Constance Rossum

Dr Constance Rossum is Associate Professor of Marketing and Management at the University of La Verne and is President of Management Directives, Inc. an independent consulting firm for business, government and nonprofit organizations in the areas of strategic planning, marketing and research. Constance’s dual perspective in the business and social sectors and her study and use of Peter F. Drucker’s principles of management were the basis for her selection by the Drucker Foundation to develop the Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool for Nonprofit Organisation in 1993. In 1997, based on her continuing work with the Drucker Tool, Constance received the Drucker Management Centre’s prestigious Alumni Award for Outstanding Entrepreneurship.

In 1997-98, Peter Drucker served on her Ph.D. dissertation committee at Claremont Graduate University – she was his last Ph.D. student!

Before founding Management Directives, Inc. in 1991, Constance worked for 20 years in advertising, marketing/management, and consumer research for such major companies as Leo Burnett Advertising and the Marriott Corporation.

Constance completed her undergraduate studies in Radio/TV and graduate work in Journalism at Indiana University, Bloomington, and received her M.A. in Management from the Drucker Management Centre at Claremont Graduate University, where she also earned her Ph.D. in Education and Management.