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Career Conversation: Midd parent talks about life in politics and activism as former Mayor of Seattle

Mike earned a B.A. in economics from Williams College and worked for Congressman Jim Weaver as a legislative aide. McGinn attended law school at the University of Washington School of Law.[3] After graduating, he practiced business law for the Seattle firm Stokes Lawrence, becoming a partner. He left Stokes Lawrence in 2005 and started Great City Initiative, a non-profit advocacy group. He served as mayor from 2010-13. His daughter is a first year on campus.

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Career Conversation: Life in DC at a human rights organization and at an Organizational Development Consulting Firm

Join Adam Schaffer ’12 and Dan Egol ’13 as they talk about their work in DC. Schaffer is a Program Officer at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and focuses on drug policy reform in the Americas and Egol is chief of staff at Cook Ross, Inc., a consulting firm whose mission is to provide powerful solutions to organizations around the world in the areas of diversity and inclusion. This career conversation is a casual chance to talk informally about how these alums got to where they are today. Bring your questions. This event precedes their panel discussion at 4:30 in RAJ.

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Career Conversation: Life as a Foreign Service Officer and scholar at the Middle East Institute

Join us for a casual career conversation with Ambassador Robert S. Ford and his wife C. Alison Barkley. Ambassador Ford is a scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington where he writes and speaks about Iraq, Syria and North Africa. He is also a fellow at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University where he teaches about Arab politics and diplomacy. Ford served thirty years in the State Department and Peace Corps, finishing his career as the U.S. Ambassador to Syria from 2011 to 2014. Ms.

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Career Conversation: Teaching, Educational Start-Ups, and Summer Teaching Fellowships in NYC

Sarah Elkhayat ‘09.5, M.Ed Teacher and Incoming Program Director for Practice Makes Perfect Join us for a lunchtime conversation with Sarah Elkhayat including: Reflections on teaching experiences since graduation from Middlebury; Teach for America Corps Member; Special Educator for NYC Department of Education and Public Preparatory Network; and Founding 4th-grade Math Teacher for KIPP NYC; Advice on preparing for and entering the teaching profession Educational start-ups including, Practice Makes Perfect, an organization providing high-quality summer learning opportunities to narrow the ac

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Career Conversation: Economic Consulting with Dan Ladd ’14, Max Friedman ’12 and Zach Weiss ’15

Lunch will be provided during this informal meeting with three young alumni who work for economic consulting firm Charles River Associates (CRA). Dan Ladd ’14 majored in economics and geography and was a leader on the 2013 Solar Decathlon Team. Dan traveled around the world for his junior fall studying cities. Dan will be heading up the Competition and Anti-Trust recruiting for CRA next year. Max Friedman ’12 majored in math and minored in German and economics.

Adirondack Coltrane Lounge

Career Conversation with CPT Amie E. Freeman, DO & US Army Health

Come meet CPT Amie Freeman, a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Fort Drum. Following the Career Conversation, learn more about the Army Health Professions Scholarship Program. CPT Amie E. Freeman is originally from Ontario, Canada, but since the age of nine has grown up in the United States spending the majority of her younger years in Michigan. She attended Albion College in Michigan for undergraduate studies, majoring in Biology. She completed medical school at Kansas City University of Medicine in Kansas City, Missouri.

Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

Career conversation with alumni Rich Cochran '91, P'20, Western Reserve Conservancy, President and CEO

In 1996 Rich became the first employee and the executive director of a small land trust that was called Chagrin River Land Conservancy. As a result of mergers among 13 land conservation organizations, today the organization has grown to serve 18 counties in northern and eastern Ohio, and operates under the name Western Reserve Land Conservancy (“the Land Conservancy”).

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