Cal Poly Career Services and Alumni Engagement Present
Student and Alumni Mixers
Career Services and Alumni Engagement regularly partner to host mixers where Cal Poly students and alumni can connect in-person and virtually to make new connections.
Please check back soon for details about our next virtual student-alumni mixer, coming Summer 2022.
Past Events
In the 2020-2021 academic year we offered a “Living and Working in…” series to provide into what it's like to live and work in various major cities across the U.S Attendees heard from selected alumni representing each region, then had the opportunity to network with other students and alumni who are from or were interested in the area.
Living and Working in New York City
Date: Thursday, July 29, 2021
Time: 1 - 2:30 p.m. PDT / 4 - 5:30 p.m. EDT
Featured panelists include:
- Lauren Rabaino, Chief of Staff at Vox Media (College of Liberal Arts '09)
- Davis Carlin, Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company (College of Engineering '12)
- Laura Bevill, Director at Advent Capital Management, LLC (College of Engineering '99)
- Nicholas Sinai, Product Manager at Walmart eCommerce (College of Business '17)
- Maia Capello, Product Manager at BELLA (College of Liberal Arts '12)
(Please note that alumni panelists will be speaking on behalf of their individual experiences, not as representatives of their companies.)
Living and Working in Seattle
Date: Thursday, March 25, 2021
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PDT
Featured panelists include:
- Lilani Dunn, Marketing Director, Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association (College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences ’05)
- Katie Post, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Microsoft (College of Liberal Arts ’13)
- Brad Roberts, Managing Director at ARC global venture capital firm (College of Engineering ‘02)
- Bob Weiss, Senior Manager, 737 MAX Return to Service Program Management, Boeing (College of Engineering ’05)
(Please note that alumni panelists will be speaking on behalf of their individual experiences, not as representatives of their companies.)
Living and Working in Denver
Date: Thursday, April 29, 2021
Time: 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PDT / 12 - 1:30 p.m. MDT
Featured panelists include:
- Klay Adair, Superintendent, Mortenson (College of Architecture and Environmental Design '09)
- Mary Hildeburn, Growth Sales Manager, Segment (Orfalea College of Business '19)
- Benjamin Kragt, Satellite Systems Engineer, General Atomics (College of Engineering ’17)
- Hannah Drain Taylor, Co-Founder/Partner, Delta Awesome (College of Liberal Arts ’12)
(Please note that alumni panelists will be speaking on behalf of their individual experiences, not as representatives of their companies.)
Living and Working in Austin
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2021
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PDT / 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. CDT
Featured panelists include:
- Phillip Akhzar, Founder, Arka (College of Engineering '14)
- Leilani Struthers, Manager -Planning & Strategy, Facebook (College of Business '11)
- Shannon Ling, UX Designer, Indeed.com (College of Liberal Arts '15)
- Ruby Ludford, Customer Development, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Google Cloud
(College of Liberal Arts '19)
(Please note that alumni panelists will be speaking on behalf of their individual experiences, not as representatives of their companies.)
Living and Working in Washington DC
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2021
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. PDT / 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. EDT
Featured panelists include:
- Kayvan Chinichian, Director of Development, Truman Center for National Policy (College of Liberal Arts '09)
- Nicole McMinn, Biomedical Engineer, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (College of Engineering '14)
- Zach Bache, Architect, Stoiber & Associates (College of Architecture and Environmental Design '15)
- Wendy Dinova-Wimmer, Sr. Digital Media Architect, Adobe (College of Liberal Arts '88)
(Please note that alumni panelists will be speaking on behalf of their individual experiences, not as representatives of their companies.)