JoAnn Denise Rolle

Jo-Ann Denise Rolle holds a PhD in Economics from Howard University. Dr. Rolle has served as the Dean of the School of Business at Medgar Evers College, City University of New York (CUNY) for the past 8 years. Dean Rolle has a history of success, she served in the U.S. Government and I.B.M. before her academic career. She served as CEO of a university; as a Chief Academic Officer; and as a Business School Dean at two universities. She launched two entrepreneurial Centers and many...See more

Jo-Ann Denise Rolle holds a PhD in Economics from Howard University. Dr. Rolle has served as the Dean of the School of Business at Medgar Evers College, City University of New York (CUNY) for the past 8 years. Dean Rolle has a history of success, she served in the U.S. Government and I.B.M. before her academic career. She served as CEO of a university; as a Chief Academic Officer; and as a Business School Dean at two universities. She launched two entrepreneurial Centers and many entrepreneurship programs. She has been recognized as a Top 25 Influential African American Women in Business. She has delivered Keynote speeches and workshops to include the U.N. She is a Price-Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators fellow, Administrative Fellow, Harvard University, Member of the Economic Club of New York, and Fellow of Centre for Business & Economic Research and President of the HBCU Business Deans Roundtable. See less