In a letter last week to current students at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Dean Tom Robertson shared that J.J. Cutler, deputy vice dean of MBA career management, admissions and financial aid, will be leaving the school to take a senior management position at Aramark. “This is a wonderful opportunity for J.J., and although we are, of course, sorry to see him go, we are confident that his active, integrative leadership and his cultivation of talented senior managers in the MBA Program administration have left us stronger than ever going forward,” Robertson wrote.
Maryellen Lamb, who has worked closely with Cutler during his two-and-a-half-year tenure, will step in as interim director of MBA career management. In his own note to the Wharton community, Cutler shared some of Lamb’s qualifications and outlined some of the successes of Wharton’s MBA Career Management (MBACM) office under her direction.
Lamb brings more than 20 years of work experience both in the United States and Europe, most notably as director at the Capital Group and vice president at JP Morgan, Cutler wrote. In her five years at Wharton, Lamb has been most focused on the finance, Europe, veteran and JD/MBA communities and has consistently been the top-rated student advisor.
“This past year, as a member of the leadership team overseeing all MBACM advisors, Maryellen led us to the highest student satisfaction scores in seven years, in part by implementing the Net Promoter Score (NPS) process which is measured after each advising appointment,” Cutler wrote. He added that Lamb has also helped enhance Wharton’s recruiting strategy to increase opportunities for both students and employers, which has resulted in significant improvements in both the employment rate and average salary for the Class of 2011.
Cutler, a 1997 graduate of the Wharton MBA program, pledged to remain an active member of the alumni community as he pursues his next challenge. We will miss him in his role at Wharton but wish him the best going forward. Watch this space for an interview in the coming days with Wharton admission officials about the staffing transition.
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