The WDI Board of Directors has named Jagadeesh Sivadasan, professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business, as interim president. The Board will initiate a search for a permanent WDI president shortly.
Sivadasan is the Buzz and Judy Newton Professor of Business Administration in the Business Economics and Public Policy group of Michigan Ross, and a faculty associate at the Institute for Social Research at U-M. His research is focused on understanding what drives entry, growth and productivity as well as worker performance and mobility, across businesses.