Susan Petty

Susan Petty

Susan is Director of Admissions for the Berkeley MBA for Executives 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

MBA Bay Area

Uncategorized | 3 MIN READ

How your professional past improves your MBA experience

While top business schools value a medley of students in their MBA programs, the coursework caters to students who have had full-time work ...
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Nick Johnson, EMBA 16

Marketing | 4 MIN READ

Nick Johnson examines the future of marketing and the roles of a leader

The director of Content Programs at Salesforce, Nick Johnson, EMBA 16, shares his views on “thought leadership,” the value of a Berkeley MBA for ...
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Top-Business-School

Uncategorized | 3 MIN READ

The immediate benefits of a top MBA program

From improving your transferable skills to bolstering your professional credibility, there are many benefits of obtaining an MBA. But, don’t fall ...
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Laura Teclemariam, EMBA 18

Technology | 3 MIN READ

Six questions for Laura Teclemariam, Electronic Arts

Laura Teclemariam, EMBA 18, has redirected her career many times. She followed her Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and computer ...
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Lisa Rawlings, EMBA 19

Uncategorized | 3 MIN READ

Can MBA skills help Lisa Rawlings tackle social injustice issues?

Lisa Rawlings, EMBA19, acknowledges that business and finance is a world away from social work. But the chief of staff of the Courts Services & ...
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Brian Tajo, EMBA 18

Uncategorized | 3 MIN READ

One path, two goals: Brian Tajo, EMBA 18

By age 31, Brian Tajo was hitting his professional goals with remarkable speed and precision. He had worked as a consultant for IBM, a workday design ...
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Kriya Chantalat, EMBA 16

Finance | 2 MIN READ

Learning to see at C-level: Kriya Chantalat, EMBA 16

At a pivotal point in her career, Kriya Chantalat, EMBA 16, faced the best sort of problem: a promotion out of her comfort zone. After working for ...
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Allie Foote, EMBA 18

Uncategorized | 3 MIN READ

Finding her focus through an MBA: Allie Foote, EMBA 18

By age 29, Allie Foote had a dream job. Eight years into her consulting career, she had worked in three groups at PricewaterhouseCoopers: from ...
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Lida Kourita, EMBA 16

Entrepreneurship | 2 MIN READ

Taking the entrepreneurial path to improving global healthcare: Lida Kourita, EMBA 16

“What is the best way to help?” It’s a question physicians ask often in the course of their careers as they contemplate a patient’s situation.
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Uncategorized | 1 MIN READ

Video: For these students, an EMBA on campus makes all the difference

For David Reile and Moj Payombar, an EMBA program that would let them study on campus was a key factor in choosing the Berkeley MBA for Executives ...
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U.S. Army veteran and Berkeley EMBA student Kevin Nguyen

Diversity and Inclusion | 3 MIN READ

Six questions for U.S. Army veteran and EMBA student Kevin Nguyen

What do you do after you've served over eight years in the U.S. Army, from deployment in Iraq as a platoon leader to conducting training missions as ...
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Berkeley EMBA student Laura Teclemariam

Women in Leadership | 3 MIN READ

Seeking greater impact on the creation of gaming content

Even as a child, Laura Teclemariam sought to understand the merging of stories and technology—by pulling apart and examining a VHS tape. Now, as a ...
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