Since our charter class graduated more than 25 years ago, alumni
from the UC Davis Graduate School of Management have been making
their presence known around the world.
Our graduates are CEOs, vice presidents, chief financial
officers, chief operating officers and entrepreneurs. Around the
globe, they have taken prominent roles as international business
leaders in a wide range of industries and organizations.
Graduate School of Management alumni are actively involved in
their communities, and they make time for mentoring, advising and
assisting current students and networking with fellow graduates.
Dean’s Distinguished Speaker: John Mackey Co-founder and Co-CEO of Whole Foods Market speaks about Conscious Capitalism and Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business
John Mackey, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, has led the natural and organic grocer as it has grown from a single store in Austin, Texas, founded in 1978, to an $11 billion Fortune 300 company, and a top U.S. supermarket with more than 340 stores and 70,000 team members worldwide.
Video: Dean’s Distinguished Speaker – Sandy Weill, Former Chairman/CEO, Citigroup
"The Financial Future of Our Country"
An internationally renowned banker, financial industry leader and philanthropist with more than five decades of experience, Weill retired as CEO of Citigroup on October 1, 2003, and served as non-executive chairman until April 18, 2006. Founded 200 years ago, Citigroup is currently the third largest bank holding company in the United States by assets and has the world’s largest financial services network.
10th Annual Peer-to-Pier Networking and Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Event
Featuring Marc Onetto, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations and Customer Service at Amazon.com
“The Age of Amazon”: Having conquered the publishing and e-book business, Amazon.com has morphed into a tech titan, the dominant online megaretailer, a global digital entertainment powerhouse with the Kindle Fire tablets, music, video and cloud computing—and that’s just the beginning.With Kiva Systems robots fulfilling orders, Amazon’s warehouses are now among the world’s most advanced.A Gartner Research vice president describes Amazon.com: “They’re a new type of media com
Global Energy Industry Insights and Solutions: Dean Steven Currall Interviews Amy Jaffe, Executive Director of Energy and Sustainability
As energy policy takes center stage internationally in economics, national security and the geopolitical landscape, Dean Steven Currall poses these key questions to Amy Jaffe, executive director of energy and sustainability for the Graduate School of Management and the Institute of Transportation Studies:
Dean’s Distinguished Speaker: Anne Simpson
Senior Portfolio Manager, Investments and Director of Corporate Governance at CalPERS
Anne Simpson is the senior portfolio manager and director of corporate governance in the investment office at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. CalPERS is the largest public pension system in the United States with about $224 billion under management.The corporate governance program includes CalPERS Focus List of shareholder engagement with companies, global proxy voting, legal and regulatory reform agenda and CalPERS actively managed corporate governance investment strategy.She is leading CalPERS work to integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) across the total fund.
Rick Ridgeway talks about “Common Threads”
Vice President of Environmental Initiatives, Patagonia
Rick Ridgeway oversees Patagonia’s environmental grant making, environmental education and environmental projects including Freedom to Roam, a campaign to preserve wildlife corridors across North America.
Dean’s Distinguished Speaker
Bernard J. Tyson, President & COO, Kaiser Permanente
Bernard Tyson is president and chief operating officer of Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest not-for-profit health plan and health care provider, with annual operating revenue in excess of $42 billion. Often referred to as the model for the future of health care, Kaiser Permanente serves more than 8.8 million members, focusing on prevention, and affordable health care for the members and communities it serves through the use of evidence-based medicine and industry-leading technology. (To view the video on iPad or iPhone, click here.)
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National Security and Alternative Energy
Former CIA director turned-clean tech venture capitalist R. James Woolsey argues that U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern oil ranks “very high” as a national security concern.
A Conversation With Michael Mondavi
Michael Mondavi, founder and coach of Folio Fine Wine Partners, talks with UC Davis wine industry expert and Graduate School of Management professor Robert Smiley, about his new wine venture since the sale of his family’s legendary winery four years ago.
Wil Agatstein: Innovation in the Developing World
L. Wilton Agatstein Jr., a retired senior executive with Intel Corp., talks about his nearly three decades of global experience in the competitive high-tech arena. Agatstein was the Robert A. Fox Executive-in-Residence for the Graduate School of Management at UC Davis.
Newberry on Values-based Leadership
Stephen Newberry kicks off the Lam Research Leadership Skills Series at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management with talk on values-based leadership. He was appointed president and chief executive officer of Lam Research in June 2005. Prior to joining Lam Research in 1997, Mr. Newberry was group vice president of global operations and planning at Applied Materials, Inc.