Education
| 2027 (expected) | Ph.D., Management, UCLA Anderson School of Management |
| 2010 | M.B.A., Yale School of Management |
| 2005 | B.A., History and Economics, New York University |
Research
Job Market Paper
Bucks for Bumps: How Paid Parental Leave Pays Off for Firms
Abridged version forthcoming in Academy of Management Proceedings
Research in Progress
- Leave to Stay: Paid Parental Leave and Employee Retention
- Bucks for Bumps: How Paid Parental Leave Pays Off for Firms
- Paid Parental Leave and the Composition of the Firm: Who Enters, Who Stays, and Who Advances
- Contracting on Performance: Covenants and Borrower–Lender Agency in Private Credit
Reports
- Private Credit: PIKs Hit New Heights (with Mark Garmaise and Barney Hartman-Glaser; Houlihan Lokey white paper, July 2025)
- Paid Parental Leave at the 500 Largest U.S. Public Companies (annual benchmarking report, 2024–2025; covered in Forbes and Business Insider)
Conference Presentations
- Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Berlin (October 2026)
- Wharton People and Organizations Conference, Philadelphia (September 2026)
- Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia (August 2026)
- CCC Doctoral Consortium, SDA Bocconi, Milan (June 2026)
- USC–UCLA Workshop on Families and Inequality, Los Angeles (May 2026)
Honors & Awards
| 2026 | Best Paper, STR Division, 86th Academy of Management Annual Meeting |
| 2026 | Research Grant, Price Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, UCLA Anderson |
Teaching
UCLA Anderson School of Management
| 2026 | Entrepreneurship & Venture Initiation (Lead Instructor, Overall Rating 4.7/5) |
| 2025 | Entrepreneurship & Venture Initiation (TA for Olav Sorenson and Jane Wu) |
| 2024 | General Management (TA for Ian Larkin) |
| 2023 | Strategy (TA for Jana Gallus and Chris Poliquin) |
Yale School of Management
| 2010 | Competitive Strategy (TA for Barry Nalebuff) |
| 2010 | State & Society (TA for Doug Rae and Connie Bagley) |
| 2009 | Competitor (TA for Fiona Scott-Morton) |
| 2009 | Economics (TA for Sharon Oster) |
| 2009 | Game Theory (TA for Keith Chen) |
Professional Experience
| 2019–2021 | Senior Manager, Capital Group |
| 2014–2019 | Senior Vice President, Oaktree Capital Management |
| 2012–2014 | Vice President, Oaktree Capital Management |
| 2010–2012 | Assistant Vice President, Oaktree Capital Management |
| 2006–2008 | Analyst, Banc of America Securities |
| 2005–2006 | Associate, D. E. Shaw & Co. |
Additional Information
Professional Licenses: FINRA Series 7, 24, 31, and 63.
Board Service: Treasurer and Executive Board Member, Homeless Health Care Los Angeles (2012–present).
Community: AYSO soccer coach (seven teams across 8U, 10U, and 12U divisions).
Interests: Tennis; distance running (2006 and 2007 New York City Marathons, 2007 Paris Marathon, 2011 Los Angeles Marathon).