Patricia Ledesma is Assistant Dean and Director of the Kellogg School of Management's Office of Research, a group that provides research support to faculty and doctoral students, and manages the school's research resources. Dean Ledesma is also a member of Kellogg Insight's editorial and operations boards. She joined the Kellogg School in 2000, and the Global Initiatives in Management (GIM) program as a faculty adviser in 2002, having served as the faculty adviser for Southeast Asia, Japan, and South America in the past. She completed her Ph.D. in economics at the University of Notre Dame. Previous work experience includes work as an economist in Apoyo Consultoría, a large consulting firm in Peru, as well as in Peru's telecom supervisory agency.