Jeanette DeDiemar, Ph.D. University of Osh Kosh, Wisconsin

Jeanette is the Executive Director for the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, based in Oshkosh, WI. She serves as a member of the Chancellor’s senior staff, spearheading the strategic vision and implementation of first-ever integrated marketing and communications strategy for the UW System’s third largest comprehensive institution with a total enrollment of 12,750 students. Her background includes working as a Marketing Director for Wales-Cardiff Digital Media Centre company in Wales and as a Dean of Institutional Advancement for Wayland Academy in Wisconsin. She has a PH.D. in Philosophy from Kansas State University and a bachelors in Science – Journalism from University of Wisconsin. She resides Oshkosh, WI.

Jay is the Founding Professor of Business Enterprise and Innovation, Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Research at the University of Essex, and Head of the School of Entrepreneurship and Business, at the University of Essex, UK. Educated in India and the UK, Professor Mitra trained in the private sector in the UK, worked as a Principal Officer for local government also in the UK, specialising in economic and business development, and taught at 3 other universities before joining the University of Essex.