Georgia Tech has named Maryam Alavi as its new deal of the Scheller College of Business.

Alavi is the current interim dean of Emory University’s Goizueta Business School.

She has also held faculty positions at the University of Houston, University of Maryland at College Park and was a Marvin Bower faculty fellow at Harvard Business School. She was also a two-time gubernatorial appointee to the Georgia Technology Authority board.

Alavi begins her new position at Georgia Tech on July 1. She replaces Steve Salbu, who has led the business college since 2006. Salbu will resume his faculty position as director of the college’s business ethics program.

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