Hugh G. Courtney was elected Chairman of the Board of D&E Communications, Inc. in February 2008. Dr. Courtney is Professor of the Practice at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. Courtney also maintains an active consulting and executive education practice focused on business strategy formulation in highly uncertain and competitive markets. Prior to joining the Smith School in 2002, he was a leader in McKinsey & Company's Global Strategy practice, where he served clients on six continents on a wide variety of strategy development and implementation issues. Courtney's research on strategy under uncertainty and competitive dynamics has been published in the leading business practitioner journals and he is a frequent contributor to industry and academic conferences on business strategy topics. He has been a director of D&E since 2005 and is Chairman of the executive committee. |