Celebrating Ingenuity

As a double bear, I have a deep love for Cal, and I’m eager to make this a banner year at Haas. 

This winter, our new Entrepreneurship Hub (eHub) is slated to open, and this issue celebrates this new center of innovation, examining how Haas educates inventive leaders from all over campus. We also highlight the ingenuity of alumni founders whose startups are improving lives and reimagining business, from AI and health to logistics and hiring.

You’ll see our Defining Leadership Principles (DLPs)—Question the Status Quo, Confidence Without Attitude, Students Always, and Beyond Yourself—prominent in the endeavors of these entrepreneurs and in the work of featured Civil Rights attorney John Burris, MBA 70. 

I too am leaning into our DLPs in my new role at Haas. As we get ready to celebrate their 15th anniversary, the DLPs continue to shape my efforts to strengthen our school, including having discussions about why they are important with all our first-year students across programs. I approach the task with enormous enthusiasm and optimism. Enjoy the issue.

Go Bears!

Jennifer Chatman, BA 81 (psychology), PhD 88
Interim Dean