Program Lead

Introduction:

Joe Roberts is the Program Lead for the Management and Leadership program. Dr. Roberts is a faculty member leading and managing the M&L curriculum and program as recommended by the Management Department. Dr. Roberts is also responsible for instructor approvals and training and the day to day logistics and preparation and distribution of program assessment reports for the Management and Leadership Program. 

If there are any questions regarding the program curriculum or training details please email them to joeroberts@webster.edu

Bio:

Dr. Joe Roberts is a full time faculty member in the Management Department and teaches management, innovation and entrepreneurship courses at Webster University. He serves as Director of the Center for Innovation and Professional Development. He is also the Director of the Management and Leadership Program and Coordinator of the Government Contracting Program at Webster University. As an entrepreneur and educator, he has created innovation and entrepreneurship programs and cutting-edge pedagogical methods to develop homegrown entrepreneurship programs within universities across the nation. 

He recently served as the National Director of The Coleman Foundation Faculty Fellows Program, a nationwide initiative of The Coleman Foundation designed to infuse entrepreneurship and innovation across university programs in the USA. His projects included contributing to several blogs and serving as editor-in-chief and co-editor of journals. He won the Global Peter Drucker Challenge in 2012 and his international work includes presenting workshops on innovation and entrepreneurship topics in China, Taiwan, Russia, Germany, Mexico, Canada, Estonia, Finland, Argentina and India.

Dr. Roberts received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has authored several articles and papers on innovation and entrepreneurship topics. He won the Telly and Aegis Awards for a documentary he produced, titled “Entrepreneurship, Then and Now.” He continues his work as a small business and entrepreneurship consultant internationally and has extensive experience with helping entrepreneurs obtain start-up and growth funding.

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