The Seventh Annual Weinberg College Career Summit Was Held Virtually on September 18th, 2023

Multiple industry focused alumni panels featuring the career exploration process geared towards sophomores, juniors, and interested seniors.

Generously sponsored by the Austin J. Waldron Student-Alumni Connections Program

This year, the annual Career Summit was a day-long conference held virtually via Zoom and in person at Guild Lounge. The event featured in person presentations, workshops, and a networking lunch, and multiple virtual industry focused panels with alumni. The program emphasized the career exploration process so it was geared towards sophomores, juniors, and interested seniors.

Industry Focused Alumni Panels

Students could choose 1 alumni panel to attend at each time slot:

• 1:30-2:30 p.m. - Arts & Media, Finance, Healthcare, OR Research & Education
• 2:45-3:45 p.m. - Communications & Marketing, Law, Nonprofits, OR Startups & Entrepreneurship
• 4:00-5:00 p.m. - Big Data, Consulting, Energy & Sustainability, OR Politics & Policy

Recordings

Below are recordings of each of the Alumni Panels and the alumni who participated in them. Unfortunately, technical issues prevented us from complete recordings of a few of the sessions. Because of this, a few panels are missing introductions from the alumni speakers. You can find more details about the speakers of each panel below the video.

Arts & Media

• Sam Baldwin '21 (Art History/Journalism): Bonhams, Marketing Associate
• Angela Kye Lee MDL '02, '10 MBA (Journalism/Political Science minor): Freelance, Media Consultant
• Brennan Suen '14 (Communications/Psychology): Media Matters for America, Deputy Director of External Affairs

Finance

• Aron Betru '98 (Economics/International Studies): TRIDENT, Chief Strategic and Operating Officer
• Phil Lee '02 (Political Science/Philosophy/International Studies): Goldman Sachs, Managing Director
• Tia Malhotra '04 (Economics/MMSS): Golub Capital, Managing Director

Healthcare

• Anthony Ward '06 (Psychology): Unbroken Family Counseling, Clinical Therapist
• Lalit Puri '91, '00 MD (Biological Sciences): Northshore Orthopedic Institute, Vice-Chair of Clinical Excellence
• Hayley Silver '14 MD (Neuroscience): Director, UChicago Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor of Urology
• Chelsea Glenn '13 (Economics/International Studies): Northwell Direct, Assistant Vice President of Business Strategy

Research & Education

• Olyvia Chinchilla '18 (Economics/Political Science/minor in Slavic Studies): The London School of Economics and Political Science, MSc in Political Sociology
• JJ Guajardo '97 (Psychology): Microsoft, Principal XBOX Research Manager
• Angela Valdovinos D'Angelo '02, '07 MA, '10 PhD (English/Sociology minor): Mathematica, Principal Researcher, Children, Youth and Families

Communications & Marketing

• Kipp Jarecke-Cheng '90 (English): Publicis Health, Chief Communications Officer
• April Lane '02 (Sociology/Political Science): Hearst, Chief eCommerce Officer
• Latha Sundaram '95 (Economics/Sociology): Essence Mediacom, Global Client President

Law

• Elizabeth Mack '85 (History): Locke Lord LLP, Partner
• Stephanie Tang '12 (Psychology/Legal Studies/International Studies minor): Baylor University School of Law, Assistant Professor of Law

Nonprofits

• Sheila J. Patel '99 (Sociology): Gotham Scholars, Founder/ Executive Director
• Wendell Willis '95 (Economics/Art Theory & Practice): Milwaukee Bucks & Froedtert Health, Managing Director, D.E.E.R Accelerator
• Elena Dennis '16 (Political Science/Sociology and History minors): Start Early, Manager of Educare Fundraising Partnerships

Startups & Entrepreneurship

• Shreena Amin '04 (Psychology/Economics): Braintrust, Vice President of Product
• Tyler Felous '10 (Economics/MMSS): Technology Entrepreneur
• Jin Hwang '01 (Economics): Steady Technologies Inc., Chief Product Officer
• Aliya Marder '11 (History): Ridwell, Co-Founder

Big Data

• Meghan Anzelc '05, '08 PhD (Physics & Astronomy): Three Arc Advisory, Chief Data and Analytics Officer
• Sonali Dasgupta '14 (Biological Science/Psychology minor): IQVIA, Manager/Senior Data Scientist of Real-World Strategy & Innovation
• Bill Lotter '10 (Integrated Science): Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Assistant Professor, Department of Data Science

Consulting

• Amika Porwal '06 (Economics): The Boston Consulting Group, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) logo Senior Director, Health Care Payers, Providers, Systems, Services
• Joe Lischwe '10 (Economics): Bain & Company, Partner
• Annie Lee '19 (Neuroscience/French and Business Institutions minors): WM Reply, Senior Adoption Change Management Consultant
• Kevin Nigarura '16 (Philosophy/Economics/Legal Studies minor): Justice Informed, DEI Senior Strategist

Energy & Sustainability

• Ashley Braddock '19 (Political Science/Entrepreneurship and Business Institutions minors): Mastercard, Manager of Climate Data Strategy
• Ariel Drehobl '12 (History/Environmental Policy & Culture minor): U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Management and Program Analyst, Solar Energy Technologies Office
• Mark Silberg '14 (Philosophy/Environmental Policy & Culture and ISEN minors): State of Colorado, Special Advisor, Climate and Energy to Governor Jared Polis
• Sarah Walwema '18 (Environmental Sciences/German Studies minor): Trust For Public Land, Climate Project Manager