Issue Fall 2021

Table of Contents

Featured Stories

Flex Benefits

School News

Meal Plans

Big Business

Alumni News

Insight

Chad Brinton, Chip Malt, and Matt Gunderson, all MBA 15, standing in front of a blue brick wall.

Trial by Fire

Alumni News

Illustration of a disconnected team shown using several bulls-eye targets. In two of the targets, the center is open, as if a window, and silhouetted figures look out. A man is climbing a ladder up to a woman in one of the center areas. Two people watch from a different bulls-eye's center area.

Home Work

Faculty Research

Photo illustrating social media by showing the hands of multiple people tapping on cellphones amid a cloud of emojis and thought bubbles denoting likes, shares, messages, etc.

Fringe Benefits

Social Networks

Illustration of a hand of a person wearing a business suit with finger puppets on all five fingers. The puppets are calling for some sort of action, denoting corporate influence.

Under the Influence

Nonprofits

Chain of Command

Pandemic Directives

Gifts to Last

PHILANTHROPY

View of a person in the backseat of a car who's looking at a phone, meant to denote someone using a ride-hailing service.

Hail Merry

Transportation

Close-up of the back of an apartment building with numerous air conditioning units.

The Cooling Divide

Energy

Share

Head and shoulders shot of Patty Juarez, BS 94.

Patty Juarez, BS 94,
Executive Vice President & Head of Diverse Segments–Commercial Banking, Wells Fargo Bank

Confidence Without Attitude

Head and shoulders shot of Laila Tarraf, MBA 97, smiling

Laila Tarraf, MBA 97,
Chief People Officer, Allbirds

Students Always

Head and shoulders shot of Andrew Henning, MBA 17.

Andrew Hening, MBA 17,
Co-Founder & Project Director, Opening Doors Marin; Principal, Andrew Hening Consulting, LCC

Beyond Yourself

Lisa Rawlings, EMBA 19,
President & CEO, National Urban Fellows

Confidence Without Attitude

Head and shoulders shot of Emmanuel Vallod, MFE 11, smiling.

Emmanuel Vallod, MFE 11,
Partner, GSR Ventures

Question the Status Quo

Worldwide Events

Worldwide Events Fall 2021

Alumni Notes

Robert Paylor, BS 20, leaving his wheelchair behind and walking across the stage with a walker during commencement.

Alumni Notes Fall 2021

Road to Success

Revolution Foods

The Haas alumnae feeding America

In Memoriam

Professor John Morgan

Game theory expert

Alfred Diaz-Infante, MBA 89

Affordable housing champion

Janet L. McAllister, MBA 84

Professional services pioneer

Theodore “Ted” Bo Lee, MBA 66

Businessman, attorney, philanthropist

Head shot of Cornell C. Maier, smiling, in a suit and tie.

Cornell C. Maier

Oakland advocate, philanthropist

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