{"id":10430,"date":"2024-08-06T17:01:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T21:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/kenneth-freeman\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T16:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:58:56","slug":"kenneth-freeman","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/kenneth-freeman\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth Freeman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-986eed52 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"profile__image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kenneth Freeman\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/FreemanKenneth.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n          <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--phone\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Phone\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"telephone\">\n        617-358-6170      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:kfreeman@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          kfreeman@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n  \n      <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--office\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n          Office\n        <\/h6>\n        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"workLocation\">\n          515G        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--bu\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px\">\n            Boston University <br \/>\n            Questrom School of Business\n          <\/h6>\n                        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"address\">\n                Rafik B. Hariri Building <br \/>\n                595 Commonwealth Avenue <br \/>\n                Boston, MA 02215\n              <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-986eed52 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0f22d0a1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Kenneth Freeman<\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-amp-profile-position\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tDean Emeritus, Management and Organizations\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-bio\">\n\t<p>KENNETH W. FREEMAN, Dean Emeritus and Professor of the Practice<\/p>\n<p>Ken Freeman&#8217;s career spans more than fifty years in business executive and academic leadership roles. He is dean emeritus and professor of the practice in the Boston University Questrom School of Business.<\/p>\n<p>Ken was the Allen Questrom Professor and Dean of Questrom for eight years (2010\u20132018), where he led a transformation of the undergraduate and MBA curricula, emphasizing ethics, global citizenship, and high-growth industry sectors. He subsequently developed and taught MBA courses in crisis leadership and corporate turnarounds. Ken also held interim leadership roles in human resources and online education at BU. Most recently, he served as interim president of Boston University for one year. Currently, Ken focuses on mentoring faculty and staff and providing guest lectures and facilitation on a range of leadership topics.<\/p>\n<p>Ken began his career at Corning Incorporated, serving in financial and general management roles. He led the spinoff and transformation of Quest Diagnostics as Chairman and CEO. Before entering academia, he was a partner at the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &amp; Co. (KKR).<\/p>\n<p>A study of global business leadership conducted at INSEAD and published in the January 2010 and 2013 issues of the Harvard Business Review named Ken one of the 100 best performing CEOs in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Ken received an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School in 1976, and a BSBA, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Bucknell University in 1972.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\">\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"bu_is_from_api":true,"buID":"U95220570","lastName":"Freeman","firstName":"Kenneth","middleName":"","suffixName":"","phone":"617-358-6170","email":"kfreeman@bu.edu","pronouns":"","cv":"","website":"","office":"515G","address":"595 Commonwealth Ave","bio":"KENNETH W. 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