
Melissa Mendez Ochoa, EWMBA ‘20 - Non-Profit Education Work at Oakland Leaf, Berkeley Board Fellows Program, and Berkeley Haas Principles
with Melissa Mendez Ochoa

Melissa Mendez Ochoa, EWMBA ‘20 - Non-Profit Education Work at Oakland Leaf, Berkeley Board Fellows Program, and Berkeley Haas Principles
0:00 / --:--Episode #11: Melissa Mendez Ochoa of the EWMBA ’20 program talks with us about her work at a local non-profit and her involvement with the Berkeley Fellows Program from the sponsoring organization’s side at Oakland Leaf Foundation, a local organization serving K-12 students with important after-school programs. She also talks about a new initiative, the Teacher Fellowship Program, that helps schools train and recruit better teachers. We touch upon social responsibility for for-profit organizations and wrap-up talking about the Berkeley Haas defining principles as our school transitions to a new dean. If you would like to learn more about the Oakland Leaf Foundation or Berkeley Fellows Program, please reach out to the program office.
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