Anuj Mehrotra, Ph.D., is the Dean of the George Washington University School of Business (GWSB). Prior to coming to GWSB in July 2018, Dr. Mehrotra was at the (now) Miami Herbert Business School where he served as senior vice dean, the vice dean for faculty development and research, the Leslie O. Barnes Scholar, and a professor of management science. His research interests are in large-scale optimization and interdisciplinary applications. Dr. Mehrotra’s research has been published in the top-tier academic journals, including Management Science, Mathematical Programming, Naval Research Logistics, and the Informs Journal on Computing. Dr. Mehrotra has worked with over two dozen Fortune 500 companies and his previous experience includes visiting positions at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University and at the T. J. Watson Research Center. Dean Mehrotra is a member of The Economic Club of Washington, D.C., and is on the board of Greater Washington Board of Trade. He received his doctoral degree in operations research from the Georgia Institute of Technology, his master’s degree from Virginia Tech, and his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in India.