Outcomes of the Global Village program and its strong alumni

Dick Brandt (Former Director, The Iacocca Institute & Global Village Program)


Brandt talks about a recent survey comprising fourteen years of alumni from the Global Village Program. He discusses what types of careers graduates of the summer program currently hold and how some of the graduates have created the Richard M. Brandt Global Village Scholarship Program to help more students attend the intensive training program.

Dick Brandt

Former Director, The Iacocca Institute & Global Village Program Dick Brandt, an international business expert who has led Lehigh’s Iacocca Institute since 1999, served as director for 20 years of the distinctive Global Village for Future Leaders of Business and Industry and overseen the Pennsylvania School for Global Entrepreneurship at Lehigh, has announced his retirement in 2016. He has had over 15 years of experience in managing international business operations, while serving in various Vice Presidential positions during a 25-year career at AT&T and Lucent Technologies.

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Dick Brandt

Former Director, The Iacocca Institute & Global Village Program

Dick Brandt, an international business expert who has led Lehigh’s Iacocca Institute since 1999, served as director for 20 years of the distinctive Global Village for Future Leaders of Business and Industry and overseen the Pennsylvania School for Global Entrepreneurship at Lehigh, has announced his retirement in 2016. He has had over 15 years of experience in managing international business operations, while serving in various Vice Presidential positions during a 25-year career at AT&T and Lucent Technologies.

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