Schedule

Workshop
How to Negotiate
Crystal Lee (Head of Career Advisors, Rora)

Zoom (Shoreline Info)

Panel Discussion
First Jobs Beyond Academia
(presented by Microsoft)

Zoom (Shoreline Info)

Panelists:
Kenneth Iwezulu (Technical Program Manager, Microsoft)
Kahkashan Afrin (Associate, McKinsey & Company)
Ana Guerrero (Founder/CEO, FirstGen_Resilience)
Ana Besserman ( Knowledge Engineer, Amazon)

Panel Discussion
Careers in Research and Development
(presented by BD Biosciences)

Zoom (Shoreline Info)

Panelists:
Emily Toomey (Quantum Device Engineer, Microsoft Quantum)
Soyon Kim (Scientist, Beyond Meat)
Aaron Middlebrook (Senior Staff Scientist, BD Biosciences)
Miaoqi Zhu (Senior R&D Software Engineer, Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Panel Discussion
Careers in Communication
Zoom (Shoreline Info)

Panelists:
Nandi Jordan (Senior Media Producer, Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
Evguenia Alechine (Scientist, Beyond Meat)
Paula Di Dio (Senior Director of Communications and Research Strategist, Interact Communications)

Panel Discussion
Careers in Data Science & Technology

Zoom (Shoreline Info)

Panelists:
Shima Imani (Data and Applied Scientist, Microsoft)
Shujing Dong (Research Scientist, Amazon)
Grace Tang (Senior Data Scientist, Netflix)
Franklin Horn (Director of Product, Skillshare)

Panel Discussion
Careers in Government & Public Policy

Zoom (Shoreline Info)

Panelists:
Don Daves-Rougeaux (Regional K14 TAP (Technical Assistance Provider), Bay Area Community College Consortium)
Tepring Piquado (Chief Policy Director, California Issues Forum)
Allan Friedman (Senior Advisor and Strategist, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (US Govt))
Tooraj Panah (Engineering Geologist, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans))

Panel Discussion
Careers in International Jobs

Zoom (Shoreline Info)

Panelists:
Radhika Raghavan (TTS Linguist, Accenture)
Kevin Lin (BD Director, Transcenta Therapeutics Inc.)
Andrew Yip (Head of Materials and Process Innovation, Pangaia)

Panel Discussion
Careers in Nonprofits

Zoom (Shoreline Info)

Panelists:
Christopher Hunter (Director, STEM101, Ron Brown Scholar Program)
Tarah Demant (Director, Gender, Sexuality, and Identity Program, Amnesty International USA)
Priera Panescu (Senior Scientist—Plant-Based Specialist, The Good Food Institute)
Stephanie Witkowski (Executive Director, 7000 Languages)

Panel Discussion
Careers in Consulting

Zoom (Shoreline Info)

Panelists:
Paul Rivera (President, Optimax International Consulting)
Patrick Knoth (Senior Strategy & Operations Manager, Citi Bike, Lyft)

ENDNOTE ADDRESS

View from the On-High — Adventures of a Professional Astronaut

Leroy Chiao
Former NASA Astronaut, Speaker, Consultant, and CEO of OneOrbit
Zoom (Shoreline Info)