Highly Regarded Investor and Incubator
of
Start-up Companies To Assist Student
Entrepreneurs at
University of Maryland Business School
Adam Lehman named
entrepreneur-in-residence at
Robert H. Smith School of Business
College Park, Md. July 18, 2005
The Robert H. Smith School
of Business, University of Maryland
today announced that Adam Lehman,
president of Rock Ridge Ventures, will
join the schools Dingman Center for
Entrepreneurship, a
nationally-recognized, leading
entrepreneurial center that assists
students and regional entrepreneurs with
expertise, resources and funding, as an
entrepreneur-in-residence. Lehman will
leverage his substantial experience in
identifying and developing new business
ventures to assist student and local
entrepreneurs in creating and managing
their businesses.
Adam brings valuable experience in
guiding, building and investing in
start-up ventures, said Howard Frank,
dean of the Robert H. Smith School of
Business. The perspective, advice and
mentoring that he will be able to impart
to students offers tremendous advantages
for the Dingman Center and the Smith
Schools leading entrepreneurship
program.
As president of Rock Ridge Ventures,
Lehman develops and invests in new
business ventures and provides a variety
of strategic advisory and management
services. Lehman also serves as
executive vice president of ZG Ventures,
which is developing for-profit education
ventures based on the innovative
In2Books non-profit literacy program.
Prior to his roles with Rock Ridge and
ZG, Lehman was an executive with America
Online for seven years, ultimately
serving as a senior vice president.
During his tenure with AOL, Lehman
participated in the development of a
wide range of new domestic and
international business ventures and
opportunities. Prior to joining AOL,
Lehman was an associate in the Mergers &
Acquisitions group of the corporate law
firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom, working on investments,
acquisitions and financings, principally
in the media, communications and
technology sectors. Lehman is currently
a member of the Board of the Jewish
Federation of Greater Washington and of
the Advisory Board of Fair Chance D.C.
He is a graduate of Dartmouth College
(summa cum laude) and Harvard Law School
(cum laude) and a 1987 Truman Scholar.
Our entrepreneurs-in-residence offer
an immeasurable resource to our Dingman
scholars, said Asher Epstein, managing
director of the Dingman Center for
Entrepreneurship. When you are building
the confidence not to mention the
skills to run your own business the
ability to access someone whos not just
been there, done that, but been there
and successfully done that, can make all
the difference.
About the University of Maryland's
Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business
is an internationally recognized leader
in management education and research for
the digital economy. The Smith School
one of 13 colleges and schools at the
University of Maryland, College Park
offers undergraduate, full-time and
part-time MBA, executive MBA, PhD, and
executive education programs, as well as
outreach services to the corporate
community. The school offers its degree,
custom and certification programs in
learning locations in four continents
including North America, Europe, Africa
and Asia. More information about the
Robert H. Smith School of Business can
be found at
www.rhsmith.umd.edu.
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For more information:
Angela Toda
Robert H. Smith School of
Business
University of Maryland
(
301.405.8062
atoda@rhsmith.umd.edu
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