UCLA Anderson Board of Advisors member Jamie McCourt was appointed by President Donald Trump as the United States ambassador to Belgium. The official announcement was made by the White House Office of the Press Secretary.
McCourt is a Los Angeles-based business leader focused on sports, entertainment, education and philanthropy. Her company, Jamie Enterprises, principally invests in high-value real estate, biotechnology ventures and technology startups. McCourt was an early-stage investor in ZipCar, now the nation’s largest peer-to-peer car sharing service. More recently, she was one of the first investors in Kite Pharma, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that went public in record time. McCourt is also an investor in a variety of culinary ventures, including Bouchon of the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group.
From 2004 to 2012, McCourt was co-owner, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers. She was the highest-ranking woman in baseball and one of the few female executives in all of professional sports. In addition to setting club attendance records and winning back-to-back division titles for the first time in 30 years, under her leadership the Dodgers returned to profitability.
McCourt is a pioneer in the field of business education. Her ground-breaking class at UCLA Anderson, The Pursuit of Leadership: A Female Perspective, which she taught from 2005 to 2011, was the first accredited graduate-level leadership course specifically designed for women at a leading U.S. business school. She joined UCLA Anderson Board of Advisors (then Board of Visitors) in 2007.
All ambassadorial appointments are subject to confirmation by the United States Senate.
Read the official announcement here.
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