Deborah Merrill-Sands has been honored with
the 2019 Patricia M. Flynn Distinguished Woman in
Business Education Award, established in 2016 by
AACSB’s Women Administrators in Management
Education Affinity Group. Merrill-Sands, dean of the
Peter T. Paul School of Business and Economics at
the University of New Hampshire in Durham, was
recognized for her efforts in advancing women in
business and management education. These efforts
include the establishment of the Rutman/Och
Advancing Women’s Leadership Initiative at the Paul School. Before coming to UNH, Merrill-Sands co-founded and co-directed the Center for Gender in Organizations at Simmons University, and she conducted extensive research on improving gender dynamics and women’s leadership in the workplace.