Carolyn Woo start as president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services

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(Press box) 5 January 2012

Carolyn Y. Woo, former dean of the University of Notre Dame? Mendoza’s College of Commerce, took the direction of Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services (CRS), one of the world from the world? s humanitarian aid organizations.

seventh CEO and President of CRS, Woo will lead a global team of 5000, serves over 100 million people in nearly 100 countries. Dr. Woo succeeds Ken Hackett, CRS, who is retiring after 18 years leading to retirement.

Dr. Woo

CRS comes from the University of Notre Dame, where she dean of the Mendoza College of Business was in 1997. Born in Hong Kong in 1954, Dr. Woo at a school run by the Maryknoll Sisters educated. Travel to the U.S. with enough money to attend Purdue University for a year, she won a scholarship to finish her bachelor’s degree and eventually a doctorate His research has focused on strategy, entrepreneurship and organization.

After 2 years in the private sector, Dr. Woo has joined the faculty of Purdue in 1981. When she left for Notre Dame, Purdue, it was? S Vice Chairman Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. During his time at Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business was named top business school students, Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

In 2004, Dr. Woo has established itself as one of the first lay members of the board of CRS, which until then had been limited to the bishops. She served on the board? S of the Audit Committee and traveled to CRS programs in Africa and Asia.

writer has published widely on a variety of business topics, Dr. Woo has received many awards during his academic career received, including the International Council for Small Business Award Scholar and a Distinguished Achievement Award in Education Alliance of Asian Americans. She has served on the board a number of companies and universities in addition to CRS.

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