Leadership

Alan has been a lecturer with the school since 1990 and also teaches in the political science department of the University of California, Berkeley. At the Haas School, he teaches Legal Aspects of Management and the Social, Political and Ethical Environment of Business. He also teaches Undergraduate Colloquium on Political Science, a class he started as an undergraduate student in 1981. The course has grown to become the most popular political science classes on campus and regularly features political luminaries as guest speakers. In 2005, he was awarded the Haas School’s Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching. Prior to joining the Haas School, Alan served as a manager for Clinton Reilly Campaigns, running election campaigns for many candidates for congress and the state legislature. He later served as vice president and general counsel for Almerlee Inc., a private investment firm in San Francisco, where he is now president. In addition to his teaching duties, Alan has served on the Board of Directors of California Common Cause, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization which advocates for honest, open, and accountable government and citizen participation in democracy.

Kiron strongly believes in the power of young people to make a significant impact in their communities. During her career she has worked in management consulting, tech, and policy. She graduated from UC Berkeley with degrees in Business Administration and French.

Thomas co-founded the Columbia chapter of Consult Your Community in 2013 and served as both the Vice President and Director of Development during his tenure. He was immediately drawn to CYC’s mission, coming from a background where his parents fostered entrepreneurial spirit by founding and including him in several small businesses in Downeast Maine. Thomas works in finance. Thomas holds a BA in Financial Economics and History from Columbia University where he graduated magna cum laude and with departmental honors.

Kara graduated from Emory in 2024. She had several different leadership roles within the Emory Chapter. Kara currently works as a strategy analyst as Deloitte in their Atlanta office. Prior to that, Kara interned as a Senate Page and intern at Congress.

He began his career at large CPG companies, such as Cadbury Schweppes and Unilever, then started to gravitate toward smaller, more entrepreneurial companies. He spent over a decade at Apple & Eve, an independent natural and organic juice company, where he led marketing and new product development. While there, he was a key leader in growing the company from $80 million in annual sale to over $250 million and developed Fruitables, a breakthrough new fruit & vegetable blend that became the most successful new product line in the company’s history. Brad also has significant international business experience, having worked for Parmalat, a global milk and dairy company, in their US headquarters, as well as ITO EN, the largest green tea company in Japan. At ITO EN, he was their SVP of North America Marketing and Innovation, receiving an award for Best New Tea Product in 2015 from BEVNET, a leading beverage industry trade journal and website. Currently, Brad is an adjunct professor at Long Island University – Brooklyn Campus, where he teaches Entrepreneurship. Brad has also been a judge in the Collegiate Echo Marketing Challenge, where he has evaluated marketing plans submitted by college entrants in this competition from across the country. Brad is an avid marathoner, and actively involved in the Achilles International NYC Chapter, an organization dedicated to helping disabled athletes participate in running the New York City Marathon, and other athletic events in the New York area. He lives in Westchester County, NY with his wife and college-aged son. He holds a BA from William & Mary and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.