Cool Careers Speakers' Forum

Cool Careers Speakers' Forum (November 2 – 13, 2020)

Cool Careers Speakers' Forum is a program organized by the Career Services Center and various academic departments at Santa Monica College. Industry professionals from a myriad of career fields are invited to share their wealth of knowledge, relevant skill sets and vital career information that will help students succeed in any industry. Join us and learn more about trending careers and the skills necessary to acquire one!

All SMC students are invited to attend any or all sessions!

For more information, contact the Career Services Center

Career Panels this week include: Health Sciences, Cosmetology, Fashion, Science, Business, Administration of Justice, Entertainment Technology, Interior Architecture Design and Kinesiology. Refer to each panel for specific date, time, zoom link information and list of panelists.

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Health Sciences - Tuesday, November 3 (Click + button for event time, list of panelists, and zoom link information)

Date: Tuesday, November 3

Time: 11:15 am - 12:30 pm PST

Zoom Link Information: Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/99092860026

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Meeting ID: 990 9286 0026

International numbers available: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/u/aFgSxtUPO

Or Skype for Business (Lync): SIP:99092860026@lync.zoom.us

Panelists:

Emma de Caussin, MSN (Register Nurse, Guthrie Cortland Medical Center)
Sean Johnson, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS (Physical Therapist and Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, Los Angeles Angels Major League Baseball)
Michelle Navarrete (Senior Specialty Representative, Amgen Inc.)
Michael Nedjat-Haiem, DDS (Orthodontics Specialty Resident, UConn School of Dental Medicine)

Cosmetology - Wednesday, November 4 (Click + button for event time, list of panelists, and zoom link information)

Date: Wednesday, November 4

Time: 9:30 am - 11:30 am PST

Zoom Link Information: Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/91919114456

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Meeting ID: 919 1911 4456

International numbers available: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/u/akuTJEEzQ

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Panelists:

Kevin Kellet (Barber)
Britney McFarlane (Hairstylist, Curlsnbonnets)
Sabrina Bradley (Esthetician, Skin by Sabrina)
Robin Yancy (Senior Designer, The Nail Art Snob Company)

Fashion - Wednesday, November 4 (Click + button for event time, list of panelists, and zoom link information)

Date: Wednesday, November 4

Time: 9:30 am - 10:50 am PST

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Meeting ID: 970 6583 2326

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Panelists:

Arianna Aviram (Merchandiser/Buyer, Issey Miyake)
Bernd Kroeber (Creative Director, BCBGMAXAZRIA)
Charlene Duarte-Brannstrom (Sales Director/Buyer, Brand Assembly)
Cinzia Simone (President and Creative Director, Found Los Angeles)
Courtney M. Johnson (Founder and Creative Director,
I.C. Isabella Designs, INC.)
Danielle Darnault (Creative Director, Trove LA)
Miray Bik (Co-Founder, Klein, Epstein & Parker)

Science STEM - Faculty Host Andria Denmon - Wednesday, November 4 (Click + button for event time, list of panelists, and zoom link information)

Date: Wednesday, November 4

Time: 1:00 pm - 2:20 pm PST

Zoom Link Information: Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/98668078076?pwd=QkF4eHNZM3ZreEdnOXgrbkRhQ3pnZz09

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Meeting ID: 986 6807 8076

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Panelists:

Kim Howard (Contract Coordinator, Providence Hospital)
Quentin Lindsey (Senior Staff GNC (Controls) Engineer, AeroVironment)
Erica R. Urquhart (Senior Partner and Orthopedic Surgeon, Urquhart Orthopedic Associates)
Ernest Garrison (PhD Candidate, UC Irvine)
Joy White (Business Executive and Nurse Practitioner, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
Tigist Menkir (PhD Candidate, Harvard University)
Breahna Gillespie (PhD Candidate, San Diego State University)
Sesar (Juarez Laboratory and Facilities Technician, Provivi Inc.)
Kevin Chen (Legal Director, Lyft)

Business - Thursday, November 5 (Click + button for event time, list of panelists, and zoom link information)

Date: Thursday, November 5

Time: 11:15 am - 12:30 pm PST

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Meeting ID: 931 7999 0867

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Panelists:

Eitan Rothman (Product Manager, Site Monetization for Macys.com) - Will also speak about e-commerce
Carlos Solano (Financial Advisor Trainee, Merrill Lynch)
Ellen Wintner (Campus Recruitment and Global Mobility, Walt Disney Company
Rob Torres (Founder, Millennials Digital)

Administration of Justice - Thursday, November 5 (Click + button for event time, list of panelists, and zoom link information)

Date: Thursday, November 5

Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm PST

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Meeting ID: 910 6459 4343

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Panelists:

Romina Aghai (Deputy Public Defender III, LA County Public Defender)
Evette Rivera (Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Leanne Steinhaus (Assistant Probation Director and Recruitment Manager, LA County Probation Department)
Clarissa Torres (Deputy Sheriff, LA County Sheriff's Department)

Entertainment Technology - Thursday, November 5 (Click + button for event time, list of panelists, and zoom link information)

Date: Thursday, November 5

Time: 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm PST

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Meeting ID: 965 4792 9816

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Panelists:

Halley Gross is an American screenwriter, known for writing episodes of the HBO television series Westworld and for co-writing the video game, The Last of Us Part II. She was a writer for the 2019 Amazon miniseries Too Old to Die Young.
Brian Kehew is a Los Angeles-based, musician, keyboardist, synthesizerist, programmer, mixer, stage technician and record producer. He is a member of The Moog Cookbook and co-author of the book, Recording the Beatles, an in-depth look at the Beatles' studio approach. 
Greg Louie is a Los Angeles based editor currently working with Fox Sports on the ancillary material for the NBA playoff series, Dodgers Baseball, and will transition to working for the NFL network. He has also edited the feature length documentaries, Linsanity (about Jeremy Lin's rise to fame in the NBA) and Chinatown Rising (grassroots advocates in San Francisco).

Interior Architecture Design - Thursday, November 5 (Click + button for event time, list of panelists, and zoom link information)

Date: Thursday, November 5

Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PST

Zoom Link Information: Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/97301194979

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Meeting ID: 973 0119 4979

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Panelists:

Javier Cambron, M.Arch, LEED GA
Davon Johnson, M.Arch, LEED GA

Kinesiology - Friday, November 6 (Click + button for event time, list of panelists, and zoom link information)

Date: Friday, November 6

Time: 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm PST

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Meeting ID: 968 1085 1608

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Panelists:

Alex Abzug, PT, DPT, OCS (Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist, Paulseth & Associates Physical Therapy, Inc.)
Rachel Rabin OTR/L (Occupational Therapist)
Diane Watanabe, MA (Athletic Trainer, Santa Monica College)
Jacques DeVore, MBA, CSCS (Owner of Sirens and Titans Fitness Center & Strength Coach for Professional Athletes)

Career Panels this week include: Journalism, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), Early Childhood Education, Linguistics, Media, Psychology and Film. Refer to each panel for specific date, time, zoom link information and list of panelists.

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Journalism - Monday, November 9 (Click + button for event time, list of panelists, and zoom link information)

Date: Monday, November 9

Time: 2:15 pm - 3:35 pm PST

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Meeting ID: 961 5130 2598

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Panelists:

Leah Uko (Co-anchor, Good Morning Charleston ABC News)
Marian Liu (Travel Operations Editor, Washington Post )
James H. Williams (Digital Producer and Reporter, Southern California News Group)
Eder Diaz Santillan (Bilingual Multimedia Journalist, Creator and Host of the De Pueblo, Católico y Gay podcast, CSUN Lecturer, Formerly of Univision)

STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math - Monday, November 9 (Click + button for event time, list of panelists, and zoom link information)

Date: Monday, November 9

Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Zoom Link Information: Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/95668802214?pwd=dUpHYWFCeEZtK1JvM2RIZ1RhSXVnQT09

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Meeting ID: 956 6880 2214

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Panelists:

Yvonne Watkins (Senior Analytical Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente)
Dr. Richelle Tanner, Ph.D. (Ecologist and Physiologist, CA Sea Grant Delta Science Fellow)
Dr. Paul Martinez (Engineer, NASA)
Dr. Sehat Nauli, Ph.D. (Biochemist and SMC’s Chair of Physical Science Department)
Olga Vaysberg (Practice Specialist, Kaiser Permanente – Office of Transformation)

Early Childhood Education - Monday, November 9 (Click + button for event time, list of panelists, and zoom link information)

Date: Monday, November 9

Time: 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm PST

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Meeting ID: 964 0133 5553

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Panelists:

Ramona Ochoa (Early Childhood Special Education Teacher, LAUSD)
Neta Raz Studnitski (Director of Education, PodSkool)
Pilar Carmina Gonzalez (Director & Co-Founder, Aventuras Forest School)
Malena Muyalde (Early Learning Supervisor, Head Start)
Amanda Slingluff (ECE Teacher, Great Pacific Child Development Center)
Tamar Andrews (Director, Temple Isaiah Preschool)
Afi Kobari (Owner, Yogamama)
Kathy Yanez (Owner and Operator, Nuestra Casita Nursery)

Linguistics - Tuesday, November 10 (Click + button for event time, list of panelists, and zoom link information)

Date: Tuesday, November 10

Time: 10:00 am -11:30 am PST

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Meeting ID: 956 3349 8902

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Panelists:

Kelvin Garvanne (Military Linguist, various locations throughout the US)
Dena Schechter (Staff Interpreter, Santa Monica College)
Sarah Ouwayda (Computational Linguist, Google in Los Angeles)
Meena Chung (Language Analyst, FBI)

Media - Tuesday, November 10 (Click + button for event time, list of panelists, and zoom link information)

Date: Tuesday, November 10

Time: 10:00 am -12:00 pm PST

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Meeting ID: 936 3322 7304

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Panelists:

Keirda Bahruth (Award-winning Documentary and TV Producer)
Keyma Morgan (Social Media Maven and Influencer, Style Weekender)
Dino Shorté (Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Acting Coach and Producer at CBS’ Greatest At-Home Videos 2020 with Cedrick the Entertainer)
Lisa Tatum-Roehrig (Emmy Nominated Producer)
Robert Torres (Founder, Millennials Digital Inc.)

Psychology - Thursday, November 12 (Click + button for event time, list of panelists, and zoom link information)

Date: Thursday, November 12

Time: 12:45 pm - 2:05 pm PST

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Meeting ID: 997 9181 7377

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Panelists:

Deborah DiazGranados, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University)
Carrie Hastings, Psy.D. (Sport Psychologist, Los Angeles Rams)
Selina Mangassarian, Psy.D. CBIS (Neuropsychologist, Forensic Psychologist, Certified Brain Injury Specialist, Independent Medical Examiner, Clinical Forensic Neuropsychological Associates)
Pamela Scott-Johnson, Ph.D. (Dean, College of Natural and Social Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles)

Film - Friday, November 13 (Click + button for event time, list of panelists, and zoom link information)

Date: Friday, November 13

Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am PST

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Meeting ID: 918 5194 8965

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Panelists:

Anne Slack (Office Manager, Motion Picture Sound Editors)
Kaitlin McGinty (Filmmaker and Humanitarian)
Victoria Sanchez (Actress)
A.J. Ali (Writer, Director, Producer, TV Host & Actor TV & Film)
Adaip Desai (Staff Writer, ABC's The Goldbergs)

Cool Careers Speakers' Forum