BRANDEIS INDUSTRY NIGHT:

BRANDEIS INDUSTRY NIGHT:

PROGRAM GUIDE

SOJUST

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015

HASSENFELD CONFERENCE CENTER

A MULTIFACETED

RECRUITING

& NETWORKING

EXPERIENCE

INDUSTRY NIGHT EVENT SCHEDULE

4:00 p.m. Case Challenge & Attendee Registration

Pre-selected industry professionals bring their greatest challenge and Brandeis students solve it. Students divide into small teams of 4-6 and will work collaboratively to develop solutions to a case study or exercise. Teams present their solutions to a panel of industry experts from the following organizations:

• Ben & Jerry’s

• The SAMFund for Young Adult Survivors of

Cancer

• Oxfam America

• Lawrence Public Schools

6:00 p.m. Welcome & Networking Kickoff

Hear from Hiatt Career Center staff about how to work a room, network and connect with representatives, and make the most of the night.

6:30 p.m. Industry Networking Rooms

Networking is divided into different rooms by industry cluster to help employers and students with matching interests to connect. Ask questions about our guests’ career paths, organizations, fields, and job functions. All students and alumni are welcome regardless of major, class year or stage of career development. Networking is divided into the following:

• Social Services & Education • Health & Human Rights • Sustainability, Corporate Social

Responsibility & Social Innovation

• Policy, Int’l & Domestic Development and

CASE PANELIST BIOS

Ryan Midden, General Manager, Ben & Jerry’s Boston Chairman, Fair Trade Boston

Ryan has been with the Ben & Jerry’s Boston team for over 10 years and has been General Manager of their Boston operations for six. Ryan has traveled extensively in his time with Ben & Jerry’s, spreading the word of “Peace, Love & Ice Cream” and running numerous sampling and marketing tours. As a member of Fair Trade Boston, Ryan was a part of the team that established Boston as a Fair Trade city in 2010. In 2014 Ryan took over Fair Trade Boston as their Director of Operations and Chairman of their Board of Directors. Fair Trade Boston seeks to educate the Boston community on the benefits of purchasing Fair Trade and brings together students and their institutions, community groups and businesses to be aware of the Fair Trade goods in the Boston community. In 2011 Ben & Jerry’s and Fair Trade Boston joined together to create the Boston Fair Trade Music Festival, a free community event featuring national touring acts, local bands, Fair Trade goods and of course…free ice cream. The event is

designed to bring together friends and neighbors to celebrate Fair Trade in the Boston community.

Samantha Eisenstein Watson ’01, MBA’06, Executive Director/Founder, The SAMFund for Young Adult Survivors of Cancer

Samantha Eisenstein Watson is a two-time young adult cancer survivor. Diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma in December of 1999, and with secondary Myelodysplastic Syndrome in April of 2001, she created The SAMFund in 2003 to help young adults overcome the financial struggles they face after cancer treatment. She is proud to be an active member of the cancer community and an advocate for young adult survivors throughout the country. Sam holds a BA from Brandeis University and an MBA in Mission-Driven Management from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. A true Brandeis lifer, she is also an Adjunct Lecturer, teaching Sociology of Disability to undergrads in the spring. She lives outside of Boston with her husband Adam and two kids, Alex (5) and Emmy (2).

CASE PANELIST BIOS

Vinod Parmeshwar, Global Staffing & HR Operations Manager, Oxfam America

Vinod Parmeshwar is the Global Staffing and HR Operations Manager at Oxfam America. He has significant expertise in program design, project management, team building, fundraising and financial management. At Oxfam, he helped launch Saving for Change, an innovative microfinance program that has enabled more than half a million people in five countries save more than $13 million. He worked with Catholic Relief Services as the microfinance coordinator and helped spearhead the Self Help Group-Bank Linkage program. He authored a chapter in “Financial Promise for the Poor,” and has presented at major conferences including the Global Savings Forum organized by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Vinod is an adjunct faculty at Brandeis and has taught at Southern New Hampshire University’s

Microenterprise Development Certificate in Africa. He has made presentations and trained people in microfinance in Bangladesh, Cambodia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Liberia, Macedonia, Mali, Peru, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania and the United States.

Leo Flanagan, Manager of Talent, Certification and Licensure, Lawrence Public Schools

Leo is in charge of recruiting talent to support the turnaround effort at Lawrence Public Schools. Lawrence Public Schools believes that the fundamental unit of change in education reform is the school, not the district. The central office works in service of the schools, rather than in management of the schools. In 2012, Lawrence Public Schools began a turnaround in which educators use increased autonomy to lead their schools to success. While autonomy does mean that no two schools in Lawrence are alike, all LPS schools have the following key elements: Open

Architecture, Teacher Leadership, Four Pillars and Collaboration. Lawrence Public Schools is committed to ensuring that our

students, who have for too long been under-served, are provided with a high-quality, free, public education at their local, district schools.

SOCIAL SERVICES & EDUCATION (ROOM: LURIAS)

Listed alphabetically by organization name. **Indicates Industry Sponsor

**Malissa Brennan

Human Capital Coordinator, Blueprint Schools Network

Ask me about: Teaching, internal opportunities at my organization, and teacher prep programs.

**Rachel Silverman, MBA’13

Human Capital Coordinator, Blueprint Schools Network

Ask me about: Fellowship opportunities at my organization, participating in a gap/service year program, and working in recruitment/HR.

Sadye Sagov ’13

Associate Teacher, Brook Charter Schools

Ask me about: The associate teacher position at my school, first year teaching, alternate routes into teaching, fellowships, charter schools, and working in Boston.

**JoAnne Sylvia

Recruitment Manager Northeast Region, City Year Inc.

Ask me About: How City Year promotes leadership development and teamwork, taking a gap year, and how you can reduce the number of students who drop out of high school.

Javier Calderón

CEO & Managing Director, CMI International Group

Ask me about: My role, and my work in negotiation and conflict resolution.

Allison Joseph ’12

Grade 3 Teacher, Edward Brooke Charter School

Ask me about: How to get a teaching job, what the application process is like at my school, and what the transition is like from student teaching to lead teaching.

SOCIAL SERVICES & EDUCATION Cont. (ROOM: LURIAS)

Susan Rabinowitz ’67

Associate Dr. of Foundation Relations, The Home for Little Wanderers

Ask me about: Social Justice as a career, the importance of a social work degree, and combining direct service work with indirect (policy, management) work.

Beth Soltzberg

Manager, Alzheimer's/Related Disorders Family Support Program, Jewish Family & Children’s Services

Ask me about: Program development, program evaluation, clinical social work, creative arts programming, and MBA/MSW.

**Leo Flanagan

Manager of Talent, Certification and Licensure, Lawrence Public Schools

Ask me about: Teaching, TFA, and open positions at my school. Miriam Morgenstern ’81

Teacher, Lowell Public Schools

Ask me about: Genocide and social justice education, and internships at a start-up non-profit focusing on LGBT inclusive curricula.

**Cassandra Gleed

Recruitment Associate, Teach For America

Ask me about: Joining the Corps. **Joni Factor

Recruitment Director, Teach For America

Ask me about: What it takes to be part of TFA. **Tobias Breuer

International Recruiter, Teach For India

Ask me about: Educational crisis in India, the Fellowship, making a 2-year commitment, working in India, and leadership growth. Paula Coyle

Director of AmeriCorps and Recruitment, Tenacity

Ask me about: Urban education (specifically in Boston/Boston Public Schools), youth development, nonprofits, volunteer management, and internships and job opportunities at Tenacity

SOCIAL SERVICES & EDUCATION Cont. (ROOM: LURIAS)

Jennifer Javier

Administrative Assistant for AmeriCorps and Volunteers, Tenacity

Ask me about: Urban education (specifically in Boston/Boston Public Schools), youth development, nonprofits, volunteer management, and internships and job opportunities at Tenacity. **Lisa Najavits

Director, Treatment Innovations

Ask me about: Internships, grant-writing opportunities, and technology application projects to promote mental health care. **Madyson Lubba

Associate Director of Recruitment, Uncommon Schools

Ask me about: Educational inequity, the achievement gap, teaching positions in NY, NJ and MA, our teacher development, and what makes US Uncommon.

Lynn Ahumada

Director of Recruitment, Urban Teacher Center

Ask me about: A career in teaching and changing lives. Brooke Walis

Director of Communications and Marketing, WorldTeach

Ask me about: International education, teaching English abroad, volunteer teaching, cultural immersion opportunities, second language acquisition, living abroad opportunities, TEFL

HEALTH & HUMAN RIGHTS (ROOM: LEVINE-ROSS 1)

Listed alphabetically by organization name. **Indicates Industry Sponsor

Mariah Collins ’10

Consultant, The Bridgespan Group

Ask me about: Working in consulting, working for a nonprofit, and graduate school.

**Juanita Allen

Recruitment & Outreach Manager, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Ask me about: Agencies in the Executive Branch of State Government, and entry-level positions for recent graduates. Howard Leibowitz ’74

CEO, HL Consulting

Ask me about: Working in local government or with non-profits, particularly in community development and food policy.

Stephen Muse

Operations Manger, Mali Health Organizing Project

Ask me about: How Mali Health partners with local stakeholders to enact lasting change, and how you can join our efforts.

**Laure Porter

VP of Human Resources, NuPath Inc.

Ask me about: Making a difference in peoples lives, the way we have provided services to developmentally disabled people, and why human services is a great career choice.

Susan Lit ’86

Chief Operating Officer, Planned Parenthood League of MA

Ask me about: Non-clinical jobs in health care, healthcare finance, and working for a non-profit.

Lauren Elson ’00

Staff Physician/Clinical Instructor, Spaulding Rehabilitation/ MGH/ Harvard Medical School

Ask me about: Pursuing careers in medicine, and public health advocacy.

HEALTH & HUMAN RIGHTS Cont. (ROOM: LEVINE-ROSS 1)

**Samantha Eisenstein Watson ’01, MBA’06

Executive Director, The SAMFund for Young Adult Survivors of Cancer

Ask me about: Nonprofit management, working in Boston, the cancer community, and leveraging your Brandeis degree(s) into a meaningful career.

Joey Mokos

Regional Director of Healthcare Delivery, UNITE HERE Health

Ask me about: Healthcare organizing, Labor Unions, fighting for good benefits, health care policy, working in greater Boston, working with immigrants, and opportunities at UNITE HERE Health.

SUSTAINABILITY, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY & SOCIAL INNOVATION (ROOM: FELDBERG)

Listed alphabetically by organization name. **Indicates Industry Sponsor

**Ryan Midden

Social Missions Team Lead, Ben & Jerry’s

Ask me about: Fair trade and corporate social responsibility. Alli Gold Roberts

Policy Associate, Ceres

Ask me about: Clean Energy Policy, working with climate change and social responsibility, corporate engagement in relation to this field, and internships at Ceres.

**Dave Kramer

Senior Manager for Impact Learning, EcoLogic Development Fund

Ask me about: My work at EcoLogic. **Tam Emerson

Director, Eli J. Segal Citizen Leadership Program

Ask me about: Good job search practices, leadership development, summer internships across the US, networking, and my program. Aaron Lopin ’04

Field Energy Consultant, SolarCity

Ask me about: Energy conservation, solar incentives, and energy policy.

Kim Kawecki

Communications & Marketing Ambassador, YNPN Boston

Ask me about: What we do, how you can learn about Boston-based nonprofit jobs and internships, and getting involved in the Boston nonprofit community.

POLICY, INT’L & DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

(ROOM: LEVINE-ROSS 2)

Samantha Minshull ’15

Intern & Volunteer Coordinator, Barakat Inc.

Ask me about: Internships at Barakat Inc., a small non-profit that operates in Cambridge, MA, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and a career in education.

Tania M. Mireles

Dir. of Violence Intervention & Prevention Initiative, Boston Public Health Commission

Ask me about: Social Justice approaches to violence prevention (especially from within a city agency), empowering community outreach and engagement, and turning non-traditional experience into a career.

Nathaniel Meyer

Sr. Int’l Water Organizer, Corporate Accountability International

Ask me about: Internships that are high-responsibility and skills-building, about fast-paced social justice campaigns, changing the world, challenging corporate power, human rights organizing, international advocacy, water privatization, and food policy. **Vinod Parmeshwar

Global Staffing & HR Operations Manager, Oxfam America

Ask me about: Careers in the non-profit sector, microfinance, small enterprises, and non-profits and corporate engagement. Robert Orton

Recruiter, Peace Corps

Ask me about: International volunteering, and how different majors can make a difference with Peace Corps.

**Karen Sparacio

Founding Director, Project Have Hope

POLICY, INT’L & DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING Cont.

(ROOM: LEVINE-ROSS 2)

Dave Joseph

Sr. VP for Program, Public Conversations Project

Ask me about: Internship possibilities and your international work and needs.

**Talia Salzberg ’10

Alumnus, Tevel b’Tzedek

Ask me about: Amazing volunteer and fellowship opportunities in Nepal and Africa.

Samantha Gibb

Organizing Director for MASSPIRG Students, The Student PIRGs

Ask me about: What you can contribute to my organization, biggest challenges, and rewards of the job.

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