54 (DC REWIND): Sanjay Gupta (Michigan State) on Strategically Leveraging Alumni and Philanthropic Relations

On this episode of Deans Counsel (originally published on 29 March 2024), moderators Jim Ellis and Dave Ikenberry speak with Sanjay Gupta, currently a Professor of Accounting and Information Systems. Most recently, he served as the Eli and Edythe L. Broad Dean, the 11th Dean of the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University from 2015 to 2022.During his tenure as dean, Professor Gupta led the Broad College to redefine itself through two comprehensive strategic plans, aligning with the university’s core values and guiding the college’s work to become a top-of-mind business school.In this discussion, Professor Gupta shares with Jim and Dave several of the successful strategies he undertook at Broad, and illustrates how they can be expanded upon and adapted by other business schools. Key topics include:• Strategically leveraging advisory boards  • Effectively structuring advisory board meetings • Integrating board, philanthropy and alumni events• Shaping advisory board membership• The Why and How of forming an International advisory Board  Learn more about Sanjay Gupta.Comments/criticism/suggestions/feedback? We'd love to hear it. Drop us a note.Thanks for listening.-Produced by Joel Davis at Analog Digital Arts--DEANS COUNSEL: A podcast for deans and academic leadership.James Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019)David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016)Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn FerryDeansCounsel.com