Bruins in the Bay Area: Leaders at the Forefront of AI

The UCLA Alumni Association, in collaboration with partners across campus (listed below), hosted Bruins in the Bay Area: Leaders at the Forefront of AI at a Bruin owned business, Palermo Italian Restaurant in San Jose, on Wednesday, March 25, 2026.

The event included the following panel of alumni leaders that gave an overview of AI and its application to strategy, and various industries, such as healthcare, finance, technology, and consulting: Betty Pio '02 Partner at Kearney, Nicole Loventhal '94, Managing Director at EY, Neil Hoyne, MBA '09, Chief Strategist at Google, and Sharad Aggarwal, MBA '24, Global Head, Strategy, Partnerships & AI Solutions at Google Cloud.

Mia Seleshi, Director, Alumni Career Engagement, UCLA Alumni Affairs, delivered the welcome address and moderated the panel. 

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