<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/westmont-news/entrepreneur-alumnus-lead-new-program.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>09/19/2012</pubDate><title>Entrepreneur, Alumnus to Lead New Program</title><excerpt>Rick Ifland ’83, a successful entrepreneur and private equity investor, will direct Westmont’s Eaton Program for Entrepreneurship and Innovation beginning Nov. 1. He will also teach business courses as associate professor of economics and business, a non-tenure-track position. During his interim appointment, Ifland will take a leave of absence from the Westmont Board of Trustees and Board of Advisors.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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