Noah Gallo

Student Representative: 2022-23 Action for Diversity Committee

Lucia Saldivar MBA 23

Sacramento Part-Time MBA

I chose UC Davis because of the tight-knit community, the access to an incredible network in Northern California, and because the program allowed me the flexibility that I needed.

Student Leadership and Experience

  • Women in Leadership
  • Latinx Student Association

Previous Degrees(s) and School(s)

  • Bachelors, Political Science, Barnard College of Columbia University

Guru Pundoor

Lecturer

Ph.D., Management Science, R.H. Smith School of Business (2005), University of Maryland, College Park
Master of Science (M.S.), Systems Engineering, Institute for Systems Research (2002), University of Maryland, College Park
Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (2000), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India

Startup of the Month: INN>CHRG

Online MBA alumnus and Big Bang Business Competition winner featured

Online MBA alumnus Angel Melchor's new venture INN>CHG recently won our Big Bang! Business Competition as the Yolo County-based startup builds an Airbnb-like service to eliminate range anxiety for electric vehicle drivers. 

Show Me the Money

“Even though it’s called the VC market, more and more of that money is not from VC investors,” says Ayako Yasuda, professor of finance at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management and Research Fellow of the Private Equity Research Consortium. “That’s something we’ve never seen before.”

Francesca Ross

Event Specialist

Francesca Ross is responsible for the planning & implementation of executive education programs, academic conferences and events school-wide. Before joining GSM she previously supported UC Davis College of Engineering. Ross earned her B.A. in Psychology from UC Davis.

Ghazanfar Alvi MBA 24

Sacramento Part-Time MBA Ambassador

I received my bachelor's from UCD and it was a great experience. While looking for a school to get my MBA, UC Davis was really helpful and caring during the process which led me to choose UC Davis.