Embracing Diversity Week

We are Grateful to the Organizers, Presenters, and Volunteers who Connected all of us during Embracing Diversity Week

Dawnyelle Addison
Noah Aldonas
Anastasia Ali '14
Brian Amabile
Cynthia Andrianjatovo
Ben Antoine
Nahum Armas
Ayesha Asif
Jesse Avellaneda '18
Kevin Bai
Ghermayn Baker '18
Jill Baldauf
Sam Balsubramani
Oke Bamgbose
Jordan Barillas
Mitzi Benavides
Diego Benitez '19
DaJuan Bennett '20
Pallavi Bhandari
Liz Bohinc
Enrique Bravo
Jack Browning
Jordan Budisantoso
Bri Buhaly
Mai Bui
Alem Bulcha
Juan Carlos Jimenez '19
Chavez Carmen
Shirley Ceja-Tinoco '17
Richie Chang
Parth Chauhan
Carmen Chavez
Andy Chen
Siyi Chen
Courtney Cheng
Nikki Cheon
Walter Cisneros '18
Ari Cohen
Camilo Cuellar
Jacqueline Delgado '17
Jake DerHagopian
Devon Dickau '15
Alberto Dominguez
Pallavi Doshi
Anika Duncan '06
Dani Ebersole '20
Julia Egan
Lucia Ehimika '17
Julia Eichenfield
Vickie Euyoque

Stephanie Evans '16
Nuvie Ewharekuko
Charlotte Fagan
Miranda Fang
Sheldon Fields '16
Lauren Fior
Michael Fisher '16
Jackson Foster
Gonzalo Freixes
Alex Frumkin
Henry Gabriel
Deepak Garg
Eleanor Garibay
Mitchella Gilbert
Deon Goggins
Denice Gonzalez-Kim '19
Callie Gorman
Camryn Green
Jared Griffith '17
Cristobal Guell
Dave Guerrero
Dipesh Gugnani
Lesley Gwam '20
Janli Gwo
Lusiana Hadi
Mona Hampapur
Bernetta Hardy
Tia Harley '14
Torrie Harris
Mareena Haseeb
Emily Hite
Jordie Ho-Shud
Fanny Hoang
Jiali Huang
Eleanor Huntington
Ashley Husbands
PJ Iannone
Christy Inauen
Carol Issa
Shailaja Iyer
Erica Jackey
Ed Jean-Louis '16
Kaitlyn Jeong
Ashley Johnson
Jeffrey Jones
Austin Josiah
Francis Kang
Luke Katz
Anna Kernus
Stephen Kim

Levi Kirkland
Brandon Knechtle
Emily Kosko '19
Ari Kruger
Cody Kuhne
Athena L. '19
Alex Lawrence
Kateryna Lazoryshynets
John Lee
Gaelen LeMelle-Brown
Xing Li
Ann Lih
Brian Liu
Christopher Low
Jessica Luchenta
Pawan Mannava
Matt Marquez '17
Allyson Mason
Ritu Mathur '07
Saada Matthew '20
Jahrael Mcdowell
Fiorella Mejia
Daniel Melling
Damon Meng
Ingrid Meza
Jesse Meza
Michael Miller '15
Safia Mirabella
Brianna Morgan
Swathi Mummini
Mayra Munguia Herrera '15
Julia Navarro '19
Chris Nguyen
Ike Nnoli '17
Fola Odetola-Odeleye
Max Olivares
Maximiliano Olivares
Morgan Owens
Jose Pallares '18
Nicole Panega
Nicole Panovski
Leanna Parchment
Candace Parker '19
Danielle Pegnato
Alejandra Perez
Elizabeth Perez
Rachel Pettis
Nikki Phair
Perry Poussard, Jr.
Jamaal Powell

Katie Quilligan
Roy Quinto
Addy Quirk
Nicole Rabiu
Divya Rao
Lauren Reed
Donna Robinson
Jessica Rodriguez
Rhian Rogan
Gideon Rosenthal
Jaime Sanchez '16
Jorge Santana '19
Siddhi Sati Kunvar
Kalyn Saulsberry
Katie Schiff
Pam Schulz
Lincoln Sedlacek
Rosa Segura
Shoshana Seidenfeld
Mia Seleshi
Bebe Silberzweig
Taylor Smith
Katie Solomon
Madeline Spolin
Jarenn Stewart
Dan Sucher
Tony Tenicela '96
Viji Thulsiraj
Emre Titizer
Giselle Topal '18
Akshay Tyagi
Joseph Umanzor
Jaanhvi Vaidya
Sabena Virani
Mia von Sadovsky '94
Penelope Vorassis
Wambui Waiganjo '20
Tiffany Wang
Chris Weber
Daphna Weinstock
Anna Wilde
Keini Wilson
Ashley Wiser
Satiya Witzer '13
Lauren Wong
Kari Yu '20
Juan Zapata

Embracing Diversity Week

November 16–21, 2020

UCLA Anderson’s Embracing Diversity Week (EDW) celebrates the strength of our diverse community and power of our connections to reshape our future.

Programs and clubs across UCLA Anderson collaborate to organize EDW, an annual celebration of the many ways we advance diversity initiatives, promote inclusion and challenge the status quo! With the theme of “Connect for Real Change,” EDW 2020 will spotlight how we can continue to break down barriers, build stronger and more meaningful connections, and lead for progress in this new virtual world.

EDW is proudly supported by UCLA Anderson Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and programming is open to all students, alumni, prospective applicants and professionals.

Embracing Diversity Conference Featured Speakers

Wanda Denson-Low

Retired Senior Vice President, Office of Internal Governance, The Boeing Company

Friday, November 20

Melissa Thomas Hunt

Head of Global Diversity and Belonging, Airbnb

Friday, November 20

Speakers

Anastasia Ali (’14)

Director, Marketing, The Walt Disney Studios

Thursday, November 19

DaJuan Bennett (’20)

Acquisitions Associate, CBRE Global Investors

Friday, November 20

Dr. Cassi Pittman Claytor

Climo Junior Professor of Sociology at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)

Monday, November 16

Devon Dickau (‘15)

Senior Manager, Workforce Transformation + Co-Lead, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Practice, Deloitte

Monday, November 16

Anika Duncan (’06)

SVOD Marketing, AMC Networks

Friday, November 20

Debra Gore-Mann

President, Greenlining Institute

Wednesday, November 18

Annie Jean-Baptiste

Head of Product Inclusion, Google

Tuesday, November 17

Gaelen LeMelle-Brown

VP of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Anderson Student Association

Friday, November 20

Ritu Mathur (’07)

Senior Director of Marketing, Clif Bar & Company

Thursday, November 19

Louise McCarthy, MPP

President and CEO, Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County

Monday, November 16

Neil Parikh, M.D.

MBA, President of Oscar Medical Group, Oscar

Monday, November 16

Mia von Sadovsky (’94)

Senior Vice President, Group Strategic Planning Director, RPA

Thursday, November 19

Tony Tenicela (’96)

Global Leader, Marketplace Diversity and Workforce Engagement Services, IBM Corporation

Friday, November 20

Satiya Witzer (’13)

Director, Human Capital M&A, Private Equity Services, Alvarez & Marsal

Friday, November 20

Sherry Jueyu Wu

Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations

Friday, November 20

Moderators

Heather Caruso

Assistant Dean, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Friday, November 20

Hal Hershfield

Associate Professor of Marketing and Behavioral Decision Making, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Thursday, November 19

Gerald Kominski, Ph.D.

Professor of Health Policy and Management, Senior Fellow, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Monday, November 16

Caroline Nahas (B.A. ’70)

Senior Advisor, Korn Ferry

Friday, November 20

Mark Thomas (M.S. '10, '10)

Group Product Manager, Snap Inc.

Tuesday, November 17

Miguel Unzueta

Senior Associate Dean of MBA Programs; Professor of Management and Organizations

Friday, November 20

Schedule of Events

Monday, November 16
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PST	Retail Racism: What Does It Look Like & How Can Companies Combat It Presented by the Retail Business Association (RBA) and sponsored by the Morrison Center for Marketing and Data Analytics Speaker: Dr. Cassi Pittman Claytor, Climo Junior Professor of Sociology at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. PST	Virtual Career Chats with Devon Dickau ‘15 Presented by Impact@Anderson
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. PST	10 Years Later: The Affordable Care Act’s Impact on Health Care Access and Equality Presented by the Healthcare Business Association (HBA) Moderator: • Gerald Kominski, Ph.D., Professor of Health Policy and Management, Senior Fellow, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Panelists: • Neil Parikh, M.D., MBA, President of Oscar Medical Group, Oscar • Louise McCarthy, MPP, President and CEO, Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County
Tuesday, November 17
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PST	Allyship 101 Presented by the Women's Business Connection (WBC), the Black Business Student Association (BBSA), the Alliance for Latinx Management at Anderson (ALMA) and Out@Anderson (O@A) Join us for a panel discussion about what it means to be an ally, and learn tips for becoming a better ally at Anderson and in the workplace. Watch Now
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. PST	Building for Everyone: A Fireside Chat with Google’s Head of Product Inclusion, Annie Jean-Baptiste Presented by the Tech Business Association at Anderson (AnderTech) and sponsored by the Easton Technology Management Center
Wednesday, November 18
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PST	What's Going On: An Embracing Diversity Series: The Black Woman Experience Presented by the Black Business Student Association (BBSA) and the Women's Business Connection (WBC) Hear from a panel of black women from across UCLA Anderson's MBA programs as they describe their wins and losses and the lessons they've taken from their careers, personal lives and time at Anderson. Watch Now
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. PST	Fueling the Intersectional Environmental Movement Presented by UCLA Anderson’s Net Impact chapter Speaker: Debra Gore-Mann, President at the Greenlining Institute Watch Now
Thursday, November 19
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PST	International Perspectives: An Embracing Diversity Dialogue Presented by the International Business Association (IBA)
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. PST	Global Movements Against Racial Capitalism: Conversations across Latin America and Asia and the Pacific Organized by a part of the extended UCLA Anderson community – the UCLA International Institute – directed by UCLA Anderson Professor Chris Erickson Moderator: Katsuya Hirano, Associate Professor, History Speakers: Christine Hong, Associate Professor, UC-Santa Cruz Anne Garland Mahler, Associate Professor, UVA More Information
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. PST	Dimensions of Transcultural Marketing Presented by the Marketing Association (MA) Moderator: Hal Hershfield, Associate Professor of Marketing and Behavioral Decision Making, UCLA Anderson School of Management Panelists: Ritu Mathur (’07), Senior Director of Marketing, Clif Bar & Company Anastasia Ali (’14), Director, Marketing, The Walt Disney Studios Mia von Sadovsky (’94), Senior Vice President, Group Strategic Planning Director, RPA
Friday, November 20
10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. PST	Embracing Diversity Conference Co-hosted by the Anderson Student Association , Office of Student Affairs and MBA Admissions Welcome Address from Dean Tony Bernardo Lift as We Climb: A Spotlight on Student Mentorship Presented by Gaelen LeMelle-Brown, VP of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Anderson Student Association Alumni Panel: Mentoring the Next Generation of Leaders • Tony Tenicela (’96) • Anika Duncan (’06) • Satiya Witzer (’13) • DaJuan Bennett (’20) • Moderator: Caroline Nahas (B.A. ’70), Senior Advisor, Korn Ferry Conversation with Associate Dean Miguel Unzueta and Melissa Thomas Hunt, Head of Global Diversity and Belonging, Airbnb Professor Sherry Jueyu Wu on the Power of “Employee Voice”. Watch Now Keynote: A Conversation with Assistant Dean Heather Caruso and Wanda Denson-Low, Former Senior Vice President, Office of Internal Governance, The Boeing Company Watch Now
Saturday, November 21
Admissions-Focused Events and Workshops for Diverse Applicants Co-hosted by the Anderson Admissions Ambassadors Corp , the Anderson Student Association (ASA), the Office of Student Affairs and the Office of MBA Admissions