College Alumni Mentoring Series (CAMS)

The College Alumni Mentoring Series engages students and alumni in mentoring relationships to help students determine how their current academic paths coincide with career aspirations. The series is composed of events that help to facilitate students’ understanding of life beyond Penn.

Mentoring Meetings (small groups of students and an alum, usually over lunch)
Themed Programs (larger audience of students and a panel of alumni from a particular field)

These meetings are not intended to be job interviews or a means to securing an internship, but instead provide an opportunity to build a relationship with alumni who want to share their life experiences and advice with current students. We would hope that mentors and students maintain an on-going dialogue without expectations of future employment opportunities.

The mentoring meetings allow a small group of eight to twelve students the opportunity to meet with an alum to talk about their personal interests and goals in a smaller, relaxed setting. Themed programs tend to be larger, and give students an opportunity to experience a spectrum of career opportunities within a specific field by interacting with a panel of alumni and their fellow students.

CAMS: Careers in Marketing & Branding Roundtable Dinner

February 4, 2025

CAMS: Coffee Break with Randi Michel, C’91 Talent Manager and Emmy Award-Winning Producer

February 11, 2025

CAMS: Penn in Washington Roundtable Dinner

February 17, 2025

CAMS: Careers in Media & Technology Roundtable Dinner

February 26, 2025

CAMS: Mentoring Meal with Matthew Mintzer, C’08 PPE, Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Restructuring, Piper Sandler

March 3, 2025

Past CAMS Events

Fall 2020

CAMS Roundtable on Social Justice Careers

Erica Feigenbaum C'14, Specialist, Humanitarian Program Portfolio at Save the Children US
Kasey Meehan C'09, Senior Policy Associate at Research for Action
Melanie Richter C'00, Senior Director of Development at Project HOME
Jarrett Stein C'09, Co-founder at Rebel Ventures
Liz Swavola C'05, Project Director at the Vera Institute of Justice
Suzie Turner C'82, Partner at Dechert, LLP
Jeb White C'99, President of Taxpayers Against Fraud

CAMS Roundtable on Public Health

Emily Behar C08, Director of Clinical Operations at Ophelia
Maria Bellantoni C12, Resident Physician of Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins and Lieutenant of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service
Jasmine Fournier C08, Assistant Director, Center for Gulf Coast Environmental Health Research
Tim Nielson C12, Research Officer, University of Sydney, Child Population and Translational Health Research
Audrey Nuamah C16, Program Officer at Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
Collin Weinberger C06, Senior Advisor and Team Lead, Influenza and Pandemic Preparedness at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

CAMS Roundtable on Public Policy

Rebecca Aaberg C10, Inclusion Specialist at International Foundation of Electoral Systems
Leila Finucane C93, President & CEO of Victory Housing
Joycelyn Pickens C17, Legislative Aide at United States Senate
Daniel Schmerin C03, Chief Executive Officer of UOVO

Fall 2019

Dr. Kaiser, Vitreo-Retinal Surgeon, Professor of Ophthalmology at Thomas Jefferson University and at Wills Eye Hospital, and Co-Director of the Retina Fellowship at Wills Eye.

Jefrey Pollock, Founding Partner and President of Global Strategy Group.

CAMS Event on Entrepreneurship

David Fine, Founder & Chief Schmear Officer, Schmear It
Mariama Kabia, Co-founder & CEO, Memunatu Magazine
Brian Michael, Founder & CEO Phillies Nation
Jennie Ripps, Founder & CEO of Owl’s Brew
Anup Singh, Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer of InnaMed
Tiffany Yau, Founder & CEO of Fulphil

Spring 2019

Ali Haroon, Senior Advisor to Värde Partners

Roundtable with:
Elijah Dornstreich C’97, Vice President, Bernstein Private Wealth Management
Jill Evans C’88, Director – North America Securities Services, Citi
Caitlin Ferry C’08, Relationship Manager, Brown Brothers Harriman
Jane Kitain C’16, Portfolio Management Associate, FS Investments

Roundtable with Alumns of the Penn in Washington program

Seth Berkowitz, C’04, Founder, Insomnia Cookies

Roundtable on Sustainability with:
Rebecca Fleischman C’14, Environment Team, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Niva Kramek C’06, Special Assistant, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Doug Miller C’12, Origin Market Development Manager, Energy Web Foundation
James Palardy C’04, Project Director, Conversation Science Program, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Kriti Sehgal C’04, CEO, Pure Fare

Webinar with:
Alexandra Bronk C’98, Global Head of Operations & Production, YouTube Spaces
Carrie A. Davis C’97, Chief Communications Office at Live Nation Entertainment
Zuri Rice C’04, Nickelodeon Senior VP, Short-Form Original Content
Logan Steinhardt C’11, Founder/Producer, Wandering Bard

Fall 2024

Spring 2024

Fall 2023

Spring 2023

Fall 2022

Spring 2022

Fall 2021

Spring 2021

Fall 2020

Fall 2019

Spring 2019