By: Nikhita Chawla — On March 21st, 2023, the Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership (EGAL) welcomed Deepa Purushothaman on campus as a featured speaker for the AmpEquity speaker series. …

EGAL Researcher Profile — Sa-kiera Tiarra Jolynn Hudson is an assistant professor in Management of Organizations at Berkeley Haas. She is interested in two broad research questions: What are the psychological and biological roots of power hierarchies, and how do these hierarchies intersect to influence experiences and perceptions? She received her BA in psychology…

By Rachel Sanchez — Following the success of three diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) focused case competitions with customer service software company Zendesk, Berkeley Women in Business (BWIB) and Berkeley Haas’s Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership (EGAL) were thrilled to team up once again to host our fourth annual case competition on Friday…

The Center for Equity, Gender & Leadership (EGAL) welcomed six new members to their Advisory Council in 2022. This brings the number of Advisory Council members to 26. Melissa Berg, Director of Inclusion, Culture, and Engagement, Dome Construction Melissa Berg is a shareholder and the Director of Inclusion, Culture, and Engagement at Dome Construction. Melissa has been in the construction…

EGAL Researcher Profile — Caleb E. Dawson is a PhD candidate in Critical Studies of Race, Class, and Gender with a Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender, and Sexuality at UC Berkeley. Caleb engages in humanistic social science research about educational institutions and social movements. …

We are honored to present this year’s Kellie A. McElhaney Equity Fluent Leadership Award to Cristy Johnston Limón (EMBA ‘16)! Cristy was born and raised locally, in San Francisco’s Mission District. While at Haas, Cristy served as the inaugural VP of DEI in the Executive MBA program. …

By Jasmine Sanders — On Monday, October 24, 2022, the Center for Equity, Gender and Leadership (EGAL) and Anaplan co-presented at the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Annual Inclusion Conference in San Diego, California. Jasmine Sanders, a research fellow at EGAL and PhD student at UC Berkeley, and Sherika Ekpo, Chief People Officer…

By Kayla Noguchi — On Thursday, October 13, the Center for Equity, Gender & Leadership held its annual EGALapalooza, an exciting event celebrating and building Equity Fluent Leadership in the Haas community. …

EGAL Project Manager — We are pleased to welcome Janay Osborne as EGAL’s newest staff member! Janay joined our team in August as Project Manager. She is a Cal alum (Go Bears!), earning her BA in Sociology from UC Berkeley in 2018. During her time at Cal, she served on the Diversity, Equity, and…