Nancy Hubbard


Nancy Anne Hubbard is an American author and public relations consultant. She is the dean of the College of Business at University of Lynchburg. Hubbard was previously the director of the Goucher College Center for Education, Business and Professional Studies and the Miriam Katowitz Chair of Management and Accounting.

Early life and education

Nancy Anne Hubbard was born in Chicago in 1963 to Elizabeth Edwards, a chemist and diabetes researcher, and William A. Hubbard, a chemical engineer and corporate executive. Growing up, Hubbard was a competitive swimmer and trained at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club. She was a European and World Masters Swimming Champion. Hubbard is in the Notre Dame Preparatory School Athletics Hall of Fame.
She graduated from Notre Dame Preparatory School. Hubbard attended Georgetown University where she competed on the swim team. While at Georgetown, she worked as a sports photographer and shot the NCAA Final Four Tournament for three years. Hubbard earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a minor in Art History in 1985. She completed a Master of Science degree in Management at St Anne's College, Oxford in 1986. In 1997, Hubbard earned a doctorate in Management from Templeton College, Oxford. Her dissertation was titled Implementing Acquisitions: The Role of Managing Expectation.

Career

After completing her master's degree, Hubbard worked as a public relations consultant. She was an Associate Fellow at Templeton College, Oxford for 18 years where she also served as a lecturer at the Saïd Business School. For a year, Hubbard worked as a producer for Trans World Sport while living in London. Hubbard is a visiting professor at the Aix-Marseille University and a faculty member of the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO. In 1999, she authored "Acquisition Strategy and Implementation."
In September 2009, Hubbard join the Business Management Department at Goucher College where she is the Miriam Katowitz Chair of Management and Accounting. In 2012, Hubbard became the Landmark Conference Faculty Athletic Representative for Goucher. She published "Conquering Global Markets: Secrets from the World’s Most Successful Multinationals" in 2013. From January 2015 to 2017, she was appointed as the Chair of the Landmark Faculty Athletic Representatives. She later became the director of the Goucher College Center for Education, Business and Professional Studies. In 2018, Hubbard was appointed as Dean of the College of Business at University of Lynchburg.

Personal life

Hubbard married Michael P. Burton-Prateley, an English investment banker on August 28, 1992 at St Mary the Virgin Church in Iffley, England with the reception taking place at Eynsham Hall. They honeymooned in Seychelles and Mauritius before residing in London after the wedding. Hubbard is currently married to John Mann, a business executive. Between Hubbard and Mann, they have five kids between and a dog.

Selected works

Books

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