Key Contacts


Please feel free to reach out to any of the following people with questions about our PhD program, the different sub-groups within the Management Department, the student experience, or anything else. We’re happy to hear from you!

Faculty Representatives


Doctoral Coordinator and Multinational Management Representative
: Exequiel (Zeke) Hernandez  https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/exequiel

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Department Chair: Rahul Kapoor
https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/kapoorr/

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Entrepreneurship Representative: Valentina Assenova
https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/vaa

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Human & Social Capital Representative: Tiantian Yang
https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/yangtt

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Strategy Management Representative: Claudine Gartenberg
https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/cgart/

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For more information on our other faculty: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/

PhD Students’ Representatives

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Read more about the community of students that you’ll be joining: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/programs/phd/current-students/