Rust Visiting
Professor of Business Administration
B.S., Drexel University; M.S. Temple
University;
M.B.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., Temple University
Office: 161
Phone: 434-982-4558
E-mail:
LeeperM@darden.virginia.edu
COURSES
MBA Program
Social Responsibility and Entrepreneurship –
GBUS 8306 (Syllabus)
BIOGRAPHY
Mary Ann Leeper: The Rust Visiting
Professor of Business Administration Spring, 2009, teaching the elective
Social Responsibility and Entrepreneurship in Darden’s MBA program.
Leeper is Senior Strategic Advisor for the
Female Health Company (AMEX: FHC),
after being its President and Chief Operating Officer for over 10 years. She
is a member of the FHC Board and is Chair and Board Member of
The
Female Health Foundation, which she founded in 1994. She is co-founder
of the Business Woman’s Initiative against HIV/AIDS. Leeper serves on the
Board of Neenah Paper, Inc. (NYSE: NP), a manufacturer and distributor of paper
products, and is Chair of its Nominating and Governance committee. She
received the prestigious “oman
Entrepreneurship” award from Temple University’s School of Business in
November, 2003 and a recognition award in 2005 by certain United Nation and
global health agencies for her pioneering efforts in the work of women’s
health, particularly relating to female protection and reproductive health.
Leeper gives lectures and presentations at various colleges and universities
across the country and has also contributed to book publications regarding
global entrepreneurship, gender biases, corporate social responsibility and
women’s issues in the developing world and prevention programs against
HIV/AIDS. Leeper began teaching at Darden in 2001. She has held senior
management positions with Wisconsin Pharmacal and G D Searle & Co. Leeper
also held a faculty position at Temple University and worked as a biochemist
for Wyeth Laboratories and McNeil Laboratories.
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