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Mirroring our “concept and practicality” philosophy, UC Davis Executive Education draws on the best and the brightest to lead Custom Program participants in the classroom.

Our instructors are selected from OUR world-renowned UC DAVIS faculty and high-profile industry leaders

These thought leaders are our “feet on the street,” giving participants real-world application and context. Our instructors are selected based on relevance; our goal is to provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to be successful in today’s challenging business landscape. Below you’ll find highlighted faculty and industry leaders who have led custom and open-enrollment programs.

Executive Education

Our Experts

Faculty Profile
Ashwin Aravindakshan

Ashwin Aravindakshan
Associate Professor

Marketing Ph.D., University of Maryland

Research Expertise: Advertising allocation models, direct to consumer marketing, dynamics of customer behavior and loyalty, time series analysis in marketing, dynamic advertising models, and spatiotemporal models

Gallagher Hall
540 Alumni Lane
Room 3312
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(530) 752-5767
(530) 752-2924 Fax
Office hrs: 3-5pm, Tuesdays
aaravind[remove-this-and-replace-with-at]ucdavis.edu
Faculty Profile
Joanne Bethlahmy

Joanne Bethlahmy
Lecturer

J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the LawMBA, UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business

 Joanne Bethlahmy was named the 2017 Robert A. Fox Executive-in-Residence.

A UC Davis alumna with 30 years of management consulting and marketing management experience, Bethlahmy has worked with large and small companies in consumer products goods, retail and technology on growth strategies, digital innovation and new product development.

Office hrs: By appointment
jrbethlahmy[remove-this-and-replace-with-at]ucdavis.edu
Faculty Profile
Kimberly D. Elsbach

Kimberly D. Elsbach
Professor of Management

Stephen G. Newberry Endowed Chair in Leadership
Ph.D., Stanford University

Research Expertise: Leadership in organizations, perception and management of individual and organizational images, identities and reputations, especially images of legitimacy, trustworthiness and creativity

Courses Taught: The Individual & Group Dynamics, Negotiation in Organizations, Business Policy and Strategy

Fast Facts:

  • International Research Fellow, Centre for Corporate Reputation, Oxford University
  • NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative and National Champion Masters Swimmer
  • Past UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellow
  • Globally visible expert in organizational behavior

Professor Kimberly Elsbach focuses her research on the acquisition and maintenance of organizational images, and identities and reputations, especially images of legitimacy, trustworthiness and creativity. She also teaches and studies negotiation skills in competitive business environments. Her research provides a framework for communicating with shareholders, customers and employees in the immediacy of a reputation crisis and through long-term recovery. In papers published in the Harvard Business Review and the Academy of Management Journal, Elsbach showed how Hollywood movie and television producers judge the creativity of people pitching story ideas.

Gallagher Hall
540 Alumni Lane
Room 3306
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(530) 752-0910
(530) 752-2924 Fax
Office hrs: 3:00pm-5:00pm, Mondays
kdelsbach[remove-this-and-replace-with-at]ucdavis.edu
Faculty Profile
Jim Olson

Jim Olson
Lecturer

Founder and CEO - WestShore Management GroupMBA, Santa Clara University

Courses Taught: Teams and Technology, Negotiations, and Technology Management.

Jim Olson founded the WestShore Management Group in April 2007, continuing a distinguished career after leading several high technology businesses for two Fortune companies and serving for nine years as CEO of SkyStream Networks, the top rated IPTV video head-end provider worldwide. WestShore Management Group provides Interim CEO, corporate consulting, and executive development services for both public, and private, venture-financed companies.

jimolson[remove-this-and-replace-with-at]ucdavis.edu
Faculty Profile
Kay Peters

Kay Peters
Visiting Assistant Professor

Lecturers and Visiting Faculty Ph.D., Christian-Albrechts-University

Courses Taught: International Marketing

Kay Peters is the founder and CEO of DMC Dialogmarketing Consulting GmbH and previously founded and sold a company. He worked at Accenture as a specialist for marketing strategy in the Telecommunications & eCommerce Sector. He also worked as marketing-controller for BASF AG in Caracas, Venezuela.

Peters received his Ph.D and MBA from Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, Germany.

kpeters[remove-this-and-replace-with-at]ucdavis.edu
Faculty Profile
Hollis Skaife

Hollis Skaife
Professor

Accounting Ph.D., University of Iowa

Research Expertise: International financial reporting issues and corporate governance, including the role of internal control and auditing in the development of high quality financial information.

A former practicing Certified Public Accounting (CPA), Hollis Skaife earned her master’s and Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Iowa. She has taught various accounting courses at the undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. levels and currently teaches financial accounting to Master of Professional Accountancy and MBA students.

Gallagher Hall
Rm 3304
Davis, CA
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haskaife[remove-this-and-replace-with-at]ucdavis.edu

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