Bernardo M. Ferdman Ph.D. is the program faculty director. He is an organizational psychologist, leadership coach, author and professor with more than 30 years of experience working on inclusion.

Bernardo is passionate about helping to create an inclusive world in which more of us can be fully ourselves and accomplish our goals in ways that are effective, productive, and authentic. He is an accomplished Leadership and Organization Development Consultant and CCE Board Certified Coach with over three decades of experience working with diverse groups and organizations to increase individual and collective effectiveness and inclusion.

As a consultant, Bernardo works with organizations to improve performance and leadership and to increase inclusion, focusing on assessment, coaching, dialogue, facilitation, and training in the context of diversity. He works with organizational leaders and employees to foster inclusion, to develop and implement effective ways of using the talents and contributions of every member of the organization, and to build multicultural and cross-cultural competencies on the part of individuals, teams, and the whole organization.

As a university professor from 1986 to 2017 (most recently distinguished professor of organizational psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology of Alliant International University), Bernardo has broad knowledge of theory, research, and practice in diversity and inclusion, organization development, inclusive leadership, cross-cultural management and leadership, and Latinos and Latinas in the workplace. He has written and published extensively on these topics, and his latest book, Diversity at Work: The Practice of Inclusion, (Wiley, 2014) is part of SIOP’s Professional Practice Series.

Heather Caruso Ph.D. is Assistant Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and adjunct assistant professor of Management and Organizations at UCLA Anderson.

Miguel Unzueta Ph.D. is Senior Associate Dean of MBA Programs and Professor of Management and Organizations at UCLA Anderson focusing on diversity, bias, and discrimination.