Fujiko Terayama

Born in Okinawa, Japan, Fujiko Terayama came with her family to the United States in 1970. She attended high school and college in California before taking a job with USC’s then two-year-old International Business Education and Research (IBEAR) MBA program in August 1980.

It proved a good fit. In the ensuing decades, Terayama has assumed a variety of administrative roles, including office manager, program coordinator and, most recently, director of admissions and alumni relations – all with IBEAR.

Designed for mid-career managers doing business in the Pacific Rim, IBEAR was for many years the only one-year international MBA program accredited by the International Association for Management Education. The program draws students from around the globe (typically, only a quarter hail from the United States), and Terayama has traveled throughout Asia, India and Latin America to conduct recruitment interviews.

Terayama has a passion for foreign languages and cultures, and one of the things she most enjoys about the program is the diversity of its participants. She also cherishes the many worldwide friendships she has developed with IBEAR and other USC Marshall alumni over the years.

• IBEAR MBA program Web site