairman Singapore Management Universitywhich was elected by the members of the board of directors to continue to sit on the board of directors for one year in a office capacity and outgoing members of the board of directors Martin BoehmExecutive vice-president and the world’s dean of undergraduate programs at the Hult International Business School, and Giuseppe (Beppe) Sodafull professor at University of Bocconiwho has each finished their conditions.
To find out more about our mission, our community and our member school community, visit Gmac.com.
About GMAC
Gmac is a global non -profit association of graduate business schools which links future business leaders from around the world to educational opportunities. We provide the tools and information necessary for schools and talents to discover and assess each other, including world class search, industry conferences, recruitment of resources and assessments specially designed for diploma teaching. With offices in China,, IndiaTHE United KingdomAnd The United StatesGMAC attracts more than 17 million visitors a year to its platforms that extend gmac.com,, MBA.com And Jamming.
Upcoming events:
- Conference in Asia,, Hong Kong,, October 29-31, 2025
- Conference in Europe,, Madrid,, 19-21 November 2025
- Annual conference,, Philadelphia,, June 10-12, 2026
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