Costa Mesa-based Vanguard University has named Thomas Arnold founding dean of the Patty Arvielo School of Business and Management, effective June 1.
Arnold brings prior education experience as the former assistant dean of the Argyros College of Business and Economics at Chapman University.
“After conducting a comprehensive national search, we are pleased to welcome Dr. Tom Arnold as Vanguard University’s inaugural dean of the Patty School of Business and Management as he leads our programs in developing character-rich business leaders prepared to make a positive impact in Southern California and beyond,” Vanguard President Michael Beals said in a statement.
The business school will launch this fall and house programs including accounting, business administration and marketing.
Vanguard University last year named its new business school after Patty Arvielo, the co-founder and CEO of Tustin mortgage lender New American Funding, one of Orange County’s largest private companies by revenue.
The program’s new title marks the first business school in the U.S. to be named after a Latina woman, officials said.
