Dr. Joseph Everett Cooper, B.A., J.D., M.A., Ph.D., is president and CEO of Ivy Knowledge Group.

Dr. Cooper graduated with his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, magna cum laude, from Harvard College. After college, he was admitted to Harvard Law School and graduated with his Jurum Doctor degree, specializing in taxation, corporate finance and antitrust law. Following a brief tenure as a corporate associate at a leading law firm, Dr. Cooper returned to the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences to complete his masters degree and his Ph.D., both in economics. He specialized in industrial organization, the theoretical arm of business competition and labor economics. He was appointed to the rank of Instructor in the Harvard Economics department.

Following his graduate training, he received a post doctoral fellowship from the Harvard Business School and was associated with the school's organizational economists.

Upon leaving Harvard, Dr. Cooper joined the faculty of the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, the oldest business program in the United States, where he served as a tenure track faculty member for six years prior to launching IKG.

Excellence and ethics are two cornerstones of IKG. With respect to Dr. Cooper's reputation for integrity, consider the following testimonials which speak plainly to his character:

"...I have learned through frequent contact with him that he is one of the most decent, straightforward and honest men, one is likely to encounter in a business school, college, or university." --J. Peter Williamson, Laurence F. Whittemore Professor of Finance Emeritus, The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration

"I experience Joe as a highly effective communicator with a great deal of interpersonal competence. He is direct and honest in his communications and this engenders immediate trust...Finally, Joe possesses a well defined set of values and these guide his actions. One of the reasons that Joe engenders trust in others and me is that he is very honest and direct." --Michael Beer, Cahners Rabb Professor Of Business Administration Emeritus, Harvard Business School

"I have received several letters of support on his behalf from Dartmouth students. They describe him in glowing terms and see him as a model of teaching effectiveness...He has been an asset to Dartmouth College." --Dr. Lee Pelton, Former Dean of the College, Dartmouth College

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