Department of Economics

Doreen Bender Justice

  • Graduated: 1979
  • Field: Management/Entrepreneurship, Technology

Doreen Bender Justice(opens in new window), who graduated in 1979 with a BA in Economics and a BS in Business Administration, is a relationship manager for LinkedIn in San Francisco, California.   After graduation she wanted to travel and became a tour guide for Contiki Holidays(opens in new window), a tour company that arranges camping tours for Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans and Canadians in international settings.  Contiki promoted her to sales manager for Australia. 

After 3 years with Contiki Doreen took a position in 1983 as research assistant for Hambrecht and Quist(opens in new window) in San Francisco, California.  A year later she enrolled in Northwestern University’s(opens in new window) Kellogg School of Management(opens in new window) where she completed her Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in finance and marketing in 1986.  While a graduate student Doreen also worked as research associate for Golder, Thoma and Cressey(opens in new window) in Chicago, Illinois. 

Upon completion of her master’s degree, Doreen accepted a position as vice-president of institutional equities for Goldman Sachs(opens in new window) working for seven years in San Francisco and New York City. 

Doreen owned and managed the Justice Family Vineyards in Healdsburg from 2000 – 2015. 

In 2016 Doreen took a job with Kelleher International(opens in new window) as a relationship manager/matchmaker in Corte Madera, California.  She has been working for LinkedIn in San Francisco since 2018.  Doreen is “responsible for helping our customers effectively engage with the LinkedIn network using our professional talent solutions,” according to her LinkedIn(opens in new window) page. (Last Updated 6/15/19)

Portrait of Doreen Bender Justice