Santa Clara University

James L. Koch
Co-Founder & Director
Bill & Jan Terry Professor of Management
Leavey School of Business

James L. Koch is the Executive Director of the Global Social Benefit Incubator, the Bill and Jan Terry Professor of Management, and founding director of Santa Clara University’s Center for Science, Technology, and Society.  He received his MBA and Ph.D. from UCLA. From 1990-96 he served as dean of the Leavey School of Business. In 1995 the school achieved national recognition from U.S. News and World Report as the 12th ranked part-time program in America.

From 1981 to 1990, he was the founding director of Organization Planning and Development at PG&E, where his department was the recipient of the National Excellence Award for contributions to organizational development from the American Society for Training and Development. Prior to that he was associate professor of management and director of the MBA and Ph.D. programs at the University of Oregon. He serves on the editorial board for Health Care Management Review as a Trustee of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute. 

He has published in a number of journals including: Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management  Journal, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and California Management Review.  His research and consulting focus on socio-technical systems and high performance organizations. His current work examines social capital, and the role of technology in improving quality of life at the base of the pyramid.