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July 28, 2018
UCLA Surpasses $4.2 Billion Goal; Fundraising Will Continue through 2019

Back in 2014, UCLA announced a $4.2 billion fundraising goal for its Centennial Campaign in preparation of the university’s upcoming 100 year birthday. The fundraising target is the most ambitious goal initiated by a public university in the United States. On July 25, UCLA announced that it has surpassed its goal—18 months ahead of schedule. “The extraordinary resources that this campaign has brought in for us is going to help us in manifold ways – student scholarships, new research programs, support for faculty,” UCLA Chancelllor Gene Block said. “It will help launch us into the next 100 years moving smoothly.”

Despite reaching its goal, UCLA will continue fundraising for the campaign through 2019 in order to fund critical areas that still need support like student scholarships for low and middle-income students. The campaign so far is comprised of 460,000 supporters with 95% of gifts being under $10,000. Read more.

Donors Celebrate Marion Anderson Hall Construction with Beam Signing

As part of UCLA’s Centennial Campaign effort, UCLA Anderson is making progress on its own $300M Into the Next campaign. Serving as a learning hub for programs and students, the Marion Anderson Hall (MAH) is one major priority of the campaign. So far, MAH has raised $50M+ of its $80M goal and is scheduled to be completed in December 2019.

Construction broke ground on the state-of-the-art building last fall. To celebrate the progress made on the building, outgoing Dean Judy Olian and Interim Dean Al Osborne were joined by over 40 MAH donors for a special beam signing event on June 27. Attendees including Matt Barrett ’86, Alan Buckelew ’75, Yvonne Hsieh ’03, David Hou ’92, Dennis Keegan ’80, David Schumacher ’03, and Sam Tang ’87 added their signatures to a construction beam that was then raised onto the frame of the building. Watch video.

Faculty Insights | Newest in Research from the Anderson Review

Gain insights on a variety of business topics from cutting-edge research by UCLA Anderson’s faculty in this month’s UCLA Anderson Review.

How Life Insurers Insulate the Markets from Turmoil
Valentin Haddad

How Local Governance Came to England’s Economy
Nico Voigtländer

Keynes vs. FDR: Lessons from the Great Recession
Sebastian Edwards

Quantitative Easing Kept the Foreclosure Crisis from Being the Worse
Stuart Gabriel

To Wall Street, There’s No Crisis Like a Banking Crisis
Tyler Muir

Using Ancestral Characteristics to Study Modern Economics
Paola Giuliano

When It Pays Not to Help Your Customers Comparison Shop
Rakesh Sarin

Why Can’t We All Get Along? On Some Things, We Do
Romain Wacziarg

Alumni Profile | Meet Poets & Quants' 2018 MBA to Watch

Gabriel Sinisgalli Reginato ‘18

Undergraduate School and Degree: Mackenzie University, B.B.A. and Fundação Getulio Vergas, Masters of Business Economics.

Where did you work before enrolling in business school? Galeazzi & Associados, a leading turnaround consulting firm in Brazil, as an Engagement Manager. Prior to that, I worked as an associate at one of the first private equity firms in Brazil and as a consultant at Deloitte Financial Advisory.

What achievement are you most proud of in your professional career? There are a couple achievements I am proud of, such as suddenly taking over a Director’s job in a marketing project for the largest food manufacturer in Brazil and successfully restructuring their portfolio and leading the spin-off of a $1 billion dollar business unit. However, what really gives me joy and the sense of accomplishment is having managed and helped my direct reports to find their ways. There was one colleague, in particular, who asked me for advice. After a couple of discussions, he took my advice to pursue a six months certificate in the US to develop his skills. The impact we can have on the lives of those around us is huge and I am proud to have helped others make difficult but fruitful decisions.

Fun fact about yourself: In the year before business school I almost became a politician.

What made Gabriel such an invaluable addition to the class of 2018?
“Gabriel is doing everything he can to give back to the community whether it’s to fellow classmates or the Anderson of tomorrow. He is active as an Admissions volunteer, again thinking out a few years to make sure we have the best possible future students. He also stepped up to the plate in student government when another student stepped down from the VP of finance role. Gabriel doesn’t hesitate to give back and lend a hand.”

– Regina Regazzi '97, Assistant Dean, Parker Career Management Center

» Meet Gabriel Sinisgalli Reginato ‘18

Riordan Programs are Making The Future Our Business

Sharing success is an intrinsic value of the UCLA Anderson community. The Riordan Programs, an initiative started in 1987 to offer low-income high school students with mentorship, college preparation and career guidance, is an excellent embodiment of that. Founded by UCLA Anderson Distinguished Professor Emeritus William Ouchi and former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan–the Riordan programs now in its 31st year–have funneled thousands of young students into colleges and MBA programs. Since its inception, it has expanded to include the Riordan MBA Fellows (MBA prep for college graduates) and a College to Career program (career prep for first-generation undergraduate students).

“While few out of any high school class are going all the way through medical or law school, a lot can enter business,” says Ouchi, “And we can create a model that can be successfully pursued by thousands of future young people from the inner city.” With the hope of cultivating a lifelong habit of helping others, Ouchi and Riordan decided to have UCLA MBA students serve as mentors to provide them the positive experience of mentorship. For Riordan Scholar and MBA Fellow Denice Gonzalez-Kim, growing up in a part of the city where poverty was the norm didn’t provide her much exposure to a different kind of future. “I know that my life could have gone in a very different way,” she says. She earned a B.A. at UCLA at 2008 and is now pursuing her MBA at UCLA Anderson. Read more.

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