Smith School
Associate Dean Scott Koerwer Honored
with 2004 International Leadership
Award
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(l to
r) Dean Howard Frank,
Scott Koerwer, Maryland
Governor Robert L. Ehrlich
Jr. |
The World Trade Center Institute, a
non-profit organization connecting
Maryland business to the globe, has
honored Scott Koerwer, associate dean
for executive education,
entrepreneurship and marketing
communications at the Smith School as a
winner of the 2004 International
Leadership Award. The award recognizes
the Smith School with six other firms
that stand out as outstanding examples
of international leadership.
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(l to
r) Dean Frank, Koerwer,
James "Chip" DiPaula,
governor's budget secretary |
The awards were presented at the 9th
Annual International Business Leadership
Awards March 30 at the American
Visionary Arts Museum in Baltimore.
Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
and members of the governors staff were
on hand for the ceremony. William E.
Kirwan, chancellor of the University
System of Maryland, Susan Carroll Schwab
president and CEO of the University of
Maryland Foundation, Smith School Dean
Howard Frank, and Smith School staff
were also among attendees honoring
Koerwer and the other award winners.
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(l to
r) Chancellor of the
University System of
Maryland William "Brit"
Kirwan, Koerwer, and his
wife Christine |
The annual award goes to business
champions who have been selected from
more than 150,000 Maryland companies as
individuals who have led their firms to
new global heights. Recipients are those
who exemplify exceptional
entrepreneurial spirit, determination,
creativity and cultural sensitivity all
important attributes for success in the
global marketplace.
I am extremely pleased that Scott has
been honored as a 2004 International
Leadership Award recipient, said Howard
Frank, dean of the Smith School. Scotts
commitment and hard work in bringing the
Smith School to important, emerging
markets such as China, have helped place
the Smith School in a leading position
as a global provider of business
education.
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Koerwer has been in his current
position at the Smith School since 2001
and has led many of the school's
international executive education
initiatives. These include the 2003
launch of an Executive MBA (EMBA)
program in Beijing and an EMBA program
in Shanghai, which begins in November.
The Smith School has also partnered with
ChinaCast Holdings to deliver executive
education programs and content to Chinas
remote areas. Earlier this month the
Smith School announced a partnership
with the Graduate School of Business
Administration (GSBA) in Zurich,
Switzerland to launch the Smith-GSBA
Global Executive MBA (Smith-GSBA
DDG-EMBA) for international business
executives seeking a strong competitive
edge in the global marketplace.
Previously senior director of
corporate management development at the
Wharton School, University of
Pennsylvania, Koerwer held a variety of
leadership positions in the division of
executive education at the Wharton
School during his nine years there.
Koerwer has a bachelors degree from
Muhlenberg College, earned his masters
degree in government and political
science from Lehigh University, earned a
two-year certificate in organizational
development from the National Training
Labs, and earned an Ed.D. from the
University of Pennsylvania.
