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

Bernardo became the ninth dean of the UCLA Anderson School of Management in July 2019. The Anderson School has the county’s largest MBA program and last year ranked No. 17 in the U.S. News & World Report on the list of the nation’s best business schools. Bernardo has been a member of the finance faculty since 1994 and 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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