Beth Bechky
Stephen G. Newberry Chair in Leadership
Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Stanford University, 1999
Master of Arts (M.A.), Sociology, Stanford University 1992
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (with honors), Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University 1991
Research Expertise: Future of work, occupations and professions, collaboration.
As an organizational ethnographer, Professor Beth Bechky’s research reveals the technical complexity of the modern workplace. Bechky’s recent book, Blood, Powder and Residue: How Crime Labs Translate Evidence into Proof, has just been published by Princeton University Press
Meredith Roberts
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), UC Davis, 2022
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Entomology, UC Davis, 2012
Kayla Stajkovic
Visiting Professor
Ph.D., Organizational Behavior, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2018
Areas of Expertise
Accounting, Management & Organizations
Kayla' Stajkovic's research focuses on gender and leadership, confidence, and goals – areas of inquiry in Organizational Behavior. She has used a multitude of designs and analyses (e.g., laboratory and field experiments, ANOVA, ANCOVA, Structural Equation Modeling, and Meta-Analysis). Her program of research has been reported in 13 publications (7 journal articles, 3 books, 2 online chapters, 1 AoM proceeding). She has co-authored with leading researchers in the
Monica Camarena
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), UC Davis Graduate School of Management, 2020
Kevin Mello
Lecturer
Master of Education (M.Ed.), Johns Hopkins University, 2020
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Arizona State University, 2008
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Accounting, Santa Clara University, 1996
For nearly two decades, Kevin Mello has had the honor of teaching accounting, finance, and management courses to college students. Mello's educational philosophy includes purposeful and effective integration of technology into his teaching and learning process. He also employs differentiated instruction to address the varying preferred learning styles and abilities of his students. Mello's
Horacio Enriquez
Lecturer
Master of Science (M.S.), Engineering Management and Leadership, Santa Clara University, 2004
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering, Santa Clara University, 1997
Research Expertise
Supply chain digitalization, supply chain risk and resiliency, supplier relationship management, FDA, ISO 13485:2016, and MDSAP regulations
Areas of Expertise
Business analytics, operations management, management & organizations, technology management
Horacio Enriquez is a dynamic and innovative operations management expert, inventor, entrepreneur, speaker, advisor and executive with over 25 years of
Kari Heidrick
Assistant Director, Master of Professional Accountancy
Kari Heidrick has been with UC Davis for over two decades, including 14 years as a program representative at UC Davis Professional and Continuing Education, Business and Leadership Department, and seven years as the business development manager with Conference and Event Services. Most recently, Heidrick joined the Graduate School of Management (GSM) as the Assistant Director of the Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc).
She has extensive experience managing programs and planning events and loves working with students, faculty, and colleagues across campus. Kari is responsible for working
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
Analytics and technology professional at the intersection of business, data science and technology with 15+ years of industry experience driving supply chain innovation and transformation. Ph.D. holder, experienced in building data science teams to define business
JD Schramm
Lecturer
Ed.D. (Doctorate of Education), Higher Education Leadership, University of Pennsylvania, 2012.
JD Schramm joined the UC Davis Graduate School of Management after more than 20 years of teaching graduate-level courses at Stanford, Columbia, and NYU. His focus in communication management is to mentor and support leaders in defining and then sharing the difficult stories which need to be told.
Schramm holds his Ed.D. in higher education leadership from the University of Pennsylvania, his MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business, and his BFA in theater from Emporia State University in Kansas. In
Derek Thomas
Lecturer
Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc), Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), University of California, Davis
Vanessa Errecarte
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing Emphasis, UC Davis Graduate School of Management, 2014
Master of Arts (M.A.), Communication, Mass Communication Emphasis, University of the Pacific, 2007
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communication, University of California, Davis, 2004
Vanessa Errecarte is one of the top marketing consultants in Northern California with two decades of experience helping businesses reach their growth goals. Unique in her commitment and ability to create and customize campaigns for small to medium businesses and non-profits, she enables them to be competitive in a
John Werlhof
Lecturer
Master of Accountancy (MAcc), Brigham Young University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Brigham Young University, summa cum laude
John Werlhof is a Principal in the National Tax Office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (CLA), the eighth largest CPA firm in the country. Werlhof provides tax research and planning services to privately held businesses and their owners and has expertise in business acquisitions, dispositions, financings, and restructurings. He works with clients in a variety of industries, including real estate, construction, manufacturing, technology, and investment funds.
James Stevens
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Michigan Ross School of Business
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), American University
James Stevens is a lecturer in the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, teaching organizational behavior courses in the MBA program and leadership courses in Executive Education. He brings his more than two decades of leadership and senior management experience into the classroom. That experience includes leading diverse and successful teams, launching new programs and developing compelling curricula.
For 15 years, he served as senior assistant dean of
Jane Harrington
Lecturer
J.D., U.C. Davis, 2007
Master of Arts (M.A.) Organization Development, Sonoma State University, 2013
Master of Arts (M.A.) Educational Technology, 2002
Jane Harrington is a trusted executive coach, organization development practitioner, educator, and attorney. She draws on her diverse experience in tech, law, health, education, media, and government. Her clients include entrepreneurs and organizations, large and small, private and public sector.
As an attorney, she advised on complex matters including employment, civil rights, contracts, public accountability and more. But in that work, she
Justin B. Siegel, Ph.D.
Arthur and Carlyse Ciocca Visiting Professor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Justin Siegel is an associate professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at the UC Davis Genome Center. He received his B.S. in Biochemistry from UC Davis in 2005 and his Ph.D. in Biomolecular Structure and Design from the University of Washington in 2011, after which he returned to UC Davis to begin his research lab.
His scientific focus in the design and discovery of enzymes of interest to modern society. Through strong industrial and cross-disciplinary collaborations. Siegel has engineered enzymes for a wide range of applications, including therapeutics development
Gary Lew
Lecturer
Gary Lew is currently lecturing in finance, management and accounting at the University of California Davis, Graduate School of Management; St. Mary's College and Holy Names University and advises and consults in the aviation finance industry as the founder of Capitola Partners.
Previously a principal and executive vice president of finance and capital markets at Vx Capital Partners from 2002 to 2020, Lew was part of the founding team at Vx Capital Partners as its first employee and has over 20 years of experience in asset finance and investment management. He led corporate finance, capital
Sophie Linnett
Lecturer
Sophie Linnett received her MBA from UC Davis Graduate School of Management with a focus in operations and strategy. After graduating from Columbia University with a B.A. in Classics, Linnett founded an educational services company that helps students access opportunities in higher education. Students of Linnet's program have earned over three million dollars in scholarship funds. For fun, Sophie enjoys hiking in her hometown of Oakland and playing pub trivia.
Emma O'Rourke-Powell
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration, UC Davis
Professional Coaching for Life & Work Certificate, UC Davis Extension
Emma O'Rourke-Powell teaches Negotiations in Organizations as well as Articulation and Critical Thinking. A proud alumna of the full-time MBA program, Emma is delighted to stay involved with the GSM community through teaching in the evening. She works for Johns Hopkins University, as the Associate Director for Hire Hopkins. Emma proudly serves as a Utilities Commissioner for the City of Davis. You can often find her biking through Davis, emphatically gesturing at automobiles.
William Leo Cron
Visiting Faculty
Research Expertise
Marketing, Sales & Sales Management, Channels of Distribution, Health Care
William Cron is Visiting Professor at the University of California-Davis; Guest Professor at Ruhr University - Bochum, Germany, and Professor Emeritus at the M. J. Neeley School of Business. During his 17 years at TCU, he has served as Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, the Deputy for Faculty Research at the Neeley School of Business and was the J. Vaughn and Evelyne H. Wilson Professor in Business. Professor Cron received a BSBA from Xavier University in Cincinnati and MBA and DBA from
Heather Whiteman
Lecturer
Ph.D., Human Capital Management, Bellevue University
Heather Whiteman, Ph.D. is an expert in People Analytics, Talent Transformation, and the Future of Work. Whiteman teaches business and data courses at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management as well as People Analytics at UC Berkeley Haas and UC San Diego Rady. She also serves as a Future Workplace Fellow and as a board advisor to organizations focused on using people data for good. She has held executive roles leading People Analytics, Talent Management, Learning & Development, HR Operations and HR Technology at companies like General