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MBAExec Program Staff25Doug H. Collom: AdministrationDoug Collom is the Vice Dean of Wharton | SanFrancisco. He assumed this leadership role in January 2009.Among other responsibilities, his principal mission is toenhance Wharton’s brand on the West Coast. Doug alsooversees all activities that affect the San Francisco campusand is centrally invovled in the outreach activites ofWharton | San Francisco at its campus, in the San FranciscoBay Area and in other regions up and down the WestCoast.In the way of background, Doug is from the SanFrancisco Bay Area and was a corporate partner for morethan 20 years at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosait, apreeminent technology law firm based in Silcon Valey. Inhis practive, Doug repsented companies ranging from earlystate starups to significant public companies. In addition,Doug co-teaches a course on entrepreneurial management(Venture Capital and Startups) with Professor Raffi Amit atWharton | San Francisco and in the MBAExec Program inPhiladelphia.Doug received his J.D. from the UCLA School of Lawand his B.A. from Stanford.Anjani Jain: AdministrationAnjani Jain is Vice Dean of Wharton’s MBA Program(located in Philadelphia) for Executives and AdjunctProfessor of Operations and Information Management.He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematicsfrom Indore University in India; an MBA from the IndianInstitute of Management, Ahmedabad; and a Ph.D. inoperations research from the University of California, LosAngeles. He joined Wharton’s faculty in 1986 and hastaught courses in operations management and managementscience at the MBA, Ph.D., and undergraduate levels. In1993 he became Director of the MBA Program. In hiscurrent role as Vice Dean, he oversees the administrationof the MBA Program for Executives at Wharton’s campusesin Philadelphia and San Francisco. He previously servedas Vice Dean of Wharton’s full-time MBA Program from2000 to 2010. He continues to teach in the MBA andExecutive Education programs and has won numerousteaching awards.http://opimweb.wharton.upenn.edu/people/faculty.cfm?id=49Bernadette Birt: AdministrationBernie, Executive Director of the Wharton MBAProgram for Executives, West and Chief Operating OfficerWharton | San Francisco, has been with the program sinceSeptember 2010. Prior to joining Wharton, Bernadettespent twenty years at Northwestern University, sixteenof those years with the Kellogg School Executive MBAProgram. Bernadette’s role grew with EMBA domestic andjoint program expansion and encompassed responsibilitiesfor admissions, operations, student affairs, budget &finance and alumni affairs. Bernadette’s most recentposition at Kellogg was Director, Domestic ExecutiveMBA Programs. Bernadette graduated from NorthwesternUniversity with a BS in General Studies and a major inOrganization Behavior and did graduate coursework inLearning and Organizational Change through the Schoolof Education & Social Policy at Northwestern University.Amy Weinstein: Class 38 Program OversightAmy, Program Director, joined the MBAExec Westteam in 2007. Amy works closely with students and faculty,and is responsible for the operational aspects of theprogram including, but not limited to; academic advising,event/graduation planning, publications development,course material management, faculty support and studentaccount reconciliation. Amy also manages the Wharton |San Francisco website and produces the campus’ quarterlynewsletter.Amy is originally from Philadelphia and is also a Pennalumna. She earned her Masters in Liberal Arts from Penn,and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from Penn State.She worked in the journalism field for a number of yearsand she also taught at Santa Barbara City College prior tojoining Wharton.Juana Droessler: Class 37 Program OversightJuana, Program Director, has been with the programsince 2001, having started with Class 27, the first Wharton| San Francisco MBA for Executives Class. Juana worksclosely with students and faculty, responsible for theoperational aspects of the program including, but notlimited to; academic advising, event/graduation planning,publications development, course material management,faculty support and student account reconciliation. Inaddition she facilitates the activities of various studentgroups, the Quality Circle, Executive Speaker Series and theInternational Trip Planning Committee.Juana received a BA from Marquette University. Sheretired from SBC Communications (AT&T) where shewas Executive Director, Marketing. She is a past memberof the Board of Trustees of the College Preparatory Schoolin Oakland. Both of Juana’s sons are Wharton undergradgraduates.Alla Feldman: Class 37 & 38 Program SupportAs Program Assistant to Juana Droessler and AmyWeinstein, Alla provides administrative support for bothClasses 37 and 38. She graduated from the MoscowUniversity of Chemical Machine Building and worked asan equipment designer in the chemical industry. After herSan Francisco company closed in 2005, she decided tostart a new career in administrative work. She went backto college and received her Office Technology Certificate.Alla is working on receiving her AS in businessadministration.