Jon Lehman, Associate Dean of Students – Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University
Jon Lehman serves as Associate Dean of Students responsible for admissions, student life and career placement. From 2005 to 2010 he also served as Associate Dean for Health Care with responsibility for the successful creation and launch of health care management programs. He serves on the Executive and Health Care Program Committees at Owen. Previously he served as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management focused on health care information technology.
An entrepreneur and private investor focusing on health care, technology and education-related companies, Jon previously served as President and CEO of Evolved Digital Systems, a leading provider of digital-based image and information management systems for the health care industry and Executive Vice President and Director of Futurekids, Inc., an international computer training and curriculum publisher that helped K-12 schools use technology to transform education. In 1990, he founded and served as Principal of The Section Companies, a consulting and private investment firm whose clients included First Consulting Group, The Walt Disney Company and Ziff-Davis. Earlier in his career, Jon was an associate with McKinsey & Company; special projects manager for the publishing division of Capital Cities; and marketing manager for Fairchild Publications in New York.
Jon currently serves as an advisor to numerous start-up companies, and has held board leadership positions with Leadership Nashville, the Joe C. Davis Outdoor Center of the YMCA of Middle Tennessee; the Tennessee Repertory Theatre; the Nashville Academy Theatre; and the Young Leader's Council.
Jon received his AB in Economics from Colgate University and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School. Jon and his family reside in Nashville, TN.