Ann E. Harrison became the 15th dean of the Haas School of Business on Jan. 1, 2019. A renowned economist, she has dedicated her career to creating inclusive and sustainable policies in development economics, international trade, and global labor markets.
Harrison came to Haas from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, where she was a professor of multinational management and business economics and public policy. Before joining Wharton in 2012, she was the director of development policy at the World Bank, where she co-managed a team of 300 researchers and staff.

Harrison has deep Berkeley roots. She earned her bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley with a double major in economics and history. She also served as a professor of Berkeley’s Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics from 2001 to 2011.

Harrison is one of the most highly-cited scholars globally on foreign investment and multinational firms. She is the author of dozens of journal articles and the editor of three books, including Globalization and Poverty and The Factory-Free Economy: Outsourcing, Servitization, and the Future of Industry. In 2017, Harrison and her co-authors were awarded the prestigious Sun Yefang Prize by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The prize, given every two years, is considered one of China’s most prestigious honors in economics.

As director of development policy at the World Bank, Harrison reformed its process for allocating research funds and oversaw the institution’s flagship publications. She convinced the World Bank’s president to release all historical records on project loans, a milestone in increasing transparency.

Harrison has been interviewed about global trade policies and manufacturing by top publications including Bloomberg, The New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times.

In addition to Berkeley and Wharton, Harrison has held positions at Columbia Business School, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and the University of Paris. She has lectured at most major U.S. universities and in India, China, Latin America, Europe, the Philippines, and North Africa.

Harrison earned her PhD in economics from Princeton University. She also holds a DEUG (diplôme d’études universitaires générales) from the University of Paris. Born in France, she is a dual citizen of the U.S. and France.

Josh Bersin is the Founder and CEO of the Josh Bersin Academy, which provides research and advisory services focused on corporate learning, leadership, talent management, and HR technology. He is responsible for the direction of Bersin’s strategy, research, and market eminence.

Josh is a popular speaker at industry events and has been featured discussing talent management topics in media outlets, including Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Financial Times, BBC Radio, CBS Radio and National Public Radio. He is the author of two books on corporate learning, a popular blogger for Forbes.com, a leading LinkedIn influencer, and has been a columnist for Chief Learning Officer magazine since 2007.

Prior to Bersin, Josh spent 25 years in product development, product management, marketing and sales of e-learning and other enterprise technologies at companies including DigitalThink (now Convergys), Arista Knowledge Systems, Sybase, and IBM.

Josh holds a B.S. in engineering from Cornell University, an M.S. in engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Michael Katz is the Sarin Chair in Strategy and Leadership at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. Katz is also a professor in the Economics Department at UC Berkeley. He has previously served as chair of Economic Analysis Group, Strategic Planning Committee, and Policy & Planning Committee at UC Berkeley. In addition, he has served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at UC Berkeley.

Katz earned his A.B. Summa Cum Laude, from Harvard University and Ph.D. in Economics from Oxford University.

Rosemarie Rae is the Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer (VC-CFO) at UC Berkeley. She brings over 30 years of experience in finance and administration to her role. She has worked in both the public and nonprofit sectors, which includes serving as the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of The National Trust for Historic Preservation; Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, and Chief Financial Officer at Volunteers of America; held senior leadership positions at Experience Works and LORAL Space and Communications; and was a principal and founder of Balrae Associates, an Information Technology services firm.

Rosemarie holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Radford University, a masters degree in public administration from American University, and is a doctoral candidate in organizational design at The George Washington University.

Andrea brings to UC Berkeley Executive Education her passion for partnering with companies to inspire their leaders to grow, develop and exceed expectations. With over 15 years of working with global organizations to develop their leaders, Andrea is passionate about designing business-driven executive programs for organizations that will make an impact, leveraging the best teaching, research and thought leadership at Berkeley. Andrea’s personal passions and curious nature align closely with the Berkeley Haas principles — she’s inspired by the mission of questioning the status quo and she’s committed to bringing the tremendous wealth of resources within Berkeley to bear for her clients. Prior to joining CEE, Andrea was the VP of Business Development for Right Management, delivering innovative business solutions to her customers.

Andrea also founded Alliances Corporate Training, successfully partnering with companies as a training resource consultant. In addition to delivering program on Emotional Intelligence and Time Management, Andrea scoured the Bay Area to bring in the best resources for organizations in terms of coaching, assessment and leadership development. Over the last 10 years, Andrea has worked with clients in the technology, financial and healthcare industries, including HP, Cisco, Wells Fargo and Medtronic.

Andrea holds an BA from UC San Diego in Physiology, with additional postgraduate work in exercise physiology. She is certified in the MHS EQi Assessment. In her free time, Andrea loves to exercise, explore the outdoors, create culinary delights for friends, and spend time with her family.
 

Connect with Andrea at andrea_salvemini@berkeley.edu

Judy’s passion is connecting business leaders with new sources of insight, inspiration, and expertise that enable enhanced innovation, products, customer experiences and growth. Drawn to Berkeley by its distinctive values and culture, breadth and relevance of faculty expertise in helping our partners solve crucial business challenges, and her own life-changing experience with executive education, Judy is excited to be back in the heart of business transformation. In 2019, Judy returned to Berkeley from Harvard Business Publishing, where she worked in product management in the fast-evolving world of virtual learning experiences. Before Berkeley, Judy was Director of Strategic Accounts at C Space, an Omnicom-held global agency that embeds customers as collaborative partners in innovation and marketing strategy development for leading global brands. Previously, Judy was VP of Strategic Accounts for Iconoculture (now part of Gartner), a global consumer insight and strategy firm. She also served as VP of Business Development for ThirdAge Media and the Ancestry.com Network in San Francisco, early pioneers in online media. Throughout her career, she has led the development of strategic partnerships with clients across a range of sectors, including technology, financial services, healthcare, consumer goods, retail and media/entertainment. Judy holds a BA from Middlebury College and completed the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School.

Lisa is a senior brand and marketing strategist dedicated to enabling organizations to realize their growth potential in market. With more than 20 years in sales and marketing, she is tenacious in applying insights driven strategies to heighten engagement, build business and create the ultimate end to end branded experience. Lisa is passionate about purpose and thrilled to be part of an organization that is committed to redefining the future of business.

Lisa leads open enrollment programs in Executive Education with responsibility for development, marketing, and eCommerce. She holds a Masters in Business Administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School Of Management. Beyond work, Lisa is an avid runner, hiker, traveler and mom.

Richard comes to Executive Education building on an impressive career in education, most recently serving as Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at UC Berkeley, where he designed and delivered a full range of enrichment initiatives and consultation services to the 2000+ faculty across campus. Richard also serves as Co-Faculty for Exec Ed's Communications Excellence program where, along with his co-faculty, he "helps executives shine in public forums and achieve breakthroughs."

Richard works closely with the entire Executive Education team, where his responsibilities include Faculty Engagement and Support, Curriculum Strategy, Business Development support, and Thought Leadership.
 

Nate is a seasoned leader with over 20 years of business development and entrepreneurial experience. Prior to joining Berkeley Executive Education, Nate lived in London and New York, and held senior leadership roles at General Assembly, Apple, and several early-stage Silicon Valley start-ups.

Nate graduated from the University of San Francisco with a degree in Applied Economics. As an avid believer in continuous learning, he is also a graduate of several advanced training and certificate programs. When not building teams to scale high growth, disruptive businesses, Nate can likely be found on Southern California hiking trails or beaches with his wife and dog.

Carolyn brings 20 years of partnering with global organizations in the human capital arena focused on driving thoughtful relationships and innovative client-focused solutions. Carolyn is passionate about designing business-driven executive programs for organizations that make an impact, leveraging the best teaching, world-renown research and thought leadership Berkeley has to offer. She has a clear understanding of the expectations and pressures on executives to immediately contribute to the greater organization. Carolyn’s natural curiosity and passions align closely with the Berkeley Haas principles — she’s inspired by the mission of questioning the status quo and passion for lifelong learning. She’s committed to bringing the tremendous wealth of resources and tools within Berkeley to her clients.

Prior to joining BEE, Carolyn was the Strategic Account Director for Right Management, delivering innovative business solutions to her enterprise clients. Carolyn’s experience spans industries, with a focus on high-tech, biotech and financial industries in Fortune 500 organizations, a few examples are; eBay, PayPal, Genentech, Facebook and Lam Research.

Carolyn received a B.S. degree in Biological Sciences from University of California, Davis. In her free time, Carolyn can be found spending time with her husband and two small children, exploring tidepools, cooking, or taking a yoga class.

Elizabeth Lowry joined the Haas School of Business in 2018 as Director, Business Development. In her role, she partners with organizations to diagnose business challenges and talent competency gaps that can be bridged through executive learning and development. Liz is passionate about preparing leaders for the future of work by marrying game-changing technologies and their business applications with critical leadership competencies needed in a tech-driven economy.

Prior to joining Haas, Liz' executive experience included 13 years in recorded music where she developed commercial partnerships to launch Apple Music, Amazon Music and SoundCloud Music. Liz also was part of the go-to-market team at Universal Music to launch VEVO in 2009, a joint-venture between Universal and Sony Music.

Liz embodies Haas' leadership principles and goes beyond herself by giving back to Berkeley Haas where she obtained her Executive MBA. While at Haas, Liz organized a student-led fundraising campaign to give back to the university. Under her leadership, the Class of 2016 set up the Beyond Yourself Fellowship to fund needs based fellowships for future EMBA students.

A graduate of the University of Miami (BM) and Berkeley-Haas School of Business (EMBA), Liz is an active vocal performer, active traveler, and novice cook. She spends her weekends with her husband exploring The Bay Area’s beauty and nightlife.

Connect with Liz at liz_lowry@berkeley.edu

Julie Shackleton brings to Berkeley Exec Ed nearly 10 years of experience in online education. A recovering lawyer, she taught law at several universities in Paris before moving back home to design, produce, and deliver in-person and online diploma programs at the Law Society of Ireland. In 2014, Julie moved to Boston where she managed legal and policy issues for Harvard Business School’s HBX (now HBS Online).

Julie holds an LL.B and an LL.M in International Business Law from Trinity College Dublin. She is licensed as a Solicitor in Ireland and an Attorney in the state of New York. She specialized, academically and professionally, in data privacy law and stays current by supervising graduate students working towards an LL.M Advanced Legal Practice.

Ashim Shanker is an instructional designer with Berkeley Exec Ed. Bringing over 15 years of experience in classroom teaching, curriculum development, qualitative research, and instructional design, Ashim began his foray into education in 2003 when he moved to Tokyo, Japan. While there, he taught in a variety of settings ranging from international high school classrooms to executive board rooms.

After completing his Master's degree in International Education Policy at Harvard University, Ashim contributed to educational research publications in collaboration with UNICEF and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). He also contributed to a collection of educational case studies profiled in a book published by Harvard’s Global Education Innovation Initiative.

In his free time, Ashim is an active writer. He has authored 3 absurdist fiction novels and a book of short stories and poems. Ashim currently resides in Somerville, Massachusetts with his spouse and a guitar he affectionately refers to as ‘Poochie.’

Jon holds more than 20 years in financial and accounting leadership along with deep experience in organizational design in finance.

Prior to Berkeley Executive Education, Jon was the Director of Finance for the Boston Consulting Group’s San Francisco office. At UC Berkeley Executive Education, Jon leads the finance and operations team which handles all aspects of financial operations and reporting as well as oversee the legal, technology and human resource functions. Jon earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and an MBA from Boston University.

A Boston area native who relocated to the bay area in 2004, Jon enjoys mixing his passions for travel and music and is an avid collector of artwork relating to rock concerts.

Yolanda Williams serves as a Financial Analyst within Berkeley Executive Education's finance team. She has more than 20 years of progressive experience in accounting and financial services.  Her role includes a vast array of duties within accounts payable, accounts receivable and collections, all while managing open enrollment registration process and providing a variety of financial support to the CFO.

Yolanda is a lifetime resident of California and loves the opportunity she has had to work with different people throughout the UC System. She is passionate about accounting and her high standard of excellence is what clients and coworkers can expect when working with her.

In Yolanda’s spare time she loves roller skating, church, shopping and enjoying family time.
 

Alexandra joined Berkeley Executive Education in December 2017. Before joining ExecEd, she obtained her Master’s in Education and taught middle school science as a Teach for America corps member. After two years of teaching in New York, she continued her teaching career at one of Shanghai's top international schools. Passionate about education management, Alexandra then went on to earn a Master’s in Business Management at Peking University HSBC Business School (北京大学汇丰商学院) in Shenzhen, China.

Alexandra has spent the past five years teaching and studying in three of China’s major cities: Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. She is fluent in written and spoken Mandarin Chinese and is always looking for volunteer opportunities where she can use her Chinese language and cultural fluency in the Bay Area.

In her free time, Alexandra loves running and training for road races. She ran her 29th half marathon this fall. She also enjoys hiking, baking, improv theater classes, blogging, and spending time with her friends and family.

Jennifer provides the highest quality customer service to program participants that are looking to redefine the future of business. She is dedicated to a customer-centric approach and facilitating a smooth and productive customer journey. Jennifer also directs our Certificate for Business Excellence, a mark of distinction for participants that complete programs from each of our four academic pillars.

Prior to joining Berkeley Executive Education, Jennifer worked as the Assistant Director of Admissions for Berkeley Haas School of Business and as a Senior Admissions Representative for Ex’pression College for Digital Arts.

Jennifer received her BA in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Clemence brings over 10 years of international experience in event and project management. Having grown up in France, Canada, and the United States, she is fluent in 4 languages and highly adaptable across cultures. Clemence worked for 3 years as a Sign Language teacher and is an advocate of the Deaf community. Her previous role at INSEAD inspired her to develop her expertise in the Executive Education sector, which led her to join our team at Berkeley.

Clemence is a solution oriented collaborator who prides herself in her attention to detail and her exceptional customer service. She holds a Master’s degree in communications from the University of Québec in Montréal.

Jacqueline received her Bachelors degree in Psychology from UC Berkeley, but has always had a passion for event planning. She began her career as the Senior Events Assistant with the Center for Studies in Higher Education at UC Berkeley during her undergraduate studies. After graduating, she gained administrative and customer service experience from Laney College working in both student services and instruction, while also coordinating weddings on the side.

Before joining ExecEd, Jacqueline was the Facility and Event Coordinator at Preservation Park, an office park of restored Victorian homes in Downtown Oakland, managing public space rentals and assisting with the coordination of around 400 events annually. In her spare time, she enjoys dancing, arts and crafts, and traveling.

Manpreet comes to Berkeley Executive Education with 10 years of international experience in event and project management. Born in the United Kingdom she completed her undergraduate degree in International Business and Globalization from De Montfort University. She moved to the US in 2017 where she later entered the field of Executive Education at Berkeley. Currently as a Program Manager, she manages the smooth execution and delivery of executive programs for clients, participants and faculty with exceptional customer service and attention to detail.
In her free time she enjoys being outdoors, cooking and spending time with family and friends.

Tabassum was born in India and immigrated with her parents to the US when she was two years old. She is a San Francisco native and has been managing programs and working with non-profits for the past five years. Before joining ExecEd, Tabassum was working at the YMCA of San Francisco as an Assistant Site Director. She has extensive knowledge in