Many West Coast students know Bernie Birt as the executive director of the MBA Program for Executives in San Francisco. This isn’t surprising, as she interviewed many of them during the admissions process. However, in addition to being an admissions committee member, she’s also the COO of Wharton San Francisco.…Read More
Having taught in Wharton’s EMBA program since the first class began in 1975, Prof. Leonard Lodish has seen plenty of changes throughout the years. In addition to teaching students, he also served as the initial vice dean of Wharton | San Francisco from 2001 through 2009, and is currently a…Read More
Prof. Jennifer Blouin joined the Wharton faculty in 2003, but taught her first MBA for Executives class in San Francisco this past summer. We asked her about her experience of teaching taxes to EMBA students, as well as her current research areas. Here’s what she said: Q. What class did…Read More
Whether they’re looking to move up within their company, make a change, or start a company, Steve Hernandez, director of career management for the EMBA program at Wharton San Francisco, takes a “holistic” approach to helping students. Q. What does your role involve as director of career management at Wharton San…Read More 
Wharton’s MBA for Executives Program is supported by four class managers. Amy Weinstein Hazen is one of our managers based in San Francisco. How long have you been a class manager? I joined the Wharton EMBA staff more than six years ago. Previously, I was working in the newspaper industry…Read More
Just two months after beginning the EMBA program at Wharton | San Francisco, Guru Hariharan started developing Boomerang Commerce Inc., a big data software-as-a-service company focused on pricing optimization. This week, the 2014 graduate is publicly launching his venture at the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference in New York City. We asked…Read More
Since graduating from Wharton | San Francisco’s EMBA program in 2012, Wendy Guthrie has transformed her career. After working for nearly 20 years in the field of college athletics — most recently as commissioner of the Northwest Conference in Seattle – she’s now a special advisor at the Federal Bureau…Read More
For the second year running, Wharton executive MBA students are bringing together a community of socially innovative thinkers who understand that what is good for society is also good for business by hosting the student-led Social Impact Conference at Wharton San Francisco on April 10, 2014. Major gaps still exist in the…Read More
Second-year Wharton | San Francisco EMBA student Zofia Wosinska Picker recently participated in a Global Modular Course (GMC) in Dubai and Abu Dhabi on Finance in the Middle East and North Africa. We asked Zofia, who is cofounder of HUNG3R in Denver, CO, to tell us about that experience. Here’s…Read More
Wharton’s Executive MBA Program is supported by four class managers. Meet Wharton San Francisco class manager Juana Droessler. What brought you to Wharton? I was enjoying some time off after retiring from SBC Communications (now AT&T), and I wasn’t thinking about my next career move. At the time, my two…Read More
While taking the course Macroeconomics and the Global Economic Environment, first-year executive MBA student Karen Chan thought her Wharton | San Francisco classmates might enjoy a tour of her organization, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. We asked Karen, a supervisory analyst, to tell us about that tour. Here’s…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
First-year Wharton | San Francisco EMBA student Pradeep Fernandes recently organized a unique tour for classmates at the Boeing Company, where he is director of product strategy. We asked him to tell us about the visit. Here’s what he said: Since I’ve been in Wharton’s EMBA program, I’ve noticed a…Read More
Prof. Michael Roberts’ research addresses questions in corporate finance. Broadly speaking, he looks at how firms make financing decisions and the implications of those decisions for firm value. In addition to his research, he teaches in Wharton’s East and West Coast EMBA program and serves as editor of the Journal…Read More
Second-year Wharton | San Francisco EMBA student Yingying Huang holds a PhD in Chemistry and is strategic marketing manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific in San Jose, CA. She recently attended a Wharton women’s event featuring alumna Beth Axelrod, W’84, senior vice president of human resources at eBay. We asked her…Read More
