McDonough Leadership

Paul Almeida, Dean

Dean Paul Almeida

Paul Almeida is dean and William R. Berkley Chair at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, where he champions a culture that inspires our community to do well and do good on a global scale. A member of the Georgetown community for more than 25 years as a professor of strategy and international business, Almeida has served Georgetown McDonough in a number of leadership positions, including most recently as deputy dean for executive education and innovation. 

During his tenure as dean, Almeida has focused on leveraging the school’s enduring advantages  — its unparalleled expertise at the intersection of business and global affairs and the values-based approach to education embedded in the university’s Jesuit tradition.  He also has built the school’s capabilities around fields of the future through new initiatives focused on AI, Analytics, and the Future of Work; the Business of Health; and the Business of Sustainability that call for our students, alumni, and faculty to find innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges by leveraging the ability of business to partner across industries. 

He has overseen the growth and expansion of the school’s degree programs. Building upon the school’s expertise at the intersection of business and global affairs, McDonough now offers the Izmirlian B.S. in Business and Global Affairs (in partnership with the School of Foreign Service) and has expanded the top-ranked Executive MBA to Dubai, UAE. Additionally, the school has launched new specialized master’s programs, including the M.S. in Management, an online M.S. in Business Analytics, an interdisciplinary M.S. in Environment and Sustainability Management (with Georgetown’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and the Earth Commons Institute), and the M.S. in Global Real Assets (with the Steers Center for Global Real Estate).  


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