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Whether coming from the north or the south, take Highway 280

From Highway 280 Heading North:

Take the Sand Hill Road exit (right after the Alpine exit) and head EAST.
At the end of the ramp do not turn left or right, but rather go straight across Sand Hill Road.
Turn left onto the frontage road and follow the signs for 3000 Sand Hill Road. The road winds around a bit (equivalent of a few blocks) and then enters the 3000 Sand Hill Road complex.
The complex has four main buildings. As you enter you will see a flagpole and a clock tower on your left. Building One is on your right, across from the clock tower. You can park in the visitors' parking area in front of Building One.
When you enter Building One, go to the second floor and turn left at the top of the stairs. We are in Suite 235.

From Highway 280 Heading South:

Take the Sand Hill Road exit (after the Woodside Road exit) and head EAST.
You will take the exit ramp up and over the freeway. Just after you have crossed over the freeway, you come to a light. Get in the left-hand lane and turn left at the light. Follow the directions above, starting at #3.

If you are in Palo Alto/Stanford:

Get to Sand Hill Road and head west toward the 280 freeway.
Just before the entrance ramp to 280 North, there is a light. Turn right at this light. (If you end up going over the freeway, you have gone too far.)
Follow the first set of directions above, starting at #3.

To Get to 280 from the San Francisco Airport:

As you are exiting the airport, stay in the right-hand lanes. Follow the signs for "380" to "280". You will be driving north on a frontage road parallel to Highway 101 North.
Very shortly you will be curving to the left onto 380, a connector highway between 101 and 280. Highway 380 (only a few miles long) will take you west to 280.
Take 280 SOUTH. Follow directions for "Highway 280 Heading South" above.

Places to stay:

Near Airport:

Hotel Sofitel
Redwood City
(650) 598-9000
(Near SFO airport and mid-peninsula; reasonable, very nice, full-service hotel)

Expensive, very nice:

Garden Court Hotel
Palo Alto
(650) 322-9000 Stanford Park Hotel
Palo Alto
(650) 322-1234

Less expensive:

Westin
Palo Alto
(650) 321-4422

Sheraton
Palo Alto
(650) 328-2800

Least expensive:

Best Western Riviera
Menlo Park
(650) 321-8772
(across from Stanford Park)

Contact Information

Harvard Business School California Research Center

3000 Sand Hill Road
Building One, Suite 235
Menlo Park, CA 94025

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Tel:+650-233-8703 work
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Alison Berkley Wagonfeld Executive Director

Alison Berkley Wagonfeld is the Executive Director of the HBS California Research Center located in Menlo Park, California. She is responsible for developing and writing business cases and research materials about Bay Area companies, and she serves as a west coast liaison for the school. She received her B.A. (magna cum laude) from Yale University and her MBA (as a Baker Scholar, with high distinction) from Harvard Business School.

After graduating from Harvard Business School, Alison joined Intuit, where she founded the company's home-loan business, QuickenLoans. As the Director of Marketing for the business, she grew QuickenLoans into one of the country's largest online lenders. Alison later became the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Greenlight.com, an online car sales company, incubated by Kleiner Perkins, which was later acquired by CarsDirect. She joined Greenlight.com as the second employee.

Prior to her years at HBS, Alison worked in the investment banking group at Morgan Stanley (in New York and Hong Kong) and she worked as a product manager at Microsoft.
Liz Kind Senior Researcher

Liz Kind is a Senior Casewriter with the Harvard Business school California Research Center.She is responsible for doing research projects and writing cases focused on West coast companies.

Prior to joining the HBS California Research Center, Ms. Kind ran Community Partners, a program of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association of Northern California. Community Partners provides pro bono consulting advice to Bay Area nonprofit organizations through the efforts of HBS alumni volunteers. Before Community Partners, Ms. Kind was General Manager of First Data Corporation's merchant banking group.In addition, Ms. Kind has over eight years of investment banking and financial consulting experience, most recently with Merrill Lynch and Duff & Phelps.

Ms. Kind received her B.A. in economics from Mount Holyoke College and her MBA from Harvard Business School.
Lauren Barley Senior Researcher

Lauren Barley is responsible for developing and writing business cases and research materials for the Harvard Business School California Research Center. Prior to joining the California Research Center, Ms. Barley consulted in brand management and marketing communications to both Fortune 500 and start-up companies. Before starting her marketing consulting practice, she was brand manager at The Clorox Company. Ms. Barley also worked at Arthur Andersen & Co. in the tax and audit division where she earned her CPA.

She received her B.A. in economics from Stanford University and her MBA with honors from Harvard Business School.

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