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26MBA EXEC PROGRAM STAFF CONTINUEDShakira Blassingame: Administration/ReceptionistShakira, who serves as administrative assistant/receptionist, joined Wharton | San Francisco in June 2011.Shakira is the first point of contact for visitors arriving atthe San Francisco campus. She came to Wharton with15 years of experience in after-school programming forelementary and high school students. Shakira earned a BAin Psychology from California State University Sacramento,where she also attended graduate school. Prior to joining theWharton team, Shakira worked at Girls Inc. as a VolunteerCoordinator and a Program Assistant.Beth Evans: AdministrationBeth, Administrative Coordinator, processes theinvoices and reimbursements for Wharton | San Francisco,is the assistant to Vice Dean, Doug Collom, maintains ourFacility “Master” Calendar, and co-coordinates with ourPhiladelphia Executive Education Colleagues for programsthat come through our San Francisco facility.Born and raised in Northeast Philadelphia, Bethworked part-time at Wharton Finance & dministrationfor five years while attending Temple University for a BAin Communications, concentration in Public Relations.In August 2008, Beth moved to the foggy city workingpart-time for Wharton | San Francisco. After a couple ofmonths, Beth became a full-time “official” University ofPenn/Wharton employee.Julienne M. Gherardi: Executive EducationAs a Director of Western Region BusinessDevelopment for Wharton Executive Education (WEE),Julienne Gherardi is responsible for building andstrengthening WEE relationships with global corporationslocated California and in neighboring states. Juliennecomes to the role after several Philadelphia-based yearssuccessfully growing WEE’s academic partnerships withGoogle and Nokia. Using a consulting methodology,Julienne worked with these and other internationalclients to create learning experiences targeted to businessresults. Prior to joining Wharton, Julienne spent six yearsworking in the strategic communications field, developinginternational outreach campaigns for US governmentclients, and building academic partnerships for Penn’sAssistant Provost for International Affairs. Julienneholds an MA from Georgetown University’s School ofForeign Service. She is the former recipient of a Fulbrightfellowship for field research in Egypt, and speaks Arabic.Allison Grant: EventsAllison belongs to both the Wharton | San Franciscoand Dean’s Office teams and is responsible for organizingthe Western Region alumni and outreach events for thecampus. Allison has over 11 years of event planningexperience, 8 of those years have been within HigherEducation. Most recently, she spent the past 5 years inExternal Affairs for The Wharton School (Philadelphia)where she led a team of 3 people and planned 60+ eventsworldwide. Prior to that, Allison worked at UCLAorganizing student and campus events.Allison is originally from the Bay Area and earnedher B.A. in Sociology with a Minor in Music from theUniversity of California, Santa Barbara. As a nativeNorthern Californian, Allison, her husband (WG’08) andson are happy to be back on the West Coast and enjoyingthe warmer weather.Steve Hernandez: Career Mgmt. ServicesSteve has been a career development professional forover 15 years. He is currently the Associate Director of CareerManagement Services for the Wharton MBA for Executivesin San Francisco. Steve designs and delivers programming tosupport our Executive MBAs in achieving their career objectives.He advises, counsels, and coaches WEMBA students regardinglong-term career development and as necessary, immediate jobsearch strategies. He conducts outreach to companies throughoutthe country for partnering, industry segment education, andmiddle to senior management career opportunities. Prior tojoining Wharton, Steve was an adjunct career advisor for theUC Berkeley Haas/Columbia and Executive MBA programs.As a former partner and executive recruiter for a local searchfirm, Steve helped Bay Area companies identify, screen, andhire professionals ranging from staff to senior management.In addition to recruiting, since 2004 Steve has managed aprivate Career Services Practice, working mostly with mid-life,mid-career professionals in one-on-one, group, and workshopsettings, coaching in the areas of professional development, selfassessment,transition, workforce re-entry, career planning, jobsearch, resume writing and interview effectiveness. Steve holds aMaster’s degree in Career Development.Morgan Lang: I.T.Morgan has been with Wharton | San Francisco since2003. He provides support for information and classroomtechnologies used by faculty, students, visitors, and staff.He is originally from Vermont, and has received degrees inmusic from the University of Washington and ColumbiaUniversity.Jamie Lee: I.T.Jamie, IT Director, has been with Wharton | SanFrancisco since 2002, and was the first individual dedicatedto furnishing technical support for all academic andadministrative programs running at the facility. Jamieworks closely with the local staff, students, faculty andadministrators, and is responsible for all operationaland maintenance aspects of Wharton | San Franciscotechnologies including, but not limited to; facility networkcircuit and wide-area connectivity, computer equipmentand peripherals, academic and administrative softwareoperating systems and applications, classroom technologies,audio and video teleconferencing, and management of alocal technical support staff, contractors, and vendors.Jamie received a B.A. with Honors from Brown