San Diego State University College of Business Administration is a Business School in the United States. In addition to offering an academic program, San Diego has a business community. San Diego is claimed to be a hotbed of entrepreneurship in biotech, telecommunications, software, and several other high growth industries. This gives SDSU students the opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge they acquire in the classroom to exciting business situations. San Diego was recently picked by Fortune magazine as one of the World's Top 50 Cities for International Business. The mission of SDSU's College of Business Administration is to create a learning environment that fosters excellence in business education through innovative programs, applied learning, research and collaboration with the community. The Dean of the College is Gail K. Naughton, PhD, a noted biotechechnology entrepreneur and founder, director and formerly President of Advanced Tissue Sciences, Inc. of La Jolla, California. Dean Naughton is the first female biotechechnology entrepreneur to lead a major United States university business school.