Elaine Hagan

Elaine Hagan is executive director of UCLA Anderson’s Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Hagan leads the Price Center team in managing a portfolio of teaching, research, extracurricular and executive development programs in the areas of entrepreneurship and innovation, including UCLA’s undergraduate minor in entrepreneurship and the UCLA Anderson Venture Accelerator. Her role also includes collaborative efforts related to development, alumni and other entrepreneurial ecosystems. Previously, she worked for Stanford University’s Office of Development and on the turnaround team of a privately held manufacturing firm in San Diego. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Irvine and her MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.