Cheryl Nakata

Cheryl Nakata serves as the Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Chair of Innovation and Professor of Marketing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro since August 2017, previously holding a similar position at the University of Illinois at Chicago from July 1997 to July 2017. With extensive expertise in culture, health-related marketing, global marketing, technology & innovation, and strategic marketing, Cheryl has authored numerous articles in prestigious scholarly journals and contributed to the book "Beyond Hofstede: Culture Frameworks for Global Marketing and Management" (2016). Prior experience includes owning Nakata Research & Consulting, serving as a Senior Consultant at Management Technologies Inc., working as Associate Manager for Corporate Market Research at Kraft Foods, and being a Senior Market Research Analyst at General Mills. Educational credentials comprise a Ph.D. in Marketing & International Business from the University of Illinois Chicago, a Master of Management in Marketing & Finance from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and a BA in English from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.