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Dear students, faculty, and staff of Leeds:

Today I am announcing my appointment of Vijay Khatri as the Rustandy Endowed Dean of the Leeds School of Business, effective July 1. Khatri will hold the first named endowed deanship at CU Boulder, supported by a $5 million gift by Tandean Rustandy.

Dr. Khatri demonstrates a deep and compelling understanding of the critical interrelationship between promoting a strong and welcoming culture and developing strong academic programs. He articulates a vision that is truly consistent with Leeds’ focus on ethics and social responsibility.

Dr. Khatri currently serves as the executive associate dean for strategy, innovation and technology at Indiana University Bloomington’s Kelley School of Business, where he spearheads Kelley’s strategic initiatives, integrates Kelley’s and the university’s global education initiatives, and spearheads innovations in schoolwide processes, including the underlying systems for those processes.

Dr. Khatri has a distinguished history of leadership and program development. In particular, he has exciting ideas about interdisciplinary education and program development as well as innovative online programs. These are areas identified in the Academic Futures report as being important priorities for the Boulder campus.

As an academic leader, Dr. Khatri has a strong record of achievement in student success; research and scholarship; diversity, equity and inclusion; and community engagement. His professional expertise focuses on the information economy and spans design, management, governance and use—through data analytics—of data repositories.

The Leeds School of Business has experienced a strong upward trajectory over the last decade, and I am certain that Dr. Khatri is the right person to take the school to greater heights and to clearly articulate the school’s significant value proposition to the state of Colorado, the nation and the world.

I’d like to recognize and thank the search advisory committee led by Keith Molenaar, dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, and the executive search firm  for their work that brought forth top candidates for consideration. I’d also like to thank Yonca Ertimur for her leadership and service as acting dean during this important transitional time.

Please join me in welcoming Dr. Vijay Khatri to Leeds and to CU Boulder.

Sincerely,

Russ

Russell L. Moore, PhD
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs