Social Sector Solutions (S3), provides students with academic frameworks and practical hands-on experience in management consulting and consulting with nonprofit organizations. The course focuses on consultation teams working with select nonprofit clients to succeed in entrepreneurial ventures. The course is a partnership with the Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership at the Haas School of Business and McKinsey & Company, a world-renowned management consulting firm. The course is co taught by Dr. Nora Silver, a professor at the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley, and director of the Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership and Paul Jansen, McKinsey & Company Emeritus Director of the Global Philanthropy Practice.

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Social Sector Solutions 2015 Clients

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Course Components
Course Information:
• MBA 292S-1
• Undergraduates, UGBA 199
• 3 credits
• Tuesdays 6-9:30 pm
Required Dates:
Kick-off on Jan 23rd
Finale on May 8th @ McKinsey,
SF
Please only apply is serious about
making a commitment to the S3
client, your teammates and the
instructors
Explore consulting and experience
working with social sector
organizations on critical issues

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Real Projects, Real Results
Organization Industry Project
California Shakespeare Theater (Cal Shakes) Theatre Create a marketing plan for increased audience diversity with a
focus on middle- to upper-income communities of color.
Festival del Sole Music and wine festival Create a strategic plan for growth of Napa Valley’s premiere 10-day
summer music and wine festival.
Single Stop USA Financial empowerment Define product and pricing for Single Stop’s suite of services that
help people gain access to higher education, good jobs, and
financial self- sufficiency.
SF Office of Financial Empowerment Financial empowerment Design an incentive program to get 25% of SF kindergarteners’
families to take advantage of the nation’s first matched college
savings program.
City of Vallejo Officer of Economic Development Urban revitalization Create an action strategy for an urban revitalization waterfront
project, focused on economic and post-earthquake renewal.
UCB College of Natural Resources Environmental/ Professional
Services
Develop new executive program for environmental leaders,
including program structure and marketing plan.
SF Village and Ashby Village Shared economy for seniors Design sustainable model for SF and Berkeley/Oakland programs
that help keep seniors in their homes.
The Ellen Meadows Prosthetic Hand Foundation International health Get prosthetic hands to 100,000 amputees internationally for free
via local international distribution centers.
John Muir Health Foundation Healthcare Identify the value proposition that will position JMH as a preferred
healthcare partner for leading corporations.
Sunflower Wellness Healthcare Create a growth path for exercise programs offered to cancer
patients at major health providers like UCSF and Stanford.

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Engagement Institute
The S3 Team’s Challenge:
Create a marketing plan for increased audience diversity
with a focus on middle- to upper-income communities of
color.
Preferred Skills:
● Financial/quantitative analysis
● Market research
● Proactive, organized and highly self-motivated
● Excel Expert
● Passion for Diversity
Email Brigid Warmerdam at brigid_warmerdam@mba.berkeley.edu if you are interested in joining
the team!
California Shakespeare Theater
Team Lead: Brigid Warmerdam (EWMBA)

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Engagement Institute
The S3 Team’s Challenge:
Create a strategic plan for growth of Napa Valley’s
premiere 10-day summer music and wine festival.
Preferred Skills:
● Motivation and enthusiasm to support our client; willingness to learn (e.g. strategy, tools, social
impact)
● People skills:
○ Ability to develop trust-based relationships and conduct senior client interviews
○ Team-contributor
● Leadership skills:
○ Autonomy/pro-activity
○ Ownership
● Analytical skills:
○ Excel proficiency
○ Market research/benchmarks
● Arts & music industry knowledge could be a plus
Email Marie Anglade at marie_anglade@mba.berkeley.edu if you are interested in joining the team!
Festival del Sole
Team Lead: Marie Anglade (FTMBA)

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Engagement Institute
The S3 Team’s Challenge:
Define product and pricing for Single Stop’s suite of
services that help people gain access to higher education,
good jobs, and financial self- sufficiency
Preferred Skills:
● Experience with/interest in domestic US poverty issues and low-income communities
● Market research, financial analysis
● Strong communication and writing skills
● Organized, self-motivated and passionate about social impact
Email Emanuele Rusina at emanuele_rusina@mba.berkeley.edu if you are interested in joining the
team!
Single Stop USA
Team Lead: Emanuele Rusina (FTMBA)

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Engagement Institute
The S3 Team’s Challenge:
Design an incentive program to get 25% of SF
kindergarteners’ families to take advantage of the nation’s
first matched college savings program.
Preferred Skills:
● Strong team attitude, willingness to learn, and passion for impact
● Analytic and communication skills
● Experience or interest in marketing, incentives, or behavioral economics
● Experience or interest in lower-income communities, the unbanked, or financial
empowerment
Email Megan Wong at megan_wong@mba.berkeley.edu if you are interested in joining the team!
SF Office of Financial Empowerment
Team Lead: Megan Wong (FTMBA)

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Engagement Institute
Preferred Skills:
● Consulting
● Economic development
● City planning
● Experience with public/private partnerships
● Strong presentation skills
● Enjoys being part of a hard working, collaborative team
Email Bert Wyman at bert.wyman@gmail.com if you are interested in joining the team!
City of Vallejo Officer of Economic
Development
Team Lead: Bert Wyman (MPP)
The S3 Team’s Challenge:
Create an action strategy for an urban revitalization
waterfront project, focused on economic and post-
earthquake renewal.

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Engagement Institute
The S3 Team’s Challenge:
Develop new executive program for
environmental leaders, including program
structure and marketing plan.
Preferred Skills:
● Experience in market research
● Interest in financial modeling and strategy
● Consulting experience a plus
● Passion for design thinking and cross-sector collaboration
● Interest in education, environmental policy, sustainable business
Email Melissa Tsang at melissa_tsang@mba.berkeley.edu if you are interested in joining the team!
UCB College of Natural Resources
Team Lead: Melissa Tsang (EWMBA)

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The S3 Team’s Challenge:
Design sustainable model for SF and Berkeley/Oakland
programs that help keep seniors in their homes.
Preferred Skills:
● Comfort with sourcing and conducting stakeholder interviews
● Experience building innovative partnerships
● Organized, collaborative, and inquisitive team player
● Experience with fundraising/membership/investor relations a plus
● Management consulting experience a plus
● Experience or interest in creating sustainable, scalable organizations
● Believe in keeping seniors independent and involved in their communities
Email Cassie Gruenstein at cassie_gruenstein@mba.berkeley.edu if you are interested in joining
the team!
SF Village and Ashby Village
Team Lead: Cassie Gruenstein (EWMBA)

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The S3 Team’s Challenge:
Providing prosthetic hands to those in need in developing
countries
Preferred Skills:
● Passion for helping others
● Creativity
● People skills
● Organized and self-motivated
● Market Research
● Experience/interest in working with service organizations
● Experience/interest in developing countries
Email Jesse Tao at jesse_tao@mba.berkeley.edu if you are interested in joining the team!
The Ellen Meadows Prosthetic Hand
Foundation
Team Lead: Jesse Tao (FTMBA)

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The S3 Team’s Challenge:
Identify the value proposition that will position
JMH as a preferred healthcare partner for leading
corporations.
Preferred Skills:
● Experience in either Strategy, Marketing, Healthcare, Foundations, HR (Healthcare benefits)
● MBA/MPH is a plus
● Market research (primary and secondary)
● Experienced in building partnerships and ecosystems
● Capable of building meaningful relationships with clients and stakeholders of clients
● Curious, passionate, creative, proactive, organized, and highly self-motivated
Email Maurice Hagin at maurice_hagin@mba.berkeley.edu if you are interested in joining the team!
John Muir Health Foundation
Team Lead: Maurice Hagin (FTMBA)

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The S3 Team’s Challenge:
Create a growth path for exercise programs offered to
cancer patients at major health providers like UCSF and
Stanford.
Preferred Skills:
● Experience/interest in management consulting
● Strong quantitative, analytical thinking skills
● A good level of practical sense
● Good problem solving skills
● Team player / people oriented
● Experience in healthcare
● Entrepreneurial mindset
Email Sevda Gundogan at sevda_gundogan@mba.berkeley.edu if you are interested in joining the
team!
Sunflower Wellness
Team Lead: Sevda Gundogan (FTMBA)