George Washington University School of Business, Mitch Blaser

1. Centers of Learning at
George Washington
University School of
Business

2. Centers of Learning at George Washington
University School of Business
A Management founder of the global specialty insurance firm Ironshore, Inc., Mitch
Blaser Chairs the Board of Advisors of his alma mater, the George Washington
University School of Business. Mitch Blaser graduated from George Washington
University with a bachelor’s degree in business and accounting in 1973.

3. Centers of Learning at George Washington
University School of Business
The George Washington University School of Business contains several specialized centers for
research. Many of these take advantage of the school’s unique location in the nation’s capital .
The Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis, formed in 2005, specializes in the Washington,
D.C., real estate market. Enriched by proximity to real estate trade associations and
professionals, the center offers a certificate program for MBA students. Also dating to 2005,
the Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence seeks to improve the academic training of
entrepreneurs in areas critical to growing a business, such as leadership and knowledge
management. The Institute of Integrating Statistics in Decision Sciences takes an
interdisciplinary approach to business by adding statistical methodology to decision analysis.
It offers a master of science in business analytics.