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Alumna Gabriele (Koebler) Clark Named Director of Alumni Relations


Koebler_G1Moore School alumna Gabriele (Koebler) Clark will join the school this summer as Director of Alumni Relations, Dean Hildy Teegen has announced.

Clark most recently served in Mexico for PPG Industries as Global Director of Business Process Improvement in the Automotive Coatings area, where she was responsible for leading change to a more quality-driven organization by establishing an infrastructure to support increased utilization of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to deliver improved business results.

As Alumni Director, Clark says she will be focused on “further strengthening the partnership between the alumni community and the Moore School through value-added programs.”

Dean Hildy Teegen, who announced the appointment, said that Clark's "multinational corporate understanding and success and her deep commitment to promoting advancement for this institution are a perfect coupling, and we look forward to her leadership of this key dimension of our school’s strategic future."

Clark began her career with PPG - a Fortune 500 company that manufactures coatings, chemicals, and glass --  as an internal auditor and advanced through a series of finance positions in Birmingham, England; Paris, France; and Detroit, Michigan.  She was then named Global Product Manager for automotive clearcoat and was responsible for new product development. She transitioned to Mexico as Project Manager for automotive coatings before assuming her most recent role.

During her time at PPG, Clark was an avid supporter of the Moore School.  As the key link between PPG and the business school, she recruited students for full-time jobs and secured numerous internships for graduate students over the years.  She also served as president of Moore’s European alumni group and then, along with a committee of alumni, founded the global alumni organization, GAIN, and served as its first president.

A native of Germany, Clark grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and has also lived and worked in Belgium, the UK, France, Germany, and Mexico.  She speaks English, German, French, and Spanish.

Clark earned her International MBA (IMBA) at the University of South Carolina in 1996 as a graduate of the former MIBS (Master of International Business Studies) program.  She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Management from USC.  Clark serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of the USC Business Partnership Foundation.

Clark and her husband, also a MIBS graduate, will be relocating to Columbia, South Carolina, from Mexico.

Jan Collins
June 2008