Students from all majors are invited to join the  Communication Department in welcoming Ellen Cockrill (BA 1980  Communication; Senior VP, Animation, Universal Studios) back to  campus for an alumni mentor presentation.  Ellen will give  an overview of her career path and take questions about film and  television production (both animation and live-action) and the L.A.  entertainment industry.  More about Ellen’s work  below.
 
Time: 11:30am to  12:45pm
Date: Wednesday, May 30,  2012
Place: Communications Building, Room  126

RSVP to Communication Alumni Relations Manager  Victoria Sprang at 

Space  is limited; reserve your spot early.  Pizza will be  provided!
 
 
 
Ellen  Cockrill is the Senior Vice  President of Animation at Universal Studios where she oversees the development and  production of television and direct-to-video animated programming for  the studio.  At Universal she has developed and produced DTV  movies, television specials, and over 200 episodes for television.   Her productions include “Curious George,” the television series for PBS,  currently the top rated pre-school television show for which she has won  two Emmy®  Awards as Executive Producer;  “Curious  George 2: Follow That Monkey,”  multiple “Curious George” television specials, “Land  Before Time XIII:  Journey of the Dodosaurs,” the  “Land  Before Time” television series,  “The Little Engine  That Could” DTV movie,  “The New  Woody Woodpecker Show” for  television and “The Mummy: The Animated  Series.”  
 
Prior to joining  Universal, Ms. Cockrill was an Executive Director of Development at  Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, where she developed multiple productions  including the Oscar® nominated animated short film “The Chicken from Outer  Space,” which served as a pilot to the Cartoon Network’s  “Courage the  Cowardly Dog” series, and the Annie Award-nominated “Johnny Bravo”  pilot, also for Cartoon Network.
 
Ms. Cockrill also worked  at the Samuel Goldwyn Company as a Story Editor in their feature film  department and before that at the Walt Disney Company.  She began  her career at KCET and KCPQ in Seattle, Washington, and holds a B.A. in  Communications from the University of Washington.  
 

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Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Place: CMU 102E
 
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Deadline: 5pm May 21 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve your spot early.)
 
Britt Carmichael (‘97) is a Paralegal in the Anti-Piracy division of 
Microsoft’s Legal & Corporate Affairs Group, where she works on a team 
that enforces Microsoft’s copyrights and trademarks within the computer 
and software marketplace. Through a test purchasing program, she makes 
sure that when a computer is sold with Microsoft software it also includes 
the proper licensing components. Britt started out interning in radio, 
television and print before finally choosing to work in TV. She spent a 
quarter in the Yakima market with Erin Mayovsky (alum and sideline 
reporter for the Sounders) and Rob Piercy (also an alum and now working as 
an anchor at NWCN and KING 5). Britt spent nearly four years working at 
NWCN and KING 5 herself, as a production assistant, news writer and 
associate producer before leaving television news to work in episodic 
television. Her work in prime time television took her north to 
Vancouver, BC and then south to Los Angeles, CA where she ended up in a 
job at Warner Bros. where she researched the right to use art and other 
copyrighted material in television and film. She enjoyed that work enough 
to return to UW to earn her certificate in Paralegal Studies and land a 
job at Perkins Coie where she had the chance to work as a vendor for 
Microsoft. She eventually made the move to Microsoft in 2008 and has been 
there since. Britt grew up in Bellevue, played lacrosse for UW, wrote 
sports for The Daily, and is an alumna of Kappa Delta.

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Unique mentor session opportunity for journalism and political communication
students
 
Time: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
 
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
 
Place: CMU 102E
 
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Deadline: 5pm May 14 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve
your spot early.)
 
MICHAEL C. WALTER is a partner at Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S.,
a Seattle law firm emphasizing defense of local and state government in a
wide variety of civil lawsuits and legal claims. Mr. Walter’s practice is
focused on a broad range of municipal, land use, regulatory, environmental,
civil rights and tort-related issues in defense of government entities,
elected officials and their employees. He has represented cities, special
purpose districts and other government entities in hundreds of land use,
permitting, civil rights, tort and elected-official lawsuits and claims. He
has over 22 years of litigation experience before quasi-judicial tribunals,
state administrative agencies, state and federal trial courts and state and
federal appellate courts.
 
Mr. Walter has written numerous articles on municipal, land use and civil
rights issues, as well as risk management on various local government and
land use issues. He is a frequent speaker at local, state and regional
conferences on topics ranging from general municipal law, land use law,
civil rights liability, quasi-judicial decision-making, parks and recreation
liability, and risk management for government and elected officials. He
provides municipal, land use and risk management training to elected
officials and government employees throughout Washington State. He is also
Corporate Counsel for the Washington Youth Soccer Association, a State
non-profit organization with over 30,000 members.
 
Mr. Walter is a graduate of the University of Washington, where he received
Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and Editorial Journalism in
1980, and the Seattle University Law School, where he received his Juris
Doctor degree in 1983. He has been profiled in Who’s Who in American Law,
Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders in America and Who’s
Who in the West, and was named a Washington State ‘Super Lawyer’ in 2004 and
2006 - 2011. Mike is rated ‘Preeminent’ (the highest rating) by Martindale
Hubbell.

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Time: noon to 1:15 p.m.
 
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
 
Place: CMU 102E
 
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Deadline: 5pm May 14 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve
your spot early.)
 
Kurt Carlson is a 1985 graduate of the Department of Communication and a
business and community leader. He is president and CEO of Propel Insurance,
where he started in sales shortly after graduation. He holds the insurance
industry’s highest designation, CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty
Underwriter). He’s a member of the prestigious YPO (Young Presidents
Organization). Join him to find out about his historic rise through the
ranks of Propel and his love of tennis, fly-fishing, and skiing and his
large collection of vinyl LPs (aka music albums).
 
 

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Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. 

Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 

Place: CMU 102E 

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 Deadline: 5pm May 15 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserveyour spot early.)  

Libby Catalinich ('82) is the director of corporate communications for REI(Recreational Equipment, Inc.), the nation's largest member-ownedcooperative. She oversees the teams that manage employee communications,executive communications, public relations, media relations, corporateevents and issues management. Prior to joining REI, Libby was the SeniorVice President for Public Relations for WaMu and was responsible for bothexternal and internal crisis toward the end of the company's business life.She has extensive experience in corporate communications and publicrelations and may be of particular interest to students planning to pursue acareer in these fields. 

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Time: 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
 
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
 
Place: CMU 126
 
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Deadline: 5pm Apr 25 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve 
your spot early.)  
 
Peter Chiarelli ('96) is a Seattle native and graduate of the UW. He went on
to earn a Masters degree from the Peter Stark Producing program at the
University of Southern California, and when he graduated he began his film
career at DreamWorks. During that time, he produced the short film ?Terry
Tate Office Linebacker,? which went on to become one of the most popular
Super Bowl commercials of all time. In 2001, he became an executive at Red
Wagon Entertainment, where he worked on the films ?Memoirs of a Geisha,?
?Win a Date with Ted Hamilton ?and ?RV.? He then moved to MGM to work as a
Director of Development and supervised production of ?The Pink Panther? and
?The Amityville Horror.? He also worked as an executive producer on ?The
Mysteries of Pittsburgh,? which premiered at the Sundance film festival and
starred Sienna Miller and Peter Sarsgaard. In 2005, he returned to the
DreamWorks lot to head up Kurtzman/Orci Productions and was a co-producer on
that company's first film, ?Eagle Eye? starring Shia LaBeouf. He began his
screen writing career penning Touchstone Pictures ?The Proposal,? starring
Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. He recently finished the screenplay for
Universal Pictures called "Most Wanted," which will reunite the cast and
director of "The Proposal", and is now working on "The Layover" for Julia
Roberts and Fox 2000, and "Pete's Dragon" for Disney. He has also has also
written screenplays for Sony Pictures, Paramount and DreamWorks.
 
Video interview: Peter Chiarelli on Comedic Life Experiences in 
Writing
 
http://www.makingof.com/posts/watch/195/peter-chiarelli-on-comedic-life-exp 
eriences-in-writing  
 
Victoria Sprang
Alumni Relations Manager
UW Department of Communication
Box 353740 | Seattle, WA 98195
 
206-724-3580
 
twitter.com/v_sprang
 
linkedin.com/in/victoriasprang
 
facebook.com/uwcommunication

Brown Bag lunch with Comm grad and account Exec at Edelman DigitalAmanda Nguyen (2011)

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Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. 

Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 

Place: CMU 102E 

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Deadline: 5pm Apr 23 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserveyour spot early.) 

Amanda Nguyen is an Assistant Account Executive at Edelman Digital She was heavily involved in student organizations such as PRSSA and her sorority, Alpha Delta Pi (Alpha Theta chapter). During summer 2011, she was selected to intern at the sorority's Executive Office in Atlanta, Ga. where she worked with the Foundation and attended the 160th Grand Convention.

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Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
 
Date: Friday, April 13, 2012
 
Place: CMU 102E
 
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Deadline: 5pm Apr 12 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve
your spot early.)
 
Nina Huang is currently an assistant account executive working on the 
Microsoft Research account at public relations agency, Waggener Edstrom. 
Prior to working at Waggener Edstrom, she worked in the corporate 
communications and marketing departments at Puget Sound Energy. She also 
interned at Publicis Consultants. Nina is also a freelance writer for the 
Northwest Asian Weekly and has won several writing awards from the 
Washington National Publishers Association. She graduated from the 
University of Washington in 2008 with a degree in journalism. Originally 
from Hawaii and Taiwan, Nina has grown to love the city and culture of 
Seattle. She enjoys writing reviews on Yelp, exploring the city, playing 
with dogs and giving back to the community.
 
Victoria Sprang
Alumni Relations Manager
UW Department of Communication
Box 353740 | Seattle, WA 98195
206-724-3580
twitter.com/v_sprang
linkedin.com/in/victoriasprang
facebook.com/uwcommunication

Time: 11:15am to 12:30pm
 
Date: Friday, March 2, 2012
 
Place: CMU 102E
 
RSVP to vsprang@uw.edu
 
Deadline: 5pm Feb. 29 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve
your spot early.)
 
Ann Powers is NPR Music's critic and correspondent. She writes for NPR's 
music news blog, The Record, and she can be heard on NPR's newsmagazines 
and music programs. One of the nation's most notable music critics, Powers 
has been writing for The Record, NPR's blog about finding, making, buying, 
sharing and talking about music, since April 2011.
 
Powers served as chief pop music critic at the Los Angeles Times from 2006 
until she joined NPR. Prior to the Los Angeles Times, she was senior 
critic at Blender and senior curator at Experience Music Project. From 
1997 to 2001 Powers was a pop critic at The New York Times and before that 
worked as a senior editor at the Village Voice. Powers began her career 
working as an editor and columnist at San Francisco Weekly.
 
Her writing extends beyond blogs, magazines and newspapers. Powers 
co-wrote Tori Amos: Piece By Piece, with Amos, which was published in 
2005. In 1999, Power's book Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America was 
published. She was the editor, with Evelyn McDonnell, of the 1995 book 
Rock She Wrote: Women Write About Rock, Rap, and Pop and the editor of 
Best Music Writing 2010.
 
After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing from San 
Francisco State University, Powers went on to receive a Master of Arts 
degree in English from the University of California.
 
 
Victoria Sprang
 
Alumni Relations Manager
 
UW Department of Communication
 
Box 353740 | Seattle, WA 98195
 
206-724-3580
 
twitter.com/v_sprang
 
linkedin.com/in/victoriasprang
 
facebook.com/uwcommunication
 

Time: noon to 1:00 p.m.
 
Date: Thursday, March 1, 2012
 
Place: CMU 102E
 
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Deadline: 5pm Feb. 29 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve 
your spot early.)
 
Julie Peterson-Snyder is technical writer for Costco Wholesale. She has 
worked in various documentation departments and writing positions for 
Costco since the early nineties. She is certain her Communication degree 
helped her land her first documentation job with Costco, and it continues 
to apply directly to her work today. She creates content and publishes to 
a handful of her company?s employee intranet sites. Costco is practically 
paperless, creating all of their content for web publication. Julie has 
seen lots of changes over the years, but the skills she learned at the UW, 
such as interviewing subject-matter experts and applying various writing 
styles to that information, still applies today. Deliveries have changed, 
but not the basic process in which documentation products are created.

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Featuring: Tom Douthitt ('83)
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
 
Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2011
 
Place: Communications, room 102E
 
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Deadline: 5pm February 28 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; 
reserve your spot early.)  
 
Over the past 25 years, Tom has held key management positions within large
Fortune 500 companies (Eli Lilly, Guidant and Abbott Vascular), as well as
in small start-up companies (Vascular Architects, Cardiac Dimensions, and
most recently Pathway Medical Technologies).
 
For the past 11 years Tom has served at the vice president or Senior VP 
level responsible for sales, marketing, clinical trial development and 
execution, strategy development, new product development, and business 
development. Additionally, Tom has held both domestic and international 
responsibilities during this time.
 
Tom holds two masters degrees from Cornell University - an MBA from the 
S.C. Johnson school of business, and an Alfred P. Sloan Certificate in 
Health Administration from the college of Human Ecology.

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  Time: 11:30 to 1:00 p.m.
  Date: Thursday, February 16, 2012
  Place: CMU 126
 
There will be pizza!

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  Deadline: 5pm Feb. 15 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve
  your spot early.)
 
  The Department of Communication is proud to welcome showbiz phony Jerry
  Collins (BA 1988 English) back to campus for an alumni mentor presentation.
  Currently, he runs Jason Bateman and Will Arnett?s digital content company,
  DumbDumb, which received the Forbes 2011 "Best Startup of the Year" award,
  and more recently was voted #3 in The Hollywood Reporter?s 2012 Digital Power
  50. Jerry started out as an unemployed improvisor at the Groundlings theater
  in Los Angeles before beginning his TV writing career in kids? animation.
  From there, he moved into sketch comedy where he received Emmy nominations
  for his work on HBO?s Mr. Show with Bob & David and NBC?s Saturday Night
  Live. He later segued into sitcom television where he has written for several
  shows including The Bernie Mac Show, King Of The Hill, and Modern Family. In
  addition to his work at DumbDumb, Jerry continues to develop TV and feature
  projects. And occasionally he gets to act, like in Will Ferrell?s upcoming
  Spanish-language comedy, Casa Di Mi Padre, due in nine theaters March 16th.
  Students from any major are invited to come hear Jerry go on and on about
  himself and his career. Feel free to ask him questions about breaking into
  the entertainment industry, but don?t expect him to tell you the truth.
 
  Jerry Collins is a funny man. Join us, you won?t regret it!
 
  He sent a recent head shot to include with his blurb:
 
  Victoria Sprang
  Alumni Relations Manager
  UW Department of Communication
  206.724.3580
  www.com.washington.edu/alumni/index.html
 
  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/victoriasprang
  Facebook: www.facebook.com/victoria.sprang
 

Career lunch - Pizza with Joe C. Jones, Alum, Author, and principal of IMPACT Communications

Time: 1:30 to 2:15 p.m.
 
Date: Monday, February 13, 2012
 
Place: CMU 126
 
RSVP to vsprang@uw.edu
 
 
Deadline: 5pm Feb. 12 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve
your spot early.)
 
 
 
Mr. Jones (?65: Journalism & Advertising) is principal of IMPACT
Communications, an independent marketing and management consulting firm
specializing in communication-related projects and the management of human
resources.  He has strong educational and professional experience in
communications and marketing.  Noted for his ability and energy in
positively promoting and managing projects and particularly those with
multicultural elements, he is recognized for his skills in training and
counseling others to improve understanding and working relationships in
culturally varied and changing environments.  The thread of continuity that
has tied together his diversified experience profile is the consistent
success he has enjoyed assessing, interpreting, communicating and solving
human resource-related challenges.  He has helped thousands of supervisors,
managers and employees grapple with internal and external communication and
human resource issues. 
 
 
 
Mr. Jones has teamed with his wife, Mona Lake Jones (poet laureate) to
publish four nationally distributed books, The Color of Culture, The Color
of Culture II, The Color of Culture III, Unleashing The Power of A Sister
and a CD, Poetry Dancing on Music.
 
 
 

Career lunch - Pizza with Joe C. Jones, Alum, Author, and principal of IMPACT Communications?

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Featuring: Temple Mathews ('76)
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
 
Date: Thursday, February 2, 2012
 
Place: CMU 102E
 
RSVP to vsprang@uw.edu
 
Deadline: 5pm February 1 or until space is filled. (Space is limited;
reserve your spot early.)
 
A graduate of the University of Washington and a producer at the American
Film Institute, Temple Mathews has written dozens of half-hour animation TV
episodes and several animated and live action features and direct-to-DVD and
video films. Mr. Mathews has sold scripts and/or worked for hire at every
major studio in Hollywood. His credits include the Walt Disney animated
feature films "RETURN TO NEVERLAND" and "THE LITTLE MERMAID II," and the MGM feature film "PICTURE THIS!"
 
Temple Mathews was Story Editor on 35 half-hour episodes of "THE JUDGE", a daytime courtroom drama and Story Editor on two seasons of "INSIDE OUT," an anthology series produced by Propaganda Films and Producer Alan Poul ("SIX FEET UNDER"). On that series Mr. Mathews worked with directors Antoine Fuqua ("TRAINING DAY"), Alexander Payne ("SIDEWAYS," "ABOUT SCHMIDT"), Richard Shepard ("THE MATADOR") and others. Additionally, he was Writer and Producer of the feature film ("OFF THE MARK") starring Terri Ferrell ("BECKER, DEEP SPACE NINE") and Barry Corbin ("ONE TREE HILL."). Mr. Mathews lives in Santa Monica with his daughter, actress Manon Mathews 
 

(For more information, please contact Amanda Weber at anweber@uw.edu.)
 
Don't miss out on these great opportunities to sit down one-on-one with a
Husky ready to talk to you about making that big transition from campus to
the working world.
 
Sign up today on the Professional Development event central and take
advantage of all the other opportunities we are offering this month:
http://www.com.washington.edu/pdm/index.html
 
Brown Bag Mentor Lunches Sneak Peek (bios are on our web site)
 
Tuesday, Jan. 10, 12-1 p.m.
 
Tara Brown (B.A., 2006), UWMC Recognition Program & Events Coordinator UW
Medicine Health System Human Resources Organization Development & Training
 
Thursday, Jan. 12, 1-2 p.m.
 
Edgar Gonzalez (B.A., 2004), Assistant Dean for Advancement and External
Relations in the UW College of Built Environments
 
Friday, Jan. 13, 1-2 p.m.
 
Katelyn Cordingley, Legislative Correspondent for MT U.S. Senator Jon Tester
 
Jan. 13 noon to 1:30 in 102E 
 
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 12-1 p.m.
Angelica Macklin (M.A. Cultural Studies, 2010), Filmmaker and Multimedia
Producer
 
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 12-1 p.m.
Lesa Linster (B.A.  2000). Owner, Linster Creative
 
Thursday, Jan. 19, 1-2 p.m.
Derek Belt (B.A., 2004; MCDM, 2011), Sr. Account Executive for Seattle
social media agency Banyan Branch
 
Tuesday, Jan. 24, 12-1 p.m.
Stacey Engle (B.A., 2008), Marketing Manager at Fierce, Inc.
 
Thursday, Jan. 26, 1-2 p.m.
Shannon Burke (B.A., 2002), Seattle Storm Corporate Sponsorship Service
Coordinator
 
Team PDM will be sending out weekly updates because we just keep adding
fabulous speakers to the roster.
 

 
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Time: 11:30 to 1:00 p.m.
 
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
 
Place: CMU 102E
 
Featuring Carley Simpson ('05)
 
 
Deadline: 5pm November 28 or until space is filled. (Space is limited;
reserve your spot early.)
 
Bring your lunch!
 
 
Carley Simpson is currently one of the producers of ABC's, The Bachelor. 
Before graduating from the University of Washington in 2005, Carley started
her career in the television industry with an internship for USA Network in
New York City working on the Westminster Dog Show and then the US Tennis
Open.  During her junior and senior years at UW Carley made it a mission to
meet as many people in the entertainment business as possible, after
graduation she landed a job from one of those contacts in NYC and took a
position for one of the largest management and sports entertainment
companies in the world, IMG.  In a short 5 years Carley has produced shows
such as Hell's Kitchen, Big Brother, The New York City Marathon, Fox NFL
Football, Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials and even has created her own
show based in Seattle that she is planning to sell to networks in the 
next year.
 
 
 

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Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
 
Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011
 
Place: CMU 102E
 
Featuring Stacey Engle ('08)
 
Deadline: 5pm November 16 or until space is filled. (Space is limited;
reserve your spot early.)
 
Bring your lunch and questions and enjoy an hour of discussion about working
in leadership training.
 
Stacey Engle is passionate about developing programs in both corporate and 
educational realms. She focused in marketing and developing GVA Kidder 
Mathews Consulting, which provides framework and plans for public and 
private entities' commercial real estate. After graduation, Stacey was a 
study abroad Program Coordinator for the University of Washington where 
she developed and led transformational learning experiences in the United 
States and Greece. Her passion for learning led her to a leadership 
training company, Fierce, Inc. At Fierce, Stacey has helped build and 
develop roles in sales, lead generation, and marketing. Stacey is now the 
Marketing Manager at Fierce and creates, manages and executes on marketing strategies and programs for the company. She loves the excitement of working with a fast growing company that is devoted to making a difference in corporations, education, and government.  Stacey is active in alumni groups and projects with UW, the Moyer Foundation, and Seattle community. A few of Stacey's interests include yoga, crossfit, cooking, and 
adventurous travel. www.fierceinc.com
 
 
 

 
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Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
 
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2011
 
Place: CMU 126
 
Featuring Derek Belt B.A., 2004; MCDM: 2011
 
Deadline: 5pm November 9 or until space is filled. (Space is limited;
reserve your spot early.)
 
Bring your lunch and questions and enjoy an hour of discussion about working
in social media.
 
Derek Belt is a Sr. Account Executive for Seattle social media agency 
Banyan Branch, building digital strategies and leading online campaigns 
for some of the most respected brands in the world. Derek wrote for The 
Daily and started his career as a sports reporter, but as the industry 
changed he returned to school and earned a Master of Communication in 
Digital Media (MCDM). He worked at the University of Washington Alumni 
Association for three years, managing the day-to-day social media 
strategies, email campaigns, online alumni relations and development 
efforts for one of the nation's largest alumni groups. Derek freelances 
for the Seattle Times and Columns magazine.
 
 

Brown Bag Lunch with former award-winning journalist and current Communications Director of the ACLU of WA 


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Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Place: CMU 102E
 
Featuring Douglas Honig
 
Deadline: 5pm November 7 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve your spot early.)
 
Bring your lunch and questions and enjoy an hour of exceptional career advice.
 
DOUGLAS HONIG has served as Communications Director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington since 1990. He has spoken widely on civil liberties issues to students, educators, and community groups and is frequently quoted in our state's broadcast and print media. He is author of the book On Freedom's Frontier: A History of the ACLU in Washington and edited the ACLU's report on the WTO demonstrations of 1999.  For several years, he hosted the ACLU?s monthly TV show ?Speaking of Freedom? on the Seattle Community Access Network.
 
Prior to working with the ACLU he was an award-winning freelance journalist.  He produced documentaries for public radio and television in Seattle and wrote for a wide range of publications, including the Seattle Weekly and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
 
 
 
 

Career advice from past president of Public Relations Society of America?
 
Brown Bag Lunch with communications/public relations professional and past
president of PRSA Puget Sound
 
RSVP to vsprang@uw.edu
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
 
Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2011
 
Place: CMU 102E
 
 
Featuring Neil Neroutsos, APR (?86)
 
Deadline: 5pm November 1 or until space is filled. (Space is limited;
reserve your spot early.)
 
Bring your lunch and questions and enjoy an hour of discussion about working in public relations.
 
 
 
NEIL NEROUTSOS, APR, is the past president of PRSA Puget Sound. He has
served as a board member since 2005, leading several committees, fundraising for student programs, securing sponsorships and acting as a mentor.  Neil has nearly 20 years' experience in communications and marketing in the public and non-profit sectors. As the chief spokesperson for Snohomish County Public Utility District, he has handled a broad range of issues, from green energy and conservation to emergency response and corporate corruption by Enron. He holds a bachelor?s degree in journalism from the University of Washington and a master?s degree in public relations from Northwestern University.  His work has garnered multiple awards from PRSA, IABC and other industry associations. He also periodically guest lectures at the U.W., where he serves as a member of the Department of Communication Alumni Board.
 

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Bring your lunch and questions and enjoy an hour of discussion with?
 
Jon Stewart, a 25 year veteran of the Foreign Service who has lived in
Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Egypt (Cairo), and Beirut directly after the
1983 American Embassy bombing.
 
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 / noon to 1 p.m. / CMU 102E
 
or  
 
Priya Frank, the social media leader and donor relations manager for the UW
World Series, an international performing arts organization that presents
World Music, Theater and Dance, and provides music education opportunities
to Seattle area kids and adults. 
 
Thursday, October 27, 2011 / noon to 1 p.m. / CMU 102E
 

Brown Bag Lunch with communication professional from the World Music, Theater and Dance world?


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Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
 
Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011
 
Place: CMU 102E
 
Featuring Priya Frank (Communication, 2004; Master of Arts in Cultural
Studies, 2011)
 
Deadline: 5pm October 24 or until space is filled. (Space is limited;
reserve your spot early.)
 
Bring your lunch and questions and enjoy an hour of discussion with Priya.
 
A recent graduate of the Master of Arts in Cultural Studies program at UW 
Bothell, Priya Frank works for the UW World Series, an international 
performing arts organization that presents World Music, Theater and Dance, 
and provides music education opportunities to Seattle area kids and 
adults.  As Individual Giving Coordinator, she runs the donor giving 
program, organizes donor events, does volunteer management, and is a 
leader in UWWS? social media efforts, including everything from 
photographing events, interviewing artists and donors, and creating 
stories for Facebook, blogs, e-newsletters, etc. She also plays on the UW 
World Series/Meany Hall Badminton team where they recently made it to the 
semi-finals and won for ?Hardest Working? team amongst 31 peer arts 
organizations around Seattle! Priya Frank serves on the UW Communication 
Alumni Board.
 
 

Join our Brown Bag Lunch with 25-year veteran Jon Stewart.
 
RSVP to vsprang@uw.edu
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
 
Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2011
 
Place: CMU 102E
 
Featuring Jon Stewart (?54)
 
Deadline: 5pm October 24 or until space is filled. (Space is limited;
reserve your spot early.)
 
Bring your lunch and questions and enjoy an hour of discussion with Mr.
Stewart.
 
Jon Stewart majored in Journalism and ROTC at the UW. After graduation he 
served 2 years in the Air Force in Texas for his ROTC and while there he 
worked nights at a TV station. Then the GI Bill happened, and he started 
thinking about the Foreign Service. He moved to New York City, where he 
met his wife (a native New Yorker) and he worked on getting into graduate 
school - he chose the American University in Beirut and received his MA in 
1960 in International Relations and moved to Beirut. He worked for 25 
years in the Foreign Service as a Public Relations Officer He and his 
family lived in Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Egypt (Cairo). After the 
1983 bombing in Beirut of the American Embassy he was called up to help 
staff the embassy and was there for a year and a half.

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Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
 
Date: Friday, October 21, 2011
 
Place: CMU 102E
 
Featuring Terry Tazioli ('70)
 
Deadline: 5pm October 20 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; 
reserve your spot early.)
 
Bring your lunch and questions and enjoy an hour of discussion with Terry.
 
Terry Tazioli is a principal in Little Man Productions, a professional
story-telling service specializing in video, audio, print and online. He is
also the host for Author's Hour on TVW in Washington State. The program
features author interviews, lectures and readings and is devoted to
non-fiction covering politics, public affairs, government, history and the
Pacific Northwest. 

For 14 years, he was editor of Scene, The Seattle Times' nationally recognized lifestyle section. Prior to that, he was a TV-news
assignment editor and then the producer of Top Story for KING-TV in Seattle.
He worked at the East Side Journal in Kirkland, WA, the Journal American in
Bellevue, WA, and he has taught news writing at the UW and Bellevue
Community College. He continues to conduct occasional writing workshops.
Extensively involved in the past two years in mentoring Communication
journalism students, Tazioli helped the Department revise and teach (as a
volunteer) the advanced design course. 

One of his most important experiences in journalism came in 1999 when he was editor of the Seattle Time features section. Tazioli reprinted a long essay by Washington Post writer Lonnae O'Neal Parker. Parker is black. Her essay, entitled White Girl, described living with her mixed-race cousin, who identifies herself as white. The piece had run in the Post with limited response. Tazioli reprinted it with a call for readers to write back. Readers responded and the dialogue grew to such an extent that ABC?s Nightline did a story on it. Tazioli and Parker were invited to town-hall style meetings around the country to talk about the issues raised by the piece.  He has served on the Communication Alumni Board since 2006. He holds an M.A. in journalism from the University of
Missouri-Columbia. He was inducted into the Communication Alumni Hall of 
Fame in 2011.
 

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Featuring: David von Beck ('90)

Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011

Place: CMU 102E

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Deadline: 5pm October 19 or until space is filled. (Space is limited;
reserve your spot early.)

Bring your lunch and questions and enjoy an hour of discussion with David.

David von Beck is a partner at Levy-von Beck & Associates.  He represents homeowners, condominium associations, and commercial building owners on construction defect lawsuits. He also specializes in insurance coverage disputes, mortgage fraud, consumer protection, and general business litigation. His clients range from individuals to national corporations. Dave grew up in San Diego and graduated from UC Santa Barbara with BAs in Business Economics and Environmental Studies.  He earned his Master?s degree from the UW.  David was interested in political journalism and thought he might pursue his Ph.D. in journalism, but then became concerned that jobs in traditional journalism were going to begin disappearing.  After completing his MA, he went to work for Children?s Hospital as a fundraiser and then worked for a think tank at UW where he got connected to the law school and pursued and earned his JD.  Much of his free time is spent as a musician (singer-songwriter).  He composes and records music for movies and TV and has released several CDs solo and with his band, Straw Dogs (www. strawdogs.com). 

 

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Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
 
Date: Monday, October 17, 2011
 
Place: CMU 102E
 
Featuring Virginia Pellegrino ('04)
 
Deadline: 5pm October 14 or until space is filled. (Space is limited;
reserve your spot early.)
 
Bring your lunch and questions and enjoy an hour of discussion with
Virginia.
 
 
Writer/Creative Consultant, Virginia Pellegrino, comes from an extensive 
background in advertising and film/video production. Virginia has worked 
as Vice President/Broadcast Producer for Chiat/Day Advertising, Executive 
Producer, head of Live Action for Pinnacle Productions, Executive 
Producer/Creative Director for Huskinson Productions and as a marketing 
and communications consultant for a broad spectrum of clients in the 
Northwest. She has supervised and produced work in Seattle, Los Angeles, 
Chicago, New York and London.
 
Virginia's background includes a depth of experience that encompasses both 
writing and project management, with her involvement spanning strategic 
planning, creative conceptual work, scriptwriting and production. This 
broad experience gives her the ability to see the "big picture;? making 
sure the messaging is on target, the concept within the confines of the 
budget and the creative enhanced by the medium.  
 
Projects have spanned a variety of media, including video scripts,
presentations, web pages, case studies and speeches. Virginia's clients have
included Microsoft, Intel, Holland America Line, Washington Dental Service,
T-Mobile, Puget Sound Blood Center and AT&T Wireless. In addition, she has
taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Washington in the Dept.
of Communication.
 
Her work has been recognized by numerous awards including the Clio, New 
York Art Directors, Venice Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, 
International Broadcasting Award and Best in the West.
 

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Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
 
Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2011
 
Place: CMU 102E
 
Featuring Kyla Fairchild (?86)
 
Deadline: 5pm October 10 or until space is filled. (Space is limited;
reserve your spot early.)
 
Bring your lunch and questions and enjoy an hour of discussion with Kyla
about working in the music industry.
 
Kyla Fairchild is the publisher of NoDepression.com, the online domain of
the former No Depression magazine, the leading voice in American roots music
since 1995. No Depression.com is a community of music bloggers,
photographers, videographers, artists, and fans around the world. Fairchild
also co-owns Hattie's Hat restaurant & lounge in Seattle, and is co-founder
of the LadiesWhoLunch (a networking organization for women in Seattle's
music community). She is past vice-president of the Americana Music
Association board, and has served on the programming board for the
Bumbershoot festival.
 
  
Victoria Sprang
 
Alumni Relations Manager
 
UW Department of Communication
 
Box 353740
 
Seattle, WA 98195
 
206-724-3580

Brown Bag Lunch with AP Reporter Manuel Valdes (2007)
 
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Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
 
Date: DAY, Thursday, October 6, 2011
 
Place: CMU 102E of CMU 118
 
Deadline: 5pm October 5 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve
your spot early.)
 
Bring your lunch and questions and enjoy an hour of discussion about working
in journalism with a successful journalist and recent grad.
 
Manuel has been with the AP since 2008. He started as a temp during a
legislative session in Olympia. Recently, he did two weeks in Mexico and led
the Olympia statehouse this past session. He usually covers immigration
issues and is on general assignment. He also does video and photo work.
Before AP, Manuel interned at The Seattle Times, the Skagit Valley Herald,
and he is an alumnus of the Olympia Legislative Reporting Internship
program.

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Featuring: Kris Easterday (?80)
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
 
Date: Monday, May 16, 2011
 
Place: CMU 102E 
 
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Deadline: 5pm May 10 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve
your spot early.)
 
Kris Easterday brings over 20 years of experience in the promotion and 
sponsorship business.  For 22 years she has owned and operated Easterday Promotions, Inc. developing sponsorships and promotions for some of the biggest events in the world including Cirque du Soleil and the North American tour of the Three Tenors. She has created sponsorship relations with some of the biggest corporate names in the U.S. including Microsoft, Ford Motor Company, AT&T and Nordstrom.  Her media experience includes working with CBS television and radio, AT&T Cable, NBC TV, ABC TV, HBO, Showtime and other media giants.  She has organized press conferences and publicity tours for hundreds of  corporations, artists and performance groups. In addition, Easterday has worked with some of the biggest regional festivals including Bumbershoot, Northwest Folklife, VladiRockstok in the Russian Far East, The Washington International Air Fair and Peter Gabriel's WOMAD Festival. Recently, Kris was responsible for marketing and promotion for the King Tutankhamun exhibit in Vienna, Dallas and Atlanta.
 
Kris is responsible for all the day-to-day operations of the business including 
marketing and sales, management and personnel, company policy, negotiating 
contracts, authorizing major purchases and payment of all company obligations.

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Featuring: Kris Easterday (?80)
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
 
Date: Monday, May 16, 2011
 
Place: CMU 102E 
 
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Deadline: 5pm May 10 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve
your spot early.)
 
Kris Easterday brings over 20 years of experience in the promotion and 
sponsorship business.  For 22 years she has owned and operated Easterday Promotions, Inc. developing sponsorships and promotions for some of the biggest events in the world including Cirque du Soleil and the North American tour of the Three Tenors. She has created sponsorship relations with some of the biggest corporate names in the U.S. including Microsoft, Ford Motor Company, AT&T and Nordstrom.  Her media experience includes working with CBS television and radio, AT&T Cable, NBC TV, ABC TV, HBO, Showtime and other media giants.  She has organized press conferences and publicity tours for hundreds of  corporations, artists and performance groups. In addition, Easterday has worked with some of the biggest regional festivals including Bumbershoot, Northwest Folklife, VladiRockstok in the Russian Far East, The Washington International Air Fair and Peter Gabriel's WOMAD Festival. Recently, Kris was responsible for marketing and promotion for the King Tutankhamun exhibit in Vienna, Dallas and Atlanta.
 
Kris is responsible for all the day-to-day operations of the business including 
marketing and sales, management and personnel, company policy, negotiating 
contracts, authorizing major purchases and payment of all company obligations.

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Featuring: Caitlin Murphy (?06)
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
 
Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
 
Place: CMU 102E
 
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Deadline: 5pm May 10 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve 
your spot early.)  
 
Caitlin Murphy is a freelance television host, anchor and reporter and she
is currently the health and fitness reporter and expert for Channel One News
out of New York City. Channel One News is broadcast daily in middle and high
schools to six millions teens nationwide. It's also the former home of
journalists like Anderson Cooper, Maria Menounos and Lisa Ling. Caitlin also
recently worked as an anchor, reporter and producer for a local lifestyle
television station on Bainbridge Island.
 
Caitlin is skilled at knowing how to build a personal brand using new and 
social media. She is a contributing writer for ChannelOne.com, she has 
written a health and fitness book for college students called "Fighting 
the Freshman Fifteen" and she runs a healthy living website 
www.LivingGreatWithCait.com. Caitlin has been featured in the Seattle 
P.I., KING5 and KING5's Evening Magazine, alloy.com, gurl.com (an iVillage 
company) and KOMO New Radio.
 
Caitlin graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in 
Philosophy. She attended a University of Washington Career Week in 2009 
and through the Communications Networking Night landed her first 
internship in media working on the assignment desk at KIRO Radio. Caitlin 
has experience working in the changing world of media where you have to be 
able to shoot, write and edit your own stories and understand that all 
types of media are rapidly trending toward multimedia content.
 

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Featuring: Shannon Burke ('02)
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
 
Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2011
 
Place: CMU 102E
 
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Deadline: 5pm May 3 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve 
your spot early.)
 
  Shannon Burke?s graduated from the UW with a double major in Editorial 
Journalism and History. Her first job was at her hometown paper -- The 
Puyallup Herald ? where she had also interned while in college. For almost 
five years, she worked her way from reporter to interim editor of the 
award-winning weekly paper. Then her career path took a major turn; she 
became a consultant for the ninth largest school district in the state. 
She wrote, took photos and really enjoyed working in a full-time job with 
benefits. After that job, she became the Manager of Publications for the 
Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, a fun and challenging 
job that lasted for three years. And then The Seattle Storm called and 
Shannon has been the Corporate Sponsorship Service Coordinator ever since.

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Mentor lunch with sports columnist Jerry Brewer
 
Seattle Times sports columnist Jerry Brewer will be on campus Monday, April 25, for a mentor lunch with students.  The lunch, which is free, is from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in Room 126 of the Communications Building.  A reservation is required because space is limited.  The deadline for reservations is Friday, April 22, at 8 a.m.
 
Use this link to make your reservation for lunch:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/rabeam/131156

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Featuring: Shari Storm (?92)
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Place: CMU 102E
 
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Deadline: 5pm April 19 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve your spot early.)
 
 
Shari Storm is the Chief Marketing Officer for Verity Credit Union. She began her career at Verity after deciding to stop working for financial institutions. "But then I met the great team. I've been here ever since - more than ten years." Responsible for several award-winning marketing initiatives, Shari also oversees Verity's financial counseling and investment services functions. Shari earned her undergraduate degree at University of Washington and her MBA from Seattle University. She is 
active on the King County Chapter of Credit Unions board of directors and is a member of Filene's prestigious i3 international think tank.  She is a mother of three as well as a popular blogger and author of the book Motherhood is the New MBA.
 
 

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Featuring: Jeff Pinneo ('80)
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
 
Date: Thurssday, April 14, 2011
 
Place: CMU 102E
 
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Deadline: 5pm April 13 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; 
reserve your spot early.)
 
Jeff Pinneo retired from Horizon Air in mid-2010. He was appointed 
president and CEO of the company in January 2002. As CEO, he led a team of 
approximately 3,800 employees and oversaw a fleet of 65 aircraft, serving 
more than 45 cities in the western United States, Canada, and Mexico. 
Prior to joining Horizon, Pinneo served in Alaska Airlines? marketing 
division as director of advertising and, before that, manager of business 
travel marketing. He also was responsible for the original implementation 
of Alaska?s frequent-flier program, then known as Gold Coast Travel and 
now called the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan. He began with Alaska as a 
passenger service coordinator in 1981.
 
Pinneo is the past chairman of the board for the Regional Airline 
Association and serves on various nonprofit boards, including Puget Sound 
Leadership Board for Medical Teams International and Point Loma Nazarene 
University President?s Advisory. A graduate of the University of 
Washington, He holds a master?s degree through the Presidential/Key 
Executive MBA program at Pepperdine University.
 
 

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Featuring: Tara Brown ('06)
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
Date: Monday, April, 4 2011
Place: CMU 102E
 
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Deadline: 5pm April 1 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve your spot early.)
 
Tara Brown is the Recognition Program & Events Coordinator for UW Medicine - Organization Development & Training. After graduation, she spent a few months working for the Green Lake Starbucks, and also landed a job as a marketing intern for the Seattle Sonics & Storm. Committed to starting a career with the Sonics, she gave her notice at Starbucks, only to hear on 
her last day that Howard Schultz had sold the Sonics. Fortunately, she made her way back into the UW in September of 2006 via a 75%-time project appointment as the Recognition Program & Events Coordinator, which became full-time, permanent after 11 months. She has now been there for over four 
years. She runs the employee recognition program for the UW Medical Center and plans sports tournaments, banquet dinners, organization-wide picnics, as well as facilitating the formal awards program, for over 5,000 employees. She writes a newsletter and creates all of the marketing for her program. Outside of work, she is pursuing her own business in 
photography. She is a proud Husky and guarantees you will always hear her before you see her at any football or basketball game.

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Featuring: Jeff Pinneo (?80)
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Place: CMU 102E
 
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Deadline: 5pm March 8 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve your spot early.)
 
 
Jeff Pinneo retired from Horizon Air in mid-2010. He was appointed president and CEO of the company in January 2002. As CEO, he led a team of approximately 3,800 employees and oversaw a fleet of 65 aircraft, serving more than 45 cities in the western United States, Canada, and Mexico. Prior to joining Horizon, Pinneo served in Alaska Airlines' marketing 
division as director of advertising and, before that, manager of business travel marketing. He also was responsible for the original implementation of Alaska's frequent-flier program, then known as Gold Coast Travel and now called the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan. He began with Alaska as a passenger service coordinator in 1981.
 
Pinneo is the past chairman of the board for the Regional Airline 
Association and serves on various nonprofit boards, including Puget Sound Leadership Board for Medical Teams International and Point Loma Nazarene University President's Advisory. A graduate of the University of Washington, He holds a master's degree through the Presidential/Key Executive MBA program at Pepperdine University.
 
 

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Department of Communication Career Lunch with the Corporate Diversity Affairs Specialist for Nordstrom
 
 
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Featuring: Colleen Fukui-Sketchley (?94)
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Place: University of Washington club
 
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Deadline: 5pm February 21 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve your spot early.)
 
 
Colleen Fukui-Sketchley is the Corporate Diversity Affairs Specialist for Nordstrom, Inc. In her position, she focuses on executing corporate initiatives through community outreach and contributions to national non-profit organizations. These initiatives assist with the company's efforts to recruit, hire, retain and improve customer service across all business units. Colleen has been with Nordstrom since she from the UW. Her 
volunteer activities include serving on the boards of the Educational Opportunity Programs for the UW's Office of Minority Affairs, the, the Asian Pacific American Women's Leadership Institute, the Center for Asian Pacific American Women, and the Washington State Business Leadership 
Network. She is the current president of the UW Alumni Association and the first Asian-American woman to serve in this position.
 
 

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Department of Communication Career Lunch with Matt Highsmith UW alum; Internet content expert, CEO / President, TailoredMail 
 
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Featuring: Matt Highsmith (?82)
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Place: Communications, room 102E
 
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Deadline: 5pm February 15 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve your spot early.)
  
Matt Highsmith founded TailoredMail in 1997 and has guided its growth ever since. Prior to starting TailoredMail, Matt was VP of Marketing/Sales, and then President of Intermind Corporation, winning the American Design Award for Corporate Marketing and establishing over 200 Internet content partnerships. Matt coined the marketing phrase "push technology" back in the mid 1990's (including cover stories of Wired Magazine, Business 2.0, 
and the Wall Street Journal) and helped pioneer a completely new way of viewing the web. Prior to Intermind he was the Worldwide VP of Marketing and Strategy at Attachmate - and helped guide its growth from $40 million to $400 million. Matt also held channel marketing and brand management 
positions at Apple Computer (Mac II) and Procter & Gamble (Liquid Cascade).
 

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Featuring: Melinda Partin
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011
Place: Communications, room 102E
 
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Deadline: 5pm February 9 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve your spot early.)
 
 
Melinda is a UW alumna and an experienced marketing consultant. She is proficient at developing marketing and sales programs including customer research, customer profiles, messaging frameworks, email marketing, social media and blog strategy, and sales force activation and training. She has 
a proven track record in digital campaign management such as awareness campaigns, product launches, social media campaigns, email marketing initiatives, corporate communications programs, campaign and corporate 
websites, webcasts and online events, and video case studies.

Journalism Students:
 
Join us for lunch from 12-1pm on Thursday January 27th for a mentor lunch with Cliff DesPeaux, an '09 UW grad who was part of the Pulitzer-prize winning team that covered last year's Lakewood shootings for the Seattle Times.  Cliff talked his way behind police lines and provided up-to-the minute Twitter coverage of the police standoff with Maurice Clemmons.
 
Space is limited - reserve your spot today!  This is a free event - lunch will be provided.
 
More about Professional Development Week: http://www.com.washington.edu/pdw/
 
Sign up for the lunch: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/kriscb/120083 (note you'll have the option to register for all professional development week events)
 
More about the lunch:
 
Cliff DesPeaux ('09), photographer/visual journalist
Jan. 27, 12-1 p.m.
Communication Advising Office (CMU 118)
 
Cliff is a Seattle-based photojournalist with a nose for spot news and a love for telling stories. Originally interested in becoming a classical pianist, he decided to pursue a degree in art photography at the University of Washington. Eventually, he discovered journalism and became the photo editor at the campus newspaper The Daily. Since then, Cliff has made
pictures and produced multimedia at the Seattle SuperSonics, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and The Seattle Times. Additional publication credits include The News Tribune, The Bellingham Herald and The New York Times.
 
 
--
Jessica Partnow
Executive Director/Audio Producer
The Common Language Project
 
Lecturer
University of Washington
Communications Building
Box 353740, Rm 121
Seattle, WA 98195
 
206.685.7177 office
206.403.3932 cell
206.616.3762 fax
 
clpmag.org
twitter.com/commonlanguage
facebook.com/commonlanguageproject
 

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Featuring: Hillary Quinn (?85)
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
 
Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2011
 
Place: Communications, room 126
 
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Deadline: 5pm January 17 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; 
reserve your spot early.)
 
www.hillaryquinn.com
 
www.hillarythebargainhunter.com
 
Hillary Quinn earned her BA from the UW Department of English. She is a lifestyle writer whose articles have been published in dozens of national  magazines, newspapers, and internet sites. In addition to working on individual assignments, she has also been a regular columnist for Bride's magazine.
 
Hillary began her career as a college intern at Working Woman magazine, and later joined the staff as a full-time editorial assistant. She went on to hold key positions at McCall's, Elle, and eventually Mademoiselle, where Hillary was named Copy and Special Projects Director, responsible for producing and editing all lifestyle/service content in the magazine. 
Today, as a freelancer, she writes and edits for a wide variety of 
national magazines and web clients, works on long-term editorial projects, and does regular television appearances and speaking engagements.
 
From showing readers how they can stand their ground with a bullying boss to offering clever strategies for teaching a kid to tie their own shoelaces, or finding novel reasons to sing the praises of a pink lipstick, Hillary loves to focus on topics that improve readers' everyday lives.
 
You can email her at clips of her work are available at
www.hillaryquinn.com.
 
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Department of Communication announces a Career Lunch with independent journalist Frank Smyth
 
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Featuring: Frank Smyth
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
Date: Monday, November 15, 2010
Place: To be announced upon confirmation of RSVP
 
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Deadline: 5pm November 14 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve your spot early.)
 
WASHINGTON REPRESENTATIVE AND JOURNALIST SECURITY COORDINATOR
 
Frank Smyth is a journalist who has specialized in armed conflicts, organized crime and human rights, reporting from nations including El Salvador, Guatemala, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Jordan, and Iraq where, in 1991, he was imprisoned for 18 days. Working for Human Rights Watch, Smyth documented the role of France in arming Rwanda before its 1994 genocide, 
and the role of U.S. agencies in establishing covert intelligence networks in Colombia. Smyth has reported for CBS News, and written for The Nation, The Village Voice, The New Republic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The International Herald Tribune, World Policy Journal, and Foreign Affairs. He has testified before the Organization of American States, the International Commission of Jurists, 
and the U.S. Congress. Smyth is co-author of Dialogue and Armed Conflict, and a contributor to The Iraq War Reader and Crimes of War. Most recently, he wrote Painting the Maya Red: Military Doctrine and Speech in Guatemala's Genocidal Acts published online by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. He is a graduate of Boston College and The Johns Hopkins 
University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.
 
 

Department of Communication announces a Career Lunch with Ken Myer, President and CEO of Washington Technology Industry Association 
 
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Featuring: Ken Myer ('80 and '82) 
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
 
Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010
 
Place: Communications, room 126 
 
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Deadline: 5pm November 8 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve your spot early.)
  
Ken Myer possesses over 20 years of successful experience in the technology industry leading companies ranging in size from start-ups to Fortune 100. As co-founder and CEO of Interval Systems, Myer positioned the company as one of the leading providers of software tools for industrial engineers to implement lean manufacturing. As Executive Vice President of publicly traded Active Voice Corporation, Myer led the worldwide marketing, sales, technical services, and customer service teams as they launched a new product line into the Fortune 2500 market. The success of the launch helped pave the way
for an eventual buyout by Cisco in 2001 for $300M.
 
At IBM Corporation Myer held a variety of executive positions including General Manager of the Northwest and Intermountain Region, National Executive for the Computer Services Industries, and CFO IBM Northwest. Myer holds an MBA and Masters of Speech Communication from the University of Washington and is involved in the Northwest education and technology non-profit communities. He is a current board member of Esna  Technologies of Toronto, the Cascade Land Conservancy and the Technology Alliance, where he served as Board President.
 

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Department of Communication announces a Career Lunch with Ken Myer, President and CEO of Washington Technology Industry Association
 
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Featuring: Ken Myer ('80 and '82)
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
 
Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010
 
Place: Communications, room 126
 
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Deadline: 5pm November 8 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve your spot early.)
 
Ken Myer possesses over 20 years of successful experience in the technology industry leading companies ranging in size from start-ups to Fortune 100. As co-founder and CEO of Interval Systems, Myer positioned the company as one of the leading providers of software tools for industrial engineers to implement lean manufacturing. As Executive Vice President of publicly traded Active Voice Corporation, Myer led the worldwide marketing, sales, technical services, and customer service teams as they launched a new product line into the Fortune 2500 market. The success of the launch helped pave the way for an eventual buyout by Cisco in 2001 for $300M.
 
At IBM Corporation Myer held a variety of executive positions including General Manager of the Northwest and Intermountain Region, National Executive for the Computer Services Industries, and CFO IBM Northwest. Myer holds an MBA and Masters of Speech Communication from the University of Washington and is involved in the Northwest education and technology non-profit communities. He is a current board member of Esna Technologies of Toronto, the Cascade Land Conservancy and the Technology Alliance, where he served as Board President.
 
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Career lunch with Tom Douthitt, Marketing, Development, and Sales Executive
 
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The Department of Communication
 
2010 Career Lunch Series
 
Featuring: Tom Douthitt (?83)
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
 
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
 
Place: Communications, room 126
 
 
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Deadline: 5pm October 12 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve your spot early.)  
 
Tom Douthitt is a Sr. Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Development at Pathway Medical Technologies. Before joining Pathway, Douthitt was the Vice President of Market Development for Cardiac Dimensions, a Seattle based
start up developing a groundbreaking non-surgical device designed to treat functional mitral regurgitation. Prior to Cardiac Dimensions, he held executive positions with Abbott Vascular, Vascular Architects Inc., and Guidant Vascular. During the course of his career he has been responsible for developing short and long-range marketing plans for the companies translating the overall strategy into tactical plans to achieve the corporation's goals and objectives.
 

Career lunch with Tad Harmon, Principal and Creative Director for 206, Inc.
  
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The Department of Communication
 
2010 Career Lunch Series 
 
Featuring: Tad Harmon ('78)
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
 
Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010
 
Place: Communications, room 126
 
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Deadline: 5pm October 6 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve your spot early.) 
 
Tad Harmon has held a variety of creative leadership roles in the branding and advertising community. Most recently, he was creative director at Razorfish; prior to that he was an internal creative director on the Brand Strategy and Insights Team at Microsoft. In the 90s Tad was co-founder and creative director of the west coast's largest independent agency, Imagio, which was acquired by JWT of WPP. He has directed integrated branding efforts in the fashion, technology and consumer products industries for a
number of clients including Tommy Hilfiger Sportswear, Cingular, Lucasfilms, Microsoft and Nordstrom

RSVP to vsprang@uw.edu  
 

RSVP to vsprang@uw.edu
 
The Department of Communication
 
2010 Career Lunch Series
 
 
 
Featuring: Dolores Sibonga (?52)
 
 
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15
 
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010
 
Place: Communications, room 102E
 
 
 
RSVP to vsprang@uw.edu
 
 
 
Deadline: 5pm May 24 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve
your spot early.)
 
 
 
Sibonga became the first Filipina-American lawyer in Washington state,
admitted to the bar in 1973. She spent her childhood in the international
District of Seattle, working at the Estigoy Caf?, her parents' restaurant and
pool hall. In 1968, years after she'd graduated from the UW with a degree in
journalism, Sibonga purchased the Filipino Forum with her husband. Years
later, after he was laid off from his job as a Boeing illustrator, she went
back to school for a law degree, supporting herself, her husband and their
three children on her scholarship. Sibonga later worked as a public defense
attorney, a legislative analyst for King County Council and a as 12-year
member of the City Council.
 
 
 

Career lunch with Cynthia Flash (1985), Seattle-based journalist, writer,
public relations professional and media consultant
 
RSVP to Victoria Sprang - vsprang@uw.edu
 
The Department of Communication
2010 Career Lunch Series
 
Featuring: Cynthia Flash ('85)
 
Time: 12:00 to 1:15
 
Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2010
 
Place: Communications, room 102E
 
RSVP to vsprang@uw.edu
 
Deadline: 5pm May 10 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve
your spot early.)
 
 
 
Cynthia Flash (UW '85) is a Seattle-based journalist, writer, public 
relations professional and media consultant. She currently specializes in 
representing public relations clients in the Pacific Northwest, working to 
tell their positive stories in the local and national media.
 
 
As a reporter, editor and publicist, Flash has worked with the media since
1985. Her experience includes writing and reporting extensively about legal,
business and technology issues. She has edited a wide range of subjects
found in local and national print publications. During her journalism
career, Flash worked for news organizations in Idaho, Arizona, California
and Washington, including nine years with The News Tribune in Tacoma, Wash.
 
 
 
Flash in 2000 founded Flash Media Services, a media relations company that
focuses on media placement, ghost-writing for executives, corporate
communications and strategic planning. She has written and/or placed
thousands of articles on behalf of corporate and non-profit clients in
dozens of publications, including Life Magazine, Business Week, People
Magazine, The Industry Standard, The Seattle Times, The Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, the Puget Sound Business Journal, Washington CEO
magazine, Seattle Magazine, Seattle Business Monthly, TechWeb.com,
EarthWeb.com, Internet.com, MBusiness magazine, Knowledge Management
Magazine, The Oregonian, The (Tacoma) News Tribune, among others.
  
 
When she's not working, Flash runs, teaches skiing to kids, plays piano, 
volunteers at school, and with her husband Dan (UW '84, '87), enjoys 
spending time with their two sons (ages 16 and 12) and new yellow lab 
puppy.
 

 Husky Career Lunch, Apr. 21 - Get Career Advice from UW Grads 

The alumni association’s annual Husky Career Lunch is a great opportunity for students to meet and network in a relaxed setting with alumni working in their fields of interest.  There is more information on the event Web page at

http://www.washington.edu/alumni/careers/hcl

including a list of the career fields represented and a preview of some of the participating table hosts.

The lunch is open to all current students as well as recent grads (class of 2009).

Don Gallagher
Associate Director for Career Services
University of Washington Alumni Association
Box 359508, Seattle WA 98195-9508
206.685.9274  
dongal@uw.edu | http://www.uwalum.com/

RSVP to vsprang@uw.edu
 
The Department of Communication
 
2010 Career Lunch Series
 
Featuring: Pamela Cory (?83)
 
The Department would like to invite students to join Pam Cory, a 
communications specialist, for lunch and networking.
 
Time: noon to 1:15 (no exceptions)
 
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2009
 
Place: Communications, room 126
 
RSVP to vsprang@uw.edu
 
Deadline: 5pm January 25 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; 
reserve your spot early.)
 
This is an excellent opportunity for networking, so bring your questions!
 
A wireless industry veteran, Cory held the position of Vice President of 
Marketing for Intermec Corporation, where she oversaw global marketing, 
industry marketing and product development of Intermec's wireless, 
scanning technologies, handheld computers, printers and software. Prior to 
her role in Marketing, she served as Vice President, Data Capture Business 
Unit for Intermec Corporation, where she managed the integration of three 
competing companies, ran a development organization headquartered in 
France and led a worldwide team of marketing, sales, operations, research 
and engineering professionals. In addition, she held senior roles in 
marketing at Key Tronic Corporation. Cory holds a BA from the University 
of Washington and an MBA from Seattle University.
 
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/pam-cory/0/2b5/775
 
 

Please RSVP to vsprang@uw.edu
 
The Department of Communication
 
2010 Career Lunch Series
 
Featuring: Heather Brooke (?93)
 
The Department would like to invite journalism students to join British 
journalist Heather Brooke for pizza and conversation.
 
Time: 1:00 to 2:15 (no exceptions)
 
Date: Friday, January 15, 2010
 
Place: Communications 126
 
RSVP to vsprang@uw.edu
 
Deadline: 5pm January 14 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; 
reserve your spot early.)
 
This is an excellent opportunity for networking, so bring your questions!
 
Brooke made international headlines last year because of her 
groundbreaking request for expense-account information from members of 
Parliament helped set the stage for the resignation of the speaker of the 
House of Commons, an event not previously witnessed for 300 years.  
 
Brooke worked briefly as a reporter for The Spokesman Review and as a 
police reporter in South Carolina for a few years, before moving to 
England where she has dual U.S. and United Kingdom citizenship. As a UW 
communications student, with a minor in political science, she wrote 
regular news stories for The Daily on subjects like student government. 
But she also penned a sex-advice column called "Intimate Rebellions." It 
was a groundbreaking column, and it drew a lot of attention on campus.
 

RSVP to sldc@uw.edu
 
The Department of Communication
 
2009 Career Lunch Series
 
Featuring: Diane Scott (?88)
 
The Department would like to invite students to join Diane Scott, a public
affairs and communications officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Communication Professor Randy Beam will co-host the lunch with Diane.
 
Time: noon to 1:15 (no exceptions)
 
Date: Friday, November 13, 2009
 
Place: University of Washington Club
 
(Located across from the HUB on Stevens Way)
http://depts.washington.edu/uwclub/)
 
RSVP to sldc@uw.edu
 
Deadline: 5pm November 12 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; 
reserve your spot early.)
 
This is an excellent opportunity for networking, so bring your questions!
 
Diane is a public affairs and communications officer at the Bill & Melinda 
Gates Foundation?s Global Development Program. Diane?s first job out of 
college was working for a company that provided malpractice insurance to 
doctors in marketing communications. Ten years later, she was on her way 
to Jordan to work with a friend who was running a recycling program for 
underprivileged kids. She ended up staying there for seven years, starting 
a new career in development communications. The majority of her time was 
spent working on a wide range of United States Agency for International 
Development (USAID)-funded projects, from microfinance to family planning, 
from rule of law to relief and reconstruction, creating and executing 
communications programs for projects and for government. Her work took her 
to Indonesia, Uganda, Colombia and the Philippines.

RSVP to sldc@uw.edu
 
The Department of Communication 2009 Career Lunch Series
 
Featuring: Joni Balter, Class of 1974
 
The Department would like to invite Communication students to join Seattle 
Times editorial writer Joni Balter for lunch and networking.
 
Joni, a veteran Seattle Times reporter, has been on the editorial staff 11 
years. She is the political writer for the page, covering local, state and 
national politics.  Department chair David Domke will co-host the lunch with 
Joni.
 
Time: noon to 1:15 (no exceptions)
 
Date: Monday, November 9, 2009
 
Place: UW Club
 
RSVP to Summer Dela Cruz - sldc@uw.edu
 
Deadline: 5pm November 6 or until space is filled.

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@uw.edu.
 
The Department of Communication 2009 Career Lunch Series
 
Featuring: Gary Odegard, Class of 1972
 
The Department would like to invite Communication students to join Gary Odegard for lunch and networking.
 
Time: noon to 1:15 (no exceptions)
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Place: UW Club
RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@uw.edu.
Deadline: 5pm October 12 or until space is filled.
 
This is an excellent opportunity for networking, so bring your questions!
 
Gary Odegard has over 30 years of award-winning domestic and international 
experience with some of the world?s most recognized brands. His industry 
experience includes automotive; aviation; travel, tourism and hospitality; 
world and local sports events and athletic products; technology; shipping 
and transportation; food products; food service distribution and building 
products.
 
Are you interested in learning about market research, strategic brand 
development, advertising, public relations, sales promotion, Web site and 
promotional video development, Internal/external communications 
management, new business organization, crisis media management, 
communications and strategic positioning and so much more?
 
Join us for this unique networking opportunity.
 

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.
 
The Department of Communication
2009 Career Lunch Series
Featuring: Susanna Tull, BA & MBA ( 76 &  85)
 
The Department would like to invite Communication students to join two time Husky grad Susanna Tull for lunch and career tips.
 
Time: noon to 1:15 (no exceptions)
Date: October 6, 2009
Place: UW Club
 
RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.
 
Deadline: or until space is filled.
 
This is an excellent opportunity for networking, so bring your questions!
 
Susanna Tull, two-time Husky grad (BA Communications, MBA) helped create the concept of transportation “demand management” in the Pacific Northwest. Shortly after earning her BA in the late-seventies she joined a group of advertising and marketing consultants who first promoted the idea of off-peak marketing to reduce transportation costs and congestion for the Washington State Ferries and Metro. Most recently Susanna was a key developer of the highly regarded King County In Motion neighborhood-based transportation choices model that has been successful implemented in more than a dozen parts of King County.
 
Susanna s 30+ year career in communications has given her rich background in all elements of promotion, media and graphics development. She has designed campaigns, written copy and managed production of materials, advertisements and websites.
 
Balancing work and family has been a top priority allowing Susanna to be extremely active as a community volunteer while maintaining her part-time consulting business. She has received numerous awards for her volunteer work for public schools and the Association for Women in Communications. In addition to her consulting work, Susanna s current endeavors include chairing the Washington Women s Foundation Grants committee and launching a retail website.
 

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.
 
The Department of Communication
2009 Career Lunch Series
 
Featuring: Lt. Commander Andre Billeaudeaux, class of 2003
 
The Department would like to invite Communication students to join Lt. 
Commander Andre Billeaudeaux for lunch and networking.
 
Time: noon to 1:15 (no exceptions)
 
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
 
Place: UW Club
 
RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.
 
Deadline: 5pm May 11 or until space is filled.
 
This is an excellent opportunity for networking, so bring your questions. 
Commander Billeaudeaux hires interns!
 
Lieutenant Commander Andre Billeaudeaux enlisted in the Coast Guard just 
out of high school. He served aboard CGC Fir and CGC Polar Sea where he 
participated in the first ever solo circumnavigation of North America. 
After earning a bachelor's degree he was accepted to Officer Candidate 
School and has recently assumed the position of Director of Auxiliary 
servicing 1,800 uniformed volunteers. Prior to becoming director of the WA 
coast guard, he served as the Thirteenth Coast Guard District Public 
Affairs Officer Many of his interns have come from the UW Department of 
Communication and they gain invaluable experience working in public 
affairs for the U.S. coast guard.
 
His leadership with the Citizen's Action Network (CAN) has earned broad 
recognition; the Secretary's Excellence Award Winner in 2006, A Top Five 
Finalist in The Kennedy School of Government/Noblis Homeland Security 
Innovation Award for 2007 and Naval Post Graduate's Zimbardo Award for 
leadership and academic excellence. (CAN is a volunteer effort that allows 
residents living near waterways to become associated with the Coast Guard 
and help conduct its missions.)


RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.
 
The Department of Communication
2009 Career Lunch Series
 
Featuring: Lucas Mack, Class of ??04
 
The Department would like to invite Communication students to join Lucas Mack, broadcast journalist and co-founder and principal of 4th Avenue Media, for lunch and networking.
 
Time: noon to 1:15 (no exceptions)
Date: Monday, May 4, 2009
Place: UW Club
 
RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.
 
Deadline: 5pm May 1 or until space is filled.
 
This is an excellent opportunity for networking, so bring your questions!
 
Starting out in public relations at the University of Washington, Lucas 
worked side by side with sports columnists and sports broadcasters from 
around the Northwest. From there he took a job at KOMO TV, as the Audience 
Coordinator for the live talk show Northwest Afternoon. While there, he 
entertained audiences and worked behind the scenes in sales and public 
relations. Lucas developing a knack for what people liked based on 
immediate crowd reaction and took this lesson into his broadcast 
journalism career. He moved to eastern Washington as a reporter for the 
NBC affiliate, where he fell in love with storytelling. His next stop 
brought him to the Lone Star State reporting for the FOX affiliate in San 
Antonio as their Feature Reporter, hosting his own live segment. Lucas 
thrived at telling unique stories that connected with the audience. He was 
able to translate his skill of entertaining a live audience into his 
stories. His broadcast journalism career launched him home, back to 
Seattle, where he reported for KOMO TV. In 2008, Lucas co-founded 4th 
Avenue Media to give clients the unique opportunity to tell their story by 
a broadcast journalist. Spending years in a newsroom, Lucas knows what it 
takes to get mass media coverage.
 
 
 

Career lunch with Elizabeth Becker, former NY Times reporter
 
RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.
 
The Department of Communication
 
2009 Career Lunch Series
 
Featuring: Elizabeth Becker, Class of 1969
 
The Department would like to invite Communication students to join Elizabeth 
Becker, for lunch and networking.
 
Time: noon to 1:00 (no exceptions)
 
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009
 
Place: CMU 126
 
RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.
 
Deadline: 5pm April 14 or until space is filled. (Space is limited, so RSVP
early.)
 
This is an excellent opportunity for networking, so bring your questions!
 
Elizabeth Becker, an award-winning author and journalist, has covered national 
and international affairs for over three decades as a Washington correspondent 
at The New York Times, the Senior Foreign Editor at National Public Radio and a 
Washington Post correspondent. She began her career as a war reporter in 
Cambodia in 1972 and is an expert on the Khmer Rouge and modern Cambodia.
 
She was the 2008 Edelman fellow at Harvard?s Joan Shorenstein Center on the 
Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government.
 
Ms. Becker is the author of WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER (1986), a history of modern 
Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge for which she won a Robert F. Kennedy Book 
citation. She is also the author of AMERICA?S VIETNAM WAR (1992), a narrative 
history for young adults.
 
She holds a degree in South Asian studies from the University of Washington and 
also studied at the Kendriya Hindi Sansthaan in Agra, India. She is a member of 
the Council on Foreign Relations and of the boards of directors of Oxfam 
America and the Arthur Burns Foundation.
 
 

Career lunch with Katya Yefimova, reporter for The Everett Herald
  
MESSAGE
 
RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.
  
The Department of Communication
 
2009 Career Lunch Series
  
Featuring: Katya Yefimova, Class of ?08
 
 
The Department would like to invite Communication students to join Katya
Yefimova, for lunch and networking.
 
 
 
Time: noon to 1:15 (no exceptions)
 
Date: Thursday, April 13, 2009
 
Place: UW Club
 
RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.
  
Deadline: 5pm April 9 or until space is filled.
  
This is an excellent opportunity for networking, so bring your questions!
  
Yefimova graduated from the UW with a double major in journalism and
comparative literature. She grew up in Kazakhstan (in the former Soviet
Union) and came to Seattle in 2004 to attend college (she bilingual in
Russian and English). Yefimova completed two internships with The Everett
Herald and went on to become a full-time reporter there, covering the police
and fire beat.
 

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.
 
The Department of Communication
 
2009 Career Lunch Series
 
Featuring: Sally Clark, Class of 1990 and 2004
 
The Department would like to invite Communication students to join Sally 
Clark, City of Seattle Councilmember, for lunch and networking. This lunch 
is hosted by UW professor Cindy Simmons.
 
Time: 12:30 to 1:30
 
Date: Friday, March 13, 2009
 
Place: Communications, room 126
 
RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.
 
Deadline: 5pm March 12 or until space is filled.
 
This is an excellent opportunity for networking, so bring your questions!
 
Sally Clark is a Seattle City Councilor for the City of Seattle with 
extensive experience and knowledge in the government and non-profit 
sectors who began her career in journalism.
 
  Clark was a staffer for Seattle City Councilor Tina Podlodowksi, focusing 
on issues of neighborhood development and safety.  In 1999 Clark joined 
the City of Seattle's Department of Neighborhoods as Neighborhood 
Development Manager for Southeast Seattle.
 
  In 2002, Clark returned to the UW to earn a Master's Degree in Public 
Administration. She then was a legislative aide to King County 
Councilmember Bob Ferguson and Director of Community resources for the 
Lifelong AIDS Alliance. j
 
  Currently, Clark chairs the Planning, Land Use & Neighborhoods Committee, 
is vice-chair of the Transportation Committee and is a member of the 
Council's Labor Policy Committee.
 
Here's how Seattle Woman described her early career trajectory.
 
When asked how she chose public service, Clark laughs. "I think it chose 
me.  It's where I felt most comfortable and most well used." She came to 
Seattle from Portland as a teen 22 years ago to attend the University of 
Washington. Her degrees are in political science and Spanish, but she hung 
out at the UW's Daily newspaper, and worked as a print journalist after 
graduating, ending up in a yearlong stint as editor of Seattle Gay News. 
"I ended up moving more toward alternative journalism, and from there it 
isn't that huge a jump to go into nonprofit." In 1994, Clark began doing 
press releases and marketing work for Chicken Soup Brigade. She still 
serves as one of four executive directors of the Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 
which formed from the merger of Chicken Soup Brigade and Northwest AIDS 
Alliance.

We still have a few spaces if you're interested in joining.
 
RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.
 
The Department of Communication
 
2008 Career Lunch Series
 
Featuring: Mayumi Tsutakawa, class of '76
 
The Department would like to invite 6 students to join Mayumi Tsutakawa, 
Manager, Grants to Organizations at the Washington State Arts Commission, for lunch and networking. This lunch is hosted by UW Communication assistant 
professor LeiLani Nishime.
 
Time: noon to 1:15 (no exceptions)
 
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2008
 
Place: University of Washington Club, Colleen Room
 
(Located across from the HUB on Stevens Way) 
http://depts.washington.edu/uwclub/)
 
RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.
 
Deadline: 5pm January 13 or until space is filled.
 
Space is limited to 6 students.
 
This is an excellent opportunity for networking, so bring your questions!
 
Tsutakawa  started at WSAC in 2002, managing the Arts Participation Initiative, 
a four-year project to strengthen arts participation in low income, ethnic, 
rural and disabled communities. She was named manager of Grants to 
Organizations in 2005.  Tsutakawa worked as director of external relations for 
the Wing Luke Asian Museum before going to work at the Washington State Arts Commission. She became interested in community activism while still in college and has continued her community work throughout her career. She started her professional career at the International Examiner, working there after earning her BA. After earning her graduate degree, she worked as a reporter and later an art critic and copy and layout editor for The Seattle Times, where she was the first Asian American female reporter at all major papers in the region at that time. She taught East Asian/Asian American history and journalism at Seattle Central Community College and in 1984 went to work for the King County Arts Commission as an Arts Coordinator. She co-edited the first national Asian American women's literature and art anthology, "The Forbidden Stitch: Asian American Women's Literary Anthology." The anthology was awarded the Before Columbus Foundations "American Book Award in 1990.  She has been involved in a number of cultural projects, community committees, and grant-award panels.

Career lunch with Starbucks manager

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.

The Department of Communication
2008 Career Lunch Series

Featuring: Aileen Carrell ('90)

The Department would like to invite 6-8 students to join Aileen Carrell, Green
Coffee Sustainability Manager for Starbucks. This lunch is hosted by the
Department chair.

Time: noon to 1:15 (no exceptions)
Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Place: University of Washington Club
(Located across from the HUB on Stevens Way)
http://depts.washington.edu/uwclub/)

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.

Deadline: 5pm May 12 or until space is filled. (Space is limited; reserve your
spot early.)

This is an excellent opportunity for networking, so bring your questions!

Aileen Carrell began working for Starbucks Coffee Company as a Retail Store
Manager in Fall of 1990 and she has been with the company ever since. After
spending 5 years managing various retail locations in Seattle and Federal Way,
she was hired as a Coffee Specialist in the coffee procurement division. Coffee
Specialists evolved into Coffee Education Specialists and she became the first
Coffee Education Manager for Starbucks, developing the strategy and growing the
members of a global team of Coffee Education specialists. In Spring of 1994, she
took on another new role for the company as Green Coffee Sustainability Manager.
This role collaborates with the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) division
to strategize and implement sustainable best practices in the production and
procurement of green (unroasted) coffee. The Sustainability team provides
subject matter expertise to educate and message Starbucks coffee sustainability
platforms within and outside of the company. She also makes time to nurture her
talent career by acting in local commercials and corporate videos or providing
voice-over work for various projects.

Carrell has continued to mentor a former Communication student after meeting her
at a 2007 career lunch. Sara, now an alumna, has a great job and is thrilled to
hear more undergraduate students are getting the same opportunity she had.

Sara writes: "I'm excited to hear that you agreed to do another mentor lunch. I
was just thinking about last year's lunch, and how a year ago I had no idea that
Starbucks offered internships. After hearing your advice at the lunch, I began
to search for an internship opportunity. The rest is history." 

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.

The Department of Communication

2008 Career Lunch Series

Featuring: Sally MacDonald, class of '74

The Department would like to invite 6 students to join freelance reporter Sally
MacDonald for a career lunch.

Time: noon to 1:15 (no exceptions)

Date: Monday, May 5, 2008

Place: University of Washington Club

(Located across from the HUB on Stevens Way)
http://depts.washington.edu/uwclub/)

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.

Deadline: 5pm May 3 or until space is filled.

Space is limited to 6 students.

This is an excellent opportunity for networking, so bring your questions!

Sally MacDonald received her BA in Journalism from the UW in 1974. She worked for two years for a small daily in Renton and came to The Seattle Times in 1976. At the Times, Sally worked as a beat reporter (higher education, King County government, and religion), general assignment reporter and feature writer. As religion reporter, she traveled to Costa Rica, Mexico and Israel on assignment. She retired in 2001, when the newspaper offered early retirement to reporters after a strike of the newspaper. Since then, she's worked as a freelance writer with her husband John, retired Times Travel Editor. Her freelance stories have appeared in the Times and other newspapers, Coastal Living and AAA magazines, and on several websites.

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.

The Department of Communication
2008 Career Lunch Series

Featuring: Robert Laing, class of 1975

The Department would like to invite students to join Communication alumnus
Robert Laing, Diplomat in Residence, Arizona State University, for a Brown Bag
lunch session on Tuesday, April 15. Bring your lunch and learn all about what a
Foreign Service Officer does.

Find out about career options in the Department of State, including the Foreign
Service, Civil Service and student programs.

Time: 11:30 to 1:00 p.m.
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Place: Communications, 126
BRING YOUR LUNCH!

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.

Deadline: 5pm April 14 or until space is filled. This is a joint session with
JSIS students, so space will be limited.

Robert Laing has over 20 years experience in Foreign Service. He is currently
the Diplomat in Residence at Arizona State University, a position he has held
since 2006. Prior to that he was the Cultural Affairs Officer for the American
Embassy in Beijing, China and Director of the U.S. Information Service, U.S.
Consulate General in Hong Kong. He has served the United States in various roles in Washington, D.C., China, Fiji, Sri Lanka and Egypt. He began his post
graduate school career as an Assistant Professor at the Michigan State
University, Department of Advertising and worked as a director of research for
KCTS-Public Television while attending the UW.


Mr. Laing will also be available during the Spring Career Fair, from 3:00-7:00
p.m. the same day in the HUB Ballroom, for those of you who are not able to
attend this session.

Marian Liu, visiting journalist from the 
Asian American Journalists Association will be on campus
Tuesday, April 22 and Wednesday, April 23 to meet with students.

Lunch will be at 1:30 on Tuesday and there will be opportunities to meet with her at 4:00 on Tuesday and from 10:00-11:00 on the Wednesday.

If you're interested in attending any of these events, please rsvp to Diana.

Here's her complete schedule.  Her resume is attached.

Schedule for Marian Liu, visiting journalist
Asian American Journalists Association
Tuesday, April 22 and Wednesday, April 23.


Tuesday, April 22

9:00 am, arrival.
9:30 to 11 a.m. Communication 460/Design.  Rathe
11-11:30 break
11:30 to 1:20.   Communication 361 (Simmons) and Communication 362 (Rathe)
                         Joint session

1:30: lunch with students in CMU 126

2:30 to 3:20. Communication 468 (Underwood)

3:30 break

4:00 pm meeting with Journalism students in CMU 118



Wednesday, April 23

10:00-11:00 meetings with students in CMU 126

11:30 to 12:20.  Communication 360 (Henderson)

12:20 to 1:30 Lunch with Jerry Baldasty and other faculty

2:30 to 3:30, Communication 201 (Beam)


Diana Smith
Program Coordinator
COM Undergraduate Advising

Free mentor lunch opportunity for Communication majors interested in PR and
Marketing!

The Department of Communication
2008 Career Lunch Series

Featuring James Cornell, class of 2001

Thursday, April 10 with James Cornell, a recent grad with lots of great advice
on life after graduation.
Time: noon to 1:15
Place: Communications Building, Room 126

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.

Deadline: April 8 or until space is filled.

This is an excellent opportunity for networking, so bring your questions!

James Cornell works in sales and marketing for Office Max, western division. As a student at the UW, he worked for KOMO Radio 1000 and worked at Fox Sports Net Northwest, an affiliate station of Fox Sports Net, after graduation. Cornell is a dedicated Husky and has a lot of great advice for students ready to go out on the job market. 

 

Career lunch with Sonics/Storm marketing director

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.

The Department of Communication
2008 Career Lunch Series

Featuring: Ben Wilson, class of '98

The Department would like to invite Communication students to join Ben Wilson,
Director of Marketing & Research for the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics/WNBA's
Seattle Storm. Professor Gina Neff will host a pizza lunch with Ben.

Time: noon to 1:15 (no exceptions)

Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Place: Communications 126

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.

Deadline: 5pm March 3 or until space is filled.

This is an excellent opportunity for networking, so bring your questions!

Ben Wilson is the Director of Marketing & Research for the NBA's Seattle
SuperSonics, and WNBA's Seattle Storm. He began interning with the Sonics
organization at virtually the same time he was accepted into the Communications department. Ben is responsible for overseeing the Sonics & Storm marketing strategy, including purchase and placement of media advertising, creative execution and grassroots promotional campaigns.

Career lunch with Seattle Times VP!

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.

The Department of Communication
2008 Career Lunch Series

Featuring: Suki Dardarian, class of '80

The Department would like to invite 8 students to join Suki Dardarian, Managing
Editor of The Seattle Times for lunch and networking(hosted by Roger Simpson).

Time: noon to 1:15 (no exceptions)
Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Place: University of Washington Club
(Located across from the HUB on Stevens Way)
http://depts.washington.edu/uwclub/)

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.

Deadline: 5pm March 3 or until space is filled.

Space is limited to 6 students.

This is an excellent opportunity for networking, so bring your questions!

Suki Dardarian is a managing editor at The Seattle Times, where she oversees the
Metro and suburban news operations as well as the Sunday newspaper. She has been
with the Times since 2000, and previously was senior editor at The News Tribune
in Tacoma. She has received many honors, including the ASNE team deadline
writing award and a series that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Before becoming an editor, Dardarian was a reporter for The Herald (Everett),
The News Tribune and The Seattle Times. She is a graduate of the University of
Washington, where she was editor of The Daily.

Dardarian is a past president of Associated Press Managing Editors and has
chaired that group's diversity, journalism studies and conference program
committees; she also sits on the board of the APME Foundation.

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.

The Department of Communication
2008 Career Lunch Series
Featuring: Jenni Hogan, class of '02

The Department would like to invite 8 students to join alumna Jenni
Hogan and Communication professor Gina Neff for a career lunch at the
fabulous Universiyt of Washington Club. Jenni is the traffic anchor
for KOMO Morning News.


Time: noon to 1:15 (no exceptions)

Date: Thursday, February 21, 2008

Place: University of Washington Club

(Located across from the HUB on Stevens Way)
http://depts.washington.edu/uwclub/)

RSVP to Victoria Sprang: vsprang@u.washington.edu.

Deadline: 5pm February 20 or until space is filled.

Space is limited to 8 students.

This is an excellent opportunity for networking, so bring your questions!

Jenni Hogan is the traffic anchor for the Morning News on KOMO from 5-7
a.m., as well as reports on transportation issues during other newscasts. She
was born in Australia, and moved to the United States after being spotted by a
University of Washington crew coach while competing in the Windermere Cup for the Australian National team. Graduating from UW with two National Championship rings and as Captain of the women's crew team, Jenni is excited to be back in Seattle cheering for her beloved Huskies. Jenni has lived in the Pacific Northwest for the last 10 years. Most recently she was in Portland working as the traffic reporter for KOIN-TV. She also spent a couple of years in Cougar territory at KLEW-TV in Lewiston, Idaho where she ran the sports department as the station's first female sports reporter.

As part of their contributions to Career Development Week, The Department of
Communication will be presenting a pizza lunch in CMU 126 where Mike Seeley, the Managing Editor of the Seattle Weekly will be the featured speaker. UW journalism students will have priority for reservations

(Limit of 35 attendees)for this lunch. If you wish to attend please RSVP
to Sharon Redeker  to confirm your reservation.

Sharon
COM Advising
206-543-8860

sredeker@u.washington.edu