Orange County Chapter

Berkeley-Haas Alumni Network

Events

We host a variety of social and professional events for Berkeley-Haas alumni living in the greater Orange County area. We also network with other business school alumni groups to foster greater interaction between business school professionals of all ages and careers.

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About Us

Our mission is to create a strong, lifelong connection to Berkeley-Haas by building a community of engaged alumni in Orange County.

We hold a Chapter board meeting at 6:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month at Young Company in Laguna Beach. Please contact Bart Young, MBA 76, at 949-376-8404 if you are interested in joining our board or participating in upcoming events.

To reach us, or to be added to our event mailing list, email us or subscribe to our chapter email list.

OC Chapter Board

Current Board Members

Name Position Title Company
Bart Young, MBA 76 President CEO Young Company
John Bernard, MBA 83 VP Treasurer Dir. Acquisitions KDF Communities
Marty Kanselbaum, MBA 77 Director Principle Vector Realty
Gary Newton, MBA 75 Director Angel Newton Portfolio
Megan Tobin, BS 91 Director President Time2Market
Ethan Namvar, MFE 05 Director CIO Centricity Financial, LLC
Gail Spencer, BS 83 Director Dir. Marketing Advance Storage Products
Bruce Dos Santos, MBA 12 Director Project Mgr. Santa Ana Unified School District
Sid Majahan, BS 12 Director Finance MillerCoors

Berkeley-Haas News

How Himalayan Mountain Climbers Teach Us How to Work Better Together
Five decades of Himalayan treks show how collectivism operates in diverse groups By studying climbers summiting Mount Everest, Professor Jennifer Chatman learned when collectivism works, and when it can be deadly. Cooperation is valued as a key attribute of successful groups, encouraging cohesion among diverse members. But Chatman discovered that [...]
Wed, Sep 14, 2016
Source: Berkeley-Haas News
Adjusting for Adjuncts
Jay Stowsky, senior assistant dean for instruction, spoke to BizEd about the increasingly important role adjunct faculty play in business schools. Haas Lecturers Wasim Azhar and Frank Schultz also added their perspectives in this issue. Source: BizEd MagazineSource URL: http://www.bizedmagazine.com/archives/2016/5/features/adjusting-for-adjunctsImage: [...]
Wed, Sep 14, 2016
Source: Berkeley-Haas News
Haas in the Headlines
KTVU (Fox)Wells Fargo Fined $185 million for improper account openingsSept. 9Jennifer Chatman, Paul J. Cortese Distinguished Professor of Management, says Wells Fargo's illegal opening of millions of unauthorized accounts indicates that there are problems with the company's corporate culture. FortuneSept. 8These two universities have graduated the most venture capital-funded female startup [...]
Tue, Sep 13, 2016
Source: Berkeley-Haas News
Berkeley-Haas Leading $3.1M Entrepreneurship Grant for Students
NSF grant
The Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship Program (BHEP) and UC Berkeley Engineering have won a five-year $3.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to train and support entrepreneurs. UC Berkeley is one of seven Innovation Corps "nodes" across the US that are supporting commercializing science and technology. UC Berkeley is serving as lead [...]
Mon, Sep 12, 2016
Source: Berkeley-Haas News

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