Top Level Executives Address Haas Community

The following is a partial list of high-level speakers who have either spoken in Haas School classes over the past year or will speak in upcoming classes this year. Entries with dates indicate an upcoming visit. Please note these classroom presentations are not open to the public, so individuals interested in attending a lecture must first secure the permission of the hosting professor.

Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Speaker Series

• Dave Olsen, senior vice president, culture and leadership development, Starbucks Coffee Company
• George Lucas, chairman of LucasFilm
• Carol Browner, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired magazine
• Max Levchin, co-founder and former chief technology officer of PayPal
• Cristina Morgan, vice chairman of Investment Banking at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Berkeley Energy & Resources Collaborative

• Steve Crowe, MBA 70, CFO, Chevron Corporation

Brand Management & Strategy, taught by Lynn Upshaw

• Tyler Johnston, chief marketing officer, Dreyer's
• Jack Calhoun, interim president, Banana Republic (speaking March 19)

Corporate Financial Management, taught by Gregory La Blanc

• Steve Bochner, partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati

Energy, Sustainability, and Business Innovation, taught by Chris Rosen and Andrew Isaacs

• Samir Kaul, founding general partner, Khosla Ventures
• Arno Harris, CEO, Recurrent Energy
• Tor Fjaeran, senior vice president for the environment, Statoil (speaking March 6)
• Jay Harman, president and CEO, and Francesca Bertone, COO, Pax Scientific (speaking April 24)

Entrepreneurship, taught by Jerome Engel and John Danner

• John Woolard, MBA 97, CEO, Bright Source Energy
• Chris Groves, CEO, Centric Software
• Manny Hernandez, CFO, Sunpower
• Howard Lester, chairman and CEO, Williams-Sonoma

Introduction to Finance, taught by Jonathan Berk

• Pat O'Dea, CEO and president, Peet's Coffee & Tea
• Ted Janus, partner and Director of Research, Palo Alto Investors

Leadership, taught by Pino Audia and Jenny Chatman

• Lisa Earnhardt, president Cardiac Surgery, Boston Scientific Corporation
• Shantanu Narayen, MBA 93, president and COO, Adobe Systems, Inc.

Management of Technology Lecture Series

• Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures (speaking March 14)
• Randy Komisar, general partner, Kleiner Perkins (speaking April 4)
• Michael Marks, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, and former CEO of Flextronics (speaking April 11)
• Mark Kvamme, general partner, Sequoia Capital (speaking May 2)
• Don Paul, chief technology officer, Chevron
• Don Proctor, senior vice president, Cisco Systems

Project Management Case Studies, taught by Jack Grantham

• Dave McCandless, Chief Information Officer, Navis (speaking April 4)

Real Estate Economics and Finance, taught by Thomas Davidoff

• Jim Konrath, CEO, Accredited Home Lenders, Inc.
• Damian Manolis, principal, Prudential Real Estate Investors (speaking March 6)
• Jeff Barcy, Chief Strategic Officer, Hearthstone (speaking April 19)

Strategic Marketing Planning, taught by J. Miguel Villas-Boas

• Marc Singer, BS 86, partner, McKinsey & Company
• Trevor Traina, MBA 96, founder & chairman, SchemaLogic Corporation
• Bernd Schlotter, MBA 96, partner, Bain & Company
• Anil Swami, partner, Accenture

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