Lecturer | Executive Director, UC Berkeley Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Berkeley Changemaker
Management of Organizations
Leadership & change expert | Co-creator of Berkeley Changemaker™
About
Laura Hassner is a professional faculty member at at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, and is the Executive Director of UC Berkeley’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Berkeley Changemaker. Hassner co-created and co-leads the Berkeley Changemaker (opens in a new tab)™ at UC Berkeley. The Berkeley Changemaker’s identity-making curriculum activates undergraduates’ passions and helps them develop a sharper sense of who they want to be and how to make that happen. Hassner also teaches in the Berkeley Changemaker suite of courses, including the gateway course “The Berkeley Changemaker” and “Berkeley Changemaker: Living with Agency.” Read More
Prior to Berkeley Haas, Hassner led innovation for a national nonprofit as a member of its founding team. Previously, as a Big Five consultant, Hassner was a financial advisor to publicly-traded and privately-owned businesses in the $100 million through billion dollar market segment.
She holds a BA, with honors, from Stanford University and an MBA, with honors, from Berkeley Haas.
Expertise and Research Interests
- Leadership & Communications
- Product and Program Design
- Cross-Sector Collaboration
- Project Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Strategic Planning
- Innovation
- Marketing
At Haas since 2019
- 2019 – present, Lecturer, Haas School of Business
- 2019 – present, Strategic Advisor to Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer, University of California, Berkeley
- 2020, Lecturer, Fall Program for Freshmen, University Extension, University of California, Berkeley
- English
- Spanish
Beyond Yourself Award, Berkeley Haas
Firestone Medal for Excellence in Research, Stanford University
- Berkeley Changemaker: Living with Agency, UGBA 157
- The Berkeley Changemaker, UGBA C12 and Letters & Sciences C12
- The Berkeley Changemaker: A Discovery Experience, Fall Program for Freshmen, XL&S C12