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Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Additionally, Stanford Graduate School of Business works closely with the following organizations to foster a diverse educational environment:
“Established in 1970, the National Black MBA Association is dedicated to develop partnerships that result in the creation of intellectual and
economic wealth in the Black community. In partnership with over 400 of the country’s top business organizations, the association has
inroads into a wide range of industries as well as the public and private sector. Yet all of NBMBAA’s partners have one thing in common:
they are all committed to the organization’s goals and values.”
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85 Broads
Says its website, “Founded in 1997, 85 Broads was launched by Janet Hanson as an independent network for current and former Goldman
Sachs women (the name being a humorous play on Goldman’s headquarter address, 85 Broad Street in Manhattan). In 2000, Janet invited
women at the leading graduate business schools to join the network, regardless of chosen career path, and in 2004, extended the invitation
of membership to women at the leading colleges and universities worldwide. Together, these women make up the most powerful,
intellectually savvy network of women in the world. Members of this multigenerational and culturally diverse network work for over 1,000
companies and live in 72 countries.”
PhD Project
According to the PhD Project website, the organization’s “mission is to increase the diversity of corporate America by increasing the diversity
of business school faculty. We attract African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Native Americans to business PhD programs, and provide
a network of peer support on their journey to becoming professors. As faculty, they serve as role models attracting and mentoring minority
students while improving the preparation of all students for our diverse workplace and society.”
Please describe any scholarship and/or fellowship opportunities for minority and/or female students attending your school.
Name of fellowship program: The Mohammed bin Rashid Fellows Program
Number of fellowships awarded: Up to five
Deadline for application: With application for admission
Fellowship award amount: Full tuition
Website or other contact information: www.mbrfoundation.ae
The Mohammed bin Rashid Fellows Program aims to identify talented and ambitious youth from across the Arab region, and offer them scholarships
to pursue graduate studies in management, finance or leadership at top-notch international universities. Within two years following completion of their
studies, the fellows are bound to return to the Arab region for at least two years of employment in the public or private sector. This highly competitive
program will award up to five fellowships annually to qualified Stanford MBA candidates who demonstrate leadership capabilities and commitment to
the Arab region’s human and socioeconomic progress.
There is a two-stage application process. In the first stage, prospective fellowship applicants complete the Reliance Dhirubhai Fellows application. In
the second stage, Reliance Dhirubhai Fellows finalists will go on to complete the standard application process for the Stanford MBA program. Stanford
may select up to five Reliance Dhirubhai Fellows from among the finalists based on its primary admission criteria of intellectual vitality, demonstrated
leadership potential and personal qualities.
This fellowship is for students entering accredited, two-year, full-time MBA programs. Students in their second year of business school who were
unable to apply for the fellowship prior to business school, but who want the opportunity to affiliate with Toigo prior to graduation may also apply.
Applicants may also be pursuing a joint-degree program directly tied to the field of finance. To be eligible, applicants must be a U.S. citizen or a
permanent resident and a minority, as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor (i.e., African-American, Asian-American/Pacific Islander, U.S. Latino,
Native American/Alaska Native and/or South Asian-American). Applicants must be planning a career in financial services after graduation including,
but not limited to, investment management, investment banking, corporate finance (non-investment banking), real estate, private equity, venture
capital, sales and trading, research or financial services consulting. To apply, complete the online application form and pay the application fee.
From the NSHMBA website, “The National Society of Hispanic MBAs, which exists ‘to foster Hispanic leadership through graduate management
education and professional development,’ has established a scholarship program to assist qualified Hispanics to pursue MBAs. Scholarships are
offered each year for full- and part-time study at an accredited (AACSB) institution of the student’s choice.”
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From the NBMBAA website, “The NBMBAA MBA Scholarship Program identifies students who have demonstrated potential to make significant
contributions in the field of business in the public and private sectors. Applicants must demonstrate academic excellence, exceptional leadership
potential and be actively involved in their local communities through service to others.
“Each year a minimum of 25 students receive scholarship awards up to $15,000 and NBMBAA membership. Some recipients will also receive round-
trip airfare and housing to the annual conference and exposition, complimentary conference registration and special VIP access to receptions and
events at the conference.”
PROMINENT ALUMNI/FACULTY
Please provide information about prominent minority faculty members at your school.
Peter Henry, Konosuke Matsushita Professor of International Economics, the John and Cynthia Fry Gunn Faculty Scholar and associate director of the
Center for Global Business and the Economy
Dr. Henry is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of International Economics, the John and Cynthia Fry Gunn Faculty Scholar and associate director of
the Center for Global Business and the Economy at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He is also a senior fellow of the Stanford
Institute for Economic Policy Research, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonresident senior fellow of the Brookings
Institution and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2000 to 2001, he was a national fellow at the Hoover Institution. The National
Science Foundation’s Early CAREER Development Program supported his research and teaching from 2001 to 2006. In 2004, Dr. Henry participated
in the Copenhagen Consensus, an international conference on how to make the most efficient use of the world’s scarcest resources. The Economist
named the published proceedings of the conference one of the best business books of 2004.
Dr. Henry received his PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1997. While in graduate school, he served as a consultant
to the Governors of the Bank of Jamaica and the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB). His research at the ECCB contributed to the intellectual
foundation for establishing the first stock market in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Area.
Prior to attending MIT, Dr. Henry was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University where he received a BA in mathematics and a Full Blue in basketball. He
also holds a BA in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a Morehead Scholar, a National Merit Scholar, a
member of Phi Beta Kappa, a Marshall Scholar-Elect, a reserve wide receiver on the varsity football team and a finalist in the 1991 campuswide slam-
dunk competition.
V. “Seenu” Srinivasan, Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, director of the strategic marketing management executive program
Professor Srinivasan received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, and was the gold
medalist in his graduating class. He worked for two years as a production-planning engineer at Larsen and Toubro, Mumbai, prior to joining Carnegie
Mellon University where he received his MS and PhD in industrial administration. He is currently the Adams Distinguished Professor of Management
at the Stanford GSB and the faculty director of its strategic marketing management executive program. He was formerly the director of Stanford GSB’s
doctoral program.
Professor Srinivasan’s primary research interest is in the measurement of customer preferences (conjoint analysis) and its role in product and service
planning and pricing. He has also contributed to other market research areas such as new product development, market structuring and the
measurement of brand equity. At the Stanford MBA program, he teaches the core course on data and decisions, and an elective on customer-focused
product marketing. Professor Srinivasan has been a consultant to several companies and has won best teacher awards. He is an associate editor of
the Journal of Marketing Research and Marketing Science. He received the Parlin Award for outstanding contributions to marketing research, the
Churchill Award for lifetime achievement in marketing research, the Converse Award for outstanding contributions to the development of the science
of marketing and nine other best research paper awards.
Seungjin Whang, Jagdeep and Roshni Singh Professor of Operations, Information and Technology,
Seungjin Whang is the Jagdeep and Roshni Singh Professor of Operations, Information and Technology. He obtained his bachelor’s in engineering at
Seoul National University, Korea, and his MA, MS and PhD at the University of Rochester. He has been on the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School
of Business since 1987. His research interests include supply chain management and economics of information technology. He has published widely
in academic journals including Management Science, Operations Research and Information Systems Research. In 2005, his paper “Information
Distortion in a Supply Chain: The Bullwhip Effect,” co-authored with H. Lee and P. Padmanabhan (1997), was elected to be one of top-10 most
influential papers in Management Science in its 50-year history. In the same year, he was elected as one of the world’s 42 most respected management
professors by The International Institute of Management. He currently serves as senior editor of Information Systems Research. He teaches various
courses in supply chain management and has prepared cases on Harrah’s, OnStar, POSCO, SAP R/3, Seven Eleven Japan, Toyota and TSMC. He won
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honorable mention in the Distinguished Teaching Award at the Stanford GSB, 1995-1996. At Stanford, he serves as codirector of Stanford Global
Supply Chain Management Forum and the Stanford-NUS executive program.
Please provide information about prominent minority alumni from your school.
Omid Kordestani, MBA 1991, senior adviser, Google, Inc.
Omid Kordestani has more than a dozen years of high-technology consumer and enterprise experience, including key positions at internet pioneer
Netscape Communications. Today, he is Google’s senior adviser to the CEO and founders. He joined Google in May 1999 as “business founder,”
leading the development and implementation of the company’s initial business model. Since then, he has brought Google to profitability in record time,
generating more than $6 billion in revenue in 2005. He is directly responsible for Google’s worldwide revenue generation efforts as well as the day-to-
day operations of the company’s sales organization.
Please provide information about prominent female faculty members at your school.
Anat R. Admati, George G.C. Professor of Finance and Economics, professor of management science and engineering (by courtesy) in the School of
Engineering and professor of economics (by courtesy) in the School of Humanities and Sciences
Anat Admati is a financial economist who has written primarily on issues related to information in financial markets. Her research (most of which has
been conducted jointly with Professor Paul Pfleiderer, a colleague at Stanford GSB) has explored a broad set of issues, such as trading mechanisms
and trading patterns, direct and indirect information markets, contracting issues in venture capital and in portfolio management contexts, performance
measurement, the regulation of disclosure and large shareholder activism. Her current research interests are related to corporate governance.
Professor Admati is primarily a financial economics theorist. Her research focuses on issues related to the dissemination of information in financial
markets. In particular, she has written on trading patterns in markets where some investors may have private information and on markets where
information is sold, for instance, through newsletters or active mutual funds. She also has studied portfolio performance measurement, venture capital
contracting and the desirability of setting disclosure standards for firms. Most recently, her research interests focus on corporate governance and she
has written particularly on the role of large shareholders.
Professor Admati received her BS in mathematics and statistics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1979, and her PhD from Yale University
in 1983. She is the recipient of a Sloan Research Fellowship, a Batterymarch Fellowship and multiple research grants, and she was recently elected
fellow of the Econometric Society. Professor Admati has served as a board member of the American Finance Association and in a number of editorial
positions. She is currently an associate editor of the Journal of Finance and an advisory editor of the Journal of Financial Markets. She is also a board
member of the Rock Center for Corporate Governance of the Stanford Law School and Stanford Hillel.
Margaret A. Neale, John G. McCoy-Banc One Corporation Professor of Organizations and Dispute Resolution, director of the managing teams for
innovation and success executive program, director of the influence and negotiation strategies executive program, codirector of the executive program
for women leaders
Margaret A. Neale is the John G. McCoy-Banc One Corporation Professor of Organizations and Dispute Resolution. In 2000-2001, she was the
Graduate School of Business Trust Faculty Fellow. From 1997 to 2000, she was the academic associate dean of the Graduate School of Business at
Stanford University. Prior to joining Stanford’s faculty in 1995, she was the J.L. and Helen Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Dispute Resolution and
Organizations at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. She received her bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from
Northeast Louisiana University, her master’s degrees from the Medical College of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University and her PhD in
business administration from the University of Texas. She began her academic career as a member of the faculty at the Eller School of Management
of the University of Arizona.
Professor Neale’s major research interests include bargaining and negotiation, distributed work groups and team composition, learning and
performance. She is the author of over 70 articles on these topics and is a co-author of three books: Organizational Behavior: A Management
Challenge, third edition, with L. Stroh and G. Northcraft (Erlbaum Press, 2002); Cognition and Rationality in Negotiation, with M.H. Bazerman (Free
Press, 1991); Negotiating Rationally, with M.H. Bazerman (Free Press, 1992); and one research series, Research on Managing in Groups and Teams,
with Elizabeth Mannix (Emerald Press).
In addition to her teaching and research activities, Professor Neale has conducted executive seminars and management development programs in the
United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Holland, Switzerland, Brazil, Thailand, France, Canada, Nicaragua, the People’s Republic of China, Hong
Kong, United Arab Emirates, Mexico, Israel and Jamaica for public agencies, city governments, health care and trade associations, universities, small
businesses and Fortune 500 corporations in the area of negotiation skills, managerial decision making, managing teams and work force diversity. She
is the faculty director of three executive programs at Stanford University—influence and negotiation strategies, managing teams for innovation and
success and the executive program for women leaders.
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Professor Tiedens teaches about interpersonal and team dynamics, negotiations and the effects of emotions in the MBA, PhD and executive programs.
Her research and teaching has won awards.
Kim Smith, MBA 1998, cofounder and senior adviser, NewSchools Venture Fund
Kim Smith cofounded NewSchools Venture Fund in 1998 to transform public education by supporting education entrepreneurs. In NewSchools, Ms.
Smith created a new “hybrid” approach to investing in social entrepreneurs. NewSchools uses grants, loans and equity investments to support a
portfolio that includes nonprofit and for-profit entrepreneurs who are building sustainable, scalable education ventures. Ms. Smith served as CEO of
NewSchools Venture Fund from 1998 until fall 2005, and currently serves as a senior adviser and board member. She began her career as a consultant
specializing in business-education partnerships. In 1989, she became a founding team member of Teach for America (TFA). She then put her TFA
experience to work in the post of founding director of BAYAC AmeriCorps, a consortium of nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area working to develop
young leaders in education. Ms. Smith’s background includes marketing experience with Silicon Graphics’ education industry group, where she
focused on the online learning industry and her role as the founding director of a trade show venture.
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Please describe any faculty and/or student research projects that focus on diversity, multiculturalism and minority issues.
Professor Francis J. Flynn’s research focuses on interpersonal relations in organizations. In particular, he studies three topics of interest: (1) How
employees can develop healthy patterns of cooperation; (2) How the negative impact of racial and gender stereotyping in the workplace can be
mitigated; and (3) Why certain individuals tend to emerge as leaders and assume positions of power in organizations. His work bridges the fields of
management and social psychology, leading to scholarly as well as practical insights on organizational life. His published and forthcoming work
includes:
Flynn, F.J. and Ames, D. (2006). “What’s good for the goose may not be good for the gander: The benefits of self-monitoring for men and
women.” Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 272 to 283.
Bowles, H. and Flynn, F. “Getting past no: Gender and persistence in negotiations.” (Under review at Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology.)
Flynn, F. and Levine, R. “Dr. Jekyll or Ms. Hyde? Exploring the dark side of female stereotypes.” (Revision requested at Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology.)
Associate Professor Brian Lowry’s research has two major threads. The first examines the operation of racial attitudes below the threshold of
consciousness. The second focuses on how people perceive inequality. Underlying both lines of work is the assumption that individuals may
unintentionally exacerbate existing inequity, despite supporting the ideal of a just and fair society. He has published numerous articles, including:
Unzueta, M.M. and Lowery, B.S. (in press). “Defining racism safely: White Americans’ motivated denial of an institutional conception of
racism.” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Knowles, E.D., Lowery, B.S., Hogan, C. and Chow, R.M. (in press). “On the malleability of ideology: Motivated construals of color-blindness.”
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Unzueta, M.M., Lowery, B.S. and Knowles, E.D. (2008). “Overcoming affirmative action: Policy beliefs as self-affirmations.” Organizational
Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 105, 1 to 13.
Sinclair, S., Dunn, E. and Lowery, B.S. (2005). “The relationship between parental racial attitudes and children’s automatic prejudice.”
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 3, 283 to 289.
Haley, H., Sidanius, J., Lowery, B.S. and Malamuth, N. (2004). “The Interactive Nature of Sex and Race Discrimination: A Social Dominance
Perspective.” In G. Philogene (Ed.), Racial Identity in Context: The Legacy of Kenneth B. Clark (pp. 149 to 160). Washington, D.C.:
American Psychological Association.
Please describe any symposiums or special lectures that focus on diversity and minority issues organized and/or sponsored by your school.
Black Business Students Association Conference
In an effort to strengthen and expand the Black Business Students Association’s presence on campus and beyond, the 26th annual conference was
entitled “Leadership in the New America: What is Our Role in Shaping the Black Social, Political and Economic Agenda?” This daylong conference
focused on the importance of involvement in business and socially responsible efforts, building and cultivating social networks, seeking out mentors
and serving as role models in the community.
The conference coincides with the school’s admit weekend to give prospective students an opportunity to experience the Black community’s
contribution to the professional development of the student body and community. A prominent keynote speaker, panel discussions and an awards
luncheon engage students, alumni, faculty and professionals in the community.
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Asian Society
The Asian Society seeks to promote social networking opportunities among students of Asian origin or descent, as well as those students who are
interested in Asian culture.
Canadian Club
The Canadian Club is dedicated to the goal of bringing together and providing services to the members of the Stanford GSB community who are
interested in Canadian culture and issues.
Europe Club
The Europe Club is the link between the business community of Europe and GSB students. It also represents an important social platform for the
diverse European student body and others interested in European culture.
Out4Biz
Out4Biz is a social and socially active organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered students at the GSB. The goals are to provide a
community for GLBT students, to serve as a resource for our membership and the Stanford GSB community as a whole and to increase awareness of
GLBT issues in business.
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Please also provide information on any programs, including on-campus and universitywide programs in which MBA students participate that focus on
issues related to women or minorities.
The Stanford Graduate School of Business is a member of the NBMBAA and the NSHMBA as well as a sponsor of the PhD Project and the LEAD
program. In addition, the school works closely with its diverse student organizations to coordinate outreach programs.
Stanford University also runs Diversity Works, a consortium of departments and offices across Stanford University whose work involves issues relating
to a diverse population of all the members of our campus community, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff. The group meets
regularly to share information and to hear speakers on various topics of diversity.
Please provide information on any institutes and/or related programs that focus on diversity.
American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Program (AIANNHP)/Native American Cultural Center (NACC)
The Stanford University American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Program/Native American Cultural Center serves a diverse and
underrepresented student population. The primary mission of the program/center is to meet the needs of the students by recognizing the variables
that exist within the Native American community and creating programs that assist them to successfully address the factors that influence degree
progress and completion. The program staff understands that difficulties in this process may arise at any level from the first year through the
graduate/professional school experience. The AIANNHP/NACC works to significantly reduce the cultural and educational barriers Native American
undergraduate and graduate students may encounter in transitioning from their high school or other university experience to the rigors of attending a
premiere research institution. To do this, the program initiates a series of interventions that begins with the earliest contact with students and continues
until their university goals have been met and beyond.
El Centro Chicano
Through advising and referrals, El Centro’s professional staff helps students make the most of their academic career at Stanford. This includes helping
make connections with the local community, become involved in services programs, find mentors for research and/or career-related endeavors,
organize educational programs for the greater Stanford community or develop a new organization. Through the academic enrichment and recognition
programs, the center also helps students excel at Stanford. Most importantly, El Centro Chicano has effectively transformed a basement the university
kindly surrendered into the rich, cultural center that has respectably become a home away from home for la familia de Stanford.
Please describe any off-campus resources, activities, programs and/or organizations that may be of interest to minority or female students.
Chinese Historical and Cultural Project
www.chcp.org/index.html
According to its website, the Chinese Historical and Cultural Project aims to “promote and preserve Chinese American and Chinese history and culture
through community outreach activities.” The CHCP recently reconstructed the Ng Shing Gung, a religious and community center that houses the
Chinese American Historical Museum. This nonprofit organization, founded in 1987, is located in San Jose.
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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Please describe any diversity recruiting events for employers recruiting minority and/or female students at or near your school.
The Stanford Graduate School of Business participates in and encourages students to attend the NBMBAA and NSHMBA conferences, as well as
hosting a variety of corporate recruiters through on-campus events such as the spring career fair.
How does your school’s leadership communicate the importance of diversity to your student body, faculty and administration?
Diversity often means different things to different people. At the Stanford Graduate School of Business, diversity refers to the wide range of individual
perspectives encompassed within each class. These perspectives are related to—but not defined exclusively by—students’ ethnic backgrounds,
nationalities, gender, sexual orientation, education, work experiences and career aspirations. Here, you can be yourself.
DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Please describe the demographics of your most recent entering class.
Percentage of female students: 36 percent
Please describe the geographic diversity of your most recent entering class.
Percentage of international students and permanent residents: 34 percent
Please describe the selectivity of your school for the most recent application cycle.
Number of applicants: 6,575
Please describe the academic and employment backgrounds of your most recent entering class.
Average years of pre-MBA work experience: 3.9
Consulting: 17 percent
Consumer products: 24 percent
High-tech: 9 percent
Investment management: 30 percent
Nonprofit/government: 11 percent
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Please provide student employment information for the most recent graduating class.
Class of 2008
Consulting: 27 percent
Consumer products: 3 percent
Financial services: 37 percent
Manufacturing: 1 percent
Media/entertainment: 3 percent
Nonprofit: 5 percent
Petroleum/energy: 2 percent
Pharmaceutical/biotechnology/health care products: 3 percent
Real estate: 4 percent
Technology: 12 percent
Other: 3 percent
Consulting: 29 percent
Finance: 42 percent
General management: 4 percent
Marketing/sales: 16 percent
Operations/logistics: 4 percent
Other: 5 percent
Amazon.com
Apple, Inc.
Bain & Company
The Boston Consulting Group
eBay, Inc.
Fidelity Investments
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Google Inc.
Johnson
Microsoft Corporation
Morgan Stanley
Nike Inc.
Procter & Gamble
The Walt Disney Company
Yahoo! Inc.
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