The first scholarship endowment fund in the world to reward strategic alliance competency has been established by Larraine Segil, an internationally renowned senior executive, author and pioneer in the creation, implementation and management of complex business alliances.
The Larraine Segil Strategic Alliance Scholarship Endowment Fund will award scholarships to women students pursuing the JD/MBA degree offered by the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management of Claremont Graduate University and Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. The award will be based on academic merit and the student’s expressed interest in strategic alliances. This is also the first endowment associated with the Drucker-Southwestern concurrent degree program that was established in Fall 2009.
A trailblazer in developing the methodology used to create strategic alliances for multiple industries including healthcare, technology, consumer products, manufacturing, aerospace, and financial services around the world, Ms. Segil believes that strategic alliances are a critical component of corporate leadership. Through the new endowment, she seeks to encourage students pursuing a JD/MBA degree to develop expertise in this area, and will serve as a mentor to Segil Scholars.
A 1979 graduate of Southwestern, Ms. Segil is Partner Emerita of Vantage Partners, a privately held consulting firm specializing in internal and external relationship management. She is a member of the Board of Frontier Communications (Stamford CT), and advises Global 100 and Fortune 500 companies on creating and managing critical business relationships.
In addition to her JD from Southwestern, Ms. Segil received her MBA from the Presidential Key Executive (PKE) program at Pepperdine and a BA with Honors from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Students who wish to apply for the Larraine Segil Strategic Alliance Scholarship must include a letter of interest with application to the JD/MBA program as part of the admissions process. For details about the program, contact Assistant Dean Debra Leathers at Southwestern.
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