Francesca LeBaron thrives at the intersection of leadership development, team dynamics, collaboration, and conflict resolution. She is a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business where she teaches courses such as “DEI Leadership Lab: Managing Conflict in Diverse Workplaces,” and “Difficult Conversations: Conflict Lab.” She is a certified public mediator, conflict coach, restorative justice practitioner, executive coach, and inclusive leadership trainer.
Her courses are aimed at empowering Haas students to navigate difficult conversations in the workplace based on role playing real world examples of workplace conflict. Her courses have been featured on NPR: Marketplace, The Wall Street Journal, The London Times, and Poets & Quants. Her educational background includes a B.S. in Economics from Santa Clara University, an M.B.A. from UC Berkeley – Haas School of Business. She is a certified executive coach through New Ventures West and a certified mediator and conflict coach through SEEDs conflict resolution center.
She also serves as a DEI consultant and inclusive leadership trainer with the Center for Equity, Gender and Leadership (EGAL) at UC Berkeley. She also served as the chairwoman for the founding student advisory board for EGAL.
