LGBT MBA CONFERENCE

Reaching Out 2007

The 10th Annual LGBT MBA Conference

October 11 – 14, 2007

San Francisco, CA



Organizers:

• Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
• Stanford Graduate School of Business

Keynote Speakers:
Margaret Cho, Comedian, Entertainer, Author, Actress and Civil Rights Advocate
Chip Conley, Founder & CEO, Joie de Vivre Hospitality
Lisa Sherman, General Manager and SVP, Logo

Panels:

Career

• Consulting
• Marketing
• Investment Banking & Finance
• Media & Entertainment
• Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital
• Retail
• Health Care
• International Development and Microfinance
• Nonprofit and Public Service
• Diversity in Technology

General

• Know Your Rights: Legal Issues in the Workplace
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Navigating International Waters
• I Want My Gay TV!
• Coming Out at Work
• Landing Your Dream Job: LGBT Recruiting
• The Pink Dollar: Marketing Case Study
• Gay Politics: Choosing Parties and Choosing Battles
• Building a Work-Life Balance
• Philanthropic Giving

Other Conference Programs:

• Networking workshops
• Case Study Competition
• Case Writing Competition
• LGBT Student Leader Roundtable
• Women’s reception
• Minority reception

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Sponsors

Underwriters:

• Lehman Brothers
• Wachovia

Welcome Sponsor:

• IBM

Platinum Level Sponsors:

• BCG
• Citi
• Dell
• Johnson & Johnson
• The New York Times
• University of California at Berkeley – Haas School of Business

Gold Level Sponsors:

• Morgan Stanley
• Russell Investments

Case Study Competition:

• Booz Allen Hamilton

Case Writing Competition:

• Robert Half International

Silver Level Sponsors:

• Boehringer Ingelheim
• Clorox
• Deloitte
• Ernst & Young
• Goldman Sachs
• Levi’s
• Yahoo

Career Panel Sponsors:

• American Express
• Deutsche Bank
• HP
• JP Morgan
• McKinsey & Company
• Novartis
• Target

General Panel Sponsors:

• Accenture
• Amazon
• ATKearny
• Bain & Company
• Gill Foundation
• Honeywell
• Merrill Lynch
• P&G
• Raytheon
• UBS
• Toyota

Other Event Sponsors:

• Credit Suisse
• Google
• Unilever

Travel Logistics Sponsor:

• Orbitz

Official Airline:

• Northwest Airlines