VICTOR KLINE NAMED DIRECTOR OF RUSS
BERRIE INSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL SALES AT WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY
Victor Kline of Lawrenceville, N.J., has been named director of
the new Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales at William
Paterson University in Wayne, N.J.
As director, Kline will be responsible for coordinating the development
of professional sales education programs, sales executive programs,
and specialized continuing education programs to be offered by the
Institute.
The Institute, established in December 2002, represents a unique
partnership between the private sector and higher education. It
offers both professional and academic programs for undergraduate
students and sales professionals.
Established by the late Russ Berrie, founder, chairman, and chief
executive officer of Russ Berrie and Company, Inc., the Institute
realizes Berrie’s dream to create a world-class educational
institute dedicated to elevating and advancing the field of professional
sales.
Kline most recently served as president of Princeton Consulting
Associates, Inc., a management consulting firm serving Fortune 500
companies in the United States and abroad. Previously, he held positions
as director of organization training and development for Johnson
& Johnson’s McNeil Consumer Products Company. He was also
the first head of corporate organization and management development
at Engelhard Corporation, where he started their training department
and developed their extensive executive and management development
systems and sales training programs.
He has provided management consulting and professional development
services for a wide range of clients, including Anheuser-Busch,
Bristol Myers-Squibb, Hoffmann-La Roche, the Federal Aviation Administration,
the National Automobile Dealers Association, Lucent Technologies
and MTV Networks.
A graduate of Long Island University, Kline earned a master’s
degree in communication from William Paterson University. He has
pursued post-graduate studies in group dynamics at the University
of Maryland and psychology at Rutgers University, and doctoral studies
in management at Rutgers University, where he has taught in the
advanced management program. He is certified by nearly 20 organizations
as a trainer, facilitator or practitioner. Kline resides in Lawrenceville
with his wife Marilyn, an attorney in private practice in Princeton.
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Further Information, contact:
- Mary
Beth Zeman, Director, Public Relations 973-720-2966
- 4/14/03
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