Anderson Alum Donate $1.5 Million
Investment managers Donnalisa (’86) and William M. Barnum, Jr. have donated $1.5 million to UCLA Anderson School of Management to establish the Donnalisa ’86 and William M. Barnum, Jr. Endowed Term Chair in Management. The endowment will support the teaching and research efforts of distinguished UCLA Anderson faculty.
Donnalisa Barnum is a senior vice president and portfolio manager at Capital World Investors; a division of Capital Research & Management Company, a Los Angeles-based investment management firm with assets of approximately $1.1 trillion. Prior to joining The Capital Group, she worked on Wall Street at Morgan Stanley. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English at Stanford University with honors, a master’s degree in English and Australian literature at the University of Sydney, Australia and an MBA at UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Anderson Marks 10th Year of GEMBA Program
This summer marks the 10th anniversary of the UCLA-NUS Global Executive MBA for Asia Pacific program at UCLA Anderson School of Business. The program is a 15-month, dual-degree program in which graduates earn two MBAs, one from UCLA Anderson School of Management and another from the National University of Singapore Business School.
The program offers senior executives from around the world a global perspective on leadership and management. Students meet for six, two-week sessions across Shanghai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Singapore and Los Angeles, where they are immersed visits, meetings with executives and projects with international companies. The program culminates with a Management Practicum, a global strategic consulting project.
Anderson Alum to Lead Prep School
After Paul Rosenbaum (B.A. ’81, M.A. ’84, MBA ’86) completed his undergraduate degree at UCLA, he continued on that path, getting his master’s degree in English. However, after watching a colleague succeed at the Anderson Graduate School of Management, Rosenbaum decided to pursue the MBA program. As he progressed through his studies at AGSM, Rosenbaum decided he would focus on human resources and the nonprofit track.
When Rosenbaum graduated from Anderson Graduate School of Management, he was approached by Viewpoint School to become its business manager, as well as an English instructor in the Upper School. With the appeal of the school’s serene setting on a 40-acre, oak-tree-studded campus and a reputation for quality faculty, he couldn’t resist the offer.
UCLA Alumnus Named CEO of Target Corp.
UCLA Anderson School of Management graduate Brian Cornell (BA ’81, Executive Program ’91), has been named Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Target Corporation. Cornell has vast experience in the retail and consumer products world and was most recently the CEO of PepsiCo Americas Foods. This is the first time that Target Corporation has hired an outsider as CEO and Chairman.
Cornell joins Target with more than 30 years of experience at some of the nation’s leading retail and consumer product companies. As Target’s new CEO, Cornell’s top priorities will be accelerating the company’s performance and advancing Target’s omnichannel evolution.
Cornell most recently served as the chief executive officer of PepsiCo Americas Foods where he oversaw the company’s global food business, the largest of PepsiCo’s four divisions. He was responsible for a portfolio that included Frito-Lay North America, Quaker Foods and all of PepsiCo’s Latin America food and snack businesses.
Anderson Holds Bootcamp for Veterans
The ‘Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities’ (EBV) at Anderson School of Management was held July 12, 2014 to July 20, 2014. EBV offers cutting edge, experiential training in entrepreneurship and small business management to soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines disabled as a result of their service supporting operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
The intent of the EBV is to open the door to entrepreneurial opportunity and small business ownership by developing your competencies in the many steps and activities associated with creating and sustaining an entrepreneurial venture and also by helping you coordinate your efforts with programs and services for veterans and others with disabilities.
Anderson Announces Speakers for Exec. MBA Commencements
UCLA Anderson School of Management has announced the speakers for this year’s Executive MBA (EMBA) and Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) commencement ceremonies.
Frank Carrere (MBA ’97), senior VP of corporate development at Fox International Channels at 21st Century Fox, will address graduates of the Global Executive MBA for the during the commencement program at 3 p.m. on July 20, 2014, in Korn Hall. John R. Muse (MBA ’74), private equity principal at Kainos Capital, will address Executive MBA graduates at 3 p.m. on July 26, 2014, at Royce Hall and Craig Ehrlich, chairman and co-founder of Novare Technologies, will address graduates of the Global Executive MBA for Asia Pacific program at 6 p.m. on Aug. 23, 2014 on Alumni Plaza.
