The Dean’s Speaker Series is the highest profile speaker series at Berkeley Haas. Bringing in a diverse mix of preeminent business leaders, the series provides the Haas community with insightful perspectives on effective leadership and opportunities for thought-provoking discussions.
Upcoming Speakers
Shantanu Narayen, MBA 93
Chairman, President & CEO, Adobe
Wednesday, September 30
4-5pm
Rosie Rios
Former Treasurer of the United States
Tuesday, October 6
12:30-1:30pm
Co-sponsored by Goldman School of Public Policy and Haas LatinX Business Club
Muhammad Yunus
Founder, Grameen Bank & Nobel Laureate
Thursday, October 15
8-8:45pm
In conversation with Alex Budak
Co-sponsored by “Becoming a Changemaker”
Jeff McDermott
Managing Partner, Greentech Capital Advisors
Tuesday, November 10
12:30-1:30pm
Chip Bergh
President & CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.
Tuesday, December 1
5-6pm
Co-sponsored by the Center for Responsible Business
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Registration is required for all Dean’s Speaker Series events. Registration typically opens 7-10 days before an event, and a link will be posted on this page. These events are free, with priority registration given to students, staff, faculty, and invited guests of the Haas School of Business.
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Recent Speakers
Scott Galloway, MBA 92
Professor of Marketing, NYU Stern
“Thriving Amidst Adversity”
In conversation with Johanna Lewis, MBA 21 and Geoffrey Easterling, MBA 21
Co-sponsored by the FTMBA 2021 MBAA
Brad Smith
President, Microsoft
“Leading in Times of Crisis”
A conversation with Alexa Koenig, Executive Director, UC Berkeley Human Rights Center
Co-sponsored by the Center for Responsible Business
Looking forward: How can we safely open the economy?
Panel of Faculty Moderated by Dan Mogulof, UC Berkeley Assistant Vice Chancellor, Public Affairs:
- David I. Levine, Haas School of Business, Economic Analysis & Policy
- Maya L. Peterson, School of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Jennifer A. Chatman, Haas School of Business, Management of Organizations
- Jonathan Kolstad, Haas School of Business, Economic Analysis & Policy and Economics Department
Thomas Philippon
Professor of Finance, NYU Stern
The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets
Past Speakers
- Ann Harrison, Bank of America Dean, Haas School of Business (February 5) watch
- Laurene Powell Jobs, Founder and President of Emerson Collective, First Annual Chris Boskin Deans’ Speaker Series in Business and Journalism (February 7)
- David Aaker, Haas Professor, Emeritus, Marketing & Public Policy; Vice Chairman, Prophet (March 5) watch
- Jonathan Johnson, President, Medici Ventures (April 10) watch
- Sadhguru, Founder, Isha Foundation (May 1) watch
- Weijan Shan, Chairman and CEO, PAG (August 20) watch
- Arlan Hamilton, Founder and Managing Partner, Backstage Capital Co-sponsored by Q@Haas (September 17) watch
- Tony Prophet, Chief Equality Officer, Salesforce Co-sponsored by AmpEquity Speaker Series (October 1)
- April Underwood, MBA ’07, Founding Partner, #ANGELS Co-sponsored by A. Richard Newton Series (October 22) watch
- How Media Has Affected the Culture, Clout & Climate of the Sports Business, 2nd Annual Chris Boskin Deans’ Speaker Series in Business and Journalism (November 14)
- James O’Toole, Professor Emeritus at USC’s Marshall School of Business Co-sponsored by Peterson Speaker Series (November 20) watch
- John Riccitiello, BS 81, Chairman & CEO, Unity Technologies (February 1) watch
- David Aaker, Haas Professor, Emeritus, Marketing & Public Policy; Vice Chairman, Prophet (February 20) watch
- Michael Mikel, Founding Board Member, Burning Man Project Co-sponsored by the Haas Net Impact Club and the Institute of Business and Social Impact (March 12) watch
- Jonathan Haidt, Professor of Ethical Leadership, NYU Stern School of Business Co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science and the Haas Institute of Business and Social Impact (April 4)
- Ian Lee, MBA 10, General Partner, Digital Asset Investment and Executive in Residence, IDEO (April 10) watch
- Kai-Fu Lee, Chairman & CEO, Sinovation Ventures Co-sponsored by the CITRIS Research Exchange (September 26) watch
- Eddie Hartwig, Deputy Administrator, US Digital Service (October 4) watch
- Roger Ferguson, President & CEO, TIAA (October 18) watch
- Margo Alexander, BS 68, Chair Emeritus, Acumen Co-sponsored by the Institute for Business and Social Impact (November 5) watch
- Vincent Stanley, Director of Philosophy (aka Chief Storyteller), Patagonia Co-sponsored by The Peterson Speaker Series, Berkeley Haas Center for Responsible Business (February 2) watch
- Chris Larsen, Chairman, former CEO and Co-founder, Ripple (February 7) watch
- Anne Bakar, President & CEO, Telecare Corporation (March 16) watch
- David Aaker, Haas Professor, Emeritus, Marketing & Public Policy; Vice Chairman, Prophet (April 11) watch
- John Chambers, Executive Chairman and Former CEO, Cisco (September 20) watch
- Utilizing Technology to Protect Freedom of Expression, Panel discussion featuring Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations, Brad Smith, President & Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft, and moderated by Alexa Koenig, Executive Director, Human Rights Center at Berkeley Law Co-sponsored with Peterson Speaker Series & Human Rights Center at Berkeley Law (September 28) watch
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Jonathan Bush, CEO and Co-founder, athenahealth (October 4) watch
- Carol Christ, Chancellor, UC Berkeley
In Conversation with Dean Rich Lyons (October 12) watch -
Diane Bryant, Group President, Intel In Conversation with Dean Rich Lyons (November 9) watch
- Eleni Kounalakis, Former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary (February 4) watch
- David Aaker, E.T. Grether Professor Emeritus of Marketing and Public Policy (February 24) watch
- Dr. Robert Lustig M.D., Founder, Institute for Responsible Nutrition and Pediatric Endocrinologist, UC San Francisco (February 29) watch
- Danae Ringelmann , Founder and Chief Development Officer, Indiegogo (March 3) watch
- Ursula von der Leyen, Minister of Defense, Germany (March 10) watch
- Scott Galloway MBA 92, Founder and Chairman, L2 inc., and Clinical Professor, NYU Stern School of Business (April 13) watch
- Deborah Hopkins, Chief Innovation Officer, Citigroup and CEO, Citi Ventures (September 8) watch
- Bob Shanks, EVP and CFO, Ford Motor Company (September 28) watch
- Brexit: What Next? – Panel discussion moderated by Maria Carkovic, Exec. Dir., Clausen Center, featuring Berkeley Haas Prof. Andy Rose; UC Berkeley Profs. Barry Eichengreen and Gerard Roland; and SF Federal Reserve’s Galina Hale (September 29) watch
- Christie Smith, Managing Principal, Deloitte University Leadership Center for Inclusion (October 13) watch
- Joann Lublin, Management News Editor, Wall Street Journal & Author, “Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World” (November 14) watch
- Rosalind Brewer, President and CEO, Sam’s Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc (November 29)
- Gabriel Stricker, Chief Communications Officer, Twitter (February 18) watch
- Bengt Baron, CEO, Cloetta (March 5) watch
- Lisa Perez Jackson, Vice President of Environmental Initiatives, Apple (March 12) watch
- Ed Catmull , President, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios (March 19) watch
- David Aaker, E.T. Grether Professor Emeritus of Marketing and Public Policy (April 1) watch
- Shang-Jin Wei, Chief Economist (April 13) watch
- Al Gore, Former Vice President of the United States (April 29) watch
- Kevin Roberts, Executive Chairman, Saatchi & Saatchi (September 8) watch
- Dr. Steven Chu, Former Secretary of Energy and Nobel Laureate (September 11) watch
- Pete Flint, Co-founder, Trulia and Board Member, Zillow Group (September 24) watch
- Putting a Woman on the Ten-Dollar Bill and Closing the Gender Gap in Finance – Panel discussion featuring Rosie Rios, Treasurer of the United States, Julie Bell BS 97, CFO, Tea Collection, Larissa Roesch MBA 97, Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Dodge & Cox, Morgana Davids MBA 16, Sydney Thomas MBA 16, and Rachel Park MBA/MPH 16 (September 28) watch
- Mitch Kapor, Founder, Lotus Development Corporation, Kapor Capital, and Kapor Center for Social Impact (October 5) watch
- Rick Welts, President and Chief Operating Officer, Golden State Warriors (October 13) watch
- Sustainable Food Entrepreneurship – Panel discussion with Will Rosenzweig (moderator), Dean and Director of the Food Business School, Alice Waters , Food Activist, Author, and Founder, Head Chef, and Owner at Chez Panisse and Claus Meyer, Entrepreneur, Professional Chef, and Co-founder of Noma (October 29) watch
- Joy Chen BS 87, Chairman and CEO, H2O Plus (November 4) watch
