Faculty Directory
Our programs are taught by preeminent professors from UC Berkeley and the Haas School of Business. The national and international awards held by faculty underscore Berkeley's preeminence -- a total of 21 faculty have been named Nobel Prize winners and 4 Pulitzer Prize winners.
Teaching Professor | Earl F. Cheit Faculty Fellow, Haas School of Business
Sara Beckman is the Faculty Director of the Product Management and Product Management Studio 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...
Professor | Leo Helzel Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Faculty Director of Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship Program | Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Haas School of Business
Toby E. Stuart is the Helzel Chair in Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation and the Faculty Director of the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship. Previously, he taught at Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, and...
Senior Lecturer & Executive Teaching Fellow, Haas School of Business
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...
Associate Professor | The L.H. Penney Chair in Accounting | Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Haas School of Business
Panos N. Patatoukas is the Faculty Director of the Financial Analysis for Leaders program at Berkeley Executive Education. Prior to joining Berkeley Haas, Panos N. Patatoukas received his PhD, MPhil, and MA from Yale University...
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs | Paul J. Cortese Distinguished Professor of Management | Co-Director of Berkeley Culture Center, Haas School of Business
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...
Professor | The Ned and Carol Spieker Chair in Leadership | Chair, Management of Organizations Group | Faculty Director, Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership, Haas School of Business
Laura Kray is the founding director of the Women's Executive Leadership Program for UC Berkeley Executive Education and the The Ned and Carol Spieker Chair in Leadership at Berkeley Haas...
Lecturer (Continuing) | Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Haas School of Business
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...
Senior Lecturer | Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Haas School of Business
Holly Schroth is a Distinguished Teaching Fellow and Senior Lecturer at Berkeley Haas. She teaches negotiations and Conflict Resolution and Organizational Behavior in the MBA, undergraduate, and Executive Education programs...
Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer, UC Berkeley | Professor & Former Dean | William & Janet Cronk Chair in Innovative Leadership, UC Berkeley
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.
Lecturer | Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Haas School of Business
Maura O'Neill is the Faculty Director for the Berkeley Executive Education program, Berkeley Executive Leadership. She was a recipient of the Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching in...
Adjunct Professor | Mike and Carol Meyer Fellow | Faculty Director of the Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation, Haas School of Business
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...
Visiting Professor | Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Haas School of Business
Shachar Kariv is a Distinguished Teaching Fellow at Haas School of Business. He formerly was the Benjamin N. Ward Professor of Economics, Chair of the Department of Economics, and Faculty Director of Experimental Social Science Laboratory (Xlab).
Professor of Economics | Sarin Chair in Strategy and Leadership, Haas School of Business
Steve Tadelis' research primarily revolves around e-commerce and the economics of the internet...
Professor | Ewald T. Grether Professor in Business Administration and Public Policy | Co-Director, Computational Culture Lab | Co-Director, Berkeley Culture Initiative, Haas School of Business
Sameer Srivastava is a Professor and Ewald T. Grether Professor in Business Administration and Public Policy. His research unpacks the complex interrelationships among the culture of social groups, the cognition of individuals within these groups, and the connections that people forge within and across groups...
Associate Professor | Harold Furst Chair in Management Philosophy & Values | Barbara and Gerson Bakar Faculty Fellow, Haas School of Business
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.
Professor | Lorraine Tyson Mitchell Chair in Leadership & Communication II, Haas School of Business
Cameron Anderson is an expert on topics pertaining to power, status, and influence processes, leadership, negotiations and conflict resolution, and team dynamics...
Associate Adjunct Professor | Research Scientist, Haas School of Business
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...
Cheryl and Christian Valentine Professor, Haas School of Business
Zsolt Katona is Cheryl and Christian Valentine Professor at the Haas School of Business. Katona joined Berkeley Haas in 2008 as an assistant professor of marketing. His research focuses on online marketing strategy, networks, and social media.
Lecturer (Continuing), 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...
Phillips Girgich Professor of Business | Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Haas School of Business
Ernesto Dal Bó is a political economist interested in governance broadly understood. His research focuses on a range of topics: political influence, social conflict, corruption, morality and social norms, state formation, the development of state capabilities, and the qualities and behavior of politicians and public servants...
Professor, Haas School of Business
Frederico Finan is a Professor at UC Berkeley’s Department of Economics and Haas School of Business. A member of UC Berkeley’s faculty since 2009, he teaches graduate courses in data analytics in Haas’ Executive MBA Programs...
Professor | Director, Institute for Personality and Social Research | Barbara and Gerson Bakar Faculty Fellow, Haas School of Business
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...
Associate Professor | Henry J. Kaiser Chair, Haas School of Business
Jonathan Kolstad is an Associate Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy and the Henry J. Kaiser Chair at Berkeley Haas. He is also the Co-director of the Health Initiative at the UC Berkeley Opportunity Lab.
E.T. Grether Chair in Business Administration and Public Policy | Faculty Director of the Energy Institute at Haas | Professor of the Graduate School, Haas School of Business
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...
Jeffrey A. Jacobs Distinguished Professor, Haas School of Business
Lucas Davis is the Jeffrey A. Jacobs Distinguished Professor at Berkeley Haas. His research focuses on energy and environmental markets, and, in particular, on electricity and natural gas regulation, pricing in competitive and non-competitive markets, and the economic and business impacts of environmental policy.
Professor | Associate Dean for Academic Affairs | Lorraine Tyson Mitchell Chair in Leadership and Communication, Haas School of Business
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
Professor, UC Berkeley
Michael Jordan is a Professor at UC Berkeley in machine learning, statistics, and artificial intelligence. He is one of the leading figures in machine learning, and in 2016 Science reported him as the world's most influential computer scientist.
Professor | William A. and Betty H. Hasler Chair in New Enterprise Development | Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Haas School of Business
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.
Associate Professor | Transamerica Chair in Business Strategy, Haas School of Business
Reed Walker is an Associate Professor of Business and Public Policy and Economics at UC Berkeley.
Associate Professor, UC Berkeley Economics
Demian Pouzo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at UC Berkeley.
Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley | Co-Director of the Greater Good Science Center
Dacher Keltner is a Professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley and the Co-Director for the Greater Good Science Center, which studies the psychology, neuroscience...
Science Director, Greater Good Science Center
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...
Professor, UC Berkeley School of Information and Department of Political Science
Dr. Steven Weber works at the intersection of technology markets, intellectual property regimes, and international politics. His research, teaching, and advisory work for the last decade have focused on the political economy of knowledge...
Lecturer (Continuing) | Senior Fellow, Haas School of Business
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...
Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business
Abhishek Nagaraj is an Assistant Professor in the Management and Organizations (MORS) group at Berkeley Haas.
Milton W. Terrill Chaired Professor of Business Administration, Haas School of Business
Terry Taylor's research and expertise includes supply chain management, economics of operations management, social responsibility...
Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School, Haas School of Business
Laura D’Andrea Tyson is an influential scholar of economics and public policy and an expert on trade and competitiveness who has also served as a presidential adviser...
Professor | William D. Crawford Chair in Taxation and Accounting, Haas School of Business
Sunil Dutta is the William D. Crawford Chair in Taxation and Accounting at the Haas School of Business.
Lecturer | Founding Director of the Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership, Haas School of Business
Kellie McElhaney is on the Berkeley Haas faculty as a Distinguished Teaching Fellow and the Founding Director of the Center for Equity, Gender and Leadership (EGAL).
Lecturer (continuing) | Distinguished Teaching Fellow, 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...
Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Haas School of Business
Cort Worthington teaches various leadership courses in the Haas full-time MBA program, the Berkeley Columbia Executive MBA program, the Evening Weekend MBA program, and the Haas Undergraduate Business program. A leadership consultant, he...
Associate Professor, Haas School of Business
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.
Visiting Associate Professor, Haas School of Business
Steven Huff teaches marketing at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
Trainer and Coach for Leadership and Communications, Haas School of Business
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.
Lecturer, Haas School of Business
Adam Leipzig is expert at bringing media industry smarts to diverse companies worldwide, and coaching senior executives how to shine in front of their boards, investors, teams and customers. As CEO of Entertainment Media...
Lecturer (Continuing), Haas School of Business
Jennifer Caleshu is a lecturer, facilitator and certified executive coach for programs in leadership, communications, design thinking and innovation. Her coaching work is informed by more than 15 years of leadership in the cultural sector with functional expertise in strategy, marketing and communications, including most recently as Director of Earned Revenue for a museum.
Continuing Professional Faculty, Haas School of Business
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.
Professional Faculty, Haas School of Business
Susan Houlihan heads up the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute strategic operations. She leverages her 15+ years working in engineering and operations in the high-tech sector to bring a perspective firmly rooted in...
Lecturer | Executive-in-Residence, Haas School of Business
David Riemer is a former ad agency President and Internet marketing executive who now works with entrepreneurs, artists and students to focus their ideas. In short, he helps them get their story straight. He created Box Out Industries...
Senior Lecturer (continuing) | Director of New Management of Technology Programs, Haas School of Business
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.
Lecturer, Haas School of Business
Whitney Hischier works with executives on managerial, consulting and entrepreneurship skills.
Former Associate Dean of Business Development and Strategy, UC Berkeley School of Information
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.
Lecturer, Haas School of Business
Dr. Sahar Yousef is a cognitive neuroscientist and faculty at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.
Founding Executive Director Emeritus of the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship, Haas School of Business
Jerome S. Engel is the Founding Executive Director Emeritus of the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship at Haas School of Business.
Continuing Professional Faculty, Haas School of Business
Rajiv Ball is a Partner at THNK, the School of Creative Leadership. THNK offers programs that support executives and their organizations to become more innovative. At Haas, he teaches courses on leadership, including a core course on building trust-based...
Professor of Finance | Mitsubishi Bank Chair in International Business and Finance | Distinguished Teaching Fellow, 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.
Lecturer (Continuing), Haas School of Business
David Charron is a member of the professional faculty of UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Mr.
Former Senior Lecturer, Haas School of Business
Dr. Peter C. Wilton previously taught strategy, innovation, digital transformation, and marketing in the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
Continuing Professional Faculty, Haas School of Business
Sean Foote has been a venture capitalist investing in early-stage companies since 1998, most recently as co-founder and Managing Director of Transform Capital.
Lecturer, Haas School of Business
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.
Lecturer | Executive Director of Berkeley Haas Center for Responsible Business, Haas School of Business
Robert Strand's research and teaching focuses on sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR), strategic management, and leadership. He is a frequent contributor to popular and academic venues including...
Professor, UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
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.
Professional Faculty, Haas School of Business
Matthew Stepka is Managing Partner of Machina Ventures, an investment firm focused on early stage, artificial intelligence and data science enabled companies.
Lecturer, Haas School of Business
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.
Distinguished Teaching Fellow | Professional Faculty, Haas School of Business
Dr. Richard Huntsinger is a professor, Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Fortune 500 operations executive, and management consultant.
Chief Technology Officer, agilon health
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.
Associate Professor | Distinguished Teaching Fellow | Founder and Faculty Director, Berkeley Fintech Program | Lead Fintech Researcher of Wells Fargo Lab for Banking & Financial Services, Haas School of Business
Prof. Yaniv Konchitchki is a full-time tenured associate professor at UC Berkeley’s Haas. He is an expert in the linkages between capital markets, finance, macroeconomy, financial & information systems technology, and financial reporting.
Professional Faculty, Haas School of Business
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
Professor | Sylvan C. Coleman Chair in Finance and Accounting | Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Haas School of Business
An expert in institutionally complex areas, such as market microstructure and banking, Prof.
Professor | Joe Shoong Chair in Business | Director of Berkeley Haas Behavioral Lab | Co-Director of Social and Moral Judgment (SOMO) Lab, Haas School of Business
Clayton Critcher is an Associate Professor of marketing, cognitive science, and psychology at Berkeley Haas.
Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business
Mathijs De Vaan is an Assistant Professor at the Haas School of Business. He earned his PhD from the Department of Sociology at Columbia University after defending his dissertation in June 2015.
Lecturer (Continuing), Haas School of Business
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.
Associate Professor | Egon and Joan von Kaschnitz Professorship in Business Administration, Haas School of Business
Przemyslaw Jeziorski published multiple articles in the leading economics and marketing scholarly journals.
Faculty Director of the Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology Program | Grimes M.E.T. Chancellor's Chair | Teaching Professor, Haas School of Business
Saikat is an expert on corporate growth and innovation, mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, outsourcing, and technological disruption.
Professional Faculty, Haas School of Business
Vivek Rao is a lecturer at Berkeley Haas, where he teaches human-centered design, foresight, and innovation methods to MBA and EWMBA students.
Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business
Drew Jacoby-Senghor is an Assistant Professor in Management of Organizations at Berkeley Haas.
Lecturer & Career Coach, Haas School of Business
Erica Peng is a Lecturer & Career Coach at the Haas School of Business. She has taught at Haas since 2015.
Lecturer (Continuing), Haas School of Business
Judy Hopelain is a Continuing Lecturer at the Haas School of Business. Her areas of expertise are brand strategy and management, customer insights, and growth strategy.
Professor | Kruttschnitt Family Chair in Financial Institutions | Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Haas School of Business
Martin Lettau is a Professor, Kruttschnitt Family Chair in Financial Institutions, and a Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the Haas School of Business. His areas of expertise are financial economics, asset pricing, investments, and mutual funds.
Professional Faculty, Haas School of Business
Susan Houlihan heads up the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute strategic operations. She leverages her 15+ years working in engineering and operations in the high-tech sector to bring a perspective firmly rooted in...
Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business
Abhishek Nagaraj is an Assistant Professor in the Management and Organizations (MORS) group at Berkeley Haas.