An Open Door

It was Paulo Goes’ first day in the office as the new dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business, and he had a problem: His door wouldn’t stay open. “I asked [Assistant Dean Sharon Moore] to leave the door open when she left my office, but it kept closing,” he...

A Tenacious Pursuit of Excellence

IRA SOLOMON likely surprised a few people in November when he announced he would not be seeking a third term as dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business. Since his arrival in 2011, Solomon had embraced the dean’s role with missionary zeal. His charge had been to...

Pandemic Partners

In early March, Tulane University’s spring 2020 semester was off to a great start. After the Mardi Gras break, students at the A. B. Freeman School of Business were turning their attention toward summer internships, and those who were set to graduate were focused on...

Irwin Simon’s Second Act

Irwin Simon was ready for something new. For 25 years, Simon had worked to build Hain Celestial Group into one of the largest and most successful organic and natural foods companies in the world, with a wide-ranging portfolio of category leading brands including...

A New Paradigm

Dale Klamfoth likes to tell a story about a client of his who worked on the Titanic. Klamfoth, a senior vice president with career consulting firm DBM at the time, was working with a group of Schlumberger engineers when he asked them to think about their biggest...