Fall 2022 Communication Career Forum

Registration is REQUIRED to attend

Tuesday, October 25, 2022 8:45 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Johnson Center, Third Floor East Lounge and Lettered Meeting Rooms

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Gain career advice and network with some of the nation's leading communication professionals. Sign up for small group mentoring sessions with public affairs specialists, media producers, journalists, health communicators, marketers, and more!

RSVP Now! Space is limited. Scroll down for the schedule, mentor and room information.

 

Forum Schedule:

8:45am to 9:15am: Student Check-in and Networking with Insight Committee members and Mentors (Johnson Center third floor lounge area next to lettered meeting rooms A-G)

9:20am: Welcome & Introduction to the Mentoring Sessions (5 minute warning until first session begins)

9:25am to 9:55am: First Mentoring Session (20-25 minutes)

10:00am to 10:25am: Second Mentoring Session (25 minutes)

10:30am to 10:55am: Third Mentoring Session (25 minutes)

11:00am to 11:25am: Fourth Mentoring Session (25 minutes)

11:30am to 11:55am: Fifth Mentoring Session (25 minutes)

12:00pm: Event Concludes

 

Mentors and Rooms:

• Fall 2022 Mentor Bio's: Click here to read all of the COMM Career Professionals Bio's and see what they do!

• How it works: 
  • There are 5 Communication themed mentoring sessions (including 2 workshops)
    • The rooms and mentors stay in the same room the entire duration of the event (please see list of mentors and their assigned theme rooms below)
  • Students are free to choose which mentoring session they would like to sit in
  • Students must register in advance in order to attend a mentoring session
  • Students can attend one or multiple sessions

• List of Rooms and Mentors/Workshops:
  • • Room 1 (JC ROOM A): Media Production:
      • Rob Hargreaves, Discovery, HBO, TBS (Mentor)
      • Tyrone Eaton, Eaton Creative Group (Mentor)
      • Gavin Gibbons (IC Lead & Facilitator)
  • • Room 2 (JC ROOM B): Journalism:
      • Tyler Byrum, NBC Sports Washington (Mentor)
      • Andrea Cambron, CNN (Mentor)
      • Ross Wilkers, Washington Technology (Mentor)
      • Clay McConnell (IC Lead & Facilitator)
  • • Room 3 (JC ROOM C): Public Relations:
      • Meredith Reilly Maddern, Capital One (Mentor)
      • Alexa Rogers, FleishmanHillard (Mentor)
      • Carolyn Cuppernull (IC Lead & Facilitator)
  • • Room 4 (JC ROOM D): Health Comm/Interpersonal:
      • Kathie Boettrich, former INOVA, PR consultant (Mentor)
      • Jessica Jones, Chicken of the Sea (Mentor)
      • Kelly Newton Jeffers, SureScripts (Mentor)
      • Chad Tragakis (IC Lead & Facilitator)
  • • Room 5 (JC ROOM E): Political Communications:
      • Savannah Behrmann, National Journal (Mentor)
      • Eric Schultz, Senior Advisor to President Obama (Mentor)
      • Chris Brewster (IC Lead & Facilitator)
  • • Room 6 (JC ROOM F): Workshop: Building your Network Online/In Person
      • JD Kathuria, WashingtonExec (Mentor)
      • Sharon Rushen, Sage Communications (Mentor)
      • Tonya Klause (IC Lead & Facilitator) 
  • • Room 7 (JC ROOM G): Workshop: Practical Advice for Getting First Job:
      • Kate Perrin (Mentor)
      • Jane Barwis, BRG Communications (Mentor)
      • Diana Gardner, TorchLight Hire (Mentor)
      • Danny Selnick (IC Lead & Facilitator)

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