About Us

The Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation is the hub for entrepreneurial education and research at UCLA Anderson, which is ranked in the top five graduate schools for entrepreneurship by Princeton Review. Working closely with its board of advisors, the Price Center fosters the development of entrepreneurship and business innovation by providing the foundation on which creativity can flourish and individuals can succeed.

About Harold Price

Harold Price began his career with the Joe Lowe Corporation, a bakery and ice cream supply business, in 1928, after earning a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School. By 1938 he had formed a highly successful subsidiary of the company called Cottage Donuts.

"At its peak, Cottage Donuts sold 100,000 donuts per day, produced in 19 plants throughout the United States."

At its peak, Cottage Donuts sold 100,000 donuts per day, produced in 19 plants throughout the United States. During World War II, Price administered the national program for the conservation of honey for the War Productions Board in Washington, D.C. In 1965, following successful expansion of the Joe Lowe Corporation, Price negotiated a merger for stock with Consolidated Foods Corporation. He ran the Lowe division and served on the Consolidated board for four more years. Price then became a consultant and retained a sizable stock position with Consolidated Foods and its successor, Sara Lee.

Board of Advisors

Greg Craig

Greg Craig is the CEO of Inupiat Energy Marketing, Inc. responsible for overall business activities, risk management, strategic direction, and ensuring a culture of ethical and mutually beneficially business relationships. Previously, Mr. Craig has been chairman and CEO of large, public and privately held, energy companies and active on a variety of boards and advisory councils. Most recently, Mr. Craig served as chairman and CEO of Commerce Energy, a publicly listed (AMEX:EGR) natural gas and electricity retailer serving more than 150,000 customers. In this capacity, he led a complete business turnaround which involved refinancing, restructuring, and selling the business to Universal Energy Group, a public energy retailer based in Toronto, Canada (TSX: UEG)

Prior to Commerce Energy, Mr. Craig served for two years as CEO of Macquarie Cook Energy (formerly Cook Inlet Energy Supply, LLC), a multi-billion dollar North American energy supply and services company. Mr. Craig had previously founded and served for 15 years as CEO of Cook Inlet Energy Supply, LLC, which was acquired by Macquarie Bank of Sydney, Australia, in November of 2005.

In 1996, Mr. Craig was selected as one of 20 United States (U.S.) delegates to join President Bill Clinton, Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Secretary of Commerce Mickey Kantor at the Asian Pacific Economic Conference in Manila, Philippines. In 1997, Mr. Craig was appointed by Energy Secretary Federico Pena to the National Petroleum Council and, in that capacity, also advised several subsequent energy secretaries. In 1998, Craig was appointed by President Clinton to the President's Export Council as one of a select group of CEO's who provide recommendations to the President on U.S. export issues. He has also served as a member of the Natural Gas Business Development Roundtable at the U.S. Department of Energy.

Mr. Craig was born and raised in Alaska, is a shareholder of Cook Inlet Region Inc, (one of the 11 Alaskan Native Corporations established by Congress Under the Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971), and is of Inupiat Eskimo heritage. He earned a BA degree from the University of Alaska and an MBA from UCLA Anderson. Mr. Craig is chairman of the board of the Price Center for Entrepreneurial studies at UCLA and also serves on the boards of Junior Achievement of Southern California and the Weingart Center, the western U.S.'s largest homeless shelter. Previously, Mr. Craig served on the board of directors of the Minority Business Roundtable in Washington, D.C. and on Sempra Energy's Community Advisory Council.

Alfred E. Osborne, Jr.

Alfred E. Osborne, Jr. is senior associate dean of UCLA Anderson. In this role, he oversees a variety of key areas and initiatives within the school, including development, alumni relations, marketing and communications, and executive education. Dr. Osborne is also professor of Global Economics and Management and founder and faculty director of the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, which serves to organize faculty research, student activities and curricula related to the study of entrepreneurship and new business development at UCLA Anderson. He has been at UCLA since 1972.

Osborne established UCLA Anderson's Director Education and Certification Program, designed to assist officers and directors of public and private firms better understand their responsibilities as fiduciaries and best practices in corporate governance, and the Management Development for Entrepreneurs program, which provides management training for executives in growing companies. Together with UCLA colleagues, he has led the development of several programs that apply business models to the nonprofit world, including four in partnership with health care giant, Johnson & Johnson: The Head Start - Johnson & Johnson Management Fellows Program, The UCLA/Johnson & Johnson Health Care Institute and The Johnson & Johnson/UCLA Health Care Executive Program and The Management Development Institute for Providers in the AIDS/HIV Supply Chain.

Dr. Osborne currently serves as a director of Kaiser Aluminum, Inc., Heckmann Corporation, Wedbush Inc., and First Pacific Advisors' Capital, New Income, and Crescent Funds. He has served on the corporate boards of Times Mirror Company, US Filter Corporation, Greyhound Lines, Inc., Nordstrom, Inc., and First Interstate Bank among others. He has served as an economic fellow at the Brookings Institution and directed studies at the SEC that contributed to changes in Rule 144, Regulation D, and other exemptive requirements to the securities laws designed to lower costs and improve liquidity and capital market access to venture capitalists and emerging growth firms alike. He is also a trustee of Harvard-Westlake School and the Fidelity Charitable Trust, and has served as a governor of the National Association of Securities Dealers and the Investment Company Institute. Osborne is currently on the board of the Independent Directors Council.

Professor Osborne's research interests include venture capital and private equity, and the role of the board of directors in private and public corporations. He remains active in the entrepreneurial and venture development community, has served on the editorial boards of several journals, and consults with growing companies and non-profit organizations on business and economic matters. Dr. Osborne received his B.A. degree in electrical engineering, M.A. in economics, MBA in finance and his Ph.D. in business economics from Stanford University.