Leon Fraser

Area of expertise

973-353-1927 lfraser@business.rutgers.edu Curriculum Vitae

Leon Fraser is on special assignment as Interim Chief Executive Officer & State Director of New Jersey Small Business Development Centers (NJSBDC). He is leading the statewide agency in this time of the national COVID-19 pandemic emergency in assisting small businesses in New Jersey to get disaster loans and other assistance. ( https://njsbdc.com/coronavirus/ )

His faculty appointment is with Rutgers Business School (RBS) in the Department of Management & Global Business. Previously, he was a strategy executive with Verizon, vice president of marketing of a software company, and a management consultant. He teaches Executive Leadership; Managing Workforce Diversity; Management Consulting Best Practices; Creativity, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship; Business Policy & Strategy, and Corporate Strategy.

He has a joint appointment as Managing Director of Rutgers Business School Executive Education.

Academic degrees

M.B.A., The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; Management
B.A., Harvard University; Government

Media Mentions

NJBIZ, NJ Small Business Development Center leader retires, successor named, Brenda Hopper, Leon Fraser

Wednesday, April 01, 2020

Rutgers University Newark. Rutgers-Newark Instructors Receive Honors for Excellence in Teaching, Leon Fraser

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Awards & honors

Teaching and Service Awards:

2020 Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) Certification
2019 Certified Executive Coach (ACC), International Coach Federation
2018 “Career Coach” Certificate from Rutgers’ Heldrich Center for Workforce Development
2017 “Mentor of the Year” Award from National Black MBA Association New Jersey Chapter
2017 Recipient of Dean’s Award for Meritorious Service
Faculty Advisor to the 2016 RBS MBA Team – 1st Place Winner, NC State Healthcare IT National Grand Business Challenge
Recipient of the 2015 Rutgers University-wide Leader in Faculty Diversity Award
2014 “Best Professor Award” by the New Brunswick MBA Flex Students
2013 "Best Teaching Style Management & Global Business Professor" in the Dean's Student Advisory Council Annual Survey
2012 "Most Knowledgeable Management & Global Business Professor" in the Dean's Student Advisory Council Annual Survey
2011 "Best Management & Global Business Professor" Award from the Rutgers Business Governing Association
First Runner-Up of the overall "Best Professor" Award of the MBA Class of 2011

Leon Fraser

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