Harvard Business School Names Executive Fellows

Boston, MA: “Harvard Business School(HBS) has announced a cohort of 75 Executive Fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year. The Executive Fellows program leverages the expertise of outstanding practitioners—many of whom are alumni—to enhance teaching and learning at the School. Executive Fellows are sponsored by and partner with at least one HBS faculty member to bring their business experience into the HBS community.

The fellows contribute to the School by collaborating on curricular and co-curricular activities in the MBA Program. These include, but are not limited to, co-teaching course sessions in the Elective Curriculum, offering career counseling and development coaching to MBA students, co-leading Short Intensive Programs (SIPs), and delivering workshop sessions. Fellows also bring their expertise to the School’s HBS Online and Executive Education programs by collaborating with faculty in case development and other research projects. Fellow appointments range from a few months to one year and may be extended.

“Since its inception in 2020, the Executive Fellows program has enhanced the School’s educational mission and its connection to practice in important ways,” said Professor Len Schlesinger, chair of the program. “Our community has benefited greatly from having the opportunity to learn from such a diverse array of accomplished business leaders through a variety of activities. We are grateful for their real-world perspectives and expertise, all of which provides valuable context and enriches the learning and teaching experience on campus.”

To see the full list of Executive Fellows, click here.

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Five Stanford GSB Students Named 2025 Siebel Scholars

Palo Alto, CA: “Five second-year MBA students at Stanford Graduate School of Business have been named 2025 Siebel Scholars, in recognition of their leadership and academic accomplishments. The students — Helen Berhanu, Isabella Haegg, Michael Liu, Ian McRae, and Philipp Schellhaas — were chosen by a committee of Stanford GSB faculty. The award includes a $35,000 stipend to be used toward the student’s final year.

The Siebel Scholars program was established by the Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation in 2000 to recognize the most talented students at the world’s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, bioengineering, and energy science. Each year, more than 90 graduate students at the top of their class are selected during their final year of studies. More than 1,100 Siebel Scholars currently serve as advisors to the Siebel Foundation and work collaboratively to find solutions to society’s most pressing problems.”

To read about the five Siebel Scholars, click here.

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Chicago Booth Launches New Family Office Initiative

Chicago, IL: “the University of Chicago Booth School of Business is proud to announce the creation of a new Family Office Initiative—one of the first comprehensive programs focused on family office leaders at a major academic institution.

The FOI at Chicago Booth will support the education, research, and networks for current and future family office leaders throughout the world, allowing them to capitalize on the research-driven insights of Booth’s faculty, as well as the resources of the initiative’s collaborators.

Today’s family office leaders have distinct needs and dynamics. While most other similar programs tend to focus largely on the family business, Booth’s new FOI exclusively targets the growing and increasingly important family office sector and its leaders.

The Family Office Initiative includes a steering committee and a council of industry leaders and practitioners, featuring, at present, more than 50 family office leaders from some of the most respected family groups in the United States and Europe. These industry experts form the core of the network mission of the initiative, and they include several Booth alumni, including Morrow Bailey, ’10, managing director at HF Capital; Quan Mac, ’05, CEO and CIO of Greenville Asset Management, a family office for a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based family; and Bob Venable, ’96, president and CEO of the Miami Corporation Management, among several other Booth alumni.

“For 125 years, Chicago Booth has produced pathbreaking ideas with lasting impact and trained generations of leaders who have helped shape the world of business. The boom in family offices across the world has highlighted a need for education and collaboration opportunities among principals and practitioners,” says Madhav Rajan, Booth dean and the George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting. “True to our history, Booth is leading the way by investing resources in a comprehensive program to support the development of family offices, further extending our global reach in this untapped area.”

To learn more about the Family Office Initiative, click here.

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