Susan Petty

Susan Petty

Susan is Director of Admissions for the Berkeley MBA for Working Professionals Program. She has nearly twenty years of experience in marketing and advertising, having worked in several different industries including technology, travel, healthcare — and many others from her media planning days at J. Walter Thompson where her clients included Chevron, Kaiser Permanente, Nestle, and Ford. She enjoys advising prospective students and guiding them through their personal MBA experience.

Posts by Susan

Headshot of Kyle Bell, MBA 25

Haas culture | 3 MIN READ

A competitor relishes collaboration and the Berkeley Haas culture

There are probably as many reasons for getting an MBA as there are MBA students. For Kyle Bell, MBA 25, the “right” reason was realizing the large ...
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Molly Bjorkman and husband Lars pose for camera

Entrepreneurship | 5 MIN READ

From the vineyard to the classroom: How a Haas student’s family is her business

The University of California, Berkeley is practically in the DNA of Molly Bjorkman, MBA 25. Pursuing her MBA at the Haas School of Business was a ...
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Students in the Flex MBA program listen in classroom during their Leadership Communications weekend

MBA Benefits | 6 MIN READ

No business degree? An MBA is still possible

Having business skills is beneficial in a lot of jobs, but some undergraduate students don’t consider taking many, if any, classes in marketing, ...
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Healthcare | 3 MIN READ

Bring your entire self to business school

For Pranjali Vadlaputi, MBA 26, and the program manager of Pediatric Telehealth at UC Davis Health, three things guide her career choices and her ...
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Entrepreneurship | 3 MIN READ

Making space and making a difference as an entrepreneur through acquisition

When she heard Dean Ann Harrison speak at an event in Chicago in 2019, Adilene Dominguez, MBA 24, was just starting to research MBA programs. Instead ...
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Diversity and Inclusion | 4 MIN READ

You can't know until you try: the MBA conundrum

During the four years that Katherine Zepeda Arreola, MBA 24, pondered whether to get a graduate degree—and what kind—she remembers a mentor telling ...
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Entrepreneurship | 3 MIN READ

A searcher on the trail of the perfect acquisition

Ten years ago, Leo (Wang) Yao, MBA 22, and his wife, Tingting Wu, took a hike while visiting Alaska. As the trail grew tougher and the switchbacks ...
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Flex MBA | 3 MIN READ

In person? Online? Which part-time MBA schedule is right for you?

Don’t let distance limit your choice of a top-ranked MBA program. Berkeley Haas Evening & Weekend MBA students in the weekend cohort commute to ...
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Rachel poses with classmates and friends atop the Berkeley Haas sign

Marketing | 3 MIN READ

Ignoring limitations, taking risks, and practicing compassion

Three years old is too young to understand why mommy is gone two nights a week, but Rachel Lui Pang, MBA 24, wants her daughter to one day “be proud ...
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Group of Berkeley Haas students talking inside a lecture hall.

MBA Benefits | 5 MIN READ

Your MBA, your way: Comparing part-time MBA options

The decision to pursue an MBA isn’t one big decision. Rather, it is a series of smaller decisions: Where? When? Which format? Why?
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Video still image of Shilpa Worlikar smiling in Berkeley Haas video.

Haas culture | 3 MIN READ

How the Berkeley Haas leadership principles define the MBA experience

You don’t have to talk long with a Berkeley Haas MBA student to realize what they discovered—sometimes to their surprise: The fourDefining Leadership ...
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Still of Chloe Kauffman, MBA 23, in Berkeley Haas Video.

MBA Benefits | 3 MIN READ

Insights into why Haas might be the business school for you

There are just shy of 500 accredited business schools in the U.S. But there is only one Berkeley Haas School of Business. As entrepreneurJarett ...
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