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UCLAAnderson 2024-10-22 | How Disney CFO Christine McCarthy Gave Up Science for Finance

UCLA Anderson’s Global Immersion Courses

UCLAAnderson 2023-07-27 | At UCLA Anderson, the Center for Global Management’s 4-unit elective and experiential courses expose students to a country’s economy, political environment, major industries and businesses, startup communities, local culture, key historical events and the many aspects of conducting business outside the United States.

Through a combination of classroom learning, followed by one week in-country, students hear from prominent business leaders, academics, politicians, senior policymakers and successful entrepreneurs, including UCLA and UCLA Anderson alumni, who address some of the most important economic, business, social and political aspects of the respective countries. Company and startup visits, contextual visits, cultural sessions and networking with alumni complement the curriculum of these courses, which provide many transformative learning experiences, embody a “One Anderson” ethos and offer significant networking opportunities. Along the way, students develop lifelong friendships across Anderson’s four MBA degree programs.

Learn more about CGM’s global immersion courses:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/centers/center-for-global-management/for-students/global-immersion-courses

#international #businessschool #UCLAAnderson

UCLA Anderson Fully Employed MBA Year 2 video story by Alex

UCLAAnderson 2023-07-26 | Thinking about an MBA? Check out my story about my second year after the end of core in UCLA Anderson’s Fully Employed MBA program. #whyanderson Created with StoryTap.com.

FEMBA Graduating class of 2023! | Kevin’s reflection

UCLAAnderson 2023-07-25 | Our Fully Employed MBA (FEMBA) program is designed for emerging managers like Kevin with strong records of academic and professional achievement who wish to pursue an MBA degree without leaving full-time employment. Hear Kevin share their professional background and why now is the perfect time to start their MBA journey.

Think the FEMBA program sounds like a good fit for you? Learn more on our website: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/fully-employed-mba

#MBA #ProfessionalDevelopment #LosAngeles

FEMBA Graduating class of 2023! | Dave’s reflection

UCLAAnderson 2023-07-25 | Our Fully Employed MBA (FEMBA) program is designed for emerging managers like Dave with strong records of academic and professional achievement who wish to pursue an MBA degree without leaving full-time employment. Hear Dave share their professional background and why now is the perfect time to start their MBA journey.

Think the FEMBA program sounds like a good fit for you? Learn more on our website: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/fully-employed-mba

#MBA #ProfessionalDevelopment #LosAngeles

MBAs Sharing Success: Advize Founder wants to change how you find your next job - Emily McSherry 23

UCLAAnderson 2023-07-24 | UCLA Anderson's Emily McSherry '23 with Caitlin McMahon '23 -- Drive Time Spotlight.
Timecodes
0:00 Caitlin's welcome
1:25 Childhood
Texas. 10 acres. Oldest of four kids. Great grandparents settled over 150 years ago.

4:35 U of Arizona undergrad
Dream to go to University of Texas. Tucson from Texas.
Full scholarship.
Competitive softball. 3 Championships.

7:25 Prior start-ups
Popsicle business in 3rd grade.
Freshman year house painting. Mom's help, "It only takes one."
Worked. A lot. High school and college. Waitress. Office work.
Sorority: photography business
Philanthropy; events; summer in New York
Senior project: energy bars

18:50 Pre-UCLA career
Wanted to be a "business woman" but didn't know what that meant yet.
Advice from career fair, from family.
Brand agencies in LA.
Informational interviews: terrifying.

Business Talent Group: independent management consulting; female founded.
500 cold calls/week.
Terrible and hard, but learned so much.
Top MBA sells!

Took GMAT 5 times!

Coaching new hires. Learning & Development.

Michael Page: next role. Two years. Trained recruiters.
Coached hundreds of recruiters.

Choosing FEMBA. Full-time vs. FEMBA?
Had a job I didn't want to quit.
Apply MBA to job in real time.

Only applied to UCLA FEMBA. Considered Wharton, Tuck. Interviewed

30:10 FEMBA during COVID
Zoom fatigue vs benefits

Nicole Panzovski '23. Comparing side-businesses.
Doing orientation together: Leadership Foundations.

37:45 Life-coaching business
Self-taught. Reading. Certifications. Tools.
Help younger people succeed.
No plan to change jobs during FEMBA.
Founder of WorQflow reached out to me directly. "Come join us."

45:45 Coaching inspiration
Sports. Team captain. Team environment. Developing others.

48:45 Business Creation Program at UCLA
Being scrappy. Use what I've got. Try. Fail. Learn. Apply.
Build relationships.
Values-based-living. Taking responsibility. Core principle. Courage.

55:10 Starting Advize
Business Creation Program. EVI. Picking team. Company. Brainstorming.
Mentorship marketplace.
Nothing more valuable than informational interviews.
Validate: interviewed customers; pricing; timing; measuring; training.
Anderson coach Jackee, "What about video?"

Business Plan Development: research. Control content. Deliver at scale.

People don't do informational interviews, even though they know they should.
Let's do informational interviews, on video, at scale.
"Advize 13" project. "Core 13"
How to scale?

1:03:40 All-female team
CEO/Founder role. Need complementary roles.
Found people drawn to purpose and mission.
We "vibed." Passionate about democratizing access to this information.
Remove the ego, to be a team.

1:11:15 Winning $10,000
UC Davis, Big Bang Business Competition
Education and EdTech Tool award

1:13:07 What's next after UCLA?
Advize full-time. Going for it.

1:17:05 Anderson activities? Global Immersion?

3 MBA Goals: Entrepreneurship; Analytical/Data/Finance; Global Immersion

1:18:30 Gayle Northrop's course
Social Entrepreneurship in South Africa
I could talk about this experience all day.
Profit. Planet. People.
[Gayle's course] "My favorite experience in business school."

1:25:00 Small town POV
Do everything: Music, Sports, Cheer.
Business is a sport. Teamwork. Leadership. Resilience. Equipment. Playing by the rules.
Husband, Our 11-year love story.
Learning guitar.

1:30:25 AnderTakes
1:30:38 Happiness, Cassie Holmes
Best Class

1:31:17 South Africa Trip
Best FEMBA Memory

1:32:00 Gayle Northrop & Andres Terech
Favorite Professors

1:32:50 Best Case?

1:33:58 Best Memory?
Winning $10,000

1:34:15 Best Slack?

1:34:50 Best Advice?
Relationship building.
Trial, Fail, See.
Set priorities.

1:38:30 Connect with Advize
advizehub.com

1:39:20 Dylan joins

1:42:25 Bear Hugs

1:43:25 My husband

1:44:05 My co-founders
For Advize--bless you!

1:44:30 Coach Jackee McNitt-Engels
from Leadership at Anderson, and BCO advisors

1:45:15 UCLA Being a Leader

1:47:15 Prof Gayle Northrop
Life-changing South Africa course

1:47:45 UCLA Flow

1:50:20 Pumped

1:51:52 My advisers

1:52:15 Debrief
Shirley Church '24, Raman Vedula '25

1:52:55 How was it?
Correction: Emily's grandmother first woman to go to college in her family

1:55:28 Texas talk

1:58:10 Raman Vedula '25

2:00:00 Dylan riffs: Advize, MBA, used cars, value of advice

2:03:25 Storytelling Gold

2:05:25 Dean Gonzalo Freixes

2:07:00 Shirley Church '24

Emily was peer-nominated by the Class of 2023 to be a Summer Spotlight honoree. We're grateful she accepted and shared her success stories with us.

Emily McSherry:
linkedin.com/in/msemilymcsherry
Caitlin McMahon
https://www.linkedin.com/in/caitlin-k...

The UCLA Drive Time podcast is produced by Dylan Stafford, UCLA Assistant Dean.

YouTube Episodes
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtXj799QgfhRCelHw2i7cqkq5vbHhMLlY
SoundCloud Episodes
soundcloud.com/uclaandersondrivetime

UCLAs Hermione - Heather Scott 23 - GAP team winner - Double Bruin - Sr. Compensation Manager

UCLAAnderson 2023-07-14 | UCLA Anderson's Heather Scott '23 with Caitlin McMahon '23.
Timecodes
0:00 Welcome
Femba Council. Winning GAP team. Sr. Compensation Manager Activision Blizzard.

1:29 Double Bruin
UCLA felt like home!

2:45 UCLA Comm Studies

Sorority; Dance Group.
Internship at Target - fell into Human Resources (HR).

5:00 After Target, after UCLA

New HR internship; great rotational program; grateful to manager; explore HR:
Recruiting
Talent Branding
Business Partners
Learning & Organizational Development
Rewards: Benefits & Compensation

12:28 Analytics and MBA

I'm a complete nerd. I have 17 different highlighters, 14 different notebooks. Love to learn.

14:00 My Mom, my lifeline

15:00 Disney after Cetera Finance?

Same job, new industry. Larger HR team.
Cool perks: seeing cool movies; joyful.

21:20 Why UCLA MBA?

Family. Education. Curiosity. Fundamental part of who I am.
Mentors. Look out 15 years.
True MBA was the right fit for me. Earn a seat at the table.

23:20 Why UCLA FEMBA?

Looked at Full-time MBAs. Got the offer from Disney. Didn't want to press pause on my career. FEMBA made it more fulfilling. Bring value to work in real-time. Didn't believe it, but it really happens.

Didn't make sense to press pause on my career.

25:30 Job change

During UCLA FEMBA
Switch into gaming [Activision Blizzard]
Executive compensation.
New challenge. Terrified me.

26:50 Switching jobs during MBA and GAP

Crazy to switch while also starting GAP (capstone)!
Running at a high level.
Go Go Go. Gave me so much energy. Fun ride.
Slept for weeks after GAP finished.

28:35 Winning GAP Team
(Global Access Program)
"Heather was the glue that held our team together." Mirwaise Masroor told us.
That's what we learn to be as managers.

30:40 GAP Teammates

So incredibly grateful for my group. Wide variety of backgrounds.
Makes things way easier.
Different interpersonal strengths.
Miwaise Masroor: most positive person.
Ryan Khademi: creative rock star.
Monica (Walls) Campos: organized, smart, thoughtful.
Jeremy Shierts: rock-solid financial skills.
Me: I was the project manager.
We were friends too. Didn't want to let each other down.
Potlucks.
We loved each other so much.

34:40 GAP and Leadership

Mentor: "MBA is designed to throw more at you than you can handle. Your job is to learn how to prioritize." I never felt that more than during GAP.
Leadership is about balancing and prioritizing.
Universal learnings happen during GAP.

37:20 GAP Final Presentation
Judges & Company Executives

Amazing actually.
Team crushed it.
I enjoy butterflies. Dressed up. So fancy. So rewarding. Celebrate each other. So many late nights. Came together in the best way.

39:20 GAP pride
"Don't know if I've ever been more proud of any project I've ever done up until this point." [GAP]

41:20 Leadership FEMBA Council

Pre-MBA, told myself I was going to put myself out there.
Academic Rep. Liaison role. Solve people's problems. Survey. Administration meetings. Professors. So necessary during COVID.
Then VP.

45:05 Yong Kim rock star

45:50 FEMBA Council
Stay informed. Have a voice.

46:45 C4C, Challenge for Charity

Cross-campus, cross MBA programs, full-timers too. Olympics.
Mentor at elementary schools.

49:04 Make the world better

51:40 UCLA's Hermione
Heather's peers appreciation: absolutely going to do great things in her career.

53:10 Favorite class?

ESG for Managers and Investors: guest speakers

53:45 Best memory = GAP

All of GAP. All the trips (New York. Ski trips. Nashville). Classrooms.

54:38 Dr. Seema Yasmin
Favorite Professor: Crisis Class w Dr. Seema Yasmin. Force to be reckoned with. So intelligent. So down-to-earth. Inspiring.
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/news-and-events/award-winning-md-and-journalist-teaches-crisis-leadership

55:20 Favorite Case Study

56:18 Mirwaise Masroor singing Mulan in class!
Best Core Year memory

58:30 Advice to future students

Friends for life: adventure, trips, work together.

59:40 Most challenging and most rewarding years of my life.

1:01:25 Dylan Stafford

[Caitlin leaves for a red-eye flight to Florida!]

1:03:10 Secret UCLA traditions

1:08:50 Bear Hug for my parents

My parents. Late night phone calls. Reminded me why I did this.

1:15:50 Time capsule

Heather Scott:
linkedin.com/in/heatherscott30
Caitlin McMahon
linkedin.com/in/caitlin-klein-mcmahon

The UCLA Drive Time podcast is produced by Dylan Stafford, UCLA Assistant Dean.
YouTube Episodes
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtXj799QgfhRCelHw2i7cqkq5vbHhMLlY
SoundCloud Episodes
soundcloud.com/uclaandersondrivetime

Spacecraft Manager - GAP team winner - American Dream - Mulan singer - Mirwaise Masroor 23

UCLAAnderson 2023-07-10 | Peer-nominated & interviewed: Mirwaise Masroor '23 with Caitlin McMahon.
Timecodes
0:00 Welcome Mirwaise!
Boeing Spacecraft Manager. MechEngr. QA. Supply Chain Management.

2:00 Parents escape Afghanistan

Father lost his entire family. Got smuggled out. Mom worked three jobs. Dad worked minimum wage. Never see them not smiling. I cherish them.

6:20 Dad's UCLA hat!

6:48 Virginia Tech, MEng.

Love math. How things work. Hybrid-electric vehicle program. San Diego final competition. Promised myself I'd live in California.

10:30 Powerlifting

11:50 GE: internship to Operations Leadership Rotation.

Seven cities in early years. Leading a team. Coolest project = Accident Tolerant Fuel (post Fukushima accident)

18:10 Quarter-life crisis
How do I get to California?

First-time manager. Defense. UCLA or USC for MBA?

21:50 Why UCLA?
After three years, time for MBA application. How I chose UCLA Anderson?

What kind of network will I get? Being on campus. Felt like home. Sunset from top of stairs at Royce.

25:00 Prep for MBA
GE leadership rotation

28:00 Anderson clubs
Outdoor adventure club.

Genuine friendships. Vegas. Mammoth. Guest speakers. Easton Technology Leadership Program. Being a Bruin.

31:30 Winning GAP Team
Global Access Program Team

Heather Scott, the glue; Ryan Khademi, natural leader; Jeremy Shierts, finance guru; Monica Campos, got married, did internship, moved to Texas. Going to Finland. Friends. Chemistry.

36:00 Thanks Heather Scott
"I only graduated because of Heather Scott!"

37:50 Matt Gorlick, Big 5

Sitcom moment. Vulnerable moment. What can I learn from them?

40:30 Finland Trip
Travel world with closest trip.

Client great. "The Baltic Boys". Sauna experience. Cold Plunge in the Baltic!

45:50 UCLA Culture
Share Success of UCLA Anderson. Cold-calls on LinkedIn. Passion.

47:25 My Bruin Moment

Post-Afghanistan. Viral video. UCLA Instagram. Give a voice. That's when I was at my lowest.

51:20 Parents

52:55 Singing Mulan in class w Prof. Kao
Business Strategy. Disney discussion.

Professor Jennifer Kao, "What's your favorite Disney song?"

Mirwaise, "'I'll make a man of you' from Mulan."

Prof. Kao, "Would you like to sing it?"

Mirwaise, "Absolutely! (I'd been waiting for that moment my whole life!)"

56:35 Two promotions during MBA

Took a Risk: Pivoted from manager role to individual contributor (but for a +40% bump and got into Boeing)

Two promotions in 14 months at Boeing. Right place at right time. Executive exposure. Manager having MBA too. Spacecraft Management. Took me to lunch.

It's the perfect role. It's what I've always wanted to step up to. Leading a team of engineers.

1:06:30 Challenge-to-opportunity

Building confidence in yourself. Know it in your heart when it's the right opportunity. Take it on faith.

1:09:55 Boeing Spacecraft Manager promotion

Power of networking. How'd UCLA FEMBA help you network better on your job?

Practicing Networking. It can be intimidating. Dealing with imposter syndrome.

How can I build a relationship?

Genuinely care. Actually connect. Being your authentic self.

1:15:10 Diverse industries
How has working across so many diverse industries impacted your career journey?

You learn different ways of thinking, different systems.

1:17:25 Game show

Being on a new game show. A "Welcome to LA" moment. Thought is was a scam!

1:19:20 Surprise 1
For Mirwaise: What his peers said in his nomination.

"...Mirwaise is one of the most compassionate and loving human beings you will ever meet...Disney song...sang it...top percentile for math on the GRE...GAP team winning..."

1:23:00 Surprise 2

Dylan Stafford loops in Heather Scott '23, fellow Spotlight nominee.

"You inspire so many people. Natural positivity. I wouldn't be graduating if it wasn't for you."

1:25:20 Lightning Round

1:25:50 Technology Management Professor Terry Kramer
Best UCLA Class

1:26:15 Best Memory from FEMBA?
Either GAP or singing that Mulan song.

1:27:14 Prof Terry Kramer, Tech Management.
"Way he orchestrates a class is an art."

1:27:49 Best Core Year memory?

1:28:14 Favorite Slack?

1:28:32 Best Advice?

1:29:32 Final thoughts

1:31:23 Dylan, Caitlin and Heather riff

American Dream. I get chills. Your deep appreciation and respect for your parents. How high you and your sister have aimed and achieved. Meeting Mirwaise' parents.

Mirwaise Masroor
linkedin.com/in/mirwaise-masroor-60a0a5164

Caitlin McMahon
linkedin.com/in/caitlin-klein-mcmahon

The UCLA Drive Time podcast is produced by Dylan Stafford, UCLA Assistant Dean.
YouTube Episodes
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtXj799QgfhRCelHw2i7cqkq5vbHhMLlY
SoundCloud Episodes
soundcloud.com/uclaandersondrivetime

FEMBA Graduating class of 2023! | Jon’s reflection

UCLAAnderson 2023-07-05 | Our Fully Employed MBA (FEMBA) program is designed for emerging managers like Jon with strong records of academic and professional achievement who wish to pursue an MBA degree without leaving full-time employment. Hear Jon share their professional background and why now is the perfect time to start their MBA journey.

Think the FEMBA program sounds like a good fit for you? Learn more on our website: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/fully-employed-mba

#MBA #ProfessionalDevelopment #LosAngeles

FEMBA Graduating class of 2023! | Calvin’s reflection

UCLAAnderson 2023-07-05 | Our Fully Employed MBA (FEMBA) program is designed for emerging managers like Calvin with strong records of academic and professional achievement who wish to pursue an MBA degree without leaving full-time employment. Hear Calvin share their professional background and why now is the perfect time to start their MBA journey.

Think the FEMBA program sounds like a good fit for you? Learn more on our website: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/fully-employed-mba

#MBA #ProfessionalDevelopment #LosAngeles

FEMBA Graduating class of 2023! | Ka’s reflection

UCLAAnderson 2023-07-05 | Our Fully Employed MBA (FEMBA) program is designed for emerging managers like Ka with strong records of academic and professional achievement who wish to pursue an MBA degree without leaving full-time employment. Hear Ka share their professional background and why now is the perfect time to start their MBA journey.

Think the FEMBA program sounds like a good fit for you? Learn more on our website: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/fully-employed-mba

#MBA #ProfessionalDevelopment #LosAngeles

FEMBA Graduating class of 2023! | Alex’s reflection

UCLAAnderson 2023-07-05 | Our Fully Employed MBA (FEMBA) program is designed for emerging managers like Alex with strong records of academic and professional achievement who wish to pursue an MBA degree without leaving full-time employment. Hear Alex share their professional background and why now is the perfect time to start their MBA journey.

Think the FEMBA program sounds like a good fit for you? Learn more on our website: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/fully-employed-mba

#MBA #ProfessionalDevelopment #LosAngeles

FEMBA Graduating class of 2023! | Katrena’s reflection

UCLAAnderson 2023-07-05 | Our Fully Employed MBA (FEMBA) program is designed for emerging managers like Katrena with strong records of academic and professional achievement who wish to pursue an MBA degree without leaving full-time employment. Hear Katrena share their professional background and why now is the perfect time to start their MBA journey.

Think the FEMBA program sounds like a good fit for you? Learn more on our website: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/fully-employed-mba

#MBA #ProfessionalDevelopment #LosAngeles

FEMBA Graduating class of 2023! | Kristiene’s reflection

UCLAAnderson 2023-07-05 | Our Fully Employed MBA (FEMBA) program is designed for emerging managers like Kristiene with strong records of academic and professional achievement who wish to pursue an MBA degree without leaving full-time employment. Hear Kristiene share their professional background and why now is the perfect time to start their MBA journey.

Think the FEMBA program sounds like a good fit for you? Learn more on our website: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/fully-employed-mba

#MBA #ProfessionalDevelopment #LosAngeles

FEMBA Graduating class of 2023! | Luana’s reflection

UCLAAnderson 2023-07-05 | Our Fully Employed MBA (FEMBA) program is designed for emerging managers like Luana with strong records of academic and professional achievement who wish to pursue an MBA degree without leaving full-time employment. Hear Luana share their professional background and why now is the perfect time to start their MBA journey.

Think the FEMBA program sounds like a good fit for you? Learn more on our website: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/fully-employed-mba

#MBA #ProfessionalDevelopment #LosAngeles

What Makes Anderson Different?

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-30 | Intrepid man on the street Michael Bleggi (’24), director of education and ally relations for Out@Anderson, offers the mic to fellow MBA student leaders to get at the heart of what makes UCLA Anderson truly different from other business schools.

The consensus? We share success.

Anderson provides an environment where teams can come together. Leadership opportunities are available to a broad diversity of students who want to get to know each other. Students go above and beyond to collaborate with their cohort and with the UCLA community.

Apply to UCLA Anderson’s MBA program:
https://apply.anderson.ucla.edu/apply/

Admission FAQ:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/full-time-mba/admissions/faq

Attend admission events:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/full-time-mba/admissions/events

Learn more about UCLA Anderson’s full-time MBA:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/full-time-mba

#UCLA #MBA #sharesuccess

Anderson MBAs Develop Scalable Solutions

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-30 | Each year, several UCLA Anderson MBA capstone teams focus their efforts on advancing prosocial causes with nonprofits outside of the United States. Class of 2023 MBA students Blaise Badway, Martin Keyt, Rebecca Kim, Alex Marmureanu and Jon Sdao worked with the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa to evaluate mental health service delivery models for rural communities. The challenge was to find affordable, financially sustainable, accessible and scalable solutions in areas where the unemployment rate might be as high as 40%. Starting with a clean slate and appealing to local mental health experts and administrators, the team applied what Anderson taught about making a business viable long term, and they adapted it to the needs of the nonprofit and its clients.

UCLA Anderson was the first business school to require a field study capstone project in lieu of a master’s thesis. For more than 50 years, teams of Anderson students have collaborated with clients at Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, microfinance institutions and startups to meet real-world business challenges.

Our students’ international Applied Management Research projects make a real, immediate and often profound impact. The Center for Global Management provides funding to support primary research for these projects.

Learn more about how CGM supports prosocial capstone projects at UCLA Anderson:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/centers/center-for-global-management/for-students/global-nonprofit-capstone-projects

#internationalbusiness #socialimpact #sustainability

Not Just Housing First, Housing Always

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-29 | The solution to homelessness is homes. But cities and organizations adopting a housing first model face obstacles and challenges to meeting the needs of people experiencing homelessness for a range of reasons.

John Maceri, chief executive officer of @SantaMonicaOPCC, has decades of experience as an industry leader and advocate for L.A.’s most vulnerable unhoused communities. UCLA Anderson Ziman Center for Real Estate invited Maceri to explain how permanent supportive housing (PSH) differs from affordable housing generally, and the critical role that client-driven support supportive services and case management play in the success of supportive housing and the lives of its diverse populations.

The Ziman Center’s UCLA Distinguished Speaker Series in Affordable Housing brings industry experts and scholars to UCLA to engage students in the critical issues related to urban and rural housing markets, and housing policy and sustainability, particularly the housing needs and outcomes of low-income and workforce households. Leading business practitioners and policymakers discuss the current trends in affordable housing development and preservation in Southern California.

Learn more about the UCLA Distinguished Speaker Series in Affordable Housing:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/centers/ucla-ziman-center-for-real-estate/events/ucla-distinguished-speaker-series-in-affordable-housing

Learn more about the Howard and Irene Levine Program in Housing and Social Responsibility:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/centers/ucla-ziman-center-for-real-estate/impact-on-our-community/howard-and-irene-levine-program-in-housing-and-social-responsibility

#realestate #homelessness #LosAngeles

Forecast Direct No. 25 - Immigration and the Provision of Public Goods

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-26 | This month, we feature a conversation with Leo Feler and Mine Senses on her paper about immigration and the provision of public goods. Mines is an Associate Professor of International Economics in the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. Her current research focuses on the consequences of globalization on the labor market, with emphasis on quantifying the heterogeneous costs and benefits experienced by different segments of the population.

Mayor Karen Bass Welcomes L.A.’s Newest Business Pros

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-26 | Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass, the first woman and second African American to be elected as the city’s chief executive, delivered the commencement keynote address to celebrate the matriculation of UCLA Anderson’s full-time MBA, Fully Employed MBA, Executive MBA and Ph.D. students.

Mayor Bass looked to the Class of 2023 as the region’s newest changemakers and appealed to them to join the City of Los Angeles in efforts to make municipal government run more like a business. “Anderson grads are innovators who drive our city, our nation, our world’s economy and culture. I’ve tapped into this brilliance myself,” she said, citing the two dozen UCLA alumni who served on her mayoral transition team.

“I know our city is better for the connections you made here,” Mayor Bass told the graduates, who hail from every continent except Antarctica. “That’s how deeply UCLA is woven into the fabric of this city.”

Join UCLA Anderson’s alumni network:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/alumni

Learn more about UCLA Anderson’s degree programs:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees

#UCLAAlumni #LosAngeles #LAMayor

Will U.S. Banks Regain Our Confidence?

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-23 | Investors and regulators may have grown complacent in the 15 years following the disastrous effects of the 2008 bank failures, believing such a financial crisis could never beleaguer U.S. banking systems again. In March 2023, regional California banks Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed in quick succession, making them the second and third largest bank failures in U.S. history, only to be surpassed by the Fed’s seizure of First Republic in May. These failures precipitated a sudden loss of confidence in the banking system, triggering bank runs and an aggressive government response to alleviate the turmoil.

Is more pain on the horizon? While the banking system is showing signs of improved stability, questions remain about the repercussions for lending, real estate, regulation and the economy more broadly. UCLA Anderson’s Fink Center for Finance partnered with the UCLA Ziman Center and the UCLA Anderson Forecast to convene a panel of experts who analyzed what contributed to the recent banking crisis, explained how markets have responded and predicted what lies ahead.

Panel:

Stuart Gabriel, Director, UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate
Distinguished Professor of Finance and Arden Realty Chair

Shohini Kundu, Assistant Professor of Finance

Jerry Nickelsburg, Director, UCLA Anderson Forecast
Adjunct Professor of Economics

Christopher Myers (’91), Former President and CEO, Citizens Business Bank

Lori Santikian, Director, UCLA Anderson Fink Center for Finance
Adjunct Professor of Finance and Strategy

Learn more about UCLA Anderson’s Laurence & Lori Fink Center for Finance:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/centers/fink-center-for-finance

#finance #tech #economy

UCLA Anderson FEMBA welcomes Nicolas

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-19 | Our Fully Employed MBA (FEMBA) program is designed for emerging managers like Nicolas with strong records of academic and professional achievement who wish to pursue an MBA degree without leaving full-time employment. Hear Connor share their professional background and why now is the perfect time to start their MBA journey.

Think the FEMBA program sounds like a good fit for you? Learn more on our website: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/fully-employed-mba

#MBA #ProfessionalDevelopment #LosAngeles

FEMBA Graduating class of 2023! | Nicole’s reflection

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-19 | Our Fully Employed MBA (FEMBA) program is designed for emerging managers like Nicole with strong records of academic and professional achievement who wish to pursue an MBA degree without leaving full-time employment. Hear Nicole share their professional background and why now is the perfect time to start their MBA journey.

Think the FEMBA program sounds like a good fit for you? Learn more on our website: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/fully-employed-mba

#MBA #ProfessionalDevelopment #LosAngeles

FEMBA Graduating class of 2023! | Ali’s reflection

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-19 | Our Fully Employed MBA (FEMBA) program is designed for emerging managers like Ali with strong records of academic and professional achievement who wish to pursue an MBA degree without leaving full-time employment. Hear Ali share their professional background and why now is the perfect time to start their MBA journey.

Think the FEMBA program sounds like a good fit for you? Learn more on our website: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/fully-employed-mba

#MBA #ProfessionalDevelopment #LosAngeles

FEMBA Graduating class of 2023! | Lian’s reflection

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-19 | Our Fully Employed MBA (FEMBA) program is designed for emerging managers like Lian with strong records of academic and professional achievement who wish to pursue an MBA degree without leaving full-time employment. Hear Lian share their professional background and why now is the perfect time to start their MBA journey.

Think the FEMBA program sounds like a good fit for you? Learn more on our website: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/fully-employed-mba

#MBA #ProfessionalDevelopment #LosAngeles

Class of 2023 Commencement: MBA, FEMBA, EMBA and Ph.D.

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-17 | UCLA Wilson Plaza, June 16, 2023, 4 PM

Join UCLA Anderson’s alumni network:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/alumni

Learn more about UCLA Anderson’s degree programs:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees

#graduation #commencementspeech #MBA

Class of 2023 Commencement: MBA, FEMBA, EMBA and Ph.D.

Anderson MBAs Team with Local Entrepreneurs

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-13 | Each year, several UCLA Anderson MBA capstone teams focus their efforts on advancing prosocial causes with nonprofits outside of the United States. Class of 2023 MBA students Slawomir Baniak, Juan Ignacio Castro, Jikyu Choi, Layla Kara, Gyubeom Kim and Donghwan Lee worked with the Charles Darwin Foundation in the Galapagos Islands to develop a strategic plan for the foundation’s incubator. They consulted with local entrepreneurs to help build a community of sustainable startups amid the islands’ delicate ecosystem. Traveling there, they said, enabled them to appreciate the unique conditions and culture of the Galapagos in ways that changed the scope of the project as well as the team’s recommendations.

UCLA Anderson was the first business school to require a field study capstone project in lieu of a master’s thesis. For more than 50 years, teams of Anderson students have collaborated with clients at Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, microfinance institutions and startups to meet real-world business challenges.

Our students’ international Applied Management Research projects make a real, immediate and often profound impact. The Center for Global Management provides funding to support primary research for these projects.

Learn more about how CGM supports prosocial capstone projects at UCLA Anderson:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/centers/center-for-global-management/for-students/global-nonprofit-capstone-projects

#internationalbusiness #socialimpact #sustainability

Next-Gen Business Impact, Culture and Sustainability

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-13 | Change-makers are challenging organizations to rethink what it means to be successful. Entrepreneurs, strategists and sustainability professionals discussed avenues to create change within organizations and scale impact across a variety of industries and functions. They equipped a diverse audience with the knowledge and tools to become transformative leaders for positive societal impact within their organizations and beyond.

Panel:
Natalie Byrne, Founder, blank space
Timothy O’Connor, Specialist Leader, ESG Strategy and Transformation, Deloitte Consulting LLC
Sunny Sohrabian, Director of Sustainability, LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Magali Delmas, Professor of Management and Faculty Director, Center for Impact, UCLA Anderson (Moderator)

Impact Week was presented in 2023 by UCLA Anderson Center for Impact, Anderson’s award-winning Net Impact MBA chapter and BioscienceLA:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/news-and-events/signature-events/impact-week

Learn more about the Center for Impact:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/centers/impactanderson

#socialimpact #ESG #entrepreneurship

UCLA Leadership Lab #2 - The Power of Authenticity

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-11 | New entering UCLA graduate students logged in from around the world to discover the Power of Authenticity. Hosted by an interdisciplinary committee representing 11 graduate programs:
Anderson School of Management (EMBA, UCLA NUS, FEMBA and MFE)
David Geffen School of Medicine
Dentistry
Fielding School of Public Health
Luskin School of Social Welfare
Nursing
Theater, Film and Television

The evening was led by Adjunct Professor at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Dr. Khush Cooper, and Dylan Stafford, Assistant Dean UCLA Anderson.

Leadership Lab #1 - The Power of Integrity is here.
youtu.be/Y-ibtjtbstY

Super Mom - Super MBA - Start-up Star - Double Bruin - Nicole Panzovski 23

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-10 | Peer-nominated & interviewed: Nicole Panzovski with Caitlin McMahon '23
Timecodes
0:00 Welcome
0:07 Netflix. Two children during MBA. Amazing husband. "Side Hustle" helps MBAs.

1:05 Why UCLA (twice!)

2:30 Pre-UCLA career

4:30 Entertainment

6:50 Riordan Fellow

10:10 Why start in 2020?

11:30 COVID

Coffee Chats. Slack. Interesting time.
I was starting a family at the time. The digital aspect allowed me to ease into it more.

13:45 Two kids during FEMBA

My husband is my rock. I wouldn't be here without him. We met on a family vacation.

16:00 Married at 22

Went to classes. Started new job. Had 2 kids.

Husband and immigration. Timing of family. Whatever happens happens.

19:00 Maternity leave and Netflix

You're rolling with the punches. It's FEMBA life. Most of my friends here are superhumans. These are my people.

21:00 Support

Caitlin shares about support of classmates when getting married.

22:00 First child

Nicole shares about classmates supporting her with her first child.

23:00 Second child

Faculty support when her second child came.

23:50 Prioritizing

How did you prioritize it all?

Faith, Family, Work, School. Those are my priorities. School helped me prioritize. Netflix. UCLA. Stacking classes.

27:00 Professor Jennifer Whitson: Negotiations Behavior
Professor Al Osborne: Search Funds

28:30 Graduated early

Yes. I wanted to have my second child. I stacked classes. It was perfect.

29:50 Side-hustle

I consider myself a mini-entrepreneur. Side business since 2014. Resume/Cover Letter company. When I took Search Funds, growing concept. Go and work with people who are willing to invest into you, to help you buy a small to medium business. Plumbing. Cake business. Concept was new to me. Amazing. Good for risk averse, priorities, makes it totally feasible. Talked a lot about building up your small to medium business. Started utilizing those learning to scale. Super blessed. Grew 500% since I implemented methodologies [learned at school]. I CAME OUT OF ANDERSON DEBT-FREE. More-than-paid for my Anderson education. Tangible ways to pursue these dreams.

33:30 No student debt
You paid off your student debt with that class! And, the value of classmates.

39:40 New job Netflix
Tell us about starting new job at Netflix during Anderson, and Strategic Sourcing.

43:30 Advice
Advice for people who want to start a family and earn an MBA?

46:50 Dylan joins
Caitlin invited in Dylan. "It takes a village to raise a FEMBA."

51:30 Surprise
Caitlin surprises Nicole: reads some nomination quotes.

53:40 AnderTakes

54:12 Negotiations Behavior with Jennifer Whitson and also Search Funds with Al Osborne

54:30 GAP Program
Global Access Program
Best memory
Finnish consulate. Black licorice.

56:48 Professor Al Osborne
Favorite Professor

58:14 Terry Kramer: Technology Management.
Best case study.
How to analyze a case.
Professor of the Year.

59:40 Best Core Year Memory?
A blur because of pregnancy hormones!

1:00:40 Favorite Slack Channel?
Roaring 20s. Entertainment Management.

1:02:25 Caitlin's wedding planning
Getting married. Family. Planning wedding. Prioritizing. Some things have to give.

1:02:51 Sounds silly but...Invite
But, for anyone in FEMBA or considering. It’s really impactful and really nice that I still get invited. I live in Chino Hills. Hour+ away. Still get invited. That means a lot. Yacht Party! It’s nice to get invited. Even if they know I can’t make it. Personal texts are even more cool.

1:06:15 Best Advice

1:09:10 Thank my husband Ivan.
Two beautiful boys together. Could not have done it without him. We’ll be together 10 years in July. Where I’m at in career, as a person, I attribute a huge part of that to him. 100% thank you.

Large component of who I am and why I do what I do is I have faith. I’m a Christian. It’s a really big deal for me. Gives me hope. Thank you to my husband, my family, my God for all of that. I would not be where I am without everyone in my life. Thanks family.

1:11:45 Debrief with Dylan

1:12:40 UCLA secrets
As a Double-Bruin, tell us some UCLA secrets.
Kerckhoff Coffee House. Powell Library. Monumental. To study.

Palooza 10, July 29, 2023!

1:16:25 UCLA Being a Leader
Al Osborne, Interim Dean, Patron

1:17:20 Failed dean search

1:18:07 Bear Hugs

1:18:26 Husband Ivan, Opera Singer
Ivan, my favorite person and my best friend

1:24:03 Surprise!
Nicole's admission essay

Nicole Panzovski
linkedin.com/in/nicolepanzovski

Caitlin McMahon
linkedin.com/in/caitlin-klein-mcmahon

The UCLA Drive Time podcast is produced by Dylan Stafford, UCLA Assistant Dean.
YouTube Episodes
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtXj799QgfhRCelHw2i7cqkq5vbHhMLlY
SoundCloud Episodes
soundcloud.com/uclaandersondrivetime

Leveraging Purpose - Founder - Author - Storyteller - David Pailin Jr. 23

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-10 | Peer-nominated & interviewed: David Palin Jr. with Caitlin McMahon.
Timecodes
0:00 Welcome
1:35 Before UCLA Anderson

2:35 Why UCLA FEMBA?

1. Be the Best. LA vs NY.
2. Learn how to raise capital. Tried before: Complete Failure!
3. Learn to lead more effectively.
4. Community! Heard great stories about UCLA Anderson alumni
5. FEMBA because I had to get a job out here in LA. LA is expensive. Loans. Sweat equity. Prayers.

7:00 Dallas to LA

10:20 Why Morehouse?

12:20 Marketing at Morehouse

15:00 Southern Baptist, Storytelling.

My purpose on this earth is to share.

15:45 After college

18:30 Teacher influence

19:25 To LA in a Pandemic

AIDS Healthcare Foundation. AIDS spiked during COVID. Homelessness in LA. Very different from Texas. Apply Operations. Help Veterans.

22:10 Start up UNIKYRN

Help graduate students. How to pivot? How to bet on themselves?

25:05 Entrepreneur Venture Initiation

Business Plan Development (BPD)

What is Business Creation Program

26:40 Global Access Program (GAP)
Business Creation Option. AMR.

27:20 Desire
What fueled your desire to go into these causes?

Faith and wanting to be in a service business.

30:30 Teams in MBA
In the MBA, I learned how to make a team. How do you make a team?

Trust. Being able to trust others. Story from team with Caitlin.
Being individually great will only get you so far.

33:00 Leverage skills
Learning how to leverage each other’s skillsets in b-school.

33:55 UNYKRN and Dean Jeff Scheinrock
Dive into UNYKRN and how can MBAs take advantage of it?

Thank you Dean Jeff Scheinrock.
Two Marketplaces in UNYKRN:
First is a Talent Marketplace
Second is on the IP side: library, research, case studies, interviews

39:30 Matt Gorlick shoutout
You are making true impact. Being humble too. A puzzle. Hustle.

Matt Gorlick shoutout!
Thank you Dean Scheinrock.

46:10 Their why

Understanding everyone else’s WHY.

Superheroes. FEMBA/EMBA Moms!

46:50 People here are incredible

Every single person here is incredible.

48:55 Dr. Carter
You are a natural leader. I love what you said about their WHY.

Dr. Carter: Quote Machine. We don’t get mad; we get data.

50:00 Failure
We’re going to learn from failure.

Treating MBA as a safe space for mistakes. Not “A+ or bust”. Different priorities.

54:10 Non-profit
Tell us about your non-profit work.

If you’re interested in learning to lead, lead volunteers!
Dr. Carter: Leadership is getting people from point A to B without hostility.

59:00 Social Impact Challenge

1:01:20 Your book #Dearmillenial
Tell us about your book #Dearmillenial

A) Finding your identity.
B) Leveling up. Hitting your stride.
C) Insights to lead a successful life.
Digital version is out.
Augmented Reality version in development.
Story from Dallas. Homeless Man: “I’m homeless. If I can do all this [share food] and I’m homeless, imagine what you can do.”

1:08:50 Falling in love
“You have to fall in love with the process of becoming great to achieve true greatness.”

We are MBAs. We are competitive. We like to win. We don’t like to lose.
We understand finances, compound interest. Apply to ourselves.

1:13:55 Andertakes

1:14:06 Business Creation Program.
Best class at Anderson?
Haven’t seen anything like it.

1:14:30 Anderween Halloween party
Best memory from FEMBA
Shared memory with Caitlin.

1:16:18 Professor Aimee Drolet Rossi
Favorite Professor

1:19:04 Best Case Study?

1:20:00 Best Core Year Memory?

Finally, felt like a business school student. It’s what I always looked forward to.

1:22:25 Favorite Slack Channel?

1:24:10 Best Advice

A) Know your Why
B) Show up in your learning groups.
C) Don’t be afraid
My Mom, “God did not give us a Spirit of Fear”.

1:29:35 Shouting Anderson from the mountaintops!
Final Thoughts

You are talented, smart and gifted.

You were created for this.

Shouting Anderson from the mountaintops! Can’t imagine myself anywhere else.

1:33:00 Debrief
Dean Dylan Stafford joins. Debrief live.
Dylan reads favorite quotes from David and Caitlin.

1:37:15 Follow David Pailin Jr.
dearmillennial.co
unykrn.com
linkedin.com/in/davidpailinjr

1:38:40 Shoutout to Dean Jeff Scheinrock
To encourage Brian Thomas $100M Co-Founder, Brian Thomas ‘14
soundcloud.com/uclaandersondrivetime/100mm-podcast-ep-51-brian-thomas-femba-2014-co-founder-clutter

1:42:20 Drive Time Nominations for David

People Saw You. They really saw you.

1:46:39 Caitlin: Don’t be afraid of the B.

1:47:25 Surprise!

David Pailin Jr.
linkedin.com/in/davidpailinjr

Caitlin McMahon
linkedin.com/in/caitlin-klein-mcmahon

The UCLA Drive Time podcast is produced by Dylan Stafford, UCLA Assistant Dean.
YouTube Episodes
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtXj799QgfhRCelHw2i7cqkq5vbHhMLlY
SoundCloud Episodes
soundcloud.com/uclaandersondrivetime

Forecast Direct No. 24 - Food Deserts and Nutritional Inequality

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-09 | This month, we feature a conversation with Rebecca Diamond. Rebecca is Class of 1998 Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. We discuss her research from a series of papers she wrote about food deserts and nutritional inequality.

UCLA Forecast: June 2023 Economic Outlook

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-07 | UCLA Anderson Forecast with UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate Presents

Recession and Interest Rate Worries: Navigating Commercial Real Estate

Today's economy is replete with uncertainty, particularly with respect to interest sensitive sectors. The important commercial real estate both in valuations and development will be no exception.. Will the Fed go above 6% or decide to pause rates, Is the economy already poised for a recession or just slower growth. The June UCLA Anderson Forecast conference joint with the Ziman Center for Real Estate will do a deep dive into these questions and more as we explore the uncertain economy of 2023 to 2025.

More information: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/centers/ucla-anderson-forecast/events/June-2023-economic-outlook

Why Build Circular Food Systems?

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-01 | Agriculture remains one of the most carbon-intensive industries, and new technologies are arising to reduce waste and improve agricultural practices. A circular food system produces plant biomass for human and repurposes food by-products to extend the value and usefulness of resources. Industry professionals discussed the imperative to move beyond the idea of “waste” and focus on building circular food systems to elevate food ingredients’ highest use potential.

Panel:
Dr. Lara Ramdin, Chief Innovation Officer, Upcycled Foods, Inc.; Former Chief Innovation Officer, Dole Sunshine Company
Kaitlin Mogentale, Founder and CEO, Pulp Pantry & Co.
Erik Haug, Founder and Chief Vision Officer, LIGHT CoCreative
Joy Nemerson, Marketing Manager of Programs and Events, Upcycled Food Association (Moderator)

Impact Week was presented in 2023 by UCLA Anderson Center for Impact, Anderson’s award-winning Net Impact MBA chapter and BioscienceLA:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/news-and-events/signature-events/impact-week

Learn more about the Center for Impact:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/centers/impactanderson

#sustainability #agtech #foodwaste

Next-Gen Business Impact, Culture and Sustainability

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-01 | Change-makers are challenging organizations to rethink what it means to be successful. Entrepreneurs, strategists and sustainability professionals discussed avenues to create change within organizations and scale impact across a variety of industries and functions. They equipped a diverse audience with the knowledge and tools to become transformative leaders for positive societal impact within their organizations and beyond.

Panel:
Natalie Byrne, Founder, blank space
Timothy O’Connor, Specialist Leader, ESG Strategy and Transformation, Deloitte Consulting LLC
Sunny Sohrabian, Director of Sustainability, LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Magali Delmas, Professor of Management and Faculty Director, Center for Impact, UCLA Anderson (Moderator)

Impact Week was presented in 2023 by UCLA Anderson Center for Impact, Anderson’s award-winning Net Impact MBA chapter and BioscienceLA:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/news-and-events/signature-events/impact-week

Learn more about the Center for Impact:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/centers/impactanderson

#socialimpact #ESG #entrepreneurship

Accelerating Impact in For-Purpose Arenas

UCLAAnderson 2023-06-01 | How can MBAs leverage the tools of consulting, research and strategy to accelerate systematic change in both nonprofit and for-profit organizations? Veteran consultants in for-purpose arenas across sectors described their work with clients that range from philanthropists to boutique firms to large corporations, and how they drive social change within traditional consulting.

Panel:
Aviva Altmann (’13), Principal, The Bridgespan Group
Devon Dickau (’15), Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Offerings Leader; Senior Manager, Consulting, Deloitte
Jennifer Li Shen, Co-Founder and Senior Partner, Blue Garnet
Gayle Northrop (’96), Adjunct Assistant Professor, UCLA Anderson; President, Northrop Nonprofit Consulting (Moderator)

Impact Week was presented in 2023 by UCLA Anderson Center for Impact, Anderson’s award-winning Net Impact MBA chapter and BioscienceLA:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/news-and-events/signature-events/impact-week

Learn more about the Center for Impact:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/centers/impactanderson

#triplebottomline #CSR #socialimpact

The New Face of Venture Capital in Impact Investing

UCLAAnderson 2023-05-31 | The percentage of venture capital funding going to underrepresented founders remains stubbornly and depressingly low. Some Los Angeles VCs aim to change that. A panel of investors talked about how they’re using capital as a vehicle to influence the startup ecosystem to become more inclusive and innovative.

Panel:
Laurel Mintz, Founder and General Partner, Fabric VC
Austin Clements, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Slauson & Co.
Alicia Hanf, Founder and Managing Partner, Dear Mama Ventures
Ahmed Mirza (’19), Investment Manager, Techstars (Moderator)

Impact Week was presented in 2023 by UCLA Anderson Center for Impact, Anderson’s award-winning Net Impact MBA chapter and BioscienceLA:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/news-and-events/signature-events/impact-week

Learn more about the Center for Impact:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/centers/impactanderson

#impactinvesting #venturecapital #LosAngeles

The Power of Feedback: Boost Team Engagement and Productivity

UCLAAnderson 2023-05-30 | Feedback is critical to building a high-performance team, but are you doing it right? UCLA Anderson alumna Shirin Nikaein (’19), co-founder and CEO of Upful.ai, shared the secrets to giving feedback that drives engagement, productivity and employee well-being — while avoiding the cognitive and identity-based biases that can harm your team.

Nikaein incubated Upful.ai, a software coaching tool that analyzes performance reviews in real time, in the Venture Accelerator at Anderson. She explained practical tips for making feedback a powerful tool to build a healthy and thriving workplace.

This session was presented at UCLA Anderson’s 2023 Alumni Conference as part of Anderson’s Alumni Weekend. A conference developed just for Anderson alumni, it brought together business and academic leaders to understand the challenges and discover the opportunities shaping the current and future state of work.

Learn more about Alumni Weekend at UCLA Anderson:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/alumni/alumni-weekend/reunions

#UCLAAlumni #HR #AI

UCLA Anderson Celebrates Outstanding Executives

UCLAAnderson 2023-05-30 | Susan Wojcicki (’98), special advisor to Google and Alphabet and the former CEO of YouTube, was awarded the school’s 2023 John E. Anderson Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of how her personal life, professional achievements and community service exemplify the objectives of her alma mater.

Jonathan Schreter (’00), executive vice president of insurance broker Bolton & Company, earned the Outstanding Alumni Service Award for his exemplary service to the school, enhancing the stature, success and well-being of the alumni network, as well as Anderson’s quality and reputation.

This award ceremony was presented at UCLA Anderson’s 2023 Alumni Conference as part of Anderson’s Alumni Weekend. A conference developed just for Anderson alumni, it brought together business and academic leaders to understand the challenges and discover the opportunities shaping the current and future state of work.

Learn more about Alumni Weekend at UCLA Anderson:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/alumni/alumni-weekend/reunions

Read about Susan Wojcicki’s John E. Anderson Distinguished Alumni Award:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/news-and-events/former-youtube-ceo-says-successful-companies-double-down-core-competencies

Read about Jonathan Schreter’s Outstanding Alumni Service Award:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/news-and-events/no-better-seat-house

#UCLAAlumni #service #MBA

Making Big Decisions in a Changing World

UCLAAnderson 2023-05-30 | UCLA Anderson alumna Susan Wojcicki (’98), special advisor to Google and Alphabet and the former CEO of YouTube, was awarded the school’s 2023 John E. Anderson Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of how her personal life, professional achievements and community service exemplify the objectives of her alma mater.

A business titan and culture builder, Wojcicki decided to pursue and MBA and take on leadership roles at Google and YouTube when the brands were in their nascency. In conversation with fellow UCLA Anderson alumna Johanna Voolich Wright (’05), VP of product for Google Workspace, Wojcicki described the pivotal decisions she’s made in her career and as a leader in tech, and looked ahead to what generative AI will mean for YouTube and its cherished creators.

Wojcicki has endowed a UCLA Anderson faculty chair dedicated to the study of data science.

This keynote was presented at UCLA Anderson’s 2023 Alumni Conference as part of Anderson’s Alumni Weekend. A conference developed just for Anderson alumni, it brought together business and academic leaders to understand the challenges and discover the opportunities shaping the current and future state of work.

Read about Susan Wojcicki’s John E. Anderson Distinguished Alumni Award:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/news-and-events/former-youtube-ceo-says-successful-companies-double-down-core-competencies

Learn more about Alumni Weekend at UCLA Anderson:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/alumni/alumni-weekend/reunions

#UCLAAlumni #technology #WomenInBusiness

Reinventing Technology for a Global Society

UCLAAnderson 2023-05-30 | Can the digital world support democracy, economic security and business interests? Ramesh Srinivasan is a professor in the UCLA Department of Information Studies and director of UC Digital Cultures Lab. His research encompasses economic, cultural, political, environmental and even psychological issues associated with the digital revolution.

Srinivasan introduced UCLA Anderson MBAs to the technology shifts — such as algorithms, AI, automation, machine bias, data sets and cryptocurrencies — having the greatest impact on businesses, the economy, labor, medical care and more. Advocating for a “planetary and global dialogue,” he is a leading voice pointing the way toward a digital world that supports democracy, economic security and business interests. “Let’s have active collaborative dialogue with people all around the world,” he says, “because there are creative and brilliant people all around our planet.”

This session was presented at UCLA Anderson’s 2023 Alumni Conference as part of Anderson’s Alumni Weekend. A conference developed just for Anderson alumni, it brought together business and academic leaders to understand the challenges and discover the opportunities shaping the current and future state of work.

Learn more about Alumni Weekend at UCLA Anderson:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/alumni/alumni-weekend/reunions

#UCLAAlumni #technology #workforce

Culture, Education and the Gender Gap

UCLAAnderson 2023-05-30 | Do the values transmitted from parents to children — historically and today —influence the gender gap in mathematics? Looking beyond traditional explanations, UCLA Anderson Professor of Economics Paola Giuliano finds that differences in cultural values across societies are integral to explaining differences in educational choices.

Giuliano’s widely cited research tackles socially relevant questions, such as the historical roots of gender inequality and the cultural origins of family living arrangements, and reveals surprising implications regarding female labor participation. In this session, she describes how being exposed to people from other parts of the world influences the academic performance of U.S.-born students.

This session was presented at UCLA Anderson’s 2023 Alumni Conference as part of Anderson’s Alumni Weekend. A conference developed just for Anderson alumni, it brought together business and academic leaders to understand the challenges and discover the opportunities shaping the current and future state of work.

Learn more about Alumni Weekend at UCLA Anderson:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/alumni/alumni-weekend/reunions

#UCLAAlumni #genderbias #WomenInScience

Your Future Self Needs You

UCLAAnderson 2023-05-30 | Can we connect with our “future selves” to balance living today but planning for tomorrow? If we could, would we make more humane decisions about our own health and well-being in the years to come?

Drawing from the more than 10 years of research covered in his book Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today, UCLA Anderson Professor of Marketing and Behavioral Decision Making Hal Hershfield explains the mental mistakes we make when distancing our present selves from who we’ll become in the future. Hershfield’s findings are full of practical advice for imagining our best future so that we can make it a reality.

This session was presented at UCLA Anderson’s 2023 Alumni Conference as part of Anderson’s Alumni Weekend. A conference developed just for Anderson alumni, it brought together business and academic leaders to understand the challenges and discover the opportunities shaping the current and future state of work.

Learn more about Alumni Weekend at UCLA Anderson:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/alumni/alumni-weekend/reunions

#UCLAAlumni #finance #retirementplanning

Business Meets Purpose at Homeboy Industries

UCLAAnderson 2023-05-26 | Since 1988, Homeboy Industries has provided hope, training and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated men, women and youth, allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of the community. Their work has become a blueprint for over 350 organizations around the world.

Tom Vozzo, Homeboy’s CEO, told UCLA Anderson alumna Elizabeth Heredia (’19), senior manager of capacity building at REDF, how the Los Angeles-based organization focuses on healing and job training through its 10 thriving social enterprises.

Impact Week was presented in 2023 by UCLA Anderson Center for Impact, Anderson’s award-winning Net Impact MBA chapter and BioscienceLA:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/news-and-events/signature-events/impact-week

Learn more about the Center for Impact:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/centers/impactanderson

#socialimpact #DEIJ #employment

UCLA Leadership Lab #1 - The Power of Integrity

UCLAAnderson 2023-05-24 | New entering UCLA graduate students logged in from around the world to discover the Power of Integrity. Hosted by an interdisciplinary committee representing 10 graduate programs:
Anderson School of Management (EMBA, FEMBA and MFE)
David Geffen School of Medicine
Dentistry
Fielding School of Public Health
Luskin School of Social Welfare
Nursing
Theater, Film and Television

The evening was led by Adjunct Professor at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Dr. Khush Cooper, and Dylan Stafford, Assistant Dean UCLA Anderson.

Leadership Lab #2 - The Power of Authenticity may be viewed here
youtu.be/LB1jQNYUy6w

How Does Housing Affordability Affect Our Health?

UCLAAnderson 2023-05-17 | Issues of housing in California are critical to current local and statewide political debates, but they are also important to public health. Housing is a social determinant of health. In other words, where you live has consequential effects on your overall health and well-being.

According to the 2021 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), 1 in 10 adults — or 3 million people — in California had difficulty paying to keep a roof over their heads, and many also resorted to cutting back on seeking health care as a result of housing affordability.

In this webinar organized by UCLA Anderson’s Ziman Center for Real Estate, Sean Tan, author of a new UCLA Center for Health Policy Research report detailing the state of housing in California, discussed findings from the 2021 CHIS that examine the relationship between our state’s prevailing housing crisis and residents’ health.

Learn more about the UCLA Ziman Center’s Housing as Health Care initiative:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/centers/ucla-ziman-center-for-real-estate/impact-on-our-community/housing-as-health-care-initiative

#realestate #healthcare #affordablehousing

Post-Pandemic, Experts Teach Us Lessons for the Future

UCLAAnderson 2023-05-17 | COVID-19’s place in history is assured as the first pandemic of the 21st century. It left disorder and crises in its wake everywhere it struck.

In the edited volume How COVID-19 Took Over the World: Lessons for the Future, Center for Global Management visiting scholar and policy expert Christine Loh tracks the spread of COVID-19 to weave a coherent picture of how scientists learned about the virus, how authorities reacted around the world and how different societies coped. Written by a leading team of public health, policy and economics experts, with contributions by global supply chain expert and CGM faculty director Professor Chris Tang and Hong Kong-based economist Michael Edesess, the book provides an in-depth analysis of various countries’ responses to the onset of the pandemic, as well as suggestions to increase capacity and capability to fight future pandemics.

In a discussion moderated by Loh, Tang and Edesess shared insights and perspectives on the lessons we learned from a global pandemic. They provided an overview of global governance and international cooperation, discussed economic and social consequences of the outbreak, highlighted the supply chain challenges that surfaced, and examined and compared specific countries’ responses.

Learn more about the UCLA Anderson Center for Global Management’s World Today Discussion Series:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/centers/center-for-global-management/faculty-and-global-research

#supplychainmanagement #international #socioeconomics

Can We Reduce Carbon Emissions?

UCLAAnderson 2023-05-16 | Climate change challenges us to find effective ways to reduce and manage carbon emissions. A range of industry experts explored approaches to carbon management through diverse strategies that range from policy and regulation to technology and innovation.

Panel:
Marisa Hamsik, General Manager, Chevron
Dan Hopper (‘16), Director, Southern California Edison
Camly Tran, Head of Operations, CarbonBuilt
Moderator: Kelly Clark, ESG Specialist and Stakeholder Manager, UCLA Anderson Center for Impact

The 2023 Energy Innovation Conference was presented by the UCLA Anderson Energy and Cleantech Association, UCLA Anderson Center for Impact, Blue Bear Capital and Edison International under the theme Decarbonizing the Future.

Learn more about UCLA Anderson’s annual Energy Innovation Conference:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/clubs-and-associations/professional/energy-management-group-emg/energy-innovation-conference

#energy #sustainability #greenhousegasemissions

A Special Communication Class, Just For Quants

UCLAAnderson 2023-05-16 | Adjunct Professor Robert McCann has taught effective presentation and communication at various schools, including the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and UCLA Anderson School of Management. Bringing his leadership and executive coaching expertise to our Master of Financial Engineering students has changed their confidence and outlook dramatically. With a focus on repackaging complex solutions for a non-quant audience, McCann understands that solving a problem only goes halfway; selling the solution completes it. Students learn methods to distill and articulate their work, making the most of their extraordinary abilities.

“We can see gains very quickly. We videotape the students. The students practice and present every day. Our students can really use the communication skills across the different courses as they communicate complex, difficult information to a variety of audiences,” says McCann.

Learn more about the MFE curriculum here: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/master-of-financial-engineering/academics.

Creative VCs Scale Up the Cleantech Sector

UCLAAnderson 2023-05-12 | As the world increasingly shifts toward cleaner and more sustainable technologies, securing adequate funding is essential for driving innovation and growth in the cleantech sector. Venture capitalists shared their insights on various funding mechanisms available to cleantech startups and strategies for scaling up, from venture capital and private equity to government funding and public-private partnerships.

Panel:
Vaughn Blake, Partner, Blue Bear Capital
Michael Tsokur, Managing Director, Boundless Capital Partners
Anil Tammineedi (’08), Partner, Angeleno Group
Tim Arnold (’21), General Partner, Steamwork Ventures
Moderator: Adi Ravikumar (’24)

The 2023 Energy Innovation Conference was presented by the UCLA Anderson Energy and Cleantech Association, UCLA Anderson Center for Impact, Blue Bear Capital and Edison International under the theme Decarbonizing the Future.

Learn more about UCLA Anderson’s annual Energy Innovation Conference:
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/clubs-and-associations/professional/energy-management-group-emg/energy-innovation-conference

#energy #sustainability #investing