Jerry (Yoram) Wind

Education

Professor Wind received his PhD from Stanford University in 1967 and his MA (1963)and B Soc Sci (1961) degrees from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He also received an M.A. Honors from the University of Pennsylvania.

Career

Over the years, Wind has served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Marketing, the policy boards of the Journal of Consumer Research and Marketing Science, the editorial boards and guest editor of all the major marketing journals. He led the creation of the Wharton Executive MBA Program (1974) and was founding director of both The Joseph H. Lauder Institute (1983-1988) and Wharton International Forum (1987). He led the reinvention of the Wharton MBA curriculum (1991–93) and the development of the Wharton globalization strategy (1995-1997). He is the founding director of the Wharton SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management, whose mission is to ensure the relevance of management research and education to the evolving needs of business and society in the 21st century by partnering with global thought leaders in diverse fields to anticipate the needs of management, identify forces of change, and understand and create emerging management paradigms. Professor Wind is also the founding academic director of The Wharton Fellows Program (2000), a powerful global network of CEOs and senior executives who are committed to lifelong learning focused on transformational leadership. He is the founding director the Wharton Future of Advertising Program (2008), whose mission is to act as a catalyst for deeper insights, bolder innovation, and broader positive impact of advertising.

Professor Wind has taught MBA courses in Marketing Strategy, Marketing Methods and Applications for Business Consulting, Creativity and Interactive Marketing in the Age of the Empowered Consumer. His current research focuses on the network challenge; creativity and innovation; the future of marketing and advertising; and creating a creative organization. He is an active consultant and board member of various startups and university programs, such as the Positive Psychology Center and Integrated Product Design Committee. He also holds positions in numerous professional associations, including the Marketing Accountability Standards Board. He is a trustee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where he chairs its Marketing Advisory Committee and is a member of its Brand Steering Group and the Digital Age Committee. Professor Wind is the co-founder of the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel (IDC), and since its founding in 1994, the chairman of its academic council. Professor Wind previously served as the academic trustee of the Marketing Science Institute (1989-1995), chairman of The Institute of Management Sciences College of Marketing (1974-1975) and chancellor of The International Academy of Management (2000-2006).

Wind is The Lauder Professor and Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the Wharton faculty in January 1967, upon receipt of his doctorate from Stanford University.

Awards

Wind is the recipient of various awards, including the four major marketing awards- The Charles Coolidge Parlin Award (1985), the AMA/Irwin Distinguished Educator Award (1993), the Paul D. Converse Award (1996) and the Buck Weaver Award (2007). He is the recipient of the first Faculty Impact Award given by Wharton Alumni (1993). In 1984, he was elected as member of the Attitude Research Hall of Fame and has won a number of research awards, including two Alpha Kappa Psi Foundation awards and a recent inclusion in JAR Classics issue of 18 articles that have withstood the test of time. In 2001, he was selected as one of the 10 Grand Auteurs in Marketing and later named as the 2003 recipient of the Elsevier Science Distinguished Scholar award of the Society for Marketing Advances. In May 2004 he was awarded as Honorary Fellow of the Decade by the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (Israel). In 2009, Wind was selected as one of the 10 Legends of Marketing and Sage published 8 edited volumes anthologizing his various publications in 2013.