[…] Black and African American people and the wave of protests nationwide, we published perspectives of Black community members on our website. Here are just some of those voices. Read more on our website. Do you see me in this American crisis? Dan Kihanya, MBA 96 CMO, Wizely & Host, Founders Unfound Dan Kihanya, MBA […]
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Angelo Ignacio, EMBA 22, on pursuing mission-driven work
Haas Voices is a first-person series that highlights the lived experiences of members of the Berkeley Haas community. In honor of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we spoke with Angelo Ignacio, EMBA 22, an email marketing manager at 23andMe, who’s committed to mission-driven work. He shares his story below. Angelo Ignacio, EMBA 22 […]
Haas welcomes Élida Bautista as director of diversity & inclusion
[…] chance friendship with a Taiwanese girl who offered to share her elementary school bus seat that gave Élida Bautista, incoming director of diversity & inclusion for Berkeley Haas, her first experience of “otherness.” “My friend was a Buddhist, and she was the first person I was aware of who didn’t believe in a Christian […]
The in-crowd: New book makes case for “Radical Inclusion”
[…] was in the office of a 4-star army general. “At the time, I had no idea what a 4-star general was,” admits Brafman, BA 97, a Berkeley Haas lecturer who teaches improvisational leadership in the MBA and undergraduate programs. “My first question was, ‘Is there a 5-star general?’” Yet, that meeting in 2009 with […]
More Female Board Directors Add Up to Improved Sustainability Performance
[…] women’s or men’s issue, it’s a collective and business opportunity,” says McElhaney who is also faculty director, Center for Responsible Business at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. The study, “Women Create A Sustainable Future,” is co-authored by Sanaz Mobasseri, PhD candidate, Berkeley-Haas Management of Organizations Group, and sponsored by KPMG […]
Best-Selling Corner Office Author to Speak at Haas, Sept. 20
[…] Bryant, who has interviewed such top CEOs as Steve Ballmer of Microsoft and Alan Mulally of Ford for his Corner Office book and column, will speak at Haas at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20 in the Wells Fargo Room. Turning the table on Bryant, Dean Rich Lyons will interview him as part of this Dean’s […]
How should ESG investing be regulated? Q&A with Prof. Panos Patatoukas (Part 2)
[…] their impact collectively on the issues that matter to them the most. This is an exciting prospect compared to today’s reality where a small set of individuals representing the top asset managers gets to decide on our behalf. It’s about time to ensure that the voices of everyday investors are being heard. Panos N. Patatoukas
‘Breaking into Fintech’ conference planned for Dec. 3
The Haas Fintech Club is gearing up to host its first conference this Saturday, reaching out through the event to educate students, provide networking opportunities, and attract more diverse voices to the industry. The conference, called Breaking into Fintech, will be held Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Chou Hall’s Spieker […]
Two Haas Students Return Safely from Haiti
[…] working in Les Cayes, a seaport about 140 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, on a development project called Fuel from the Fields when the quake hit. The other Haas student, Glodine Jourdan, MBA 10, who was born in Port-au-Prince, was in Cap Haitien last week working with a USAID Farmer to Farmer program. She then […]
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Undergrads tie for win at National Diversity Case Competition
[…] winners Alec Li, Claudia Diaz, Kiara Taylor, and Frances James. Photo: Jim Block A plan to build an inclusive new small-format Target store in Oakland netted a Haas undergraduate team a first-place tie with the host school at The National Diversity Case Competition (NDCC). The 8th annual event was held at Indiana University’s Kelley […]
The Power of a Cup of Coffee
One student’s experience with the Berkeley-Haas alumni network
A message from Black MBA students: “a time of grief for us”
[…] 19, places flowers at a memorial mural for George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. AP Photo: John Minchillo Dear Haas Community, This has been a time of grief for us, your black classmates, as we were reminded in multiple ways about the dangers of being a […]
Your Opinion Matters
Alumni survey results Our alumni engagement survey, conducted last fall, polled undergraduate and graduate alumni from the Classes of 1994 through 2021 about their connection to Haas, programs that would most benefit them, and business topics of interest. The responses will guide alumni engagement programming and initiatives in the years ahead. Here, a few […]
Cristy Johnston Limón, EMBA 16, on transforming lives and communities through the arts
In honor of Latinx Heritage Month, we’re featuring interviews and profiles with members of the Haas community of Latin American descent. For our first interview, we caught up with Cristy Johnston-Limón. Cristy Johnston Limón, EMBA 16, executive director of Youth Speaks (Photo by Noah Berger) Cristy Johnston-Limón, EMBA 16, is the daughter of Guatemalan […]
Cristy Johnston Limón, EMBA 16
Executive Director, Youth Speaks
[…] young activist advocating for affordable housing in San Francisco, as a first-generation college student studying political science at UC Berkeley, and as an executive MBA student at Haas. The daughter of Guatemalan immigrants, Limón is executive director of Youth Speaks, an arts organization providing a platform for young people to ignite positive change through […]
Classified: Preparing Undergrads for Marketing’s New Challenges
“Classified” is part of a series spotlighting some of the more powerful lessons faculty are teaching in Haas classrooms. It’s an October afternoon in Lecturer Krystal Thomas’s Product Branding & Entertainment class, and the pitch sessions are heating up. The undergraduate students have just three minutes to sell their marketing campaigns. In the first […]
Marco T. Lindsey: Thoughts from your Black colleague
[…] the country, we’re sharing some of the perspectives of our Black students, staff, faculty, and alumni. Marco Lindsey, Associate Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Berkeley Haas, shared this letter with colleagues. Colleagues, I’m writing this now, but to be honest, I really don’t want to be bothered. I don’t want to write, […]
New Book by Prof. Nora Silver Highlights Ethnic Volunteers
[…] varied in age, gender, language proficiency, and level of volunteer experience.The book is a new addition to research on diversity and volunteerism. According to Silver, director of Haas‘ Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership, previous research on the subject has not gone beyond numerical data. “I wanted to understand not just what people did but […]
Undergrads Start Up Consulting Group to Help Startups
When a group of undergraduate Haas students wanted more hands-on experience in the startup world, they did what any enterprising entrepreneur would do: created their own startup to provide consulting services to new and growth-phase companies. Venture Strategy Solutions (VSS), as their consulting club is called, was founded last spring semester by Jamie Core, […]