Dr. Benét DeBerry-Spence
Dr. Benét DeBerry-Spence is a Professor of Marketing at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and served as the inaugural UIC Marketing Department chair. She received a PhD in marketing from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Dr. DeBerry-Spence has 20+ years of global business experience and has led global commercialization efforts for Fortune 200 companies. She has significant involvement with African businesses having founded the MASAZI Visitor and Welcome Centre, an engaged research initiative in Ghana, West Africa that works with microbusinesses and that has hosted NY Times and BBC World Live. Dr. DeBerry-Spence’s engaged research builds on this expertise and resides at the intersection of everyday life, race, Africa and markets.