Graduate School of Business
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Chris Sadlak
Senior Software Engineer/Project Manager, Teaching and Learning Hub
Current Role at StanfordDLS, Senior Software Developer
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Kao Saeteurn
MSx Fellow, expected graduation 2027
BioMajor Kao Saeteurn is an active-duty United States Marine Corps officer with a background in military financial management and recruitment. He is currently a 2026-27 MSx student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and will continue his career in the Marine Corps upon graduation. Kao was born in San Francisco and grew up in Sacramento, California. He enlisted in the Marine Corps immediately after high school and served three combat tours in Iraq from 2004 to 2007 as an Administrative Specialist, Postal Chief, and Convoy Driver. He attended the University of California Davis and graduated in 2012 with a bachelor’s in Exercise Biology and a minor in Education. Kao served as a Budget Officer in San Diego from 2013 to 2016, an Officer Selection Officer in Berkeley from 2016 to 2019, a Company Commander and Deputy Comptroller in Okinawa, Japan from 2020 to 2023, and a Recruiting Station Commanding Officer in Sacramento from 2023 to 2026. He plans to be a valued member in the MSx program and gain the skills necessary to further contribute to the Marine Corps as well as the wide range of opportunities that will stem from Stanford GSB.
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Alegria Salaices
Associate Director, Lifelong Learning, Graduate School of Business - Development and External Relations
Current Role at StanfordAssociate Director, Lifelong Learning, Stanford Graduate School of Business External Relations
Regional manager for GSB Alumni Chapters in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. -
Alexa Samaniego
Ph.D. Student in Business Administration, admitted Autumn 2022
BioAlexa is a third-year PhD student in Organizational Behavior (Micro) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Alexa's research is inspired by her background in theatre and the performing arts. She considers how speakers and audiences experience repeated performances (e.g., entrepreneurs giving the same pitch, or trainers giving the same seminar), and why certain speakers come across as more authentic than others. Her research informs the work she does as a presentation coach in the Stanford Oral Communication program and TEDxStanford.
Prior to beginning her PhD, Alexa worked as a research associate at Achievers Workforce Institute and Columbia Business School. She received her BS in Business Psychology from UC San Diego, and her MS in Applied Psychology from San Diego State University. -
Kevin Schulman
Professor of Medicine (Hospital Medicine), by courtesy, of Health Policy and of Operations, Information and Technology at the Graduate School of Business
BioDr. Schulman is a Professor of Medicine, and, by courtesy, Professor of Operations, Information and Technology at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. He serves as an Associate Chair of the Department of Medicine. He is the Faculty Director of Stanford’s new applied master degree program, the Master of Science in Clinical Informatics Management program. He also serves as Deputy Director of the Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC) at the Stanford University School of Medicine, and has an appointment in the Department of Health Policy (by courtesy).
Dr. Schulman is a health economist/health services researcher working at the intersection of business, medicine and technology. With over 500 publications, he has had a broad impact on several areas of health policy (Scopus h-index=83). His research has appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and Health Affairs. He is the editor-in-chief of Health Management, Policy and Innovation (www.HMPI.Org), and Senior Associate Editor of Health Service Research (HSR).
He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, the New York University School of Medicine, and The Wharton Health Care Management Program. He is an elected member of ASCI and AAP. -
Beth Seltzer
Senior Instructional Technologist and Project Manager, Teaching and Learning Hub
BioBeth joined Stanford in 2019. Previously, she worked as an Educational Technology Specialist at Bryn Mawr College, where she coordinated the Digital Competencies Program, and at the University of Pennsylvania, where she worked as a project manager of the Early Novels Database and on other projects.
She holds a PhD in English Literature with a Certificate in Instructional Learning and Technology from Temple University. Her interests include digital pedagogy and scholarship, career preparation for humanities students and PhDs, and the impact of emerging technology on higher education. -
Hitesh Seth
Affiliate, Graduate School of Business - Executive Education
BioI'm a hands-on technology executive and enterprise architect with 25+ years turning large-scale data, AI/ML, GenAI, and Agentic AI into production reality inside the world's most regulated industries — Financial Services, Insurance, and Life Sciences. I've built and led global engineering and architecture teams and shipped mission-critical platforms serving hundreds of millions of users and global clinical research programs.
Today I'm building Ādisūtra.ai — helping enterprises move from AI curiosity to AI capability, from first principles.
I enjoy mentoring emerging young leaders (especially young women, after being inspired from Grace Hopper Conferences), speaking and writing about enterprise AI, and learning from people with different experiences and perspectives. I’m excited to join this community and engage with fellow leaders who are shaping the future of business, technology, and society.
Outside of work, I enjoy portrait photography, golf, cooking and traveling… -
Prasad Setty
Lecturer, Graduate School of Business - Academic Administration
BioPrasad’s expertise is in the science and practice of helping people and organizations grow and scale. As an established thought leader and seasoned executive, Prasad’s insights are derived from his experience in the corporate world, academia and advisory roles.
At Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, Prasad co-teaches an MBA course on trends shaping the world of work. He serves as an independent advisor to companies including BetterUp, DataStax, and Grab on people, culture and organizational matters.
Previously, Prasad was at Google for 15 years, and founded their renowned People Analytics team in 2007. Under his leadership, Google undertook highly influential and well-known research initiatives including Project Oxygen and Project Aristotle to enable great managers and teams. Prasad expanded his role in People Operations (i.e., Google’s HR function) to also lead compensation, benefits and performance management for Google. He helped shape Google’s approach to attracting, developing and retaining talent, and worked closely with the management team and the board of directors to grow the workforce ten-fold over his tenure.
Prasad later took on a role as Vice President, Digital Work Experience in Google Workspace and focused on making the experience of digital work productive, sustainable, healthy and inclusive for the billions of users of Google Workspace products (including Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Meet).
Before joining Google, Prasad was vice president of workforce analytics at Capital One. Earlier, he was a consultant with McKinsey & Company.
He holds an MBA from the Wharton School where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar. He continues his association with Wharton, serving on the advisory board for executive education. He also has a master’s degree in chemical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from IIT, Chennai, India. -
DiPali Shah
Affiliate, Graduate School of Business - Executive Education
BioDiPali Shah is a Silicon Valley real estate broker, entrepreneur, and strategic operator with nearly three decades of experience advising founders, executives, investors, and multigenerational families on complex real estate and capital decisions. Her work focuses on luxury estates, strategic acquisitions, private negotiations, and high-value off-market transactions where discretion, trust, and long-term judgment are essential.
Over the course of her career, DiPali has represented the sale and acquisition of multimillion-dollar properties throughout Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area, including transactions exceeding $16 million in Atherton, Los Altos Hills, Woodside, Palo Alto, Emerald Hills, and surrounding markets. She is known for navigating complex negotiations, relationship-driven transactions, and high-stakes decision-making environments where confidentiality and strategic insight are paramount.
Prior to real estate, DiPali worked as a market maker at the Pacific Stock Exchange and in clinical hospital environments in San Francisco and Oakland. These early experiences shaped her approach to probabilistic thinking, behavioral dynamics, and decision-making under uncertainty, perspectives that continue to inform her work across real estate, entrepreneurship, and emerging technologies.
DiPali is an alumna of the Stanford Graduate School of Business through the Stanford Executive Program and a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.
Her current work and research interests focus on the intersection of artificial intelligence, behavioral psychology, markets, and trust-based systems, with particular emphasis on how emerging technologies are reshaping human decision-making, capital allocation, and institutional behavior. She is developing entrepreneurial ventures and strategic initiatives related to AI infrastructure, digital trust systems, and technology-enabled platforms designed for high-stakes and relationship-driven environments.
Her broader interests include global business trends, negotiation strategy, emerging technologies, economic systems, and the psychology of human behavior. She speaks English, Gujarati, and Spanish, with proficiency in Mandarin. -
Ruchita Shah
Affiliate, Graduate School of Business - Executive Education
BioStrategic Execution Leadership | Operational Excellence and Scaling | Large-Scale Projects Delivery | Automation and Infrastructure Innovation | Problem Solver ( Personal & Professional with Purpose)
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Micky Sharif
Senior Learning Experience Designer, Teaching and Learning Hub
BioMicky Sharif is a Senior Learning Experience Designer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he leads the design and development of innovative programs. His work brings together faculty, product, technology, and media teams to create transformative educational experiences.
Micky writes and speaks on topics including behavior change, artificial intelligence, and the design of powerful learning environments. Before joining Stanford GSB, he participated in the Stanford LEAD program, worked in instructional design at the University of California, San Francisco, and served as a learning design consultant at the University of California, Los Angeles.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Education and Technology from UC Berkeley, a master’s degree in Instructional Technologies, Learning, and Design from San Francisco State University, and Stanford's LEAD and Executive Leadership certificates. -
Robert E. Siegel
Lecturer, Graduate School of Business - Other Faculty
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsRobert Siegel researches strategy and innovation in both large and small companies, as well as the opportunities and challenges that technological change brings to these firms. Additionally, Robert teaches product management and product development best practices and methods, as well as entrepreneurial finance over the life-cycle of growing companies.
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Lisa Sanchez-Corea Simpson
Corporation and Society Initiative Director, GSB Research Hub
Current Role at StanfordDirector of the Corporations and Society Initiative at Stanford GSB
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Kiran Sivadas
Affiliate, Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies (SEED)
BioTech Entrepreneur with 25+ years global experience building businesses, creating brands, developing product/service portfolios, expanding markets, enriching client relationships and ensuring business health.
Partner at Enventure Engineering | ComplianceXL
President of Stanford Seed Transformation Network, South Asia -
Gabriella (Gaby) Brigitte Smith
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Clinical Research / Surgery, expected graduation Spring 2028
MBA, expected graduation 2028BioGaby is pursuing an MD/MBA at Stanford as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar. She graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry. She is interested in orthopaedic surgery with research in pediatric osteonecrosis, postoperative pain management, and carpometacarpal osteoarthritis.
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Sarah Soule
Philip H. Knight Professor for the Dean at the Graduate School of Business, Morgridge Professor in the Graduate School of Business and Professor, by courtesy, of Sociology
BioSarah A. Soule is the Morgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business. Her major areas of interest are organizational theory, social movements, and political sociology. She has written two recent books, the first with Cambridge University Press, entitled Contention and Corporate Social Responsibility, and the second with Norton, called A Primer on Social Movements. She is the series editor for the Cambridge University Press Contentious Politics series. She is a member of the founding team of the new journal, Sociological Science, an open access journal that is disrupting academic publishing. She has served on a number of boards of non-profit organizations, is currently a member Board of Advisors to the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (the Stanford d.school) Fellowship program, and is currently serving on the faculty advisory board to the Stanford Center for the Advancement of Women’s Leadership. She has taught a number of courses with the Stanford d.school, and is the Faculty Director for the Executive Program on Social Entrepreneurship at the Graduate School of Business. She has served as a judge for the Center for Social Innovation Fellowship program, and for the Tech Awards (Tech Museum of Innovation). Her research examines state and organizational-level policy change and diffusion, and the role social movements have on these processes. She has recently published papers on how protest impacts multi-national firm-level decisions regarding divestment in Burma, and on how advocacy organizations learn new strategies and tactics from those with which they collaborate. She is currently working on a study of how protest affects the outcomes of shareholder resolutions, and another study of how advocacy organizations innovate. She has published a book with Cambridge University Press, entitled Contention and Corporate Social Responsibility. Recent published work has appeared in the American Journal of Sociology, Administrative Science Quarterly, the American Sociological Review, Organizational Studies, the Strategic Management Journal, and the Annual Review of Sociology.
