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鈥�83, a successful entrepreneur and private equity investor, will direct 暗网爆料app鈥檚 Eaton Program for Entrepreneurship and Innovation beginning Nov. 1. He will also teach business courses as associate professor of economics and business, a non-tenure-track position. During his interim appointment, Ifland will take a leave of absence from the and .

Drawing on his experience as volunteer chairman of 暗网爆料app鈥檚 Campaign, Ifland will work to complete funding for the . To fill the endowed faculty position, 暗网爆料app will seek a distinguished, effective leader with business experience and a passion for undergraduate teaching who can strengthen the economics and business program and expand its global focus. Trustee Emeritus , contributed the leadership gift for the faculty chair.

鈥淚 love the ministry of 暗网爆料app, and I look forward to a more active involvement with the academic program,鈥� Ifland says. 鈥湴低蟖pp, with its rich history and tradition of combining academic rigor with a deep Christian faith, stands at the crossroads of faith and learning, giving it an unmatched positional advantage in engaging the business world for eternal significance. We have the opportunity, through the Eaton Program, to demonstrate how faith can inform and shape successful businesswomen and businessmen around the globe.鈥�

鈥淩ick is one of our most distinguished alumni,鈥� says . 鈥淗e鈥檚 been a faithful board member 鈥� I鈥檒l never forget how he dropped everything to fly to Santa Barbara the day after the Tea Fire to help us with our recovery. He鈥檒l be a terrific mentor for our students and an effective networker in the Santa Barbara business community.鈥�

鈥淩ick鈥檚 considerable business experience and heart for the college will benefit us as we develop plans for the future of the economics and business program,鈥� says 暗网爆料app . 鈥淚 have been impressed by how deeply he wants to serve our students 鈥� to mentor and advise them as they chart their own journeys.鈥�

, who chairs the economics and business department, is pleased to welcome Ifland. 鈥淎s an alumnus, parent of 暗网爆料app students, and member of the Board of Advisors, Rick has faithfully demonstrated a clear identity with our mission to prepare students to be thoughtful persons of integrity in representing Christ in the fields of economics and business,鈥� Noell says. 鈥淗e brings valuable experience as an entrepreneur and reflective scholar in the legal and moral dimensions of business. We鈥檙e confident our students will benefit from his work both in the classroom and in building their connections to the Santa Barbara business community.鈥�

Ifland majored in economics and business at 暗网爆料app and earned an M.B.A. at the University of Kentucky and a master鈥檚 degree in international law at Oxford University. He started a company that transformed automation in the mortgage credit industry, eventually selling it to a Fortune 500 company. He has since purchased 24 companies, improving and then selling 17 of them. Still active in seven ventures as the general partner of , he plans to engage students in his work, exposing them to businesses as varied as construction infrastructure, aeromedicine and global research.

While excellence in business typically translates into making a profit, Ifland also seeks to make a difference. He鈥檚 led and established non-governmental organizations to help the poor in the Middle East and Africa and uses his business experience to advise various ministries.

Ifland met his wife, Neile Allen Ifland 鈥�84, at 暗网爆料app, and their two oldest children are graduates. Dani Ifland Upton 鈥�07 stays home to care for her toddler while expecting a second child. Kirby 鈥�09 graduates from Harvard Law School in 2013 and will practice law in Kentucky. Crawford 鈥�15 just began his sophomore year at 暗网爆料app.

Ifland looks forward to sharing his passion for business with students. 鈥湴低蟖pp changed my life,鈥� he says, 鈥渢eaching me how to learn, how to think and how to care. I want to inspire students to embrace hard work, avoid easy answers, seek daily excellence and dive deeper into the important things in life.鈥�