Andrew J. Policano, Dean

Andrew J. Policano has been Dean of The Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine since August, 2004.  Prior to that, he was Dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business. While he was at Wisconsin, the School’s undergraduate program was ranked 10^th by U.S. News and the MBA program was ranked 23^rd by Business Week. Under Policano’s leadership, the School’s endowment rose from $6 million to over $95 million.
 

At Wisconsin, Policano was the guiding force behind the development, design and construction of the $23 million Fluno Center for Executive Education, a state-of-the-art facility. In 2005, the Financial Times ranked the Fluno Center 1^st for accommodations and food.

Upon his arrival at UC Irvine, Policano worked closely with Paul Merage to develop the strategy for the very generous $30 million gift from the Merage family to name the School.  This gift will help transform an already excellent business school to one of true distinction.

The Paul Merage School is highly recognized and acclaimed.  In 2005, The Wall Street Journal ranked the school 4^th in Information Technology; in 2003, Business Week ranked the intellectual contributions of the faculty 5^th and in 2005, the Financial Times ranked the Executive MBA program 15^th in the U.S.  Recently, the School launched a campaign for a Center for Real Estate; in the first six months of the campaign, over $2.4 million has been pledged to support the program.

Policano has a Ph.D. in Economics from Brown University and a B.S. in Mathematics from Stony Brook University.