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Dean’s Speaker Series

UC Berkeley Haas
Artificial Intelligence
Perplexity AI
Rent the Runway
Leadership
Mental Health
Generative AI
Venture Capital
CALM
Workplace Culture
Aravind Srinivas
Worldcoin
Entrepreneurship
Microsoft
Cynt Marshall
The New York Times
Digital Subscriptions
Independent Journalism
Nike
Corporate Venture Capital
Athlete

The Dean’s Speaker Series brings in a diverse mix of top leaders for fireside chats with MBA students about their leadership journeys. The Haas School’s premiere speaker event is now available as a podcast.

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In this Dean’s Speaker Series podcast episode, Elliott Hill, President & CEO of Nike, Inc., reflects on his three-decade journey serving in various leadership roles across Europe and North America, including leading commercial and marketing operation... more

Meredith Kopit Levien, president and CEO of The New York Times Company, joins the Dean's Speaker Series podcast to share her career journey in the media industry, navigating the shift from print to digital news, and how AI is impacting the way users ... more

Jennifer Hyman, co-founder and CEO of Rent the Runway, joins the Dean's Speaker Series podcast to share how she transformed a classroom idea into a publicly traded company that redefined the way people shop for fashion. From launching the world’s fir... more

Julie Zhuo, co-founder of Sundial and former Vice President of Product Design at Facebook, joins the Dean's Speaker Series podcast to discuss her journey from being Facebook’s first intern to helping shape some of its most iconic features, including ... more

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Recent Guests

Elliott Hill
CEO of Nike (guest speaker)
Nike
Episode: Just Do It Again: Nike CEO Elliott Hill on Rebuilding the $40 Billion the Brand Around Athletes
Meredith Kopit Levien
CEO of The New York Times Company
The New York Times Company
Episode: The Business of Truth: NYT CEO Meredith Kopit Levien on Journalism, AI, and Building a 12-Million-Plus-Subscriber Media Company
Jennifer Hyman
Co-founder and CEO of Rent the Runway
Rent the Runway
Episode: Disrupting Retail: Jennifer Hyman on Building and Leading Rent the Runway
Julie Zhuo
Facebook's first intern, later VP of Design, co-founder of Sundial
Sundial / Meta (Facebook)
Episode: From Facebook’s First Intern to Founder: Julie Zhuo’s Leadership Journey
Cynt Marshall
CEO, former CEO of Dallas Mavericks; pioneer in workplace culture and DEI
Marshalling Resources; former AT&T executive
Episode: People First Leadership: How Cynt Marshall Transformed Culture at Scale
Michael Stewart
Managing partner at M12, Microsoft's Investment Fund
Microsoft
Episode: From Founder to Funder: Michael Stewart’s Path to Venture Capital
Ana Corrales
Chief Operating Officer for Google Consumer Hardware
Google
Episode: Leading in Tech, Building for Tomorrow: A Conversation with Ana Corrales
Trevor Traina
Ambassador to Austria (2018-2022); tech entrepreneur and founder/investor
Various (including Cresus Labs, Tools for Humanity)
Episode: Entrepreneur, Diplomat, Innovator: Ambassador Trevor Traina on Leadership and the Future of Tech
Aravind Srinivas
CEO of Perplexity AI
Perplexity AI
Episode: From PhD to CEO: Aravind Srinivas on Reinventing Search with Perplexity AI

Hosts

Isa Talija
Host of the Dean's Speaker Series, affiliated with Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
Jenny Chapman
Dean of the Haas School of Business, frequently moderates conversations

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 7 ratings
  • Great guests!

    Really interesting conversations on leadership.

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Listeners appreciate practical takeaways and stories that humanize leadership.
Really valuable leadership insights for aspiring executives.
Great guests!

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Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

The Business of Truth: NYT CEO Meredith Kopit Levien on Journalism, AI, and Building a 12-Million-Plus-Subscriber Media Company
Q: How do you balance truth-seeking journalism with the pressure to speed up in the digital era?
Prioritize accuracy over speed; maintain a robust professional process, own mistakes, and judge the body of work rather than a single headline or story.
People First Leadership: How Cynt Marshall Transformed Culture at Scale
Q: What shaped your leadership philosophy early in your career?
The three L's—listen, learn, love—formed from hands-on experiences with frontline workers; listening helped me uncover unseen truths, learning grounded me in the realities of the ground, and loving people reframed leadership as service, not control.
How’s your battery? Calm CEO David Ko on normalizing mental health at work
Q: How do you justify ROI for mental health programs to skeptical leadership?
Focus on outcomes, adherence, and repeated testing; engagement alone isn't enough. Use third-party data and randomized studies where possible to demonstrate real impact on productivity and healthcare costs.
How’s your battery? Calm CEO David Ko on normalizing mental health at work
Q: What strategies have you found effective to prevent burnout in large organizations?
Explain the why behind priorities, limit the number of tasks, and focus on a few important actions at a time. Also, invest in creating a culture where employees feel heard and supported, and provide concise, accessible mental-health resources.
How’s your battery? Calm CEO David Ko on normalizing mental health at work
Q: How has the conversation around mental health in the workplace evolved since you started your career?
It has shifted from almost no discussion to a much more open, approachable topic, though there is still stigma in some regions. The key is making dialogue normal, with practical steps like talking about mental health at work and ensuring leadership models openness.

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1. Elliott Hill
2. Meredith Kopit Levien
3. Jennifer Hyman
4. Julie Zhuo
5. Cynt Marshall
6. Michael Stewart
7. Ana Corrales
8. Trevor Traina

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