UI Provost John Coleman called the “empathetic, transparent and collaborative” Brooke Elliott the “clear choice” to become Gies’ 11th dean. To subscribe, click here. To submit a letter to the editor, click here.
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Sign up for our daily newsletter here The first woman to head up one of higher ed’s top-ranked accountancy departments is now the first woman to hold the title of dean of the UI’s Gies College of Business, living proof that “anyone that is part of our community can accomplish what they set out to accomplish,” BROOKE ELLIOTT says. A Hoosier State native — she’s Bedford, Ind.-raised with a pair of degrees from Indiana’s Kelley School of Business — Elliott has been on the fast track since arriving in C-U in 2003, serving as executive associate dean, then associate dean, then departing dean Jeff Brown’s preferred successor upon his retirement.
Brooke Elliott Following a national search, her promotion was made official over the summer, with Provost John Coleman calling the “empathetic, transparent and collaborative leader” the “clear choice” to become Gies’ 11th dean. (Unofficially, she’s also believed to be the first dean to sport stylish Illini orange Air Jordan high-tops to her campus photo shoot). The mother of two and Josef and Margot Lakonishok Professor in Business took time out t.