Haas EWMBA Student & Alumni Mixer: Bowling Day, Sunday November 15th, 1PM - 5PM

What better way to develop strong relations than to play and have fun together!!!

Join us for the EWMBAA sponsored Student-Alumni pillar event, where you will get the opportunity to meet, network and build relations with alumni in a casual and relaxed setting.

With 2 hours of private bowling alleys, appetizers and mixer drinks, relax & enjoy the Sunday afternoon & show off your bowling skills! We have great prizes for our top Bowling champions!

Event will start at 1PM, with the Haas private bowling tournament running between 2PM and 4PM. Mixer and Networking is scheduled from 4 PM to 5 PM. Our event ends at 5, but you are more than welcome to stay after and enjoy more drinks or a game of pool.

JUST IN: Celebrate Haas' #1 MBA US rank and #3 worldwide just announced in The Economist (July 15, 2009). We are 7th worldwide in "alumni effectiveness".

Event details and registration information:

What: Haas Student & Alumni Mixer, Bowling Day

Where: Strike Bowling - 10123 N. Wolfe Rd., Cupertino, 95014

When: Sunday, Nov. 15th - 1PM to 5PM. (Bowling alleys from 2PM to 4PM).

Schedule: 1PM - 2PM Casual networking.

2PM - 4PM Bowling tournament - Free play.

4PM - 5PM Mixer and networking.

Acteva Registration: $7

http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=192105

At the Door: $15

Registration will close on 11/12. Event will sell out, so reserve your spot soon.

Alumni & Students only event.

Contact Info: For any questions e-mail

Gopi Pai (gopi_pai@mba.berkeley.edu)

Ahmed Tantawy (ahmed_tantawy@mba.berkeley.edu)

The EWMBAA Alumni Relations Committee.

Haas Welcome Parties

Berkeley, California

Date: Thursday, August 27, 2009

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: “Jupiter,” 2181 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley CA 94704 (upstairs room reserved for party) Registration: http://acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=184602

For questions, contact:

Lindy Vejar at lindy_vejar@bio-rad.com

San Francisco, California

Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009

Time: 5:30pm – 7:00 pm

Location: Downstairs room @ Taverna Aventine, 582 Washington Street, (nearest cross street Montgomery), San Francisco CA 94111

RSVP: Michael Sowa at michael.sowa@bankofamerica.com

Alumni Dinner Series: Entrepreneurship & VC

Update: Registration Closed

Date: August 27th, Thursday

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: La Strada Italian Restaurant, 335 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Costs: Alumni Guests – Free, Students - Open your own tab

This month's dinner event is for students who are interested in the Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital. 12 seats will be open to EWMBA students and registration will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.

If you are interested in attending the event, please email Sunder Thirupapuliyur (sunder@mba.berkeley.edu).

The following guest alumni will be attending:

Mat Fogarty, MBA 01, Founder and CEO, Crowdcast.

Mat is an entrepreneur and visionary in organizational dynamics. Featured on the cover of Inc. Magazine, Mat is a regular speaker on the enterprise forecasting and prediction markets circuit. Prior to founding Crowdcast, Mat held senior positions in FP&A at EA and Unilever. While at EA, he pioneered the use of prediction markets for forecasting key metrics, an initiative which has since expanded company-wide. Mat is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and holds an MBA from UC Berkeley and BS in Management Science from the London School of Economics.

Arun Ramamoorthy, MBA 05, Principal, Pinnacle Ventures.

Before joining Pinnacle, Arun was in the Corporate Branding and Strategic Marketing team within the Sales and Marketing Group at Intel, where his focus was on technology leadership marketing. Prior to his marketing role, Arun spent over six years managing technology development programs at Intel. As a Program Manager at Intel, he was responsible for lithography infrastructure development. In this role, he managed several development programs at suppliers, universities and National Labs, worked with industry consortia and Intel Capital on collaborations and investments in the lithography supply-chain. Early in his career, he spent several years working on next generation assembly and test technology development. Arun has an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.

Haas Alumni Dinner – Clean Tech/Energy

Date: July 1
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Osha Thai Restaurant, 4 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, 94110.
Costs: Guests – Free, Non guests - Open your own tab

This event is organized by the EWMBA Alumni Relations Committee, as a part of the 'Special Interest Group' networking dinner series. The alumni dinner series aims at providing a venue for EWMBA students to meet other students who intend to pursue their careers in a particular industry and also gain valuable perspectives from alumni who work in that industry.

This month's dinner event is mainly for students who are interested in the Clean Tech and Energy industries. 8 seats will be open to EWMBA students and registration will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.

If you are interested in attending the event, please email Sunder Thirupapuliyur (sunder@mba.berkeley.edu).

The following guest alumni will be attending:
- Art Altman, MBA 94, Manager, Energy Market Risk and Portfolio Management, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
- Tony Chen, MBA 06, Senior Manager, Business Development, Cool Earth Solar.


Dress code is business casual.

Haas Welcome Parties Worldwide

Haas' Worldwide Welcome Parties for Newly-Admitted Students, New Graduates & Alumni of All Ages

Join the celebration as we welcome a new community of Haas alumni. "Welcome Parties" are a fun, casual, and festive opportunity to meet other alumni near you and welcome newly-admitted students to the world of Haas.

Sao Paulo, Brazil
Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Time: 6:45pm - 8:45pm
Location: Bar Bardot, Rua Clodomiro Amazonas , 260 Itaim Bibi, Sao Paulo, SP
RSVP and for questions: Ricardo Lewin at Ricardo.Lewin@cosan.com.br

Beijing, PRC
Welcome Party and Dinner with Dean Rich Lyons!
Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Location: “Yuelu Shanwu”, Gongti Branch, About 100m in on the small road immediately opposite the Gongti Xi Lu branch of Bellagio; No.101 Building; West Block of Wangjing Garden; Guangshunbei DajieChaoyang district, Beijing
Cost: RMB 150
RSVP and for questions: Tom Du at tom@prinble.com

Lima, Peru
Date: Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Time: 6:30pm 8:30pm
Location: TBD
RSVP and for Questions: Freddy Amprimo at famprimo@yahoo.com.

London, UK
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: “The Founders Arms,” 52 Hopton Street, Blackfriars, London SE1 9JH
RSVP and for questions: Diego Groiso at diego.groiso@mba.berkeley.edu

Orange County
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Taleo Grill Restaurant, 3309 Michelson Drive, Irvine CA 92612
RSVP and for questions: A J Miller, drsumajm@cox.net

Shanghai, PRC
Welcome Party with Haas Dean Rich Lyons!
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009
Time: 7:15pm-9:00pm
Location: “Racks Xintiandi,” 5th floor, 7 South Block, Xintiandi (the building with the movie theater& Haagen Dazs on the first floor), Shanghai
Cost: 150 RMB/person
RSVP and for questions: Rong Chen njrongchen@gmail.com or 136-1192-9381

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009
Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm
Location: At the home of alumnus Chris Zobrist for wine & food;
18Bis/12 Nguyen Thi Minh khai, District 1, HCMC
Then at 7 pm “Windsor Plaza Hotel," 18 An Duong Vuong Street, District 5, HCMC
Cost: 400k VND
RSVP and for questions: Chris Zobrist at czobrist@cal.berkeley.edu

Brussels, Belgium
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: “Belga Queen,” Wolvengracht 32, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
RSVP and for questions: Naard Broeckaert, naard.broeckaert@torrebos.com

Davenport, Iowa
Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: “Granite City,” 5270 Utica Ridge Road, Davenport, IA 52807
RSVP and for questions: Jennifer Kakert at jkakert@ilpcs.com or 563-508-4612

Los Angeles, California
Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: “South,” 3001 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica CA 90403
RSVP: www.acteva.com/go/haasla
For questions: brian@explore-american.com 818.995.8729 or raffi.aharonian@gmail.com 714.393.2737

New York, New York
Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Time: 7:00pm 9:00pm
Location: 79 Street Boat Basin Bar/Restaurant, 79 West Street (79th & Hudson River), New York NY 10006
RSVP: alumni@haas.berkeley.edu
For questions: Leslie Kanberg, leslie@haas.berkeley.edu

Hong Kong
Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009
Time: 7:00pm 9:00pm
Location: G Bar, IFC, Podium Level 4 (http://www.ifc.com.hk/english/restaurant.aspx?id=4009), Hong Kong
RSVP and for questions: Richard Ann, richardann@gmail.com (+852 6196 2330)

Madrid, Spain
Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009
Time: 8:00pm 10:00pm
Location: Le Garage, C/ Valenzuela 7, Madrid
RSVP and for questions: Mario Alvarez at alvaremario@gmail.com

Seoul, Korea
Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Roof-top Garden at Best Western Hotel, Nonhyun-dong 205-9, Kangnam-gu, Seoul (tel: 822-6474-2000)
RSVP and for questions: Jay Jung at jayjung21@yahoo.com or 011-732-0530.

Tehran, Iran
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
RSVP and for Location Details: Arta Pirouz, artapirouz@berkeley.edu

Boston, Massachusetts
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Rattlesnake Bar & Grill, 384 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116
RSVP and for questions: George Reitter at GWReitter@sgh.com

Mexico City, Mexico
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009
Time: 9:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: “Hotel Habita,” Av. Presidente Masaryk 201, Col. Polanco, Mexico, D.F. 11560 (at the Penthouse Bar)
RSVP and for questions: Carlos Dieguez at carlos@dieguez.org

Tokyo, Japan
Date: Friday, June 26, 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Mitsui & Co. Ltd. Tokyo Head office Annex Building, 2-1 Ohtemachi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo

RSVP and Questions: Toshi Sakurai, T.Sakurai@mitsui.com, cell#:080-1125-2682

Jakarta, Indonesia
Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Lowey Restaurant, Oakwood Premier Cozmo, Jalan Lingkar Mega Kuningan, Jakarta 12950
RSVP and for questions: Matt Sinder, mattsinder@yahoo.com, mobile +62818988703

Sonoma, California
Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009
Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Home of Chapter Board Member Debra Eagle in Sonoma
(address will be provided upon registration)
Cost: Alumni: - $10 per adult, plus a bottle of your favorite wine to share.
Students: $5 per person (no need to bring wine)
RSVP & for questions: Jeannine Drew at jdrew@sonic.net.

Makati City, Philippines
Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Manila Golf Club Veranda, Makati City, Philippines
RSVP and for Questions: Joey Yujuico at j@online.com.ph

Singapore
Date: Friday, July 3, 2009
Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: Oosh, 22 Dempsey Road, Singapore 249679
RSVP and for questions: John Chen at john.chen@mba.berkeley.edu

Taiwan
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009
Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Carnegies Restaurant & Bar (Tel: 02- 2325-4433), No. 100, Sec. 2, An-He Road, Taipei
RSVP and for questions: Renee Wang at mobile (886) 919-246-351

Washington, D.C.
Welcome Dinner!
Date: Monday, July 13, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: “Art & Soul” in the Liaison Hotel, 415 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC
RSVP & for Questions: Shelly Musgrove at shellywalker02@hotmail.com or 917.204.4581

Chicago, Illinois
Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: “The Tasting Room,” 1415 W. Randolph, Chicago IL
RSVP: Jim Barnett at jimbarn99@yahoo.com

Detroit, Michigan
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2009
Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Location: “Royal Oak Brewery,” 215 E. Fourth Street, Royal Oak, MI 48067
RSVP and for Questions: Elizabeth Singleton, efsingleton2000@yahoo.com or 650-776-3134.

Bangkok, Thailand
Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Kuppa in Sukhumvit Soi 16, Bangkok, Thailand
RSVP and for Questions: Apollo Chansrichawla at apollo@mie.co.th

Phoenix, Arizona
Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: “Wildflower Bread Company,” Arcadia Commons, Indian School & 44th Street, 4290 East Indian School Road, Phoenix AZ 85018
RSVP and for Questions: Theda Nunn at theda.nunn@earthlink.net

Mountain View, California
Date: Saturday, August 1, 2009
Time: 11:30am - 3:00pm
Location: Cuesta Park, 615 Cuesta Drive, Mountain View CA 94040
Cost: Adults - $5, Childen under 12 - $2, Children under 3 - free
RSVP & for Questions: Bill Ledeen at WLedeen@aol.com

Berkeley, California
Date: Thursday, August 27, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: “Jupiter,” 2181 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley CA 94704 (upstairs room reserved for party) Registration: http://acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=184602
For questions, contact: Lindy Vejar at lindy_vejar@bio-rad.com

San Francisco, California
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
RSVP: TBD
Look for more details soon.

FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT HAAS WELCOME PARTIES, check our website: www.haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/welcome

Alumni Affairs welcomes new members

The Alumni affairs committee is very pleased to announce its newest members:
Jerome Alabado, Kelly Kennedy,Sam Chatterjee,Bethanne Deuel,Marcelo Oiliveira,Brenda Charette, Suresh Bala.

The next few months are going to be a fantastic time for the Alumni Affairs committee and we have three very exciting programs planned:
- Dinner for 8
- Industry focused Resume reviews ( in conjunction with career services committee)
- Pledge committee

More to follow in these programs.

Welcome to the Haas Alumni Network!

Class of 2008:
Please be sure to pick up your Alumni Grad Packs from the EWMBA Program office starting on Monday, May 5th. The grad packs contain great information about your Alumni Benefits, FAQ’s about life as a Haas alum, information about the upgraded Haas Alumni Database (rolling out this summer!), and of course- presents! You as EWMBA students actually will be getting a very special present from the Haas Alumni Relations Office- please don’t miss out! If you have questions, or need additional information, please contact Meg Roundy, meg@haas.berkeley.edu, in the Haas Alumni Relations Office. Meg is also your liaison as you start your life as a Young Alum- stay in touch- she is going to miss you.