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Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurship

Crummer Graduate School of Business

Rollins College

The Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College invites applications for the position of Executive Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship.  The Center for Entrepreneurship opened its doors in the Fall of 2003 and the Rollins entrepreneurship program was recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine in 2008 as one of the top 25 graduate entrepreneurship programs nationally. 

Reporting to the Dean of the Crummer Graduate School, the Director will serve as the Center's chief spokesperson and executive administrator, ensuring its growth, efficacy and financial viability.  Building on the current success of the Center, the new director is expected to define and execute the strategic direction and activities of the Center.  Working in partnership with the Academic Director, the Executive Director will develop course work, student extra-curricular learning opportunities, and community oriented programming.  Teaching in the entrepreneurship concentration is possible.  The position requires working with diverse external and internal constituencies.  Collegiality is therefore a prized personal characteristic.

Responsibilities include fundraising for Center activities, networking, assuming leadership positions in a variety of community organizations, and mentoring students, alumni and community entrepreneurs.

Minimum Qualifications:  Bachelor's degree, successful experience as an entrepreneur.

Preferred Qualifications:  Advanced degree in entrepreneurship or business-related field; significant experience in raising capital, senior level administrative and leadership experience. 

The primary purpose of the Center is to be a gateway to the "real world" of entrepreneurial business for MBA students at Rollins. To supplement traditional classroom teaching, the Center provides a variety of practical experiences, including seminars, workshops, mentoring programs, internships, consulting engagements with companies, and speakers both in and out of the classroom.  These programs are made possible through the involvement of entrepreneurially spirited organizations in the community.  In exchange, the Center provides significant benefits to the entrepreneurial community, including a pool of talented MBA graduates and advanced entrepreneurship learning opportunities.

Rollins College, one of the oldest colleges in Florida, is a comprehensive, independent, residential, liberal arts school in Winter Park, Florida, a suburb of Metro Orlando.  The College emphasizes innovative and quality teaching in small classes.  The Rollins community includes 3,622 students and 192 faculty members.  The College is accredited by AACSB International.  Rollins is ranked first amongst regional colleges and universities in the south in America's Best Colleges, published by US News & World Report.  Rollins College was recently ranked 17th best in the Orlando Sentinel's 2008 Top 100 Companies for Working Families annual competition. Compiled by the Orlando Sentinel and published in the newspaper's Florida magazine special section, the Top 100 list honors the local companies who are most committed to family-friendly benefits.  The Crummer Graduate School of Business is ranked number one in Florida by Forbes magazine and its part-time MBA program is ranked 14^th nationwide for return on investment.

Interested candidates should submit an application, resume and cover letter online at www.rollinsjobs.com.  Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.  Rollins is an Equal Opportunity Employer.