Transcript MBAA 2004 Election Guide - Haas School of Business

2007 MBAA Town Hall
Team Introduction &
Officer Objectives
MBAA Mission
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“To engage with and serve the student
community by enriching the academic,
social and professional experiences for
Haas students of today and tomorrow.”
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MBAA Core Values
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Accountability
 “Stand by our actions”
 “Honor the voice of the student body”
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Initiative
 “Use actions not words”
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Integration
 “1+1 > 2”
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Efficiency
 “Time is precious”
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MBAA Goals 2007
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Improve quality of life for students
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Promote a strong sense of community
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Strengthen the Haas brand and reputation
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MBAA Officers (VPs)
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Sandra Schrauf, Academics
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Luke Dunnington, Community
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Kathy Barris, Admissions
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Otto Williams, Diversity
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Lindsay Grimm, Alumni
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Jeff Ford, Finance
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Jeff Loman, Careers
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Maiken Moeller-Hansen, International
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Tanya Kaminsky, Clubs
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Newton Cheng, Social
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Emily Walling, Communications
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Michael Badalov, Technology
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Cliff Dank, MBAA President
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Coordinate Team of MBAA officers; working closely with
each officer to help drive change, as well as ensure
overarching team-wide goals
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Liaise with administration, community and other
programs on behalf of full-time
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MBA students and serve as Haas student representative
on several committees
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Identify and execute personal initiatives
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MBAA President Updates
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Facilitate weekly team meetings and work with individual MBAA
officers on an on-going basis to accomplish joint initiatives (eg: MBA
Lounge Renovation)
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Draft important MBAA policies (around EWMBA club membership,
dues allocation, etc.), working with individual officers and the entire
team to create sustainable MBAA best practices
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Give regular interviews to local and national press and represent the
full-time MBA program on numerous committees including the
Program Committee, Dean’s Search Committee, etc.
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Sandra Schrauf, VP of Academics
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Student liaison and sounding board for academic issues to MBA Program
Office
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Student representative on MBA program committee and ad-hoc student
advocate for academic issues of concern to student body
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Create opportunities for student-faculty interaction such faculty-student
lunch program
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Maintain course evaluation database
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Provide student feedback and best practices advice to core faculty
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Support O-Week academic day
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VP of Academics– Objectives Updates
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Support Excel case exhibits pilot
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Continue to advocate for online system for student course
evaluation database
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Continue to advocate for additional IBD slots for students
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Continue to support initiatives to raise the quality of teaching and
improve the classroom experience at Haas
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Kathy Barris, VP of Admissions
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Liaison between student body, Admissions Office and prospective student
community
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Attend weekly meetings for both MBAA and HSA student leadership teams
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Actively participate and play a leadership role in the Super Saturday and
Days at Haas Admissions events in the spring
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Engage the MBA student community in the Admissions process
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Communicate Admissions objectives and events to MBAA and student body
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Participate in outreach programs / websites to build the Haas brand across
the MBA applicant pool
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VP of Admissions – Objectives Updates
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Working with the VP of Alumni, execute the new strategy for the New Student
Mentorship Program to both (1) support increased Admissions yield objectives
and (2) help build the student community between the Classes of 2009 and 2010
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Leverage the tremendous energy in the student body to build upon the “Pack
Your Haas” efforts, which encourage current students to reach out to admitted
students and alumni in cities throughout the world during Spring Break
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Continue to host a thread on the Business Week online message board to
increase Haas’ presence on the internet
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Monitor and contribute to the Class of 2010 New Student Google Group, serving
as the first point of contact for many newly admitted students
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Work closely with fellow MBAA officers, including but not limited to the VP
Diversity and VP International, to further reach out to select groups within the
MBA applicant pool
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Develop a strong working relationship with the Admissions Office and the HSA
Team, who will be your partners in the effort to build the Haas brand
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Get to know your classmates!!! They will be THE BEST resource for you as you
get inquiries from prospective and newly admitted students!
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Lindsay Grimm, VP of Alumni
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Student liaison to Alumni Relations Office and MBA Program Office
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Student representative and sounding board for Alumni Relations
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Chair (or co-chair) of the Lifelong Connections Campaign in spring
of second year
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Supplementary support to clubs and fellow full-time students
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VP of Alumni – Objectives Updates
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Continue to monitor alumni outreach of students and clubs; educate
students about role of Alumni Relations and Corporate and
Foundation Relations
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Serve as student leader for two alumni networking events: Menlo
Circus (spring) and HAN San Francisco (fall)
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Coordinate and lead the Lifelong Connections campaign in the
spring of second year
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Class of 2008 website with Alumni Office and VP Technology
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Improve WAVE program with Admissions Office and VP Admissions
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Jeff Loman, VP of Careers
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Serve as liaison between the CSO, student body, and the MBAA
 Communicate key issues to all parties
 Grade Non-Disclosure Policies
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Manage budget to support the career related activities of the
professional clubs
 Approve/Disapprove funding requests for Career Treks,
Conferences, etc.
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Continuously improve the career search process from both a
logistical and content perspective
 Career Management Conference
 Orientation Week / Days at Haas
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Educate students on the wealth of services available
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VP of Careers – Objectives Updates
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Job Interview Database in collaboration with Virtual Interview Coach
 Ensure adoption/contribution rate is high
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Reduce email clutter through personal communication channels by
account manager
 Deemed not possible during my term, but in queue
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Better integration between Full-time and E/W students
 Becoming more of an important issue
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Off-Campus Job Search Support
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Tanya Kaminsky, VP of Clubs
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Serve as liaison between clubs, the MBAA & administration
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Coordinate student clubs, assist club leaders with funding, logistics of event
planning and other types of support
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Develop strategic direction of club activities, such as target number of clubs,
the role of clubs at Haas
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Ensure continuity in club activities and structure between years
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Market club activities as part of the Haas “package”
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VP of Clubs– Objectives Updates
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Partner with Evening/Weekend MBAA and Program Office to assist
clubs in reaching out to E/W and Berkeley/Columbia students
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Implemented an improved MBAA membership process
Coordinated a series of Club Fairs for E/W and B/C MBA students
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Promoting organization of new clubs and special interest groups
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Leveraging resources between clubs
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Best Practices Fundraising Roundtable with Office of Corporate
Relations
 Goals Sharing Session for club leaders
 Improved club room for short-term storage needs
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Emily Walling, VP of Communications
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MBA Alert Editor
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Liaison to Haas’ Marketing and Communications office
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Goal: Improve MBA Alerts by making information more digestible
Goal: Increase awareness of students’ accomplishments and concerns
Advise on and help build Haas “Leading Through Innovation” brand
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Goal: Consult on new Haas website
Goal: Help build awareness for Leading through Innovation Brand
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Run cohort elections & MBAA elections
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Co-lead commencement speaker committee
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Work with VP Technology to improve calendaring
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Goal: Support migration to Exchange server (test calendaring)
Goal: Examine centralized calendaring/event planning options
Goal: Examine event updates via mobile device
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VP of Communications – Objectives Update
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MBA Alert reconfigured to list events by date, for easier consumption
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Organized and administered “Student Life” survey and “Case Competition”
survey to gauge student preferences and have concrete evidence of
“leading through innovation” in case comp and business plan wins.
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Currently working with task force to recommend candidates for 2008
commencement speaker
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Supported testing of Outlook calendaring for Exchange server migration.
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Examined calendaring options and participated in IT focus groups to voice
student concerns (improving and integrating calendaring currently a slowmoving process)
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Administered surveys to students pertaining to our rankings in major media
publications.
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Serve as marketing and communications consultant to MBAA board.
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Luke Dunnington, VP of Community
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Strive to create opportunities for Haas students and partners to
positively impact the larger community during their time at Haas
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Manage the Haas for Students fund, organizing fund-raising efforts
and disbursements to classmates working as non-profit summer
interns
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Work closely with C4C, serving as an active board member to
ensure that our volunteering and fundraising efforts are, where
possible, coordinated
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Foster interaction and integration between Haas and the greater
graduate community at Berkeley
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VP of Community – Objectives Updates
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Oversaw successful Haas for Students fundraising campaign to support
students working in non-profit internships
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Organized cross-departmental lunches to give Haas students the
opportunities to mix with students from other programs.
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Served as liaison to C4C and other campus organizations
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Otto Williams, VP of Diversity
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Work with Haas student organizations and affinity groups to promote
awareness and inclusion
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Serve as student liaison to the Dean’s diversity committee that
works on recommendations to improve diversity at Haas
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Support diversity recruiting activities, such as a phone-a-thon,
personalized emails, etc.
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Work with O-week chairs to plan and organize the O-week diversity
workshop
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Organize the Haas Diversity in Business Conference
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VP of Diversity – Objectives Update
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3rd Annual Diversity in Business Conference (In process)
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Class of 2009 O-Week Diversity Workshop
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Continuity of Black Business Student Association
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Management Leadership for Tomorrow Conference
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Bridging Undergraduate-MBA Communities through OneHaas
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Support for Various Cultural and Diversity Awareness Activities:
 Haas Debate Forum
 Chinese New Year Celebration
 LAHBA Consumption Festival
 Black History Month Celebration
 An Open Dialog: Gay in Business
 Upcoming Diwali Festival
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Jeff Ford, VP of Finance
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Manage the MBAA fund and annual budgeting process
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Assist MBA conferences with sponsorship & working capital needs
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Distribute MBAA funds and reimbursements to clubs and students
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Assign and manage locker assignments
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Maiken Møller-Hansen, VP International
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Represent the needs and concerns of the international community at
Haas
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Facilitate communication between the career office and the
international community
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Provide enhanced support for logistical matters ranging from settling
in to the US to legal issues during and after the end of school
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VP International – Objectives Updates
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Improve networking and knowledge/experience sharing
opportunities among International Students
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Increase diversity within international student body and social
activities
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Increase focus on global job and internship opportunities
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Provide access to accent reduction workshops for all interested
students
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Put “Europe back on the map”
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Newton Cheng, VP of Social
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Promote social events relevant to Haas to the community
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Plan BOW, TNAG, Consumption Functions, and all other major
MBAA sponsored social events
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Facilitate initiatives for social events from throughout the Haas
community
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VP of Social – Objectives Update
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Greatly increased the amount of corporate sponsorship for
consumptions functions
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Worked with fellow classmates to increase the scale and quality of
Haas social events
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Created clear and consistent guidelines for social funding that meet
the needs of students and the administration
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Michael Badalov, VP of Technology
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Student liaison to Haas Computing Services and MBA Program
Office
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Technology representative and sounding board for Admissions,
Alumni Affairs, Career Services, etc.
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Supplementary technology support to students and clubs
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Assist other officers with their Technology needs/questions
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VP of Technology – Objectives Updates
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Support Outlook Exchange migration
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Find vendor for Event Planning/Management system
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Find vendor for new Course Management system
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Continue to advocate for ongoing Mac Support
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Class of 2008 website with Alumni Office
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Appendix
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Election Process Schedule
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Election Guidelines and Policies
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MBAA Officer Snapshots
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Election Process Schedule
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Monday, October 22nd – Town Hall / Current Officer Presentations
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Monday, October 22nd – Friday, October 26th - Sign-up to run for office
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Monday, October 29th - Deadline to submit candidate statements (must be emailed
to [email protected] by 5pm!)
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October 30th & November 6th - Speeches in Bank of America Forum from 12-2PM.
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November 7th – November 8th – Elections!!
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November 9th – Run-off vote if necessary
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November 12th (possibly earlier) – New Officers Announced
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Public introduction of new officers (TBD)
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Election Guidelines & Policies
Sign-Up/Nominations Period (October 22nd – October 28th )
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MBAA Information Session on Monday, October 22nd in Room C210 from 7:30 – 8:30am. Come and
learn about each position from the current elected officials. Refreshments on us.
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Sign-up at table in Haas Courtyard (12:30 – 2PM) October 22nd – 26th or send an email to Emily
Walling ([email protected]) and cc: the Officer who currently holds the position for
which you would like to run (see list at end of deck).
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The table will be staffed by different MBAA members each day. Feel free to take that time to
speak with them about their positions or contact them anytime by email.
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Candidates must be MBAA members.
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Verbal campaigning is allowed.
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Signage, fliers or other forms of financed campaigning is NOT ALLOWED.
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Use discretion; email Cliff Dank ([email protected]) with any questions.
Candidate Platform Articles (Due Monday, October 29th )
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Submit platforms & digital photo (if you are unhappy with your Student Directory photo) via email to
Emily Walling ([email protected]) by 5pm on Monday, October 29th.
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VP Candidates – 250 Word Limit
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Presidential Candidates – 500 Word Limit
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Election Guidelines & Policies
Speeches (Tuesday, October 30th and Tuesday, November 6th )
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Presidential Candidates
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Tuesday, October 30th, 12:30 – 2:00pm, BofA Forum
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Speeches up to 5 minutes in length
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Open Q&A
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VP Candidate Speeches may also be conducted this day if needed. Candidates will be notified in advance.
VP Candidates
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Tuesday, November 6th, 12:30 – 2:00pm, BofA Forum
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Speeches up to 2 minutes in length
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No Q&A
Voting (Sunday, November 7th and Monday, November 8th )
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Zoomerang for Round 1 voting will go out on November 7th @ 5PM and close on November 8th @ 11:59PM.
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For positions with 3 or more candidates, there will be a second round of voting if no candidate receives more than
50% of votes during the first round of voting.
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Zoomerang for Round 2 voting will go out on November 9 th before midnight and close on November 11th @ 11am.
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First Years get 1 Vote
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Second Years get ½ Vote
Winners Announced (Monday, November 12th )
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2007 MBAA Officers
President: Cliff Dank
Responsibilities:
• Coordinate Team of MBAA officers; working closely with each officer to help drive change, as well as
ensure overarching team-wide goals
• Represent full-time MBA students’ needs and concerns to the school’s administration
• Regularly interface with members of the larger Haas community - including alumni, prospective students
and the student leaders of the EWMBA, MFE, BCEMBA and Undergrad programs – and the community
at large
• Serve as Haas student Representative on several committees, including The Academic Common
Committee in charge of the coordination of the new building with the Boalt School of Law, the MBA
Program committee & Life Long Connection Committee
• Identify and execute personal initiatives
VP Academics: Sandra Schrauf
Responsibilities:
• Serving as a liaison between students and MBA program office on academic issues.
• Serving as student representative on the MBA Curriculum committee
• Running the student faculty lunch program
• Collecting student feedback on electives, providing feedback and best practices to core faculty.
VP Admissions: Kathy Barris
Responsibilities:
• Liaison between the student body, prospective students, the MBAA and the Admissions Office.
• Work closely with the Haas Student Ambassadors to initiate and administer a variety of Admissionsfocused projects including Days at Haas, Admissions Town Hall, and the Haas New Student Mentorship
Program.
• Lead outreach programs to new and prospective students via online channels such as the new admit
Google Group and the Business Week B-School Message Board
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2006 MBAA Officers
VP Alumni Affairs: Lindsay Grimm
Responsibilities:
• Liaison between the Haas alumni, the Haas Alumni Office, and the MBA student body
• Dvaluate ways to increase the quality and quantity of alumni interaction with MBA students
• Lead the Lifelong Connections campaign for the Class of 2008
• Market selected Alumni Office events to the MBA student body to ensure strong student participation
• Assist in securing alumni participation in student-run events
VP Career Affairs: Jeff Loman
Responsibilities:
• Serve as liaison between the CSO, student body, and the MBAA
• Educate students on the wealth of career services available
• Manage budget to support the career related activities of the professional clubs
• Continuously improve the career search process from both a logistical and content perspective
VP Clubs: Tanya Kaminsky
Responsibilities:
• Serve as liaison between clubs, the MBAA & administration
• Coordinate student clubs, assist club leaders with funding, logistics of event planning, & other types of
support
• Develop strategic direction of club activities, such as target number of clubs, role of clubs at Haas..
• Ensure continuity in club activities & structure between years
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2006 MBAA Officers
VP Communications: Emily Walling
Responsibilities:
• MBA Alert Editor
• Liaison to Haas’ Marketing and Communications office
• Advise on and help build Haas “Leading Through Innovation” brand
• Run cohort elections & MBAA elections
• Co-lead commencement speaker committee
• Work with VP Technology to improve calendaring
• Generally facilitate communications in the Haas community.
VP Community: Luke Dunnington
Responsibilities:
• Manages Haas for Students Fund (HfS) with Professor Nora Silver and a board of 4 classmates, which
includes fundraising, marketing, corporate relations, and selection of the HfS Fellows.
• Selects the HfS board; Board seat on Challenge for Charity (C4C),
• Plans community service projects with C4C at Alameda Point Collaborative
• Compiles and distributes Community Alert, plans additional community service projects, compiles the
Haas Community Fellows hours for 2nd years before graduation.
VP Diversity: Otto Williams
Responsibilities:
• Work with Haas student organizations and affinity groups to promote awareness and inclusion
• Serve as student liaison to the Dean’s diversity committee that works on recommendations to
improve diversity at Haas
• Facilitate diversity-related
• Support diversity recruiting activities, such as a phone-a-thon, personalized emails, etc.
• Work with o-week chairs to plan and organize the o-week diversity workshop
Coordinate the Haas Diversity in Business Conference
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VP Finance: Jeff Ford
Responsibilities:
• Manage the MBAA fund and annual budgeting process
• Assist MBA conferences with sponsorship & working capital needs
• Distribute MBAA funds and reimbursements to clubs and students
• Assign and manage locker assignments
VP International Affairs: Maiken Moeller-Hansen
Responsibilities:
• Represent the needs and concerns of the international community at Haas
• Facilitate communication between the career office and the international community
• Provide enhanced support for logistical matters ranging from settling in to the US to legal issues during and after the
end of school
VP Social: Newton Cheng
Responsibilities:
• Oversee the MBAA budget for social activities that unite the full-time MBA student body
• Allocate funds to individual students and/or student groups for activities targeted toward smaller segments of the
student population
• Plan and oversee weekly “Bar of the Week” gatherings and monthly “Consumption Functions” to bring together the
entire full-time MBA student population
• Coordinate special events (dinner receptions, theme parties, etc...) to create a more memorable Haas MBA
experience
• Meet with Student Services and MBAA teams to report on social activities and morale at Haas
VP Technology: Michael Badalov
Responsibilities:
• Student liaison to Haas Computing Services (HCS);
• Technology representative for Admissions, and Alumni Affairs;
• Povide general technology support to students & clubs.
• Meet weekly with HCS and Program Director to discuss current issues
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MBAA Contact Info
Position
Name
Email
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President
Cliff Dank
[email protected]
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VP Academics
Sandra Schrauf
[email protected]
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VP Admissions
Kathy Barris
[email protected]
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VP Alumni Affairs
Lindsay Grimm
[email protected]
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VP Careers
Jeff Loman
[email protected]
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VP Clubs
Tanya Kaminsky
[email protected]
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VP Communications
Emily Walling
[email protected]
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VP Community Service
Luke Dunnington
[email protected]
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VP Diversity
Otto Williams
[email protected]
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VP Finance
Jeff Ford
[email protected]
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VP International
Maiken Moeller-Hansen
[email protected]
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VP Social
Newton Cheng
[email protected]
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VP Technology
Michael Badalov
[email protected]
Check out: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/MBA/student/mbaa.html
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