Biography

Jeffrey Rosensweig is the Director of the Global Perspectives Program at Goizueta Business School of Emory University. Previously, he served for six years as an Associate Dean. An international business and finance professor, he focuses his research, teaching, and consulting on economic development and business in the global economy. He also specializes in financial, macroeconomic, and business forecasting. He is a frequent keynote speaker on topics related to global economic and financial trends and forecasts. In January 2000, Dr. Rosensweig was elected to the Council on Foreign Relations. 

Professor Rosensweig is often quoted in the national business press, including Forbes, Fortune, and BusinessWeek.  He has appeared nationally on ABC World News Tonight andGood Morning America, the NBC Today Show, NBC National Nightly News and Nightline, and he is a frequent economic commentator for CNN and CNN Headline News.  He has published numerous papers in academic and business journals. His book, Winning the Global Game: A Strategy for Linking People and Profits, received critical acclaim. Pearson Prentice-Hall published his third book, Age Smart.

Active in executive education, Dr. Rosensweig was recently selected by the Wall Street Journal as one of the 12 favorite professors in all Executive MBA Programs worldwide. He received the "Distinguished Educator" award voted by Emory's Executive MBA students during four consecutive years. BusinessWeek has ranked this program seventh in the world and second for Global Business. Dr. Rosensweig received his M.A. and B.A. in economics (summa cum laude) from Yale University and a Ph.D. in economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).  Further, he received a master's degree in philosophy, politics, and economics as a result of two years of study at Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar.  The British Government has selected him to serve on the Marshall Scholarship Selection Committee for 15 years, and recently appointed him Chairman for the Southeast.

Before Emory, Dr. Rosensweig served as senior global economist in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Other previous experience includes serving as an economic development consultant to the Government of Jamaica and teaching international finance at Yale’s School of Management.  Elected by the faculty in 1996, Professor Rosensweig continues to serve as Chairman of Emory University's Center for Ethics.

Prof. Rosensweig’s passion is helping others gain economic and educational empowerment.  He donates keynote speeches to aid this mission, ranging from the Caribbean to Estonia.  Charitable organizations that he helps develop, as a keynote speaker and/or board member, include Medical Assistance Program (MAP) International, CARE, Odyssey, Project Destiny, and economic development groups. He has been the Pack Leader for a multicultural group of 100 Cub Scouts.

Dr. Rosensweig’s Website is www.globalguru.com.