Faculty Directory

Sara Beckman is Faculty Director of the Product Management, Product Management Studio, and Customer Obsessed Design programs at Berkeley Executive Education. Sara is an award-winning Haas faculty member who creates and delivers courses on design, innovation, and product management. She has published case studies on design for sustainability, design road mapping, and leveraging design approaches in sales processes...

Dr. Homa Bahrami is an international educator, advisor, board member, and author, specializing in organizational flexibility, team alignment, and dynamic leadership in global, knowledge-based industries. She is a senior lecturer at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley and...

Jennifer Chatman is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Paul J. Cortese Distinguished Professor of Management, and a faculty member in the Management of Organizations (MORS) Group at Berkeley Haas. In her research, teaching, and consulting work, she focuses on how organizations can leverage culture for strategic success...

Mark Rittenberg is a specialist in Leadership Communications helping individuals and teams unleash their full potential. Rittenberg utilizes acting and music skills to help individuals develop their leadership presence...

Rich Lyons is a Professor of Economics and Finance at the Haas School of Business, where he served as dean from 2008 to 2018 and acting dean from 2004 to 2005.

Henry Chesbrough, who coined the term “open innovation,” is educational director of the Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation at Berkeley Haas. His research focuses on technology management and innovation strategy...

Steve Tadelis' research primarily revolves around e-commerce and the economics of the internet...

Juliana Schroeder is an Associate Professor and the Harold Furst Chair in Management Philosophy & Values at Berkeley Haas. Her research explores how people make social inferences about others.

Thomas Lee is an Associate Adjunct Professor and Research Scientist in the Haas Operations and Information Technology Management Group at the Haas School of Business...

Dr. Kurt Beyer is a member of UC Berkeley’s Haas Business School and Graduate School of Information Science faculties, where he teaches Cal’s prestigious Entrepreneurship Program to MBAs, undergrads, and grad students...

Paul Gertler is the Li Ka Shing Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds appointments at the Haas School of Business and the School of Public Health.

Dana R. Carney is an Associate Professor at Berkeley Haas and an affiliate of the UC Berkeley Department of Psychology. She is also Director of the Institute of Personality and Social Psychology (IPSR) and a Barbara and Gerson Bakar Faculty Fellow...

Severin Borenstein is the E.T. Grether Chair in Business Administration and Public Policy at the Haas School of Business. He is also a Faculty Director of the Energy Institute at Haas. His research focuses on business competition, strategy, and regulation...

Don Moore is the Lorraine Tyson Mitchell Chair in Leadership and Communication at Berkeley Haas and serves as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. He received his PhD in Organization Behavior from Northwestern University. His research interests focus on overconfidence...i

Gustavo Manso is a Professor of Finance and a Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the Haas School of Business. His research focuses on identifying incentives for promoting innovation in organizations.

Demian Pouzo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at UC Berkeley.

At the Greater Good Science Center, Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas work spotlights the science that connects health and happiness to social affiliation, caregiving, and collaborative relationships, as she continues to examine the...

John Danner is the Faculty Director of the Startup Bootcamp for Leaders program at Berkeley Executive Education. Danner has over 30 years of professional experience advising and managing both large, complex organizations...

Terry Taylor's research and expertise includes supply chain management, economics of operations management, social responsibility...

Sunil Dutta is the William D. Crawford Chair in Taxation and Accounting at the Haas School of Business.

Dr. Frank Schultz is a faculty member in the Economic Analysis and Policy, and Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations Groups of the Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley...

Ned Augenblick is a professor in the Economic Analysis and Policy Group at Berkeley Haas. His focus is behavioral economics, which is the incorporation of psychological insights into economics.

For the past 30 years, Penelope (Penny) Kreitzer has worked as a communications consultant, executive coach and master voice coach in the corporate, academic and theater/film industries. Ms.

For the past 28 years, Arina has brought her expertise to the field of executive coaching and inspirational leadership. She has consulted internationally with senior management teams across the globe...

Doy Charnsupharindr is an executive coach and an instructor of leadership courses, focusing on authentic leadership, presence, communication, storytelling, and impactful presentations. He coaches executives from around the world and also trains them on how to incorporate coaching techniques into the way they lead their teams and organizations.

Terrence “Terry” Hendershott chaired the NASDAQ Economic Advisory Board and served as a visiting economist at the New York Stock Exchange. His work spans a range of financial instruments trading on exchanges and over the counter in the U.S.

Peter Goodson is a pioneer in the private equity discipline as an early stage partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. One of the first management buyout firms, CD&R, has purchased and transformed performance at over 70 companies worth more...

Andrew Isaacs joined the UC Berkeley faculty in 1999. In 2000 he was appointed Executive Director of UC Berkeley’s Management of Technology Program, the joint program of the Haas School of Business and College of Engineering.

Jesse Goldhammer was the Associate Dean of Business Development and Strategy at UC Berkeley’s School of Information (I School), where he worked to grow the I School and expand the impact of its programs.

Jerome S. Engel is the Founding Executive Director Emeritus of the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship at Haas School of Business.

Johan Walden is a financial economist and expert on risk analysis and financial and insurance markets, with a particular focus on portfolio risk diversification and risk regulation.

Dr. Peter C. Wilton previously taught strategy, innovation, digital transformation, and marketing in the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.

Vince Law is a faculty member at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, focusing on MBA courses in Innovation & Design, with specific expertise in Product Development and Product Management.

Pieter Abbeel is a Professor at UC Berkeley’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences school and Director of the Berkeley Robot Learning Lab and co-director of the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) lab.

Alex Budak is a Berkeley Haas professional faculty member, a social entrepreneur, and the author of the book, Becoming a Changemaker. He believes everyone has the potential to lead positive change, and he dedicates his life to helping people from all walks of life become changemakers.

Girish is the Chief Technology Officer of agilon health, a publicly traded value-based healthcare company (NYSE listed). He has spent over two decades in Data and AI in a variety of leadership roles.

Olaf Groth is a professional faculty member at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and professor of practice in global strategy, innovation & economics, digital & disruption futures at Hult International Business School, where he teaches

Clayton Critcher is an Associate Professor of marketing, cognitive science, and psychology at Berkeley Haas.

Omar Romero-Hernandez is a continuing lecturer in the Haas Operations and IT Management Group and the Institute for Business and Social Impact at the Haas School of Business.

Saikat is an expert on corporate growth and innovation, mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, outsourcing, and technological disruption.

Drew Jacoby-Senghor is an Assistant Professor in Management of Organizations at Berkeley Haas.

Kevin Coldiron is a retired hedge fund manager and co-author of The Rise Of Carry.