Faculty

Berkeley Changemaker faculty

Will Rosenzweig - Faculty Director, Sustainable Food Initiative at the Haas School of Business

Will Rosenzweig recently retired as managing partner of Physic Ventures, the first venture capital firm dedicated to investing in health, well-being and sustainable living. Over the past 30 years, he has been involved in leading and growing more than 30 entrepreneurial ventures.

Laura Paxton Hassner - Strategic Advisor to the Chancellor | Professional Faculty, Management of Organizations at Berkeley Haas | Executive Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship | Executive Director, Berkeley Changemaker

Laura Hassner is the Strategic Advisor to the Chancellor of UC Berkeley. She is also the Executive Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley and the Berkeley Changemaker academic program. Hassner co-created and co-leads the Berkeley Changemaker® academic program. Berkeley Changemaker’s identity-making curriculum activates students’ passions and helps them develop a sharper sense of who they want to be and how to make that happen. In its first 5 years, over 8,500 students have become Berkeley Changemakers.

Linda M. Burton - Eugene and Rose Kleiner Chair for the Study of Processes, Practices and Policies in Aging

Prior to her arrival at Berkeley in 2019, Dr. Burton was the James B. Duke Professor of Sociology and director of the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University. In her role as dean of Social Sciences at Duke University's Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, she was responsible for handling all matters relative to 239 faculty members in 14 departments and programs, including African/African American Studies, Economics, History, Political Science, and Women's Studies.

Janet L. Yellen - Professor Emeritus of Business Administration

Janet Yellen joined the faculty of the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1980 where she conducted research and taught macroeconomics at all levels, receiving numerous teaching awards. She was appointed Bernard T. Rocca, Jr. Professor of International Business and Trade in 1992 and Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Economics in 1999. She subsequently became professor emeritus at the Haas School of Business.

Catherine Koshland - Wood-Calvert Professor in the College of Engineering, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health, and Professor in the Energy and Resources Group

Catherine P. Koshland is the University of California Berkeley's former interim executive vice chancellor and provost (EVCP), Wood-Calvert Professor in the College of Engineering, professor of Environmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health, and a professor in the Energy and Resources Group. Her research interests include air pollution; the health impacts of nanoparticles; energy, technology, and social and cultural impacts; and environmental health regulation and policy. From 2004 to 2014, Cathy served as UC Berkeley’s vice provost for academic planning and facilities, a role that was expanded in 2009 to include teaching and learning. In 2015, she became vice chancellor for undergraduate education and held that role through June 2021.

Kelly Chou - Lecturer, Sustainable Design

Kelly Chou is a sustainable design educator with a background in green chemistry and bioplastics research. At Schoolab, she develops and leads open innovation programs such as "Deplastify the Planet," utilizing her expertise in chemistry, entrepreneurship, and design methodologies to guide students in exploring new perspectives and strategies on the plastic problem.

Michael Lu - Dean of the School of Public Health

Michael C. Lu, the current Dean of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, has a deep-rooted passion for health equity and social justice. He has dedicated his research to the development, testing and translation of a new theory on the origins of maternal and child health disparities.

Sarah Klass - Postdoctoral Fellow, Keasling Lab

Sarah Klass, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow in the Keasling Lab at UC Berkeley and the Joint Bioenergy Institute. Additionally, she serves as a lecturer for the Alt: Meat Challenge Course through the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at UC Berkeley. With a chemistry and chemical biology background, her focus has been on chemically and genetically modifying natural protein structures for advanced material and biological functions.

Rich Lyons - UC Berkeley Chancellor and Founding Faculty Director of the Berkeley Changemaker

Rich Lyons currently serves as the 12th Chancellor of UC Berkeley. In his previous roles, he served as the Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship officer for UC Berkeley and is the Founding Faculty Director of the Berkeley Changemaker program. He also served as dean of Berkeley's Haas School of Business (2008 to 2018) and holds the William and Janet Cronk Chair in Innovative Leadership.

Ryan Sloan - Lecturer, College Writing Programs and Haas School of Business

Ryan Sloan is on the faculty in U.C. Berkeley's College Writing Programs and the Haas School of Business. In addition, Ryan's interest in faculty and peer development has led to roles as co-facilitator for the Center for Teaching & Learning’s Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program; coordinator for the U.C. Berkeley Summer Creative Writing Program; co-founder of the College Writing Research Festival and the Haas Summer PreCore Program; and a developer of new courses for the Koshland Fellows Summer Institute and the Berkeley Changemaker® series.