From left to right: Susie Jordan, Tyrone Wise, Seren Pendleton-Knoll. Haas Voices is a first-person series that highlights the lived experiences of members of the Berkeley Haas community. More than 60 Haas staffers signed up for a recent Anti-Racism Challenge that addressed everything from anti-Black racism on campus to the Black Trans Lives Matter movement, […]
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Haas Voices: Luis Alejandro Liang on being “paperless, not powerless”
Haas Voices is a new first-person series that highlights the lived experiences of members of the Berkeley Haas community. Our first perspective is by “double Bear” Luis Alejandro Liang, BS 12, EWMBA 23, who is among the approximately 644,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients granted special immigration status because they were brought […]
Haas Voices: ‘There’s no excuse but to be great’
Portrait: Jordan Bell, MBA 23. Haas Voices is a first-person series that highlights the lived experiences of members of the Berkeley Haas community. In honor of Black History Month, we spoke with Jordan Bell, MBA 23, an Oakland native who’s determined to rise to the C-suite and open doors for younger generations of Black youth […]
Haas Voices: ‘Fighting for healthcare equity in my community’
Adilene Dominguez, EWMBA 24, is determined to make healthcare more equitable. Haas Voices is a first-person series that highlights the lived experiences of members of the Berkeley Haas community. In honor of Latinx Heritage Month, we spoke with Adilene Dominguez, EWMBA 24, who’s determined to create a new business model that will provide equitable health […]
Matt Solowan, MBA 23, on questioning the status quo and finding a fit at Bain consulting
Haas Voices is a first-person series that highlights the lived experiences of members of the Berkeley Haas community. Matt Solowan, MBA 23, worked in marketing at L’Oréal before coming to Haas. They’re heading to Bain & Company in New York after graduation. Matt Solowan, MBA 23, embodies the Berkeley Haas Defining Leadership Principle Question […]
Looming nightmare in mortgage industry, experts warn
A powerful lightning storm front passes over residential houses. Photo credit: Stuart Monk/Adobe Stock Berkeley Haas Professors Nancy Wallace and Richard Stanton were some of the few voices to forewarn of the massive risk posed by shoddy practices in the mortgage industry prior to the 2008 financial crisis. Unfortunately, history seems to be repeating […]
Arnaud Paquet, MBA 24, wins top campus sustainability award
[…] Paquet, one of four winners honored last month by the UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability (CACS), received an impressive 16 nominations—including recommendations from former Berkeley Haas Dean Laura Tyson, Professor Severin Borenstein, who is faculty director of the Energy Institute at Haas, and Danner Doud-Martin, director of Haas Campus Sustainability. Paquet has […]
Janki Patel, MBA 22, on embracing her queer identity
Janki Patel, second from left, with friends after graduation. Haas Voices is a series that highlights the lived experiences of members of the Berkeley Haas community. Janki Patel, MBA 22, is a recent Haas graduate who identifies as a first-generation, queer, Indian-American woman. In this Pride Month perspective, she shares her story of discovering and […]
Black Voices: Berkeley Haas community shares perspectives on racism and the fight for social justice
[…] across the country, we’re sharing some of the perspectives of our Black students, staff, faculty, and alumni. Clockwise from left: Marco Lindsey, associate director at DEI at Haas; Erika Walker, assistant dean of the undergraduate program; Dan Kihanya, MBA 96, Elisse Douglass, MBA 16; Ace Patterson, MBA 16; and Bree Jenkins, MBA 19. View […]
Haas Voices: How the ‘model minority’ myth hurts Asian Americans
Haas Voices is a new first-person series that highlights the lived experiences of members of the Berkeley Haas community. L-R, clockwise: Erinn Wong, BS 21, Mia Character, BS 20, and Vivian Feng, BS 24. The myth of the “model minority” stereotypes Asian Americans as a polite, law-abiding, hard-working group that’s overcome discrimination to achieve […]
Study reveals a hidden channel for political influence
Institutional ownership of U.S. corporations has increased ten-fold since 1950. New research from Haas shows this trend has political implications. Closeup of the U.S. Capitol on a $50 bill (Adobe Stock) The finance world has witnessed extensive consolidation over the past several decades. Institutional investors owned just 6% of publicly traded U.S. companies in […]
Diversity Symposium to showcase campus inclusiveness
[…] right, and other 2nd-year MBA students organized a diversity panel during orientation week. More than 200 prospective MBA students will explore this weekend what life at Berkeley- Haas is like for women, racial and ethnic minorities, the LGBTQ community, and veterans. Q@Haas was one of many student affinity groups recruiting new members during MBA […]
Bolstering the Board
Haas diversifies pool of advisors Three new Haas School Board members are adding diversity and depth of corporate experience to the group of advisors helping the dean and senior leaders strengthen the brand and reputation of Haas. “I’m proud that our Haas Board has become more representative with the addition of new board […]
Haas community turns unity into action in support of Ukraine
The shock and disbelief that rippled through the Haas community after Russia attacked Ukraine last week is turning into unity and action by the many students, faculty, staff, and alumni with deep connections to the region. Fiodor Otero, MBA 23, shows his support for Ukraine at a rally at San Francisco’s City Hall last […]
Verse Gabrielle on the revolutionary act of being a proud Black queer woman
Verse Gabrielle (with daughter Lyric Assata Gabrielle) is an associate director for the full-time MBA admissions program. Haas Voices is a first-person series that highlights the lived experiences of members of the Berkeley Haas community. Born and raised in Chicago’s South Side, Verse Gabrielle is an associate director for the full-time MBA admissions program at […]
Elle Wisnicki, MBA 22: Why goats should be part of mental healthcare
Haas Voices is a first-person series that highlights the lived experiences of members of the Berkeley Haas community Elle Wisnicki, MBA 22, dreams of opening a wellness retreat center that offers animal-assisted therapy to children and adults—and she’s moving closer toward that goal at Haas. Wisnicki is a 2021 recipient of the John E. […]
Q&A: Teaching the business of Taylor Swift at Berkeley Haas
[…] business leader who continues to top the music industry. Bushala is now tapping into how the 14-time Grammy winner built her fortune, co-teaching a DeCal at Berkeley Haas called “Artistry & Entrepreneurship: Taylor’s Version” with Sofia Mei Lendahl, a sophomore Data Science and Statistics double major. The pair were in their fourth week of […]
Q&A: Jude Watson, MBA 23, a chef-turned-social entrepreneur, on building empathy for transgender community
Jude Watson, MBA 23, worked as a chef before founding Cooks for Black Lives Matter. Haas Voices is a series that highlights the lived experiences of members of the Berkeley Haas community. Jude Watson, MBA 23, never intended to become a social entrepreneur. But that was before the former chef founded Seattle-based Cooks for Black […]
Bree Jenkins, MBA 19: Being Black at Berkeley Haas
[…] some of the perspectives of our Black students, staff, faculty, and alumni. Bree Jenkins, MBA 19, who now works at Pixar, wrote this perspective for the Berkeley Haas magazine Summer 2019 issue. I toe the line between compassion and anger. Or maybe it’s sadness or amusement. Probably all of the above. One of my […]
Local news producer Courtney Smith, EWMBA 25, on taking leaps of faith and pushing boundaries
Courtney Smith, EWMBA 25, on campus. Haas Voices is a series that highlights the lived experiences of members of the Berkeley Haas community. Determined to break into TV news, Courtney Smith, EWMBA 25, took a leap of faith in her 20s that led to a career in broadcast journalism. Now a local news producer for […]