The Wharton One-Day High School Experience

Learning Outcomes:

1. Examine Wharton Global Youth Program opportunities as a gateway for high school students to experience finance and industry from a world leader in business education.
2. Understand that studying business requires exposure to many different disciplines. 
3. Experience the Wharton classroom and faculty research and teaching styles. 

Online Learning Accessible Before and After the Experience 

Wharton Global Youth Program will build a Wharton Online Canvas site to support the One-day High School Experience, just as it does for all its programs. Students will access the Canvas site in the weeks leading up to the event, where they will find information about the experience, bios of instructors/speakers, and links to Wharton and business-education resources.  

Hilary Ash (W’13), a native of Los Angeles who now lives in San Francisco, works with the Bay Area Host Committee, supporting strategic projects for mega-sporting events like the NBA All-Star Game, Super Bowl 60, and the FIFA World Cup.  

Prior to her current role, Hilary was the vice president of games delivery and venue infrastructure for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In that position, she worked closely with a team to design and build new venues, as well as re-envision and reimagine existing Los Angeles sports venues to make them ready for the 2028 Olympics. With a passion for building new organization and strategic frameworks, she decided to leave in September 2024 – once her work had moved beyond that point – to start her own consulting firm.  

Hilary began her career as an associate and later a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. She earned a B.S. in Economics and Business Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2013, where she played four years of volleyball. She is still an active member of the school’s Varsity Volleyball Board. In 2023-2024, she served as the client for the Wharton Global High School Investment Competition.  

Marissa King is the Alice Y. Hung President’s Distinguished Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Professor King’s research examines social networks, social influence, and organizational dynamics within health care. Her work has significantly contributed to our understanding of the social dynamics surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions and substance use disorders. 

As a passionate teacher and speaker, she is dedicated to translating her academic expertise into practice. She is the author of the book Social Chemistry: Decoding the Elements of Human Connection. Her research, writing, and book have been featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, and National Public Radio, among other outlets. 

Dr. King’s research has been published in leading academic journals across many fields including JAMA, Health Affairs, Administrative Science Quarterly, and American Sociological Review. She has been the Principal Investigator on multiple projects funded by the National Institutes of Health. Prior to joining the Wharton faculty, she was a professor at the Yale School of Management. She received her PhD from Columbia University. 

Serguei Netessine is Senior Vice Dean for Innovation and Global Initiatives and Professor in the Operations, Information, and Decisions department at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He has lived and worked in Russia, USA, France and Singapore. Prof. Netessine received BS/MS degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology and, after working for Motorola and Lucent Technologies, he also received MS/PhD degrees in Operations Management from the University of Rochester. His current research focuses on business model innovation and operational excellence. He regularly blogs about innovation on http://www.renaissanceinnovator.com and HBR Network. 

Lori Rosenkopf is the Simon and Midge Palley Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In her current role as Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship, Lori serves as the Wharton Faculty Director for Venture Lab and also as the Faculty Director for Wharton San Francisco. Lori earned her PhD in Management of Organizations from Columbia University after working as a systems engineer for Eastman Kodak and AT&T Bell Laboratories. Prior to that, Professor Rosenkopf earned her B.S. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University and her M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford University. 

Register Now:

There are two ways to register.  

If you are a high school student interested in registering for Wharton One-Day High School Experience, please follow these instructions: 

1. Go to the Wharton Global Forum website and select ‘Register for Global Forum San Francisco’. 
2. Select ‘Register Now’. 
3. Select ‘Continue Without Login’. 
4. Under ‘Registration Type,’ select ‘High School Student’ and enter the student’s information. 
5. Select ‘Next’. 
6. At this point you can add a guest or select ‘Next’. 
7. Select ‘Wharton One-Day High School Experience’. If you would like to attend other sessions, you can add them on. 
8. Scroll to the bottom and select ‘Next’. 
9. Enter payment information and select ‘Submit’. 

If you are a parent of a high school student and would like to attend any part of the Forum, please follow these instructions: 

1. Go to the Wharton Global Forum website and select ‘Register for Global Forum San Francisco’. 
2. Select ‘Register Now’. 
3. Select ‘Continue Without Login’. 
4. Under ‘Registration Type,’ select ‘Parent of a High School Student’ and enter the parent’s information. 
5. Select ‘Next’. 
6. Select ‘Click Here to Add a Guest’. 
7. Under ‘Registration Type,’ select ‘High School Student’ and enter the student’s information. 
8. Select ‘Add’. 
9. Select ‘Next’. 
10. You will see a list of program options. 
    1. Parent: Select what you would like to attend. Parents only attending the Thursday Nigh Reception receive a discounted rate of $75. 
    2. Student: Select ‘Wharton One-Day High School Experience’. If you would like to attend other sessions, you can add them on. 
11. Scroll to the bottom and select ‘Next’. 
12. Enter payment information and select ‘Submit’.