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Hot Jobs in a Weak Economy - Northwestern

Green Technology, Sustainability, and Entrepreneurialism in the Bay Area
Event Date: Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 6:00pm


   
Dec 3 2009 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: 

The University Club
800 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA 94108

Region: 
CA
Event Type: 
Career
General

 

This event is part of a year-long Northwestern Explores NAA program focusing on the economy, career services, and life skills. We are excited to bring this special series to San Francisco.Join fellow alumni for an evening of networking and a panel discussion moderated by Lonnie Dunlap, Executive Director, University Career Services. The panel will discuss hot jobs in the Bay Area in the areas of green technology, sustainability, and entrepreneurialism. 

Event Details

Time
6-7pm -- Check-in and Reception (Black Cat Bar)
7-9pm -- Panel Discussion w/ Q&A (Main Dining Room)

Cost
$20 -- Members, Current Students, Young Alumni (grad years 1999-2009)
$25 -- Non-Members, Guests 

Register here. 

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Moderator for the evening:

Lonnie Dunlap
Executive Director, Northwestern University Career Services.
Dunlap has been executive director of University Career Services at Northwestern University for the past seven years. A fourth generation San Franciscan, she earned her undergraduate degree from San Francisco State University and a PhD from Washington State University. She started as a career counselor in the 1960s.

Panelists for the evening include:

Anne Feldhusen (KSM88)
Green Business Technology Consulting
Feldhusen provides expertise to renewable energy companies in marketing their technology to companies. She was previously marketing manager for Hewlett-Packard Company’s Green Business Technology Initiative.  The program enabled clients to meet business goals while at the same time reducing environmental impact; she also launched HP’s first large-scale solar installation.

Mary Jo Potter (SESP73)
Managing Partner and CEO, Hyperlink
Mary Jo has been a management consultant for more than 25 years, working with organizations during mergers, restructurings, and redirections. She has served clients in the health care, technology, financial services, and information services sectors, including Genentech, Kodak, and Bank of America.

Robert Parkhurst (WCAS93)
Climate Protection and Analysis Manager, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Parkhurst is responsible for providing technical support on the implementation of California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32). He was appointed to the California Climate Action Registry Board of Directors by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Panelists are subject to change. Please check back here for updates.  The views expressed by the panelists are their personal opinions, not those of their employers or any organizations they represent. 

This NAA event is co-sponsored by the NU Club of the San Francisco Bay AreaKellogg Alumni Club of San Francisco/Bay Area and Northwestern Gay and Lesbian Alumni Association (NUGALA).

Updated November 2, 2009.


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