NEW YORK - eTradeWire -- As Trustees' Week ends today, the MBA Standards Board (MBASB) recognizes the outstanding service of its Trustees and Advisory Board members who play a pivotal role in modernizing the pathways to advanced business credentials.

MBASB was founded on a simple premise: today's professionals need business education that keeps pace with an AI-driven economy. The organization equips business leaders to earn MBAe™, MBA+™ and Certified MBA™ post-nominal credentials through verified, experience-based learning of MBA skills and competencies. Unlike traditional degree models, MBASB champions practical achievement through earn-and-learn pathways, internships, projects, sponsored studies, micro-credentials, and documented professional work experience.

Their goal is to accelerate upward mobility for mid-career professionals and ensure industry continues to benefit from capable, future-ready management talent. MBASB requires ongoing continuing education and ethics reviews, providing assurance that credentialed professionals remain current and accountable. Employers can be confident that MBASB-recognized leaders possess up-to-date AI fluency and relevant MBA specializations aligned to real business demand and needs, rather than relying on outdated general degrees rooted in theory delivered many years ago with limited practical current relevance.

"Our Trustees challenge us to think bigger about how business leadership should be cultivated," said an MBASB spokesperson Cheryl Nunn. "They help us preserve academic discipline while embracing the disruptive forces shaping today's workplace. Their service strengthens our ability to scale access, remove needless barriers, and deliver industry credibility to the professionals who are already doing the work."

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MBASB expresses appreciation to its current Trustees and Advisors, including:

Alan Gatlin, Ed.D, Dean of the School of Business, Winsor University;
Matthew DeTemple, MBA, Assistant Dean of Finance at Nova Southeastern University;
Luke Mazur, MBA, CEO and industry disruptor;
Javier Serrano, Ph.D., Business Administration, Governance & Policy, Northcentral University;
Sarah Ellison, Ed.D., Vice President for Student Affairs, Sonoma State University;
Toby Brooks, PhD, MBA, Director and Professor, Baylor University;
Jason Allen Jones, Ph.D., MBA, Public Sector Strategist;
David W. Stewart, Ph.D., Emeritus President's Professor of Marketing and Business Law, Loyola Marymount University;
Alexander Stojadinovic, MD, MBA, MSc, MMGT, Professor of Surgery (Hon.) and Colonel (Ret), US Army Medical Corps;
Pat Tamburrino, MBA, COO, NobleReach Foundation;
Santarvis Brown, Ed.D, J.D., Leadership Scholar and Strategist, Distinguished Professor;
Jonathan H. (Jon) Westover, PhD, MPA, AF-CIPD, SFHEA, TopVoice in Leadership, HR, Innovation;
Laura Ann Lamando, Transformational Business & Education Executive, Instructor Brand Management - UCLA Extension;
Mario Herane, DBA, M.Ed, MBA, MSF, Vice President @ Universidad Mayor, (Strategy, AI, and EdTech);
Paul J. Bailo, Ph.D., MBA, CEO, Yale School of Management Instructor, Artificial Intelligence (AI);
Emilia Valle, MFA, MSHRM, MAL, Western Governors University, Director Level Senior Manager, Program Faculty;
Danielle Zimecki-Fennimore, Ed.D, Past Rowan College of South Jersey, Dean of Academics, Curriculum, Research;

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Luis C. de Mascorro, MSOP, Master of Science Organizational Performance;
Matt Sunseri, PE, NACD.DC, Energy Executive, American Nuclear Society Fellow, Chair of the Advisory Council for the Nuclear Engineering Department at Texas A&M University; and others who have provided distinguished service.

Their guidance is instrumental in supporting MBASB's work with organizations nationwide to create modern talent pipelines that strengthen economic competitiveness across generations. Trustees help evaluate program integrity, improve governance, inform specialization standards, and mentor professionals navigating career progression.

This week also underscores a global message: trusteeship is not symbolic. It is an active mechanism of accountability, mission stewardship, and public impact. With nearly one million trustees serving organizations worldwide, the call to leadership is expanding. Individuals with significant professional experience and a commitment to ethical stewardship are increasingly vital to the future of education and workforce development.

MBASB encourages those interested in board service to connect on LinkedIn, learn more, and explore engagement opportunities.

MBA Standards Board continues to advance modern, portable, employer-aligned business credentials designed for real professionals performing real work. As emerging technologies and corporate consolidation reshape management roles, MBASB provides the bridge between applied expertise and formal industry recognition.

Learn more at https://applymba.org.