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Biographies are listed here for Symposium Panelists and Network Reception Alumni Guests.
Kelsey Beck Kelsey Beck has been
with Food Lifeline for over six years, most recently in the position of Public
Policy Advocate, where she works to promote anti-hunger policy at the federal,
state, and local levels. Prior to coming to Food Lifeline, Kelsey worked as a
domestic violence advocate in Southern California. Kelsey holds a B.A. in
Women’s Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a
Masters in Policy Studies from the University of Washington at Bothell. She is
currently Chair of the King County Chapter of the National Women’s Political
Caucus.
Ray Blakeney Ray is currently the program recruiting manager for global development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Global Development Program focuses on reducing poverty and hunger in the developing world. Prior to joining the foundation, Ray spent 10 years with the Microsoft Corporation in a variety of roles including: Global Program Manager for the Microsoft Academy of College Hires. Chief Talent Scout for the MBA recruiting program and Diversity Program Manager for the College recruiting team. He worked with Office, Windows and X-Box as a sr. recruiter. Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked as a policy consultant for the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education in Boston and managed minority recruitment for both the University of Dayton and the College of the Holy Cross. Blakeney holds a B.A in Political Science from the University of Dayton and did graduate work at Boston College.
Adam
Burdick My career has mostly centered on music education, administration, and performance. As a conductor/director, I have led choirs and theatrical productions for the last fifteen years, both as an artist and as an administrator. In a similar way, my years of teaching voice have required my experience and skill as a performer, my training and insight as a teacher, and my administrative skills as a producer. For most of my career I have not had full-time music employment. At many times I held down several jobs at once - teaching, conducting, performing, and also working in business or retail. As one example of these extra-musical positions, I spent a few years as the POS (Point of Sale) Manager for a cooperative grocery store. My years in all of these positions have honed my administrative and management skills, which I am now using (with many opportunities for use of creative energy too) in my full-time job as I develop a new acoustic music school.
Rob
Burke I obtained a BS in biomedical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2004. During my years at Georgia Tech, I worked in Dr. Gang Bao's laboratory researching the use of molecular beacons in cancer detection. After leaving Georgia Tech, I came to the University of Washington to pursue a PhD in bioengineering, which I expect to complete in 2009. I am currently researching non-viral methods of gene therapy in Dr. Suzie Pun's laboratory. Last year, I was the President of the Science & Engineering Business Association, which helped me learn about business and strengthen my business skills. I look forward to a job outside of academia in the field of biotechnology after graduation.
Kristin Hallgren I am a Human Services Research Analyst for Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR). MPR strives to improve public well-being by bringing the highest standards of quality, objectivity, and excellence to bear on the provision of information collection and analysis to our clients. After working as a classroom teacher for 6 years, I now conduct education and early childhood research for our clients, including evaluations for the U.S. Department of Education and the Administration for Children and Families. I am primarily interested in professional development for teachers, teacher preparation and induction, and in helping practitioners translate education research into to practice. Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. is located in Princeton, NJ, Washington, DC, and Cambridge, MA. I currently telecommute for MPR out of my home in Seattle, WA.
Kari Hamilton As the Assistant Director of Career Services at the Evans School of Public Affairs, Kari works with Master of Public Administration candidates through individual appointments and workshops to develop effective internship and job search strategies, and refine their resume, cover letter and interviewing skills. Kari also manages the Evans School internship requirement, and advises employers who are interested in posting job and internship opportunities with Evans MPA students. Kari holds a Master of Arts in Student Development Administration from Seattle University, where she focused her studies on academic and career advising, and vocational discernment. Prior to graduate school, Kari worked for over 4 years in the International Programs Department for World Vision, in both WA State and Washington DC.
Margaret Hung Margaret (Margie) has worked for Casey Family Programs for the past seven years. This year, she was named Director of Child Welfare Partnerships. In this position, Ms. Hunt will direct Casey Family Programs National Child Welfare Partnerships in support of achieving Casey’s 2020 goals. For the past four years, Ms. Hunt has served as Director of Prevention and Family Support. In this role, she led the creation and growth of the Powerful Families Program. What began as a series of nationwide focus groups on how to better support families has now become a nationally recognized program on the road to becoming a best practice. Margie came to Prevention and Family Support from the Northwest region’s Tukwila Community Schools Collaboration where she served as Program Coordinator. In her capacity as Program Coordinator, she developed and implemented a new full district (5 schools) full-service community schools program with partners including CFP, City of Tukwila, the Puget Sound Educational Service District, Dept. of Social and Health Services and the Tukwila School District, where over 10,000 children and families have been served. This program was recently recognized by the National Coalition of Community Schools as a model program. Ms. Hunt has also served as the National Middle School Trainer and Program Evaluator for the Families and Schools together program (FAST). Before that, she worked as a program manager and clinical supervisor for the Metropolitan Family Services “GEARS” Program in Portland, Oregon. Margie also established the first SUN schools initiative in the history of Multnomah County. While in Portland, Margie worked for Oregon’s Family and Children’s Services in their CPS Department. She also worked for increasing family referrals to community based services. Margie has spoken and keynoted at a verity national conferences on Child Welfare, Prevention and Family Support Strategies. Her programs have been nationally recognized for their innovation.
Hilary
Loeb Hilary Loeb serves as a Research Analyst for Washington Kids Count at the Human Services Policy Center. Hilary joined Washington Kids Count in October 2007 after completing projects for UW's Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy. Hilary's research interests include teacher workforce development, multicultural education, and the impact of educational policies on students of color and students living in poverty. Beginning her career as a sixth grade teacher, Hilary has worked and volunteered for a number of educational and nonprofit organizations in California and Washington State. These roles include service as a philanthropic program officer, grant writer, program evaluator, and trainer. Hilary recently completed her Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy studies at UW after earning her BA and MA at U.C., Berkeley in anthropology and literacy education respectively.
Bruce Montgomery Dr. Montgomery was appointed Gilead Sciences’ Senior Vice President, Head of Respiratory Therapeutics in August 2006. Dr. Montgomery founded Corus Pharma in 2001 and served as the company's CEO and Director until it was acquired by Gilead. Prior to founding Corus, Dr. Montgomery served as Executive Vice President of Research and Development at PathoGenesis Corporation, where he managed the development of inhaled tobramycin for the treatment of cystic fibrosis. Before that, Dr. Montgomery helped Genentech develop Pulmozyme®, another treatment for cystic fibrosis. Dr. Montgomery serves on the Board of Directors of the Pacific Science Center and is a Trustee of the Washington State Life Sciences Discovery Fund. Dr. Montgomery received his bachelor’s and medical degrees at the UW. After completing and Internal Medicine Residency, a fellowship at UCSF during the 1980's gave him early work on HIV disease. There he invented and developed aerosolized pentamidine and after that experience, transitioned into the Biotech industry.
Pete
Moss Pete Moss has a background in audio and video Signal processing, software engineering, and algorithm development. He is interested in building integrated hardware/software systems to demonstrate new technologies and modes of understanding.
Maresi Nerad Maresi Nerad is the founding director of the national Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE), Associate Dean of the Graduate School, and Associate Professor for Higher Education in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Program College of Education, all at the University of Washington, Seattle. CIRGE, the first such center for studies on graduate education in the US undertakes systematic research on the career paths of PhD recipients and the assessment of the quality of doctoral education by asking PhD alumni. It evaluates innovations in graduate education locally and internationally. Biannually, CIRGE organizes an international workshop on the impact of globalization on doctoral education worldwide. She received her doctorate in higher education from the University of California-Berkeley in 1988. From 1988 until 2000, Dr. Nerad directed research in the Graduate Division at the University of California-Berkeley and spent the 20001 academic year as Dean in Residence at the Council of Graduate Schools. In 2005 she was nominated for the Miegunyah Fellow by the University of Melbourne, Australia, and spent three months at the University of Australia. She is the author of four books, including her most recent one Towards a Global PhD? Changes in Doctoral Education Worldwide (2008). As Principle Investigator or Co-investigator she has received grants totalling more than $2.2 million from various public and private sources such as NSF, Ford Foundation, Mellon Foundation, and Getty Grants Foundations. She has been a grant reviewer for NSF, Sloan, and the Getty Grants and served on many national advisory committees, the NRC Committee to Examine the Methodology for the 2005 Assessment of Research –Doctorate Programs; the AAU – Assessing Quality of University Education and Research (2001-2004); NSF advisory board on doctoral surveys (SED,SDR); and on postdoctoral education and training.
Anne O'Leary Anne O'Leary has focused on public diplomacy and the Arab/Muslim world since 1973. She was a State Department intern in 1975, joined the Foreign Service in 1980, and has served in Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia, Egypt, India, Morocco, Libya, and Afghanistan. The State Department's Diplomat in Residence program places career members of the Senior Foreign Service on college campuses to serve as regional resources. The University of Washington is visited regularly by the participants in this program. The mission of a "DIR" is to provide guidance on internship opportunities and career options for students at all levels and ages, and to help develop a diverse Foreign Service that "looks like America" -- as Former Secretary of State Colin Powell used to say. For more information about Anne, please go to: Working for the U.S. Department of State
Jarrett
Paschel While going to grad school in sociology, I always sort of kept looking for all of the open spaces where I thought sociology could tell us something we didn’t know about the world around us. It turned out that most of business and economics—and by proxy marketing and market research—had mostly been ignoring the social and the cultural and, instead, had this almost perverse obsession with the individual and psychological. So wherever I could, I just looked for ways to turn conventional consulting and marketing models upside down and apply sociological insight—not because the sociology perspective was any “better” or “more correct,” but because it was at least interesting, refreshing or different. And different, as marketers always teach us, is usually better. Today that perspective is alive and well in our spin-off venture which I helped found called Tinderbox. Tinderbox is all about the nexus of design, culture, ritual and practice in the consumer world.
Rafael
Ponce Rafael is Director of Preclinical Safety Assessment at ZymoGenetics, Inc., a biotechnology company based in Seattle, Washington. Rafael received his PhD in Toxicology from the Department of Environmental Health. His interests in heavy metal toxicity and public health led his to accept a position as the first toxicologist for the State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Section of Epidemiology, where he stayed for two years. He then returned to the UW, Dept. of Enviromental Health as a Research Scientist. In this position, he continued efforts in health risk assessment and heavy metal toxicity for three years. A colleague at a local contract toxicology laboratory offerred Rafael a staff position in 1999, which he accepted. In this work, Rafael participated in opening a new contract toxicology facility, and acted as staff scientist and study director. This work involved testing novel therapeutic drug candidates for large and small pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. In 2001, Rafael became the first toxicologist for ZymoGenetics, which at the time was undergoing a shift in business structure from being a research arm of Novo Nordisk (a Danish biotechnology company) to being an independent research-development company. Rafael remains with ZymoGenetics as Director, Safety Assessment in the Preclinical Development group. Dr. Ponce is an Affiliate Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, a board member of the Northwest Association for Biomedical Research, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology.
Pauline Reiter My entire professional career has been spent in the field of education. I began as a teacher and then moved on to educational research . Shortly after receiving my Ph.D., I opened my own business: College Placement Consultants. I work with students who are interested in furthering their education either at the undergraduate or graduate level.
Stephanie Seiler Stephanie founded Gemini
BioProjects LLC in September 2002, with the goal of providing high quality,
cost-effective communications support to companies in the life science
industries. Since that time she has worked with a diverse group of public and
private life science companies, not-for profit organizations and marketing and
communications agencies.
Amy Tsai Amy Tsai received her J.D. in 1995 and Ph.D. in Psychology in 2000 from the University of Washington. She practiced civil litigation in plaintiffs' civil rights issues for the Columbia Legal Services Institutions Project for two years. Subsequently, she moved into research-related fields including writing legislative fiscal notes, conducting research for the Administrative Office of the Courts, and eventually moving to her current research position with the Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development, where she is the program evaluator for the Community Mobilization Against Substance Abuse and Violence Program.
Lauren Witt
The mission of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is to promote
learning and discovery in innovation and entrepreneurship to students—from
undergraduates to PhD candidates—across the University of Washington campus. The
Center recognizes that entrepreneurs come from all disciplines and fields of
study, and the mandate of CIE is to provide the education, networks, real-world
experiences, and connections that make it possible for students at the
University of Washington to achieve their entrepreneurial goals, either within
start-up companies or as agents of innovation and change within established
firms
Susan Ying As the Director of the Networked Systems Technology organization, Dr. Ying leads the R&D group comprising more than 300 world-renowned scientists and engineers to provide innovative solutions to address a variety of challenges unique to The Boeing Company. Prior to this role, Ying held various leadership positions in multiple business units and locations. Before joining Boeing, Ying taught at universities and directed research in the DOE Research Labs and NASA Ames; and earned a spot as a NASA Astronaut Candidate finalist. Dr. Ying is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and she serves on the AIAA Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the International Council of Aerospace Science. She also represented U.S. university professors as the Aerospace Education Ambassador to Russia. Ying is currently Boeing’s Executive Focal for Stanford University. As an avid aviatrix, Ying holds a commercial pilot license and is a FAA-Certified Flight Instructor. Ying received Ph.D. and M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford and B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Cornell. As a true believer in life-long learning, she has taken executive education courses from the Kellogg School of Business Administration, Wharton Business School, and Brookings Institute in Brussels.
Summer Ziegler I received my B.S. in Chemistry at the University of Evansville (IN) in 2000, before joining the research group of Lloyd Burgess and Anatol Brodsky at the University of Washington. My graduate research focused upon applying optical low coherence reflectometry to physically characterize solid-liquid slurries in a variety of industrial applications. I defended my Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry in December, 2004 and came directly to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a Senior Research Scientist. My research at PNNL focuses upon the development of new optical technologies for national security missions, particularly proliferation detection. I also serve as a deputy project manager and training lead for the Second Line of Defense program, which provides and installs radiation detection systems at high-volume, international container seaports, airports, and border crossings determined to be threats for global smuggling of nuclear material. I enjoy providing a unique science-based perspective, whether I'm developing innovative technology in the lab or training Customs officers and border guards around the world. 2008 Network Reception Alumni Guests:
Claude Brun Claude is a Manager in the Financial Planning and Analysis group at T-Mobile USA, where he has been working since 2005. As a member of the Strategic Finance team, his responsibilities include developing business cases, valuations and strategic analysis, studying the competition and the industry landscape, and preparing presentation for the executive team. He is also frequently involved in communications with T-Mobile USA parent company, T-Mobile International, the mobile entity of Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DTAG). Prior to joining T-Mobile, Claude graduated from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, with a Master in Business and Administration in 2005. During his studies at UCLA, he focused on Finance and Strategy. Before his MBA, Claude worked for Alcatel, in the US and in France where he is originally from. As a team lead and software engineer, he was involved in the development of communications systems. Claude also owns a Master Degree in Electronics and Telecom from the ENSEEIHT (French “Grandes Ecoles”).
Roy Diaz I have the rare privilege of being paid to think for a living. For the past five years I have been working in the field of Intellectual Property Law as an associate in a law firm. I spent the first four years at a large firm in Washington D.C. and, more recently, at Seed Intellectual Property Law group in Seattle. I have advanced degrees in law and chemistry.
Burt
Hamner Burton Hamner is the director of the Tacoma Narrows Tidal Power Feasibility Study concluded in January 2008 for the City of Tacoma in the state of Washington, USA. For this study he supervised eight consulting companies and three University of Washington professors. He was appointed in February 2008 by the New Zealand Minister of Energy as one of five international experts to review applications to the New Zealand Marine Energy Deployment Fund. He is the founding chairman of the Renewable Energy Committee of the Marine Technology Society. Before his involvement with ocean energy, he was an international consultant on clean technology promotion for the US Agency for International Development, the Asian Development Bank and the United Nations; an environmental planner for the Washington Department of Ecology; a marine environmental coordinator for the US Army Corps of Engineers; and marketing director for a scientific sonar company. He graduated with honors from Harvard University in marine biology, and he has Master’s degrees in Business Administration and in Marine Affairs from the University of Washington.
Marci Larsen Marci is the Superintendent of Schools for Mukilteo School District, a District of approximately 14,000 students and 1,800 employees. In 1995, she earned an Ed.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Washington. Through her work at Western Washington University, Marci also received a M.Ed. degree in School Administration (1985) and a B.A. degree in Education (1980). Her career path includes teaching at the elementary and college levels, school principal and various district office positions. As a volunteer, Marci serves on a variety of Boards including: Snohomish County United Way, Puget Sound Center for Learning & Teaching, Mukilteo YMCA, Snohomish County Junior Achievement and Seattle Pacific University PEAB.
Marc Philpart Marc is currently a Research Associate in the Office of the President at PATH, a non-profit international health organization headquartered in Seattle. Within the Office of the President, Marc works to support the President and the Executive Leadership Team to advance special initiatives around strategic planning, organizational policy, public relations, and the provision of key programmatic support. Prior to joining PATH, Marc earned Master Degrees in Public Administration and Public Health from the University of Washington. During his tenure at the UW, Marc had the opportunity to conduct field work in China, Pakistan and Ethiopia.
Erik Selberg I've been working in search and related topics since graduation. My first job was working with my advisor at a local startup, Go2Net, on the project of my thesis - MetaCrawler. I then joined a few other startups in town, including RealNetworks for a bit, before joining Microsoft to work on MSN / Live Search for 3-some years. I most recently joined Amazon.com to work on Matching, which is a specialized search problem requiring 100% accuracy and good recall.
Anne Sheeran I spent some volunteer years in South Asia after completing my undergraduate degree. This led to graduate work in Regional Planning and Economic Development. I started my Ph.D. in that field then switched to Anthropology. My regional specialization is South Asia. I began taking small scale consulting work while completing my dissertation, and formed my company in 1997. My clients are bilateral and multilateral development agencies and some non governmental organizatoins. I am interested in supporting good evidence based advocacy about what works, I am frequently ask to assist in developing concept papers or grant proposals, or coordinate stakeholder meetings. Increasingly I am involved with evaluation design and management. At present, I am completing a meta-evaluation of child protection investments for the United Nations Children's Fund. I work sometimes as a solo consultant and at other times I bid on projects that require me to form an interdisciplinary team. I am interested in encouraging more social scientists to become engaged in the field of international development and regional planning.
Peter
Sturtevant Pete is a Senior Water Resources Engineer at CH2M Hill in Bellevue. He works primarily on drainage and stream restoration projects. He has 30 years of experience in the fields of water resources and environmental impact assessment that has included water supply studies, water quality assessments, flood control, wastewater and water reuse projects. More recently his work has centered on stream stabilization and restoration. A proud Husky alumnus, Pete enjoys hiking, canoeing, sailing, and other water related activities in the Great Northwest and he bicycled across North America in 2002. Pete co-chaired the AWRA National Conference, in 2005 in Seattle and has also served as past chapter president. He is also very active with Engineers Without Borders. He serves as Project Mentor for the UW Student Chapter and joined them for a 2-week project in Bolivia in August, 2007.
Seng-Lai "Thomas" Tan Thomas received his Ph.D. in Microbiology in 1999 from the University of Washington. In 2000, Thomas joined Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis as a Research Scientist and became an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Indiana University School of Medicine. He returned to Seattle in 2006, where he is currently a Principal Scientist in the Department of Oncology at Amgen. Formally trained as a molecular virologist and specialist in virus-host interactions and interferon biology, Thomas has studied the virus-host interactions that regulate host cell antiviral defenses to control virus infection. More recently, Thomas’ research encompasses molecular studies aimed at understanding deregulated signaling pathways in inflammation and cancer cell survival. He is interested in the identification and development of novel therapeutic agents for autoimmune disease and cancer.
Tracey Woodbury I began my career in human resources through a temporary placement as an admin at a boutique recruiting firm in Redmond shortly after my graduation from Nazareth and subsequent relocation across the country. After learning the basics of technical recruiting in the agency world, I moved in-house to VIACK, a software company that develops an online collaboration tool. There I was responsible for full lifecycle recruiting as well as new hire on boarding and performance evaluation. Over my 3 year tenure, I moved into a human resources generalist/manager position where I handled all aspects of the employment relationship including benefits and employee relations while ensuring compliance with federal state and local employment laws. During this time I participated in the UW's Human Resources Management extension program which gave me the knowledge necessary to obtain my PHR certification. About 2 months ago I joined Concur to launch a Campus Recruitment Program. As the company has grown to more than 800 employees across the world, the executive staff has recognized a need to develop outstanding talent from the ground up. We have just received the thumbs up from our CEO to move forward with a plan to develop relationships with 10 schools across the US, including the UW. Starting in October of 2008, we will begin recruiting for approximately 15 new grads to fill spots across our organization from Finance & Accounting to R&D as well as sales, marketing, and more. These individuals will work through a variety of training programs to give them the skills and knowledge to grow to any level within Concur! |
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