DURHAM, N.H. - The Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire has named Dan McCarthy of Fairport, N.Y., as the new director of its Executive Development Program.

McCarthy will begin Feb 14, 2011. Prior to joining the Whittemore School, McCarthy worked as a manager for leadership and development with Paychex, director of leadership and excellence with Eastman Kodak, senior human resources manager with Health Imaging and director of performance innovation with Rochester Gas and Electric. He has a master's in human resource and organizational development from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

"Dan has spent a great deal of time in the executive education business, primarily on the corporate side. He has experience developing and delivering programs, most recently with Paychex, and looks forward to increasing the breadth and depth of our Executive Development Program," said Daniel Innis, dean of the Whittemore School.

The Whittemore School's Executive Development Program offers executive development designed to meet the specific educational and training needs of individual businesses. For more than 30 years, the Whittemore School has worked collaboratively with companies on a variety of short- and long-term programs, offering intensive study for companies who want to strengthen their management skills, develop leadership capabilities or enhance specific business skills.

The UNH Whittemore School of Business and Economics offers a full complement of high-quality programs in business, economics, accounting, finance, information systems management, marketing, and hospitality management. Programs are offered at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive development levels. The school is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the premier accrediting agency for business schools worldwide.

The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling 12,200 undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students.

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