Bruins in Business & Tech Networking Night January 2026

The UCLA Alumni Association, in collaboration with partners across campus (listed below), hosted the 3rd Annual Business & Tech Networking Night at Tiato in Santa Monica the evening of Monday, January 12, 2026.

The event included the following panel of alumni leaders in business and technology focusing on artificial intelligence: Cathy Means '80, Director, Innovation & Automation, AI Strategy & Transformation at Korn Ferry , Brandon Watkins '10, Partner, Global Head of Internet Investment Banking, Technology, Media, Telecommunication (TMT) Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, and moderator, Devon Dickau ’07, MBA ’15, Organizational Development Lead, Google DeepMind and Member of the UCLA Alumni Association Board of Directors.

The welcome address was delivered by Yolanda Gorman, Interim, Associate Vice Chancellor, Alumni Affairs and Advancement Services, and CFO and COO of the UCLA Foundation and the UCLA Investment Company.

The UCLA William F. Sharpe Fellows program was featured through a video and remarks led by the faculty director and program director, Andrew Atkeson, Stanley M. Zimmerman Professor of Economics and Finance, and Mia Seleshi, Director, Alumni Career Engagement, UCLA Alumni Affairs, respectively.

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