David Lewin, PhD
David Lewin, Ph.D., is the Neil H. Jacoby Professor of Management, Human Resources and Organizational Behavior at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Anderson School of Management. A specialist in human resource management and industrial relations, Professor Lewin has published 19 books and more than 150 articles. Prior to joining UCLA, he served as Professor and Director of the Ph.D. Program, Director of the Human Resources Research Center, and Director of the Senior Executive Program at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
Holder of National Science Foundation, Ford Foundation, National Institute for Dispute Resolution, Human Resource Planning Society, Society for Human Resource Management, and U.S. Department of Labor research grants, Professor Lewin presently serves as a Director of K-Swiss, Inc. and member of the K-Swiss Board’s Compensation Committee and Governance Committee. He also serves as a Director of the National Academy of Human Resources (NAHR), Director of the Law and Economics Consulting Group (LECG), and member of The Conference Board’s Evidence-Based Human Resources Advisory Panel. Professor Lewin previously served as Senior Associate Dean for the Anderson School MBA Program, Director of the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations, President of the University Council on Industrial Relations and Human Resource Programs, and Co-Chair of Los Angeles Mayor Richard Reardon’s Task Force on General Manager Compensation and Performance Management. He is senior editor of Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, and a member of the editorial boards of Industrial Relations, Industrial and Labor Relations Review and California Management Review.
Professor Lewin also serves as a consultant to business, government and nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and abroad, including ARCO, ExxonMobil, The Sun Company, Northville Industries, American Express, Kodak, General Electric, Pfizer, Merck, Hoffman La Roche, Amgen, Dupont, IMC Global Operations, Syntex, IBM, AT&T, United Telecommunications, Nynex, Digital Equipment Corp., Hewlett-Packard, Xerox, General Motors, Hughes Electronics, TRW, McDonnell-Douglas, Northrop-Grumman, Lockheed-Marietta, Rockwell, Loral Optical Systems, British Aerospace, Corning, John Hancock, Mutual of New York, Home Insurance, Metropolitan Life Insurance, Farmers Insurance, Reliance Insurance, Pacific Gas & Electric, Pacific Enterprises, Bechtel Power Corp., Figgie International, N.W. Ayer, The New York Times Co., Knight-Ridder, Union Pacific Railroad, Anheuser-Busch, Marriott Corp., The Walt Disney Company, and other enterprises.