Andrea Ellinghouse MBA 20

Professional Experience:

  • Director of Strategic Programs, Sacramento Metro Chamber Foundation
  • Field Marketing Manager, PernixData

Student Leadership and Experience:

  • UC Davis Sacramento MBA Ambassador
  • Metro EDGE member

Previous degree and university attended:

  • Double major, Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Minor in Education, UC Davis

Fun facts:

  • Travel/adventurer
  • Chihuahua enthusiast

$1 Mil. NSF Grant Funds Partnerships with Hispanic Serving Institutions

First federally funded HSI grant to UC Davis for research and teaching STEM, and a step toward HSI designation. Two National Science Foundation grants are expected to help UC Davis and other institutions increase the number of underrepresented science and engineering students who will contribute to the future STEM workforce nationwide. Among the funding is UC Davis' first federally funded HSI grant.

Directors' Student Advisory Committee

The Directors' Student Advisory Committee members are integral partners in the UC Davis MSBA. Their leadership represents the student voice and serves to galvanize the class through a variety of initiatives covering curriculum, careers, community and care. DSAC members also lead the annual MSBA signature event, which brings students together to use their analytical knowledge to create meaningful insights that can drive decision making via an extended competition or hackathon.

Michelle Jacobs

HR Generalist

Michelle Jacobs serves as the HR Generalist for GSM.  Responsible for the full scope of HR programs: recruitment, staff orientation/on-boarding and off-boarding, performance management, employee and labor relations, leave management, training and development, merits, appraisals, and personnel/payroll actions.