On Jan. 15, we’ll be hosting a special Diversity Night in Los Angeles where a panel of students and alumni will speak candidly about their experiences at Wharton. We asked alumna Marla Bleavins, WG’12, assistant general manager of the Convention and Tourism Development Department for the City of Los Angeles,…Read More
Wharton San Francisco second-year EMBA student Rel Lavizzo-Mourey recently launched her luxury outerwear company called Silver Lining on Kickstarter. More than half-way to her fundraising goal, we asked Rel to tell us more about her “double bottom line” venture and how her Wharton experience is helping her build her business.…Read More
From the minute students arrive on campus in San Francisco or Philadelphia, their Wharton weekend is jam packed with classes and activities. Each weekend varies, but here is what a recent Wharton San Francisco weekend for first-year EMBA students looked like: Welcome Back: Friday, 8:00am While many students arrive on…Read More
Sam Kherani brings a somewhat unique background to the MBA for Executives program at Wharton | San Francisco. At 57, he’s a native of Uganda and practicing dentist in Vancouver with big plans to launch a continuing education business in the dental field. As an entrepreneur and dentist, Sam…Read More
Second-year EMBA student Jessica Ross, managing director of cost transformation at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals in Oakland, CA, is looking forward to our inaugural Diversity Night at Wharton San Francisco on Nov. 20. In addition to serving as a panelist with other students and alumni, she says she’s…Read More
Wharton | San Francisco MBA for executives student Jessica Ross recently returned from her International Trip to South Africa. We asked the managing director of cost transformation at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals to tell us more about her experience on the trip. Here’s what she said: We were…Read More
This year, second-year executive MBA students had four options for their International Trip: Indonesia, South Africa, Spain, and San Francisco. Raj Bharti, a student at Wharton | San Francisco and managing principal of Collaborate Consulting in Seattle, WA, said his international trip to Spain was “amazing.” Having recently returned…Read More
Kristal Dehnad juggled a lot during her time at WhartonSan Francisco. In addition to being promoted from director of charitable trusts to managing director of partner relations and programs at Stanford University, she also co-chaired Wharton’s Social Impact Conference and took a Global Modular Course on Conflict, Leadership and Change in Rwanda.…Read More 
Matt Boehm, an active duty Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, was on his way to attending another business school to earn his MBA when he took the recommendation to visit Wharton’s San Francisco campus. We talked to Matt about what changed his mind. Hear more about his executive MBA applicant…Read More
When you think of Wharton, you might not immediately think of the gaming industry, but first-year Wharton San Francisco Executive MBA Program student Joshua Kanter says that it’s a great fit. The senior vice president of revenue acceleration at Caesars in Las Vegas explains that while gaming is a unique…Read More
Wharton was a sponsor of this year’s Tech Crunch Disrupt Conference. Several executive MBA and full-time MBA students attended, along with alumni and staff. A few EMBA students share highlights from the event. Pav Dharwarkar, a first-year EMBA student in San Francisco, is founder of Cadenza Capital Management in Los…Read More
