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With a commitment to creating the next generation of leaders, UCLA Anderson is primed to achieve impact around the world. Whether impact is delivered through technology, health care innovation, climate and sustainability initiatives, educational infrastructure, private enterprise or policy changes, each of these contributions is amplified through managerial effectiveness and cutting-edge research.

The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) and the Anderson School of Management is searching for a Post-Doctoral student to conduct behavioral science research with Professor Magali Delmas and other UCLA professors.

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Advisory Board Members
 
Eric Esrailian MD, MPH, Gastroenterology

Chief, Vatche & Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
Director, Melvin & Bren Simon Digestive Diseases Center
Lincy Foundation Chair in Clinical Gastroenterology
Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Eric Esrailian is an Emmy-nominated film producer, investor, entrepreneur, and physician. Most notably, he produced “The Promise” by Terry George, starring Oscar Isaac and Christian Bale. He also produced the educational companion documentary “Intent to Destroy” with Joe Berlinger, which was nominated for an Outstanding Historical Documentary Emmy. These films, and the accompanying social impact campaigns, drew unprecedented attention to the Armenian Genocide, contributed to U.S. government recognition of the historical facts and led to the creation of The Promise Institute for Human Rights and The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA. In 2019, Esrailian and his partners at Forgotten Man Films launched SOMM TV, a new streaming service with original series, films and master classes dedicated to wine and food. He also recently produced “Francesco” about Pope Francis’ efforts to deal with some of the biggest crises facing the world.

He is also a physician and actively involved in the leadership of several other philanthropic organizations within UCLA and outside of the university including the Board of Directors of the Hammer Museum, the Board of Governors of the Motion Picture & Television Fund, the Board of Trustees of The Center for Early Education, the Executive Board of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, and the Board of Directors for XPRIZE. He will be profiled in the upcoming book “100 Making a Difference” with other influencers and philanthropists making a difference in the world. In 2017, the university designated Dr. Esrailian as a UCLA Optimist -- among its notable alumni and faculty dedicated to solving the world's problems.

Asha Joshi (’85)
CFA, Managing Principal, Payden & Rygel

Asha Joshi is a Managing Director at Payden & Rygel, a global investment firm headquartered in Downtown Los Angeles, which she joined in 1994.  Asha is a member of the firm’s Investment Policy committee and board of directors. She is a Senior Portfolio Manager serving institutional clients including public plans, corporations, universities and endowments. She also chairs the firm’s Best Execution Committee.

Prior to that, Asha was vice president, Capital Markets, at two major banks where she traded derivatives and managed the bank’s derivatives portfolio and advised clients on the use of derivatives for risk management.

Asha recently served as Chair on the board of the California Council on Economic Education. She currently serves on the Advisory Board of UCLA Anderson’s Social Impact Center. Asha is a past president of the CFA® Society of Los Angeles and a member of the CFA® Institute.

Asha earned an MBA with an emphasis in finance from UCLA, and an MA degree, also from UCLA, when she was a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Fellow. She received an undergraduate degree with the highest honors from Bangalore University in India.

Lance Miller (’70)
Former President, Westhill Management
Scot Rank (’89)
Former CEO of Grupo Industrial Lala and Walmart Mexico and Central America

Scot Rank is a CEO with 36 years of experience in consumer products, retailing and management consulting.

Most recently, Rank led the transformation and international expansion of Grupo Lala, a diversified dairy company based in Mexico, where he introduced an ESG Sustainability program including the reduction of water usage, launch of the first 100% certified organic link of milk, and the first solar energy installation and conversion to get to approximately 40% “clean” energy use. Prior to Grupo Lala, Rank was the President and CEO of Walmart in Mexico and Central America, commonly known as “Walmex.” Walmex represented (in 2018) sales of $32B, with 234k employees and 49k supppliers, also with 3259
Dilip Wagle (’91)

Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc.

Dilip Wagle is a Senior Partner in McKinsey & Company’s Seattle office. Over his 23 years with the Firm, he has led McKinsey’s strategy practice for the West Coast and McKinsey’s overall digital strategy efforts. Dilip’s primary focus is on strategy and sales and marketing for technology providers including hardware vendors, software players, media and entertainment technology providers, IT services vendors and office automation equipment players.

Recent engagements have included developing the overall services strategy and operating model for a diversified software vendor, working with a global set-top-box provider to create and implement its platform and technology strategy, and helping a global technology provider to sell solutions and establish platforms with network service providers. On the organization and operations front, Dilip's client contributions include building the underlying operating model for delivering software as a service for a global software vendor and developing a talent-identification and management architecture for a multinational software provider.

Dilip holds an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School, an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin where he was a Rotary International Scholar, and a B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Before joining McKinsey, Dilip worked at Microsoft for 5 years in various product marketing roles.

Dilip sits on Board of Trustees of Overlake Hospital and Medical Centers in Bellevue and is a board member of Building Changes, a Seattle-based organization fighting homelessness in Seattle and Washington State. He was on the board of the local affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation for the fight against breast cancer from 2012 to 2018.

You'll have questions. We'll have the answers.
 
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Magali Delmas
Professor of Management; Faculty Director, Center for Impact@Anderson
Bhavna Sivanand (’14)
Executive Director

310.206.4898

Kelly Chung
Program Manager

310.267.5507

Mia Antonio
Program Coordinator

310.267.5766