Agenda

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Welcome Reception at the Hyatt Regency, Waterfront Room (Optional)

8:20 a.m.

Meet in Lobby for a 15-minute walk to Wharton

8:45 a.m.

Check-in, Breakfast at Wharton & Tour

9:30 a.m.

Barbara Craft,
Director of Admissions, Wharton

9:40 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

History of Wharton San Francisco

Adrian Madison Cario,
Executive Director of the Wharton San Francisco Campus

9:50 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Group Introductions

10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Adapting to Change: Program Flexibility for Executive MBA Success

Richard Waterman,
Deputy Vice Dean of Academics, Wharton

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Break

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

The Power of Video Testimonials in Story Telling

Rachel Todd,
Director, University of Oregon

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch & Group Photo

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Show Me the Money! How to Champion for Resources

Brad Vierig,
Associate Dean, MBA Programs and Executive Education, University of Utah

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Why We Age, and Why We Don’t Have To! Empowering the EMBA Health Journey

Fahim Rahim, MD, WG’24
Venture Capital Partner, Nephrology, Healthcare & Technology
Fellow American Society of Nephrology

4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Break

4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

EMBAC Board Updates

Barbara Craft,
Director of Admissions, Wharton
EMBAC Board Member

6:00 p.m.

Vino, Amici, Cucina: Italian Dinner Crafting Night

Culinary Artistas
851 Beach Street
San Francisco, CA 94109

8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Breakfast at Wharton

9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Strategies for Recruiting Diverse Students in Response to Recent Supreme Court Rulings

Marjorie DeGraca,
Executive Director, University of California, Berkeley

Panel

Anastasia Figueroa
Sr. Associate Director of MBA Admissions, University of Southern California

Shannon Bell
Executive Director of Admissions & Marketing, Executive MBA Programs, University of California, Los Angeles

Joshua Rosenthal
Assistant Dean, Graduate Business Programs, Santa Clara University

Karen Courtney
Associate Dean, Executive MBA & MSQM Programs and Global Teams, Duke University

10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

How to get Uncle Sam to help pay for your MBA – it’s all about taxes!

Gonzalo Freixes,
Associate Dean, University of California, Los Angeles

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

EMBA Excellence: Open Forum on Student Expectations, Yield, Test Fraud, Career Management, Alumni Engagement, etc

12:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks & Boxed Lunch To-Go