2017 LA-AEP Mentor Roundtable - USC 

The LA-AEP Mentor Roundtable Series is an annual mentor roundtable series of events held for students and young professionals to interact with professionals in an informal speed-networking format.

The event will consist of experienced professionals speaking to small groups of attendees in an intimate and informal setting about their current position, the path they took to get there, and answering any potential questions. After approximately 10 minutes, the mentors will rotate and start again with a new group. The focus is dialogue, not lecture. The Mentors may give a short bio on their career path and degrees, and then open it up to questions. Attendees, please come prepared to ask questions!

We will have 6 rotations among groups, with a 10 minute break at the halfway mark, and 20 minutes at the end for more mingling. The event will end at 8:30.

Mentor Panel

The mentor panel currently includes: 

• India Brookover, Southern California Association of Governments- Assistant Regional Planner
• Heidi Rous, Environmental Science Associates- Director of Air Quality, Climate & Acoustics 
• Nima Jabbari, Ph.D, Larry Walker Associates- Project Staff
• David DeRosa, AECOM- Senior Urban and Transportation Planner
• Eddie Isaacs, Caltrans- Associate Environmental Planner
• Todd D Nguyen, Parsons Brinckerhoff- Transportation & Environmental Planner
• Shudeish Mahadev, Sapphos Environmental- Director of Environmental Compliance

Parking and Arrival

If you are arriving from off-campus and are unfamiliar with parking at USC, we suggest you park at the USC Parking Structure X (699 USC McCarthy Way. Los Angeles, CA 90007). The destination will be south of the parking lot, at Childs Way & Pardee Way. Parking at this lot can be purchased from the booth for $12.00. Further to the South is also the Exposition Park Parking lot. For an interactive map, try http://web-app.usc.edu/maps/

We will begin at 6pm with thirty minutes of mingling, during which Mentors and attendees are free to speak to whomever while getting some dinner. Pizza will be provided, along with assorted fruits and veggies, cookies, soda and water; please feel free to bring your own food if you want/need to since we are unable to account for all food preferences or allergies.

*Please try your very best to attend after registration as we will be ordering food based on registration numbers!

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