USF St. Petersburg College of Business names new dean

Maling Ebrahimpour begins Aug. 1 as the new dean of the College of Business at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. He comes most recently from Rhode Island, where he served as dean of the Gabelli School of Business at Roger Williams University. He led the school through a three-year process to achieve its initial accreditation. According to USF, he also raised nearly $1 million, launched new bachelors' degrees in economics, and strengthened curricula in all majors, most particularly financial services, international business and computer information systems. From 1999-2002 he was associate dean for graduate programs and research at the College of Business Administration at the University of Rhode Island. He earned his bachelor of science degree in cost accounting in Iran from the Institute of Advanced Accounting in Tehran. He received an MBA in operations research from the University of Nebraska-Kearney, and a PhD in business administration from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Ebrahimpour succeeds Geralyn Franklin as business school dean.