Welcome to another edition of the Organizational Studies Newsletter. As you will see in the pages that follow, we had another terrific year, and the members of our program, including students, faculty, and staff—as well as our alumni—continue to accomplish great things.
The biggest event of a busy and exciting year was the move to our new quarters on the eighth floor of the newly-remodeled (and renamed) Weiser Hall. Those of you who remember our original space in the old Dennison Building would find this unrecognizable. It is simply beautiful. It has an airy, bright, spacious feel to it, from the open offices to the meeting facilities to (especially) the beautiful atrium, which provides a spectacular view facing south and west, as well as a lush green wall that gives the room an almost tropical feel. The floor is brimming with activity, with a palpable level of energy. If you haven’t yet had a chance to see it, please come back to visit. We promise it will be worth the trip!
On the personnel front, we continue to increase our faculty in preparation for the expansion of the program. This year we welcomed two new faculty members, Ashley Harrell and Steve Samford, both of whom immediately made a mark with a series of extremely well-received courses. Ashley resurrected our course on leadership, while Steve taught courses in global entrepreneurship and technological innovation. All three courses were huge hits with our students. We also hired our first-ever full-time lecturer this year, Lisa Fein, who will join us in the fall. Lisa will allow us to significantly increase our course offerings, and she will also direct our honors program and provide additional student advising. We hired a new executive secretary, Jennifer Feneley, who stepped flawlessly into the role, and we increased the hours of our advisor, Cathy Philbin, and our student services assistant, Dan Hartlep, who together continue to provide support for our students that no other department can match. Elizabeth (Beth) Cain-Toth, our new events and publicity coordinator, ensured that our many program activities occurred without a hitch. This newsletter itself is largely a result of her efforts. In terms of faculty and staff, our program has never been stronger.
Our students continue their phenomenal accomplishments as well. This winter we admitted another extraordinary cohort of OS majors, selected from more than 200 applicants (an increase of nearly 18 percent from the previous year). In addition to its accomplishments in the classroom and in the leadership of organizations both on campus and off, the new class is among the most diverse in our history. Profiles of three of our outstanding incoming students appear in the pages that follow. As always, our faculty continued to accomplish great things as well. Two of them, Elizabeth Armstrong and Arnold Ho, received fellowships to two highly prestigious research centers, Elizabeth at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and Arnold at the Russell Sage Foundation in New York.
And last but hardly least, our alumni continue to distinguish themselves in numerous ways, some (but hardly all) of which are chronicled in this newsletter. The commitment that our alums have shown to the program has been one of the most important sources of our strength. As always, we hope you will continue to stay involved. Your support is a big part of what makes OS the special program that it is.
2018 GRADUATION
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
AWARDS
EMILY HOGAN graduated in April 2018 with a double major in OS and Psychology, and minors in Anthropology and Business. During her first semester in OS, she was a strong contributor to the OS Curriculum Working Group, working throughout the term to research course options and improve the OS curriculum for future students.
During her senior year, Emily took on leadership roles in OS, as a member of the recruitment committee and as President of the Women in Leadership (WiL) student group. Emily helped to redesign recruitment events in order to steer prospective students back toward the value of the interdisciplinarity of the OS degree.WiL was able to host several guest speaker events for current and prospective students to learn what being a woman leader entails in today’s world.
Emily’s ambitiousness helped to reimagine the way that OS operates, and her influence will continue to shape the department for years to come. She was a perfect candidate who exemplified what it means to be a Lansing leader and scholar.
NICOLE MCALVANAH double majored in OS and Psychology, with a minor in Applied Statistics. Nicole is passionate about how to implement positive psychological practices within human capital management. Additionally, she is interested in using data and analysis to determine which practices are the most optimal for an organization.
No one had more spirit than Nicole this year. Her dedication to and leadership within the OS program was illustrated in her many forms of OS engagement. As a peer mentor, graduation committee leader, student advisory board member, and social media guru, Nicole has done it all. Her hard work this year has created a friendly and dynamic environment in OS, both in the office and on the web.
JESSE OFFENHARTZ is committed to the lessening of social injustices, primarily in the area of America’s incarceration system, and she is increasingly interested in the intersections between mental health and America’s prison system. Jesse volunteered to visit incarcerated patients at the center for forensic psychiatry every week. She also volunteered to help feed impoverished Detroit families and helped with fundraising for Alternatives for Girls, a non-profit that works to help homeless and high risk young women by providing a support network.
SELENA JOARDER hopes to help tackle the massive inequalities within educational, food, and familial settings. Selena was the leader of the OS Organizational Diversity Initiative whose mission is to create a more inclusive community within Organizational Studies. She worked for 3.5 years at FeelGood, a youth-led movement which turns college into a time of effective global action. Selena was a peer mentor in the Michigan Community Scholars Program, bringing together students and faculty who commit to community service, diversity and academic excellence.
Andy and Ellyn Lansing LEADER-SCHOLAR
Suzanne M. Jones SPIRIT
Jordan Harris SOCIAL JUSTICE
This past year we had a record number of individuals apply for our Malkin Shadowing Award, and we were able to send twelve of our students all over the country to shadow alumni in their fields. OS is grateful to the Malkin Family Foundation for the funding that is helping our students experience what a day in the life of a thriving OS alum is like.
MALKIN SHADOWING
LILAH KALFUS
Shadowed MITCHELL CRISPELL (OS ’11) Project Manager, BRIDGE Housing Corporation San Francisco, CA
“While I continue my job search, my visit with Mitch at Bridge Housing has reinforced my commitment to not settle, but to look for a job that I am really passionate about. You can feel the amount of passion that everyone at Bridge has for their organization’s mission. This is the type of drive and commitment that I want in my future fellow co-workers.”
LILAH KALFUS
SHENG DONG
Shadowed JACK VANOVERLOOP (OS ’12) Administrative Fellow, UI Health Chicago, IL
“Overall, I understand now greater than ever the urgency of the matters at hand. The great thinkers of the next generation must now step up to the plate and develop new healthcare strategies that aim to tackle some of these detrimental healthcare challenges and issues. This shadowing opportunity has taught me many things, but one lesson rises above them all. Now is the time to go to work.”
SHENG DONG
ELIZABETH ALBANO
Shadowed ELY KEY (’07) CEO, Up Mountain Switchel New York, NY
KENNA BOYD
Shadowed PATTY THEOKAS (’08) Senior HR Business Partner, Transwestern Chicago, IL
NATE DONALDSON
Shadowed GINA VALO (’05) Director of Customer Success, Virtru Washington, D.C.
BROOKE KAHL
Shadowed MEGAN ROSENBACH (’08) Deputy Director, Bicycle Coalition Philadelphia, PA
Custom Content Strategist, Modern Healthcare Chicago, IL
(Top Image - ELLEN GUERRA Shadowed HALEY PRASAD (OS ’14) Associate Product Marketing Manager, Google, Mountain View, CA)
STUDY ABROAD
WINTER 2018
The OS Study Abroad award is designed to support students who are seeking to immerse themselves in a foreign culture in order to improve themselves as global citizens, all the while furthering their academic career at the University of Michigan. The award helps to provide assistance for tuition, airfare, and additional living expenses.
SUMMER 2018
LEADERSHIP STUDENT
SOCIAL AND CAREER
EVENTS
KATIE POLLACK SEVILLE, SPAIN
EVA ROSEN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
SANDRA CHARIPPER PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
LILAH KALFUS GRANADA, SPAIN
JENNA WEBERMAN TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
CARLIE COOPER Shanghai, Hangzhou, Beijing, Hong Kong, China
LINDSAY LORE Paris, Rome. Madrid, Dublin
MADELINE MARTIN Amsterdam, Netherlands
VIVIAN HU Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
L to R: ALEX COLETTA (peer mentor), EMILY HOGAN (recruitment), NICOLE MCALVANAH (peer mentor and social media), LINDSAY HISER (recruitment), RACHEL SHUSTER (social events).
Top row, L to R: Festifall, UM Hockey Game, Ronald McDonald Volunteer Night, Bottom row, L to R: Deloitte Case Study Reception, Cantina Social Night, LSA Opportunity Hub Career Bootcamp
HONORS
REBECCA LEEMAN
“Two Sides of the Same Coin: Social Identity and Jewish Millennials’ Expression of their Jewish Identity”
Advisor: Stephen M. Garcia
KEVIN CORBETT
“Humor in Organizations”
Advisor: Kathryn L. Heinze
I am very glad I decided to do a senior honors thesis in OS. It has been a year-long journey where I learned a lot about myself and about Jewish millennials. Most importantly, through this experience I learned how to better manage my time, motivate myself, conduct research, and know when to seek out help. Since there was very little formal structure and no real deadlines along the way, I set up my own deadlines and held myself accountable. My advisor, Steve, was quite helpful in terms of my survey structure and methodologies. We bounced many ideas back and forth, explored the social identity literature together, and overall added new perspectives to my research. I am grateful for CSCAR, a U-M statistics consultation resource that I utilized when I had questions regarding my regressions and other analyses.
I am proud that I was able to combine my Organizational Studies and Applied Statistics backgrounds to study and explore Jewish engagement amongst millennials. I never took a Judaic Studies course at Michigan, but am very involved in Jewish life, so this thesis gave me the opportunity to do research into a topic of deep interest. I conducted two studies and found that although a Jewish millennial may be more of a cultural Jew than a religious Jew, in fact, they may be willing to participate in religiously-inclined activities at a community center, and vice versa. This taught me that identity switching can occur within the single identity of Judaism and Jewish organizations should be expanding their engagement strategies to reach that broader audience. My research is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of figuring out Jewish millennial engagement and identity. Yet, it has been immensely rewarding for me and has led me to start a social venture to engage this demographic in an alternative spiritual way. I will keep you posted on how that goes! I also hope it sparks future research in the realm of social identity and identity switching.
Thank you to OS for the support along the way!
REBECCA LEEMAN (OS ‘18)
Kelly is the 55th Drum Major for The University of Michigan Marching Band.
D’Andre is a Representative for LSA in the Central Student Government.
NEW FACULTY
UP & COMING CLASS OF 2020 LISA FEIN
Katt is a high jumper on the University of Michigan women’s track and field team.
FACULTY UPDATES
ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG
Elizabeth will spend the 2018-2019 academic year as a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University. During her time at Stanford, she plans to analyze data collected as part of an NSF-funded project on university responses to sexual misconduct.
Read the full announcement from CASBS.
JEREMY LEVINE
Jeremy is tackling an exciting new research topic in the 2018-2019 academic year, and will be recruiting OS students to join his research seminar in Winter 2019. Jeremy’s research interests lie in the non-profit sector, and this course will explore the diffusion, operations, and impact of Crime Victims Compensation Funds, an $11.8 billion government resource that helps pay medical bills, relocate victims, and cover lost wages as a result of violent crime.
ARNOLD HO
Arnold is a Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar for the 2018-2019 academic year. Professor Ho will advance his research on the psychological factors that cause discrimination and inequality, with a focus on racial inequality. Much of this research will examine the implications of a growing multiracial population for American race relations and racial equality.
Read the LSA Magazine feature article, p. 46-47
STEVE SAMFORD
Steve taught two new courses this year, Organizations in the Developing World, and Technological Innovation. The first class explored such questions as: to what extent can an organization shape the growth of a country and can these organizations alleviate or exacerbate the current social issues? The second course focused on exploring the idea that if we’re in a golden age of innovation, why do many enterprises and regions lag behind, and what makes some organizations and countries better equipped to develop technologies?
Organizational Studies is welcoming a new lecturer to the program in the Fall of 2018. Lisa Fein will teach four courses for OS exploring the topics Diversity in Organizations, Organizational Culture, Gender in Organizations, and Social Movements that are happening across the country.
Lisa is a sociologist who draws on theories and methods from the discipline to shed light on issues related to organizations, including social justice and inequality. Dr. Fein’s pedagogy emphasizes active learning and hands-on activities that provide students with opportunities to extend their learning beyond the classroom. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology and her MA in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Michigan, where she researched women’s organizations in Belarus and received a Fulbright Scholarship to study ethnic inequality in Estonia.
Ashley’s work in 2017-2018 with UROP student Natalie Cadotte, “The Benefits of Choosing the Winner: When Do Elections Promote Cooperation and Solidarity?”, won a Blue Ribbon award at the UROP Research Symposium. For the 2018-2019 academic year, Ashley received funding from the Center for the Education of Women’s Riecker Undergraduate Research Fund to conduct work on gender and shared leadership.
SARA SODERSTROM
In celebration of Earth Day, The Dow Chemical Company and the Erb Institute partnered to host the inaugural Elements of Sustainability Series. Sara’s session, A Brief History of Sustainability and Business Transformation, introduced the triple-bottom line framework that underpins sustainability and brings attention to economic, social, and environmental priorities.
Watch the webinar here.
ASHLEY HARRELL
KATT MINER
D’ANDRE SIMPSON
KELLY BERTONI
“ It was amazing to see the wide range of people who are feeling motivated to make a difference and take action against certain norms that currently exist in our society. One of the major takeaways for me was that there are many issues that different people feel compelled to take action against, and this convention allowed space for all of those issues to come together.“
GABRIELLE ROTH
During the weekend of October 27, OS professor Michael Heaney sent five students from his Advanced Reseach Team to the Women’s Convention in Detroit. The students conducted surveys of the participants for a study of women’s activism and had a chance to participate in the workshops, strategy sessions, inspiring forums and intersectional movement building at the convention.
MARK MIZRUCHI
“The Women’s Convention is a premiere example of a rising wave of collective-action feminism in the United States. The intersectional conference sought to unite women in workshops, team-building, and panels that harnessed the political, interdisciplinary, and creative energy. For me, that creative energy was one of the most striking examples of women’s power and pride. The art birthed from the intersectional nature of the movement and at the convention was as potent and powerful as it was beautiful.”
ELIZABETH MARICS
WOMEN’S CONVENTION
“One especially striking moment came during lunch on Saturday when there was a panel of speakers including organizers of the Women’s March and congresswomen Debbie Dingell and Maxine Waters. Many of the speakers were able to get the crowd involved and passionate about their speeches. Throughout the lunch there were moments when the whole room of women and a few men would erupt in applause and stand on their feet cheering and pumping their fists. It was exciting to witness so many people openly demonstrate how passionate they felt about the women’s movement and their drive to further issues affecting women.“ GENEVIEVE HARNER
ROBERT COOLEY ANGELL
INAUGURAL LECTURE
Robert Cooley Angell Collegiate Professor of Sociology
In recognition of this honor, on February 7, 2018, Mark gave the inaugural lecture: The Fracturing of American Political Life.
“Much has been written about the increasing fragmentation of American society, and the polarization of our politics. Although several explanations have been offered to account for this polarization, I argue that something else is at fault: the decline of leadership among the heads of large American corporations. Through its relative moderation and pragmatism, the corporate elite helped to keep extremist elements at bay during the post-World War II period, an era of historically low inequality and high economic growth. In the 1970s, however, these elites, facing a major crisis, allied themselves with the far right groups they had
previously shunned. Although this allowed large corporations to achieve several goals, it opened the way for extremists to gain control of the Republican Party. In aligning itself with traditional conservatives, the corporate elite created a situation that it can no longer control. The result is the political extremism that we observe today. “
MARK MIZRUCHI
Read more about Professor Mizruchi’s research on his website, and watch the video of the lecture on the OS website
2018 grad Jon Rubenstein managed U-M’s Snapchat and Instagram accounts during the Barger Leadership Institute Spring Break Access Opportunity in London. His success on this venture led to another opportunity representing UM Social in NY for the LSA Opportunity Hub’s flash internships this summer.
“Over Spring Break, I had the privilege of going to London with the BLI on their first ever international Access Opportunity. We spent the week connecting with U-M alums across a variety of different fields, but the common thread was that no matter what industry they were in, each alum was a leader in what they did. For example, we met with a British Parliamentary Lord, one of the pioneers of ESports, the founder of Admiral Insurance, and an executive at Goldman Sachs, just to name a few. It was a true liberal arts experience in that we were exposed to a broad scope of different leadership styles across a range of different industries. Hearing from so many different perspectives gave me a more informed and layered view on what true leadership is.
In addition to learning from our alumni, we also got the chance to explore the city’s rich and unique culture. We saw a play on the West End, visited Camden Market, and took a tour of British Parliament. Each day was jam packed, but it was all part of an incredible experience that I will certainly never forget.
AUSTIN HATCH LONDON
Representing the BLI and LSA on U-M’s Social Media was both an honor and a thrill for me. I could feel myself improving and getting more comfortable as the week went on, and by the end of our trip, I felt a lot more confident in communicating our brand through social media. As an aspiring sports broadcaster, engaging in this experience on such a large platform was invaluable. It certainly contributed to my professional development, and I learned so much about how to produce engaging, informative, and brand-affirming content.
I’m so grateful to the BLI for giving me the opportunity to experience the world, and I’m so grateful to everyone on the trip for making it as special as it was. Everything that I learned, and all the friendships that I made, are sure to stick with me for a long time.”
JON RUBENSTEIN
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Austin Hatch scored just one point for the University of Michigan men’s basketball team on the court, but the one point that he makes so clearly off the court is the essence of a Wolverine that will long be remembered.
That point, one that his father, Stephen, instilled in him, is that you should expect nothing to be handed to you, and that much is possible if you are willing to work for achievements and overcome obstacles.
Austin said that if his father were alive, he would be his best man when he marries Abby Cole on June 16 “Up North” in Petoskey, Michigan, less than 20 miles from the airport in Charlevoix where his father and stepmother perished in the airplane crash he survived nearly seven years ago. It was, incredibly, the second plane crash Austin survived.
“Abby is the reason I’m still here,” said Austin. “I really believe that.”
Hatch will walk across the stage at Michigan Stadium in April to receive his diploma for a degree in Organizational Studies and move into a full-time job with Domino’s Pizza in Ann Arbor. Abby graduated last year after completing her All-America career as one of the finest volleyball players the Wolverines have ever had and works in development for the athletic department.
They will walk down the aisle together and have a life together that Hatch couldn’t even dream of when he had to learn how to walk and talk all over again due to severe
A Storybook Ending Achieved After Unimaginable Tragedy
By Steve Kornacki mgoblue.com
injuries he suffered in that crash. This has been a storybook ending to college for Hatch. Not the storybook he always envisioned with basketball accomplishments, but rather one that deals with overcoming countless trials in his long, challenging journey, and being able put his life back together at Michigan.
To begin with, it took three years to go from a hospital bed with tubes coming out of everywhere to arriving on campus.
“Given everything that’s happened -- it’s been horrific, tragic, I’ve lost so much,” said Hatch. “But sometimes I have to look in the mirror and say, ‘Do you really have it this good?’ With all the great people I have in my life: Abigail, her family, my family, all my friends, Coach (John) Beilein, the rest of the staff, everyone here. It’s hard to believe.
Read the full story here on mgoblue.com
GIFTS & PLEDGES TO THE OS PROGRAM
2003
LISA ARNSDORF welcomed Baby #2, Callum, in September (joining Big Brother Gus)! Moving to Paris, France in the Winter! Jon will be going to French Command and Staff, a joint services military program, at the Ecole de Guerre. Lisa will continue working from home for Katana Software, though cutting back to part time hours so we can take advantage of our two years abroad.
2005
DAVID LAPEDIS is working at PeopleGrove -an edtech company working to develop mentoring at universities, including U-M.
RANA LUSTYAN (WERBER) Founder & CEO of Edoughble, announces that their Ready To Eat Cookie Dough is now available for the first time in the midwest in select convenience stores/gas stations, and at Hy-Vee!
2007
EMILY FELDMAN is running HR at an awesome company - Gotham Greens, a global pioneer in the field of urban agriculture and a leading regional producer of hyperlocal, premium-quality vegetables and herbs.
DAREN MARTIN accepted a new role to lead all sales and operations for the Southeast (from Maryland through Florida) for Datadog, one of the fastest growing private tech companies in the US.
PERRY TEICHER has a new role - leading global law practice on impact finance and investment for Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, a multinational law firm.
MEGAN MOORE recently joined a mission-based food & beverage innovation lab, to build the first generation of their Marketing & Insights department.
2008
MARGARET USTISHEN (GUINAN) was married in June 2017.
2009
2010
BRITTANI KAGAN directed and produced a music video for SHINE an original song written by student survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas (MSD) High School, as Brittani is an alum of the high school. Launched the week of April 23, the song was originally performed at the CNN Town Hall the week after the shooting, and again the March for Our Lives in Washington, DC. All proceeds of the song will be going to Shine MSD, a non-profit started by families of MSD supporting healing through the arts.
2011-12
LAUREN LAUB (‘11) AND CASSIE MILLS (‘12) were featured as Elliott Masie 30 Under 30 Learning Leaders.
2012
JACK VANOVERLOOP achieved an MS in Health Systems Management last year and will finish an administrative fellowship next month.
2014
TERESA ARTHUR moved from New York to Hong Kong to work for JPMorgan.
ASHLEY REID graduated from University of Michigan School of Public Health with her Masters in Health Services Administration. Starting in July, Ashley will be an Administrative Fellow at University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System in Chicago. The current fellow is also an OS grad, Jack VanOverloop. She is really excited to be following in another OS alum’s footsteps!
LIZA BARNES is off to the University of Colorado Boulder in the fall to pursue a PhD in Organizational Behavior.
2015
JENNA FIORE moved back to Ann Arbor!
CHAZ ROTENBERG is attending law school in the fall.
2016
EMILY KAPLAN is starting law school at NYU in the fall.
OS ALUMNI
SARA ROSENBLUM is graduating from MSU’s College of Human Medicine in May 2018 with her MD! Next up she will be completing a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation at the University of Michigan.
Have an announcement to share? Email OS - org.studies@umich.edu and we will include it here next year!
MADISON ROMNEY is getting married October 2018 in Saint George, Utah to her fiancé Dallen Thomas!
SHERILYN GOULD is attending Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health to obtain a Masters in Health Administration (MHA) this fall.
BREAH DEAN is currently on a Fulbright ETA Scholarship in Medellín, Colombia.
THANK YOU
We deeply appreciate the gifts and pledges made this year by our donors. Gifts made this year have helped to secure the existence of the Program by sustaining the Director’s Strategic Fund. Other gifts provided many internship and study abroad opportunities, made the difference in helping students in need, or honored those who have demonstrated leadership. Donations from alumni and friends of the program provide funding for numerous talks and workshops, and help to fund graduation and other community-building events between students and alumni. The Program could not offer any of these exciting opportunities for students without the generosity and support of our donors.
AM SHALOM
ANDY AND ELLYN LANSING
FAMILY GIFT FUND
KATE L. BALZER
DAVID BLUMENFELD
BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS
RACHEL L. BRODY
ELLEN C. CIEZADLO
DELOITTE FOUNDATION
DELOITTE LLP
DENNIS L. RIESE FOUNDATION
WENDI L. DESCHUTTER
DOUGLAS R. DESCHUTTER
SARI E. GOLDBERG
ALEX A. GORODETSKY
DANA S. GORODETSKY
HEATH S. IZENSON
ROBIN L. JACOBS
DAVID JACOBS
SUSAN K. KELLEY
ZACHARY B. LAINER
ANDREW J. LANSING
ELLYN M. LANSING
KATIE Q. LARIN
LINDA LEE
AMBER N. LONG
KIMBERLY A. MCCRAW
JOHN M. MCNAMARA
MICHELLE MESH
ADAM S. MESH
BRENDAN T. NEDZI
PAMELA NEDZI
MARY CLAIRE OLSHESKIE
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS FOUNDATION
KELLY S. REINHARDT
KRISTEN M. REINKE
JANE W. RIDINGS
ERIC O. RIDINGS
RANDI RIESE
DENNIS RIESE
MICHAEL J. ROWAN
MARK D. RUBENFIRE
SHELLY RUBENFIRE
LINDA H. SCHENKER
ILYSSA SCHWARTZBERG
EVAN SCHWARTZBERG
SUZANNE SHERMAN
ZACHARY M. SHERMAN
ADAM C. SIMON
ANDREA P. STEINHOFF
MARK TEICHER
JULIE B. TEICHER
ROBIN S. TRYLOFF
GINA A. VALO
NICOLE L. VITALE
BRIAN J. WEICH
JENNIFER A. WEICH
TIMOTHY B. WILLIAMS
AARON L. WILLIAMS
LEANNE A. WINTRODE
JEFFREY A. WOJCIK
ZACHARY LAINER
CHARITABLE FUND OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES
THANK YOU!
PEOPLE ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES
LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE
DAVID BARGER
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals Boards of Directors, Operating Partner at Connor Capital SB
DAVID BLUMENFELD
Vice President, Blumenfeld Development Group
DAN DENISON
Professor Emeritus, International Institute for Management Development
DOUG DESCHUTTER OSLC Chair
President, Broadridge Customer Communications
FREDERIC M. FRIEDMAN CEO, w5 Creative, LLC/RTSP, LLC
JULIE ROSENFIELD FRIEDMAN Philanthropist
ROBIN JACOBS Philanthropist
ANDREW LANSING President and CEO, Levy Restaurants
BRENDAN NEDZI Managing Director, GE Capital
EVAN SCHWARTZBERG Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Odeon Capital Group LLC
TERESA SEBASTIAN
Founder, CEO and President, The Dominion Asset Group
ROBIN TRYLOFF Professional Photographer
STAFF
ELIZABETH CAIN-TOTH Communication and Event Coordinator
MELISSA ELJAMAL Chief Administrator
JENNIFER FENELEY Executive Secretary
DANIEL HARTLEP Student Services Coordinator
CATHERINE PHILBIN Advisor
FACULTY
ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG
Professor, Sociology, Organizational Studies and Women’s Studies (OS Advisory Committee)
STEPHEN GARCIA
Associate Professor, Organizational Studies and Psychology (OS Advisory Committee)
ASHLEY HARRELL
Assistant Professor, Organizational Studies
MICHAEL HEANEY
Assistant Professor, Organizational Studies and Political Science
ARNOLD HO
Assistant Professor, Organizational Studies and Psychology
JEREMY LEVINE
Assistant Professor, Organizational Studies
MARK MIZRUCHI
Director, Organizational Studies and Professor, Sociology and Ross School of Business (OS Advisory Committee)
STEVEN SAMFORD
Assistant Professor, Organizational Studies
SARA SODERSTROM
Assistant Professor, Organizational Studies and Program in the Environment
DAVID SWEETMAN Lecturer, Organizational Studies
UNIVERSITY REGENTS
MICHAEL J. BEHM
MARK J. BERNSTEIN
SHAUNA RYDER DIGGS
DENISE ILITCH
ANDREA FISCHER NEWMAN
ANDREW C. RICHNER
RON WEISER
KATHERINE E. WHITE
AFFILIATED FACULTY
WAYNE BAKER
Professor, Ross School of Business and Sociology
MICHAEL BASTEDO
Professor, School of Education, Director, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education
KIM CAMERON Professor, Ross School of Business and School of Education
GERALD DAVIS Professor, Ross School of Business and Sociology
RICHARD GONZALEZ Professor, Psychology and Statistics
KATHRYN HEINZE Associate Professor, Sport Management
ANDREW HOFFMAN Professor, School of Natural Resources and Ross School of Business (OS Advisory Committee)
RAMASWAMI MAHALINGAM Associate Professor, Psychology
JASON OWEN-SMITH Professor, Sociology (OS Advisory Committee)
SHOBITA PARTHASARATHY
Associate Professor, Ford School of Public Policy and Women’s Studies
RICHARD H. PRICE Professor Emeritus, Psychology
LANCE SANDELANDS Professor, Psychology and Ross School of Business
DENISE SEKAQUAPTEWA Professor, Psychology
CARL SIMON
Professor, Complex Systems, Mathematics, Public Policy and Economics
GRETCHEN SPREITZER Professor, Ross School of Business
OSCAR YBARRA Professor, Psychology (OS Advisory Committee)
