At UC Berkeley, Francesca and Bree are experiential educators who teach courses aimed at empowering Haas participants to navigate difficult conversations in the workplace based on role playing real world examples of workplace conflict. Their course has been featured on NPR: Marketplace, The Wall Street Journal, The London Times, and Poets & Quants. This course is part of the Center for Social Sector Leadership at Berkeley.
Francesca LeBaron is a lecturer in the Management of Organizations group at the Haas School of Business. She is a certified public mediator, conflict coach, restorative justice practitioner, executive coach and inclusive leadership trainer. She thrives at the intersection of leadership development, DEI, storytelling and conflict resolution. Her educational background includes a BS in Economics from Santa Clara University, an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. She is a certified executive coach through New Ventures West and a certified mediator and conflict coach through SEEDs conflict resolution center.
