Dean and John E. Anderson Chair, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Bernarndo became the ninth dean of the UCLA Anderson School of Management in July 2019. The Anderson School has the county’s largest MBA program with more than 900 full-time enrolled students. The school placed No. 17 on this year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings of the nation’s best business schools released in March, up one notch from last year. A 25-year veteran of the Anderson School faculty, Bernardo previously held the Joel Fried Chair in applied finance and the Robert D. Beyer Term Chair in Management. He also served as department chairman and senior associate dean for academic affairs from 2006 to 2009.

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