University at Buffalo School of Management

curriculum, launched a Master of Science in Accounting and significantly enhanced the Master of Science program in Finance. He also led the school through several strategic areas of focus — leadership, entrepreneurship and health care management. In 2010, the school launched LeaderCORE™, a compre- hensive leadership certification program that spans the entire two years of the full-time MBA program. Like its forerunner, Leadership PACE, the program focuses on helping students develop the core competencies consid- ered vital by the business community for effective perfor- mance and successful leadership. LeaderCORE™ won the MBA Roundtable Innovator Award and is now available as a micro-credential. In other innovations, the Terese Kelly Investment Group was created in 2011. The student-run, real-money investment fund educates finance students on the prac- tical aspects of global capital markets, while providing them with real-world learning experiences in investment management. Moving forward Throughout the 2010s, the School of Management made a strategic commitment to health care delivery systems by continuing joint degree programs (MD/MBA, DDS/MBA and others), as well as developing an instruc- tional program in health care management and a new MBA health care concentration. The Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness opened in 2013. Championed by Paul Tesluk, the school's Carmichael Professor of Organizational Behavior, the center advances research, education and outreach in leadership and organizational development. When Assad le UB in 2015, Tesluk became dean aer a stint as interim. He led a comprehensive strategic plan- ning effort that resulted in a revised mission and vision, as well as a focus on leadership, entrepreneurship, health 12 Buffalo Business Autumn 2023 No retrospective of the school would be complete without mention of the crisis that upended the world. The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges and, for some, tragic loss, but members of the UB and School of Management communities came together as one, offering support to each other. Visit bit.ly/ubmgtreflect or scan the QR code below to see a short video highlighting how students, alumni, faculty and staff demonstrated their re- markable resilience as they adapted, pivoted and ultimately thrived. #UBuffaloStrong Samantha Moser, BS '21, completed a virtual internship for Comcast during the COVID-19 pandemic and went on to become an analyst for the company after graduation. Natalie Simpson, associate dean for graduate programs, and professor and chair of operations management and strategy, teaches in the Leadership Learning and Community Center. Photo: Tom Wolf

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