Kenneth C. Bardach, associate dean and executive director of executive education at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University, has been named new associate dean for executive education programs at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management. He begins his new duties January 15

"We feel very fortunate to have Ken Bardach joining our team," said Mohsen Anvari, dean of the Weatherhead School of Management. "We consider him to be a proven star in the field and believe he is going to move our school forward, not only in the realm of executive education, but he will also be a major player in our efforts for continued success through the implementation stage of our strategic plan."

Bardach will oversee the growth and development of the school's executive education program portfolio and the management of its executive education facility, the George S. Dively Building. The non-degree executive offerings are the center for professional and leadership development at the Weatherhead School. Through strategic partnerships, executive education fulfills the diverse needs for new knowledge and expertise by business executives and managers.

He holds a doctorate and master's degree in economics and finance from New York University's Graduate School of Business Administration. He also received his bachelor's degree in English from Yale University.

In his position at Kellogg, Bardach has been responsible for management oversight of all Kellogg non-degree program offerings and of the James L. Allen Center. While at Kellogg, Bardach also has doubled the annual total program offerings from 69 to 135 and participant enrollments from 2,700 to 5,800. He doubled executive program revenues and increased profits 120 percent, Anvari said.

He individually designed and developed 15 new senior-level executive programs. Bardach also held similar deanship programs at the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Management and Boston University's School of Management.

"It has not been accidental that the great accomplishments of Kellogg's MBA program as first in the nation has occurred at the same time as their dominance in the area of executive education," Anvari said. "Likewise, a great executive education program can reap reams of benefits in every facet of a school's life; we believe that Ken Bardach has the professional wisdom and the personal competence to make an even better wheel at Weatherhead."

Bardach also has held business faculty positions at the New York University Graduate School of Management and was a member of the Peace Corps.

Weatherhead's Executive Education was recently recognized for excellence by The Financial Times, which in its 2002 ranking of Executive MBA programs listed Weatherhead 13th in the United States and 24th in the world. Weatherhead's Executive MBA program was also ranked No. 13 in the U.S. News & World Report 2002 Best Graduate Schools issue.