Vanessa Perry

Vanessa Gail Perry, MBA, Ph.D., is the interim dean of the George Washington University School of Business as well as the vice dean for strategy and a professor of marketing, strategic management and public policy. Her research, focused on consumers in housing and financial markets, marketplace discrimination, and public policy, has been published extensively. She has held numerous administrative appointments, including associate dean for graduate programs, associate dean for faculty and research, and vice provost for diversity and inclusion. While on leave from GWU, Dr. Perry served as a senior advisor to the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and as an expert appointee at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Before joining GWU, Prof. Perry served as a senior economist at Freddie Mac. She earned a B.A. from the American University, an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis, and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.