Dana Brown is the former Dean of the Sprott School of Business and Professor of International Business at Carleton University.
Prior to coming to Carleton, Dana was Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law and Pro Vice Chancellor for Enterprise at De Montfort University in Leicester. In these roles, she led the development and implementation of a new strategy and branding for a business school with more than 8000 students and 350 faculty. Dana took a lead role for the university in relations with local business and government, as well as a key role international recruitment for the MBA.
Dana was the Director of the MBA at Oxford University’s Said Business School (2013-2016), where she was responsible for all aspects of recruitment and admission. Dana also served as Admissions Tutor and interviewer for the Economics and Management Bachelor’s degree, one of the most competitive degree programs at Oxford. She has also served as Professor of Strategic Management and Academic Director of the joint DBA with Sun Yat Sen University at EMLYON Business School in Lyon, France and Visiting Fellow of the Said Business School (2010-2013), University Lecturer in International Business and Management Fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University (2005-2010). Throughout her career, she has taught in executive education, MBA and EMBA programs in England, America, India, China, Russia, Egypt, Spain and France.
In addition to experience working in academic institutions, Dana has also worked in business and with a number of new start-ups, including Amazon.com in its early years. She has helped to establish a number of active learning initiatives for MBA students working on entrepreneurship and social enterprise initiatives.
Dana is President of Warm Heart Worldwide, a non-profit community development organization based in Phrao, Thailand. She is also a member of the Governing Body of the Vedica Scholars Program for Women in New Delhi, India. From 2007-2019, Dana worked as an adviser and member of the Selection Committee for the Alfa Fellowship Program in Russia.
Dana holds a BA in Political Science from Rutgers University, an M.Phil. in Russian and East European Studies from Oxford University and a PhD in Political Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She won a Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford in 1994. Dana has trained as an Executive Coach with Meyler Campbell in London and with Gallup Strengthfinder.
