Dale Nees is the Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies in the Mendoza College of Business. In this position, he is responsible for the overall administration of the college’s undergraduate program and student advising. His responsibilities include management of daily college operations, staff supervision, academic counseling and guidance, budgeting, and coordination of scheduling and classroom assignments. Prior to joining the Mendoza team he spent four years as the Professor of Naval Science and Chair of the Naval ROTC Department at the University of Notre Dame and retired as a Navy Captain with over 30 years of operational leadership and financial management within the Department of Defense. Mr. Nees received his B.S. degree from the United States Naval Academy and earned a Master of Science degree in Management (Financial and Material Logistics) at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., and a Master of Science degree in National Resource Strategy from the National Defense University’s Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He was also a 2005-2006 MIT Seminar XXI Fellow on Foreign Politics and International Relations.