Our Mission
The MBA Challenge for Charity (C4C) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that draws on the talents, energy, and resources of MBAs from nine West Coast business schools to support Special Olympics, Boys and Girls Clubs, and family-related local charities, to develop business leaders with a lifelong commitment to community involvement and social responsibility.

History of Success
C4C was founded in 1984 by Duncan O'Brien, a Stanford MBA student, in order to raise money for Special Olympics, an organization which had a tremendous impact on the life of his sister. That inaugural year, over 200 participants from UC Berkeley and Stanford business schools met on the fields of the GSB in the first C4C Weekend and donated over $3,000 to local Special Olympics chapters.

Since then, C4C has grown into a consortium of nine West Coast business schools. Today C4C includes Pepperdine, Stanford, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, USC, UC Davis, UC San Francisco, and the University of Washington.

Since 1996, C4C has contributed over $5.8 million for Special Olympics and other local charities, as well as donated tens of thousands of hours of community service. C4C today remains the World’s Largest MBA Non-Profit Organization.

Our Team

Lauren Chaparro (Co-Chief Executive Officer)

Olivia Tam (Co-Chief Executive Officer)

Katya Ivanova (Chief Development Officer)

Gillian Wolfe (Chief Financial Officer)

Nick DeMeuse (C4C Weekend Co-Chair)

Eduardo Hurtado (C4C Weekend Co-Chair)

Jenn Wei (C4C Weekend Co-Chair)

Philip Ziegler (Chief Legal Officer)

Omer Savir (Chief Technology Officer)