Under the leadership of David B. Allison, Dean, the Alliance is charged with providing assistance to enhance the quality, reputation, and financial strength of the School as well as providing support to students, faculty, and programs.

Specifically, the Dean’s Alliance:

• Aids the Dean in defining and realizing the institutional goals of the school;
• Serves as ongoing consultants to the school as strategies are revised and created;
• Undertakes committee assignments where members’ individual expertise or influence can be beneficial to the school;
• Utilizes members’ experiences and insight to develop and support ways and means of advancing the presence of the school in the State of Indiana, the region, the nation, and around the world; and
• Plays an important conceptual role in enhancing fundraising efforts by assisting the school to make key contacts.