Faculty

ADMASSU BEZABAH, PHD 

• PhD, Business Administration, majoring in Finance, University of California, Berkeley
• MBA, Oregon State University, Corvallis
• MA, Economics, University of California, Berkeley
• Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

COURSES

• International Corporate Finance 
• Corporate Finance
• Investment Principles 
• International Business

ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL

• Consulted with University of California Extension in banking and finance training programs
•  International Economist for Bank of America

• MBA, Global Strategic Management, Dominican University of California
• BS, Business Administration with concentrations in accounting and finance, University of California, Berkeley

• Financial Accounting
• Managerial Accounting

• Consulted with Bank of America, Piper Jaffray, Thomas Weisel Partners, Bay City Capital, and the City of San Francisco
• 20 plus years teaching undergraduate and graduate students at CSU East Bay, California Institute for International Business, and Golden Gate University
• KPMG alumna and member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), the California Society of CPAs (CalCPA), and the American Accounting Association (AAA)
• Started a student volunteer program with Tax-Aid

• PhD, Manpower Planning with emphasis on Economics of Education, Stanford University, California
• MA, Political Science, Stanford University, California
• BA, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

• Macro Economics
• Micro Economics
• Sustainable Development
• Research Methods and Business Statistics

• Associate Editor British Journal of Management and Economics and the Scientific Journal International
• Recipient of the Compton Foundation Grant and the Friedman's Fund for Innovation Competition Award
• Sarlo Distinguished Professor of Business Economics
• Board of Trustee for Teachers College in Ethopia
• Consultant to the United Nations, Employee of UNESCO 
• Author of Environmentally Sustainable Economic Development and International Political Risk Assessment for Foreign Direct Investment and International Lending Decisions
  
• Co-author of The Saga of African Underdevelopment: A Viable Approach For Africa's Sustainable Economic Development in the 21st Century

JAYATI GHOSH, PHD

• PhD with emphasis in Industrial Location & Economic Development, University of Waterloo, Canada
• MA, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
• BSc and MSc, University of Calcutta, India

• The World: Issues & Interdependence 
• Diversity, Growth and Development in Asia Pacific
• Managing Across Cultures in International Business
• Globalization: Concepts and Effects
• Business Communication: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

• Taught at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
• Published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Management Sciences; SAM Advancement of Management Journal International Journal of Knowledge; Culture and Change Management and Social Science, Medicine and Asian Profile
• Co-edited a book entitled HIV/AIDS in Africa: Beyond Epidemiology

• PhD, Economics, New York University
• MBA, Finance, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
• BA, Economics and Statistics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

• Micro Economics
• Macro Economics
• Globalization: Implication for Business
• International Finance
• Managerial Economics
• Current Issues in the Global Economy
• Corporate Finance
• Multinational Corporations

• Consultant in both private and public sectors in Israel, East Asia, and Central America
• Consulted for Bank of America, Bechtel, Pacific Gas and Electric and the County of Marin

CHRISTOPHER E. LEEDS, PHD

• PhD, Business Administration, University of Illinois 
• MBA with concentration in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Illinois, Chicago
• BA, Hospitality Business, Michigan State University  

• Business Communication and Critical Thinking
• Organizational Behavior
• Strategic Management
• Business Policy

• 20 years of corporate/consultant experience specializing in strategic planning/marketing, organizational behavior/development, business communications, and leadership development/coaching
• Worked with industry leaders such as Marriott Corporation; Human Synergistics Center for Applied Research in Chicago, Illinois; the St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care System in Indianapolis, Indiana; and the North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Extensive international experience including research for the Employer’s Confederation, Stockholm, Sweden; service as a visiting professor at ESCEM in Tours, France; the Nagoya University of Commerce and Business in Nagoya, Japan and as a consultant in Germany
• Teaching/professional development consultation for the U.S.- Asia Executive Development Program based in Chicago, Illinois

JANE LORAND, JD

• JD, Hastings College of the Law, University of California, San  Francisco
• MA, Education
• BA, History, University of California, Los Angeles. 

• Critical Thinking for Business Redesign
• Systemic Thinking Labs
• Diffusion of Innovation

• Core faculty member
• Co-founder of the GreenMBA
• Works as a consultant to large corporations, industries, and state agencies, developing programs in fields such as energy, sustainable policy, and telecommunications
• Co-founder of Future Insight Maps, Inc. that provides complexity management and futuring software to national governments, industries, corporate and community-level organizations
• Spent three years at the Center for Critical Thinking developing curriculum, doing research, writing articles and teaching college and high school faculties how to transform their curriculum so students think more and memorize less.
• Works in her community bringing her analytical and facilitation skills to the benefit of environmental and educational organizations

• EdD, Organization and Leadership, University of San Francisco
• MS, Clinical Psychology, California State University, Fresno
• BS, Psychology, Michigan State University  
• Graduate Certificate in Educational Computing, University of San Francisco, California

• Community Leadership
• Team Development and Leadership
• Leadership Theory and Application
• Business Communications and Critical Thinking 

• Associate Dean, Director of Marketing and Corporate Development, and Director of Academic Advising and Degree Planning at University of San Francisco, CA

•  Chief Academic Officer as Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of School of Liberal Studies and Professional Studies, Associate Dean and Director of Pathways Evening and Weekend Programs, Dominican University of California

• Founder of the Institute for Leadership Studies
• Experience in budgeting and human resource management, international education, and academic governance and assessment, served on several community boards

JACOB MASSOUD, PHD

• PhD, Business Administration, New Mexico State University
• MBA, University of Texas at El Paso
• MEn, Miami University, Ohio
• BS, Biology, Boston College, Massachusetts

• Business Policy and Strategy
• Global Organizational Behavior and Human Resources
• Organizational Behavior

• Worked in the environmental field. Experienced in management, environmental characterization, capacity building for American Indian tribe, community outreach, grant writing, budgeting, and staff development. Also, served as liaison between stakeholder groups
• Teaching interest and experience include strategic management, environmental management, global management, organizational behavior and general management
• Research focuses on Latin America, corporate social responsibility, environmental management, and broader issues of sustainability in organizations

JULIANNE MAURSETH, PHD

• PhD and MS, Organizational Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology
• MA, Human Development, Pacific Oaks College
• BA, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara

• Communication Skills for Business Transformation
• Organizational Behavior for Business Transformation
• Social Impacts of and on Enterprises
• Leadership & Change Management

• President of Awake at Work – a consulting firm dedicated to “bringing conscious choice to work” so that executive leaders and management teams develop more ethical, socially responsible and conscious workplaces. 
• Started own business in 1996
• Understands the various systems that impact healthy organizations and work relationships, and helps clients get to the root cause of what to change and how to do it
• Provides system-wide consulting regarding organizational alignment, team development, skills training, and executive coaching to leaders across many industries
• Facilitates professional leadership and management seminars across the United States
• 20+ years of management experience in various industries where she developed and integrated positive culture change and customized organizational systems in corporations undergoing rapid growth, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and restructuring
• Has taught in MBA programs since 1995, including Pepperdine University, CSU Northridge, and Claremont Graduate University
• Served as an educational consultant and facilitator at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, where she taught public school teachers the neurological aspects of diversity, including practical skills that support tolerance of self and others
• Her doctoral research examined social responsibility in consulting to the healthcare industry, and identified key factors that impact ethical choices at many levels
• As a public speaker, she has addressed many professional groups on the topic of understanding the ethical impacts of our choices in our workplaces and society
• Her community service includes:
• Current member of Board of Directors for SAGE (Solano Advocates Green Environments)
• 6-year member of the Board of Directors for the Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Foundation, where she co-developed the “Healthy Lifestyles” program based on a community promotora model that improved families’ health
• Community organizer and volunteer for 10 years in the Los Angeles foothills, working to protect rural habitat from over-development
• Served on the Foothill Area League of Conservation Organizations & Neighbors and 2-year Board member of the Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council

RAJEEV SOOREEA, PHD, ALM

• Professional Master’s (ALM) in Management, Harvard University
• PhD in Applied Economics, Western Michigan University
• MA in Economics, Leeds University Business School, UK
• BA (Honors) in Economics, University of Bombay, India

• International Business
• Globalization: Implications for Business
• Microeconomics for Managers
• Globalization: Concepts and Effects

• 7 years of teaching experience at Penn State University. Taught international business and economics courses including strategies, policies, and emerging markets

• Industry experience in Financial Management at W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Michigan. Worked directly for VP of Finance and Investments

• Research areas encompass entry strategies in emerging markets especially Foreign Direct Investment; knowledge spillovers; stock markets, trade and economic policy; international financial contagion and global imbalances; business of biotechnology

• Published in several journals such as International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance, Applied Financial Economics, Indian Journal of Economics and Business, Applied Econometrics and International Development

• Serving as reviewer for journals such as Journal of International Business Research, International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets

• Recipient of numerous honors and awards including the Dean’s list for Academic Achievement Award, Best Investment Portfolio Analysis Project, and Topper (tie) in Strategic Management from Harvard; Teaching Excellence Award

JOHN STAYTON, MBA

• DBA (in process) Technology, Organizational Change and Innovation, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
• MBA, International Business, Dominican University of California
• BA, Liberal Studies (Concentrations in Business Management and Political Science), Antioch University, California

• Capstone: Strategic Enterprise Planning (Green MBA)

• Cofounder (2010) and Director of Venture Greenhouse, Dominican's green business accelerator
• Visiting Lecturer, Thammasat University IMBA program, Bangkok, Thailand
• Vice-Chair, Responsibility Center Management Task Force (Dominican)
• Co-founder (2000) of world's first graduate program in sustainable business
• Director of the Green MBA program for 8 years
• Executive Director of non-profit Institute for Environmental Entrepreneurship for 2 years
• Co-founder (2005) of Sustainable Enterprise Conference (Rohnert Park, CA)
•  Owner of Golden Nectar Farm (organic fruit) since 1997
• Marketing and Sales Professional in high technology industrial equipment field for 15 years
• Consultant for numerous projects in the USA, China and Thailand
• Frequent speaker on sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship

DAVID TOUMAJIAN, PHD

• PhD in Marketing, University of Utah
• MBA, Reutlingen University, Germany
• BS in English, Sonoma State University, California

• Marketing Principals
• Marketing Management & Research
• Graduate Marketing Special Topics
• Consumer Behavior

ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL:

• Taught at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense
• Won first prize of  the People’s Choice Awards at the 2003 Advance Consumer Research Film Festival in Toronto
• Presentation and Publication in the 2003 EACR conference in Dublin, Ireland on the discourse surrounding liberatory consumer hopes
• Currently working on his dissertation for submission to the Journal of Consumer Research
• Academic interests include qualitative research methods in consumer behavior and social theories as they relate to marketing and consumption (postmodernism, critical theory, poststructuralism), taboos, and desire in the market place. He has also done research on persuasion knowledge, lifestyle analysis, and critical media literacy.