✨ RSVP NOW! Ascend UCLA Fireside Chat with Prof. Steven J. DeKrey: Senior Advisor & Professor Emeritus at the HKUST Business School; Founding Director of Kellogg–HKUST EMBA Program (Global #1); ex-Chair of American Chamber of Commerce in HK; ex-President of Asian Institute of Management; ex-Kellogg MBA Admissions Director & Assistant Dean✨
We are incredibly honored to welcome Prof. Steven J. DeKrey — Senior Advisor & Professor Emeritus at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School; Founding Director of the Kellogg–HKUST Executive MBA Program (ranked Global 1st twelve times by the Financial Times); ex-Chair of American Chamber of Commerce in HK; President & CEO of Asian Institute of Management (1st in Philippines) — for a fireside chat hosted by Ascend at UCLA X Echo HK 🌸🌱 @ascenducla @echohk_org
Prof. DeKrey is Senior Advisor to the Dean, Prof. Emeritus at HKUST Business School, with decades-long of education experience in leadership and corporate governance. He is the Founding Director of the Kellogg–HKUST EMBA Program, ranked Global 1st EMBA, HKUST–Saudi Aramco MBA and HKUST–SKOLKOVO (Moscow) EMBA. 📈 🌍🎋
He served as President & CEO of the Asian Institute of Management in Manila Philippines, Director of MBA Programs at the Univ of Florida, and Assistant Dean, Director of MBA Admissions & Professor at Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. 🎓
Beyond academia, Prof. DeKrey is a Board Trustee and ex-Chairman of American Chamber of Commerce HK, and was President of the Rotary Club of Kowloon and Vice-President of Rotary HK. He is also a Seminar Director and Faculty Member of leadership workshops at the Financial Times. 🌐
He has authored 14+ Harvard Business Publishing case studies and is a book author with John Wiley & Sons, e.g. Learning from Leaders in Asia. 📚
He earned his PhD in School & Sports Psychology and Statistics from the Univ. of Iowa and his MBA from Kellogg. 💙
📅 Date: Sunday, May 3, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00–8:30 PM PT / 10:00–11:30 PM ET
📍 Location: Zoom (Open to all!)
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