Faculty Profiles

Dr. Don Haggerty

Interim Dean
Division of Information Technology & Sciences
Associate Provost
New Program Development & Graduate Studies

Dr. Don Haggerty describes his vision for the Champlain MBA by saying, “I want the graduates of the Champlain MBA to be as comfortable with the big picture at 50,000 feet as they are at the granular level, drilling down into the details.

“While there is universal agreement about a manager’s need to learn from experience and to balance multiple perspectives,” Haggerty says, “most MBA programs still fail to address the issue by not making it a central part of both the content and the process. We took the time to make integration and reflection a requirement in every course, recognizing the value in using the workplace as a context for learning and as a means for helping managers think expansively.”

Dr. Haggerty has 30 years’ experience in public and higher education and 30 years’ business experience in management, financial modeling, marketing and business development. He has been a partner/owner in the design, financing, launch and operation of several successful small businesses, has served as a consultant in transformational marketing implementation, organizational development and change management, and is co-author of Leading My Department, a book on management development.

Haggerty was co-creator and co-director of Champlain’s first graduate program (Managing Innovation and Information Technology). He holds a B.A. in Economics and English from Providence College; an M.B.A. and an M.A.T. from the University of Vermont; he completed a fifth year at Rhode Island College, studying Industrial Education; and he holds an Ed.D. in Organizational Learning from the University of Vermont.

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