Bank of America Dean
Jenny Chatman is the Bank of America dean of the Haas School of Business. Prior to becoming dean, she held the Paul J. Cortese Distinguished Professorship in the Management of Organizations Group. She has served as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, and from October to December 2023, she served as the school’s Acting Dean.
In her research, teaching, and consulting work, she focuses on how organizations can leverage culture for strategic success and how diverse teams can optimize performance. Her award-winning research has shown, for example, how emphasizing innovation in the context of a strong culture increases firms’ financial success, how narcissistic leaders create organizational cultures lower in collaboration and integrity, and how norms to cooperate can cause members to blur differences among them, even if those differences are useful for group performance—suggesting that collaboration should be calibrated in diverse teams. In 2023, Chatman received the lifetime achievement award from the Academy of Management Organizational Behavior Division for her pioneering work that has changed the field.
Chatman is the Co-founder of the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation. She runs the Leading Strategy Execution Through Culture executive education program and co-hosts the podcast The Culture Kit with Jenny & Sameer with Sameer Srivastava. She has served in many other leadership roles at Haas and UC Berkeley over the years. She has served in many leadership roles at Haas and UC Berkeley over the years, including Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Acting Dean, and Interim Dean from August 2024 to July 2025.
Chatman earned her PhD at Berkeley Haas, and her BA in Psychology from UC Berkeley.
Jas Khaira, BS 04
Jasvinder Khaira is the Head of Americas and founding member of the Tactical Opportunities Group at Blackstone. He is involved in investments in the digital infrastructure, software and consumer sectors. He has been involved in a number of Blackstone’s current and past investments including Global Tower Partners, Phoenix Towers International, Hotwire Communications, Wireless Capital Partners, Ascenty, Sipartech, Diamonds Direct, Pretium and Lundin Gold. Mr. Khaira has also been involved in several investments in structured credit, whole loan acquisitions and regulatory capital. Prior to joining Tactical Opportunities, Mr. Khaira was a member of Blackstone’s Private Equity Group and Blackstone Credit and was involved in the execution of the firm’s initial public offering and the firm’s investment in GSO.
Mr. Khaira received a BS in Business and a BA in History from the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
