At Life After Degree panels, distinguished alumni, community members and employers are invited to campus to share their experiences after graduation with current students, often regarding a specific industry or career path. These sessions are followed by a Q&A discussion and often time for networking. Previous session topics have included careers in entertainment, law and healthcare among others and have focused on career and professional opportunities, post-graduation experiences, and other subjects of special interest.
Past Panels
FALL QUARTER ’17
Anthropology: Alumni Career Panel
Diane Perlov, MA ’79, PhD ’87, SVP, Exhibits, California Science Center
Amanda Levensohn ’14, National Geographic, Marketing Coordinator
Caroline Cicchetti ‘95, Senior Director – Online Marketplaces, US Auto Parts
SPRING QUARTER ’17
Biology: Alumni Career Panel
Sandra Wolchok, Biology Teacher, Harvard-Westlake School
Marisa Marcos, Nurse Practitioner, Hoag Medical Group
Neil Wylie, Science Director, Quest Diagnostics
Matthew Frias, Senior Research Associate, Amgen
Psychology: Alumni Career Panel
Debra Kanoff, JD, Attorney
Cynthia Cohen PhD, Jury Trial Consultant
Lori Gilchrist, Principal, LAG Financial Services
Sam Herskovitz, Product Lead, The Marcus Buckingham Company
Kevin J. Jablonski PhD, MPH, Chief Police Psychologist
Alice Ji Youn Jung, Business Marketing Director, Painted Brain
Nicole Samani, Academic Counselor, Glendale Community College
Anthropology: Alumni Career Panel
Julianne Sohn ’99, Community Relations Officer, LAPD
Frank Lyu ’10, Computer Forensic Examiner, County of Ventura
Denise Sacks ’78, Behavioral Health Clinician, Aetna
Karlie Bryant ’13, Post Production Coordinator, NBCUniversal
Sociology: Alumni Career Panel
Anthony Danna ‘98, VP of Programming at Sony Pictures Television Networks
Carmen J. Sandoval ‘91, Intuit’s Early Careers, University Recruiting
Julia Beckley ‘02, Senior Managing Associate at Dentons US
Madison Vanderberg ‘10, Senior Editor at Hello Giggles
WINTER QUARTER ’17
Anthropology: Life of an Anthropology Ph.D. Student
Edwin Everhart, Linguistic Anthropology
Gwyneth Talley, Sociocultural Anthropology
Tyanna Slobe, Lingustic Anthropology
Maddie Yakal, Archaeology
Andrew Marcus Smith, Biological Anthropology
Anthropology: Recent Alumni of Anthropology
Peggy Sin ’14, Red Bull
Lauren Michael ’13, Marsh & McLennan Agency
Tiffany Chen ’09, Kaiser Permanente
Communication Studies featuring Disney Executives
Chip McLean ’87, JD, Disney Music Group
Christine Cadena ’83, The Walt Disney Company
Scott Sakamoto ’00, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Phil Hong ’95, Disney Interactive Studios
Communication Studies: Thriving at Facebook, as a Non-Engineer!
Kasey Sanseverino ’17, Facebook
FALL QUARTER ’16
Anthropology: Graduate School – Applications & Preparation
Grace Alcantara ’05, JD, Chapman University School of Law
Deniel Fessler, PhD, UCLA Department of Anthropology
Michelle Garcia-Navarro, MPA, Fielding School of Public Health
Juliet Williams, PhD, UCLA Department of Gender Studies
Anthropology: Alumni Career Panel
Caroline Cicchetti ’95, MBA. ’02, US Auto Parts
Kristin Martinez, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Debra McGinty-Poteet ’78, First Western Funds Trust
History: Alumni Career Panel
Laura Dawson, ’86, NBCUniversal
Clare DeBriere ’90, The Ratkovich Company
Roy Geiger ’72, King Parrent & Droste LLP
Chris Ovitz ’04, Workpop
SPRING QUARTER ’16
Psychology: Alumni Career Panel
Ron Leaf ’75, MA ’79, PhD ’83, Autism Partnership
Jim Vellutato ’81, Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Wendy Moss Klein ’86, 2 Friends Entertainment
Lee Kuo ’92, Partnerships at Yahoo! Inc.
History: Alumni Career Panel
Grace Coopman Pinpoint Research Group LLC
Patrick Cowan ’09, UCLA Development
Alex Fay ’07, Syncromatics
Amanda Uribe ’14, C2 Education
Cameron Virjee ’12, Outsource
English: Working in the Public Sector
Gabe Kramer, Marathon Communications
Jeremy Oberstein ’04, LAFD
Christine M. Robertson ’03, Land Use and Planning for City of LA
Jasmine Youssefzadeh, Filmanthropos
Anthropology: Alumni Career Panel
Juben Rabbani ’07, MA, J.D. Power and Associates
Neetu S. Badhan ’99, JD, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office
Linda Bentz ’94, Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District
Mariah Hernandez ’15, Vivienne Westwood
George Elwood-Miranda ’13, Toyota/Lexus Financial Services
WINTER QUARTER ’16
Sociology: Alumni Career Panel
Rebecca Zada ’10, HBO
Ruben Garcia ’08, Creative Artists Agency
Ariana Ajir ’08, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Ellesse Wong ’11, Northwestern Mutual
English: Teaching in Independent Schools and Community Colleges
Nan Cohen, Viewpoint School
Neil Kramer, Geffen Academy, UCLA
Adam Lowenstein ’02, MA ’06, PhD ’11, Marlborough School
SPRING QUARTER ’15
Sociology: Alumni Career Panel
Bee Kong, Red Cross
Anita Chun ’06, Center for Health Care Rights
Emily Shoji ’08, Square Enix
Languages: Career Opportunities with a Language Degree
