Our Experts
Joanne Bethlahmy
Lecturer
Joanne Bethlahmy served as 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.
Gina Dokko
Associate Professor
Research Expertise: Organizational theory, organizational behavior, social networks, job mobility, technology and innovation
540 Alumni Lane
Room 3211
Kimberly D. Elsbach
Professor of Management
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.
540 Alumni Lane
Room 3306
John Goldberg
Lecturer
Fortune 500 manager | Top ranked MBA | Experienced faculty member
Courses taught:
Greta Hsu
Professor
Courses Taught: The Individual & Group dynamics, Managing People in High-Performance Organizations, Strategy and Structure
Jim Olson
Lecturer
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.