Thunderbird Dean ||Dr. Sanjeev Khagram

Thunderbird Dean Sanjeev Khagram celebrates the launch of the 100 million learners global initiative with Francis and Dionne Najafi. The initiative, made possible by a $25 million donation from the Najafis, will educate and empower 100 million learners by 2030, with 70% of them women.

Thunderbird School of Global Management (or simply Thunderbird) is a public business school of Arizona State University in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 1946 as an independent, private institution, it was acquired by Arizona State University (ASU) in 2014. The school derives its name from Thunderbird Field No. 1, a decommissioned World War II-era US Army Air Forces base which served as its campus for more than 70 years. (The name alludes to the thunderbird of Native American mythology, as well as the phoenix for which the city is named.) The school moved to ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus in 2018, and then to a new, US$75 million building in 2021.