Michele Jurgens

Michele Jurgens is chair of the master's program for business ethics and compliance at the New England College of Business (NECB). She has more than twenty years of experience in executive leadership in strategy, marketing, and management consulting. Jurgens previously served as an executive with the ACCOR Group, one of the world's largest conglomerates in the services and hospitality industry.

As Harvard Business School's director of custom programs in executive education, she collaborated with the school's corporate clients and faculty to design and deliver leadership development programs to senior executives.

In addition to her administrative and educational activities at NECB, Jurgens teaches corporate social responsibility, strategy, and management to executives and graduate students for Harvard Business Publishing, Hult International Business School, and Harvard Extension School. She is also a research fellow with the Harold Geneen Institute for Corporate Governance at Bentley University and a candidate for a PhD degree in business. Jurgens graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a BA degree in economics and from INSEAD with an MBA. Her published writing credits include co-authoring a book and publishing cases, online tutorials, and an academic article. She is also a speaker on the topic of corporate responsibility and business ethics.

Companies

• Associate Professor New England College (2021)
• Adjunct Faculty Harvard Extension School (2012)
• Visiting Professor New England College (2019 — 2021)
• Assistant Dean; Lecturer Boston University Questrom School of Business (2016 — 2020)
• Chair, Master Program in Business Ethics & Compliance New England College of Business & Finance (2013 — 2015)
• Director, Custom Programs Harvard Business School (2006 — 2010)
• Chief Quality Officer - Compagnie des Wagons-Lits; Chief Marketing Officer - IBIS Accor (1994 — 2003)
• Director of Research MSR Consulting Group (1988 — 1993)

Education

• PhD in Business Bentley University (2007 — 2014)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) INSEAD (1986 — 1987)
• BA University of California, Berkeley