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Orange Town News: Economist Kench Named to Orange Chamber Board
Brian Kench, dean of the Pompea College of Business, was elected to the Orange Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
Ph.D., Economics, University of Connecticut, 2000
M.A., Economics, University of Connecticut, 1997
B.A., Economics, Framingham State University, 1994
Brian T. Kench, Dean of the Pompea College of Business at the University of New Haven, is an expert in behavioral and experimental economics and the economics of organization. He is a consultant in the areas of unemployment, economic damages and economic impact analysis, and he is frequently asked for his commentary.
As a higher education leader, Kench has spent the past 25 years helping universities excel by focusing on talent acquisition, cost efficiencies, and development needs of students, faculty and organizations. Working closely with faculty and staff he has led increases in enrollment, rankings, retention, diversity and inclusion, student placement and satisfaction, faculty recruiting, alumni engagement, corporate partnering, fundraising, new curriculum design, and the development and launch of online degree programs.
As Dean of the University of New Haven’s AACSB‐accredited Pompea College of Business, he led the effort to fundamentally change the reputation of the business college by repositioning it to become a leader of programs at the intersection of business and technology. The college was among the first five business colleges in the United States to offer STEM designated business programs. Today, 65% of all students and 75% of all graduate students are enrolled in one of our STEM programs.
University of New Haven , AACSB International and NEASC accredited, West Haven, CT 06516
2015-date, Dean and Professor of Economics, Pompea College of Business (tenured)
The University of Tampa , AACSB International and SACS accredited, Tampa, FL 33606
2014-2015, Professor of Economics (tenured)
2008-2013, Associate Professor of Economics (tenured)
2002-2007, Assistant Professor of Economics
In the Media
Brian Kench, dean of the Pompea College of Business, was elected to the Orange Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
In the Media
Brian Kench, dean of the Pompea College of Business, was elected to the Orange Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
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Brian Kench, dean of the Pompea College of Business, comments on a new educational program the university created with Sachem Financial to support, at no charge, small and medium-sized businesses that attained either the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) or Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loans.