Faculty & Staff
Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab Staff
Adlai Wertman
Building
BRI
Room / Office
105C
David C. Bohnett Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, Founding Director, Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab
MBA, University of Pennsylvania; BA, SUNY at Stony Brook
Adlai Wertman is the David C. Bohnett Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at the USC Marshall School. He is the founding Director of the Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab, as well as the Academic Director of the Master of Science in Social Entrepreneurship and the Warren Bennis Scholars programs. Before USC, Adlai spent seven years as CEO of Chrysalis — an LA social enterprise devoted to helping homeless through employment. Prior to Chrysalis, Adlai spent 18 years as an investment banker. He earned his BA in economics from SUNY Stony Brook and his MBA in finance from The Wharton School.
Abby Fifer Mandell
Administrative Director, Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab
Christina Fialho
Managing Director
Christina is a social entrepreneur and attorney with over 15 years experience creating and scaling nonprofits and social change programming. Before joining the Lab, Christina served for over a decade as the co-founder/executive director of Freedom for Immigrants, a national nonprofit working to abolish the U.S. immigration detention system and build alternatives. She has been recognized with the 2020 John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award, an Ashoka Fellowship, and an Echoing Green Fellowship, among other awards. In addition, Christina was the first social entrepreneur-in-residence at UC San Diego's Rady School of Management, a consultant on Season 7 of Netflix's Orange Is the New Black, and an appointed member of the California State Bar's first Civil Justice Strategies Task Force. Her research on law, social innovation, and human rights has been published by Oxford University Press, Springer Publishing, and the Forced Migration Review. She also has written for most major news outlets, such as the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Forbes, and InStyle Magazine. The daughter and granddaughter of immigrants, Christina currently serves on the board of the International Detention Coalition and is a member of the LGBT Bar Association of Los Angeles.
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Jill Kickul
Building
JFF
Room / Office
513
Professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship and Research Director, Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab
Jill was formerly at NYU’s Stern School of Business as Director of Social Entrepreneurship and the Chair for the 30-course MBA specialization in social Innovation and Impact. She is the Founding Director of the Annual Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, the largest academic conference in the field. She has published more than 100 articles in leading entrepreneurship and management journals and her bestselling book, Understanding Social Entrepreneurship has been adopted in over 80 universities. Jill is the Editor of the Social Entrepreneurship Journal and her work on entrepreneurship education has been nationally recognized by Fortune as a Top 10 Innovative Program.
Marelle Berry
Senior Student Engagement Advisor
Marelle Berry is the Senior Student Engagement Program Advisor for the Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab. She has worked for USC since 2015, and with the Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab since 2019. She is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles with two bachelor's degrees in sociology and gender studies. She also received a degree in merchandise marketing from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. Through both educational experiences, she has been able to apply her business skills towards furthering student programs and supporting students with creating great impact over their careers.
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Michelle Duong
Operations Coordinator
Michelle Duong is the Operations Coordinator for the Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab. She received her MSW from USC, and her BA in Psychology and Social Behavior from the University of California, Irvine. Michelle was part of the Department of Social Change in Innovation during her MSW program, and she is passionate about social innovation and systems change. She is fascinated by the intersection of social impact and business, which is what led her to the Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab. She is excited to support students on their journey to creating change and making a positive impact in the world.
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Associated Faculty
Paul Adler
Building
HOH
Room / Office
516
Harold Quinton Chair of Business Policy, Professor of Management and Organization, Sociology, and Environmental Studies
PhD, University of Picardie; DEA, EHESS
Paul S. Adler is Professor of Management and Organization, of Sociology, and of Environmental Studies at the University of Southern California. He holds the Marshall Business School's Harold Quinton Chair in Business Policy. He began his education in Australia and moved to France in 1974, where he received his doctorate in Economics and Management while working as a Research Economist for the French government. He came to the USA in 1981, and before arriving at USC in 1991, he was affiliated with the Brookings Institution, Columbia University, Harvard Business School, and Stanford's School of Engineering.
Christopher Bresnahan
Building
HOH
Room / Office
417
Assistant Professor of Clinical Management and Organization
Dr. Christopher Bresnahan is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Management and Organization department at the Marshall School of Business. Dr. Bresnahan teaches at the undergraduate and graduate level. His courses focus on organizational behavior, leadership, and understanding individual differences. His research interests focus on individual differences in the workplace.
Duke Bristow
Building
HOH
Room / Office
232
Associate Professor of Clinical Finance and Business Economics
PhD, UCLA; MBA, Indiana University; BS, Purdue University
Duke Bristow is an expert on corporate finance and corporate governance, particularly in the areas of private equity and director education. He has published papers in economics, engineering, and law journals, and has advised organizations on matters involving corporate governance and director education since 1998. His research and teaching has received support from the National Institutes of Health, the NASDAQ, the four largest international audit firms, and a dozen national law firms. Professor Bristow has served as a director, officer or executive in public, private and not-for-profit organizations.
Christine El Haddad
Building
HOH
Room / Office
421
Associate Professor of Clinical Management and Organization
PhD, University of Southern California
Dr. El Haddad specializes in business, corporate and global strategy and has taught these topics in Marshall’s MBA and undergraduate programs. She has received the Douglas Basil Award for Junior Faculty and is a three-time winner of Marshall’s Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching. Her research interests lie in social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility. As a management consultant, she has advised various businesses and leading nonprofits including Habitat for Humanity.
Omar El Sawy
Building
BRI
Room / Office
401L
Kenneth King Stonier Professor of Business Administration, Professor of Data Sciences and Operations
PhD, Stanford University; MBA, American University in Cairo; BSEE, Cairo University
PhD, Stanford Business School; MBA, American University in Cairo; BSEE, Cairo University. Expertise in digital business strategy in messy environments, business models for digital platforms, real-time management. Director of Research for Marshall's Institute for Communications Technology Management 2001-2007. Inducted Fellow of Association of Information Systems in 2008. 7-time winner of Society for Information Management's Annual Paper Award. Senior Editor of MIS Quarterly and founding Associate Editor of Information Systems Research. UNDP advisor in Egypt, Fulbright scholar in Finland, field projects in Dubai and Denmark. Received 2021 USC Marshall Faculty Mentoring & Leadership Award.
Mark Griffiths
Building
ACC
Room / Office
226
Senior Lecturer in Finance and Business Economics
Dr. Griffiths holds a Ph.D. from The University of Western Ontario in Canada along with an M.A. (Economics), an M.B.A. (Finance), and two undergraduate degrees.
Dr. Griffiths joined the FBE faculty in August 2016. Previously, he was the Jack Anderson Professor of Finance at Miami University and has served on the faculties of Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Lehigh University. He was a Visiting Professor at Texas A&M and NYU’s Stern School of Business. The recipient of several awards for innovative teaching and outstanding research papers, Dr. Griffiths has published numerous articles in leading academic journals in finance and entrepreneurship.
Katharine Harrington
Building
TGF
Room / Office
200
Professor Emeritus of Clinical Management and Organization
Ph.D., University of Southern California; MBA, Pepperdine University; B.S. Business Administration, Redlands University
Katharine Harrington is Professor of Clinical Management and Organization at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. She came to USC in 1992 after a career in consumer and mortgage banking. Her scholarly interests include organizational ethics, social entrepreneurship and crisis management. In addition to her faculty responsibilities, Katharine currently serves as USC’s chief enrollment officer.
Jessica Jackley
Building
JFF
Room / Office
506
Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship
MBA, Stanford University; BA, Bucknell University
An entrepreneur and investor, Jessica’s work has focused on financial inclusion, the sharing economy, and social justice. She is best known as a cofounder of Kiva, the world's first p2p microlending website. Kiva lets internet users lend as little as $25 to individual entrepreneurs, providing affordable capital to start or expand a small business. Since its founding in October 2005 Kiva has facilitated over $1B in loans worldwide. Jessica teaches Social Entrepreneurship at the Marshall School of Business. She’s also an independent consultant on social impact initiatives, and an investor and advisor with the Collaborative Fund and SparkLabs Global Ventures.
Steven Lamy
Professor of International Relations, Spatial Sciences and Environmental Studies
Professor Lamy's areas of research include international relations theory with a focus on the English School traditions, foreign policy analysis with an emphasis on the US and European states and global governance as it pertains to human security and environmental issues. Read more
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Gary Painter
Director
Gary Painter is a Professor in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. He also serves as the Director of the Sol Price Center for Social Innovation and the newly created Homelessness Policy Research Institute. He has published numerous articles in top journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Urban Economics, Urban Studies, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Real Estate Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, and Regional Science and Urban Economics.
Professor Painter’s research interests focuses on social innovation, housing, urban economics, and education policy. He is among the world’s foremost experts on how changing demographics impact U.S. housing markets. Recent work has focused on how immigrants are integrating into housing markets across the U.S. and the role of the economic cycle on household formation. Other recent work has studied immigrant integration issues in spatial labor markets and in education. Current research focuses on how to evaluate social innovation.
He has served as a consultant for the National Association of Realtors, Pacific Economics Group, Andrew Davidson Co., Fannie Mae, Grant Thorton LLP, Burr Consulting, and the Research Institute for Housing America. Read more.
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Zivia Wilson Sweeney
Building
ACC
Room / Office
109
AssociateProfessor of Clinical Accounting
MBA, BS, University of Southern California
Zivia Sweeney, CPA, is an expert in strategic planning and budgeting, mergers and acquisitions, and accounting and finance operations for manufacturing, healthcare, service, and nonprofit organizations. She has served in senior management roles in public corporate and nonprofit arenas, and has held the of Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance, and Corporate Controller. Professor Sweeney is a PriceWaterhouseCoopers alumnus. She has served for a number of years as a member of the USC Leventhal School’s Accounting Advisory Board.
Therese Wilbur
Building
HOH
Room / Office
621
Associate Professor of Clinical Marketing
MBA, University of Southern California; BA, University of St. Thomas
Therese Wilbur has 20 years of business experience from her positions at Andersen, Prudential and Mattel. She has extensive marketing experience from Mattel, where she was Senior Marketing Director of International Marketing for Girls/Barbie. Her global marketing expertise includes both B:C and B:B marketing, brand management, marketing strategy and execution, advertising, distribution, packaging and product development. She has directed and completed the entire new product development process, from opportunity identification to concept generation and selection to product development and launch.