{"id":8652,"date":"2017-04-12T10:52:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T14:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=8652"},"modified":"2023-10-30T14:22:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T18:22:28","slug":"summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Career Summit Brings Execs, Thought Leaders to K"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe title='video' class='embed-responsive-item' title=\"Career Summit\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/212624256?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" \"640\" \"360\" \"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Twelve top executives, entrepreneurs and thought leaders from high-tech, venture capitalism, and health care related fields came to Kalamazoo College on April 7 and 8 for the College&#8217;s inaugural Career Summit. They interacted with about 120 students, while challenging the students to find their calling.<\/p>\n<p>The event included receptions, a dinner, breakout sessions and panel experiences. Some presenters were alumni and others were friends and business connections of alumni. They were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/JeanneBlondia\/\">Jeanne Blondia \u201987<\/a>: <\/strong>Vice president of finance and treasurer, Stryker Corp.;<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/ValCole\/\">Val Cole \u201983<\/a>: <\/strong>Retired senior executive, Apple Inc.; consultant and philanthropist;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/AmyCourter\/\">Amy Courter \u201983<\/a>:<\/strong> National president, Women in Defense; chief operating officer, inerTRAIN;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/LindseyHaswell\/\">Lindsey Haswell<\/a>: <\/strong>Director of litigation, Uber Technologies;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/EdwinHortelano\/\"><strong>Ed Hortelano \u201983<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> Global vice president for research and development, Loparex;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/TerriKline\/\"><strong>Terri Kline \u201980<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> President and chief executive officer, Health Alliance Plan of Michigan; executive vice president, Henry Ford Health System;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/OmMalik\/\">Om Malik<\/a>: <\/strong>Partner, True Ventures; founder, Gigaom;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/MichaelMcFall\/\">Michael McFall \u201993<\/a>:<\/strong> Co-president and chief executive officer, BIGGBY COFFEE;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/BradONeill\/\">Brad O\u2019Neill \u201993<\/a>: <\/strong>Senior vice president of global sales and success, SurveyMonkey Inc.; creator, K to the Bay; serial entrepreneur and investor;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/HilmonSorey\/\">Hilmon Sorey<\/a>: <\/strong>Co-founder and chief revenue officer, CareerSofia;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/ElenaVerna\/\">Elena Verna<\/a>: <\/strong>Senior vice president of growth, SurveyMonkey Inc.; and<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/JeffWycoff\/\">Jeff Wycoff<\/a>: <\/strong>Co-founder and managing partner, Fort Point Capital Partners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>O&#8217;Neill was the visionary behind the two-day event.\u00a0It served as yet another Kalamazoo College offering, building on an array of experiences targeting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/k-plan\/outcomes\/\">employment outcomes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Neill also established <a href=\"http:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/Ktreks\/\">K-Treks<\/a> when, in 2014, he invited four students to San Francisco to learn first-hand about technology careers. 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They interacted with about 120 students, while challenging the students to find their calling.<\/p>\n<p>The event included receptions, a dinner, breakout sessions and panel experiences. Some presenters were alumni and others were friends and business connections of alumni. They were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/JeanneBlondia\/\">Jeanne Blondia \u201987<\/a>: <\/strong>Vice president of finance and treasurer, Stryker Corp.;<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/ValCole\/\">Val Cole \u201983<\/a>: <\/strong>Retired senior executive, Apple Inc.; consultant and philanthropist;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/AmyCourter\/\">Amy Courter \u201983<\/a>:<\/strong> National president, Women in Defense; chief operating officer, inerTRAIN;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/LindseyHaswell\/\">Lindsey Haswell<\/a>: <\/strong>Director of litigation, Uber Technologies;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/EdwinHortelano\/\"><strong>Ed Hortelano \u201983<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> Global vice president for research and development, Loparex;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/TerriKline\/\"><strong>Terri Kline \u201980<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> President and chief executive officer, Health Alliance Plan of Michigan; executive vice president, Henry Ford Health System;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/OmMalik\/\">Om Malik<\/a>: <\/strong>Partner, True Ventures; founder, Gigaom;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/MichaelMcFall\/\">Michael McFall \u201993<\/a>:<\/strong> Co-president and chief executive officer, BIGGBY COFFEE;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/BradONeill\/\">Brad O\u2019Neill \u201993<\/a>: <\/strong>Senior vice president of global sales and success, SurveyMonkey Inc.; creator, K to the Bay; serial entrepreneur and investor;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/HilmonSorey\/\">Hilmon Sorey<\/a>: <\/strong>Co-founder and chief revenue officer, CareerSofia;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/ElenaVerna\/\">Elena Verna<\/a>: <\/strong>Senior vice president of growth, SurveyMonkey Inc.; and<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/events\/KSummit\/JeffWycoff\/\">Jeff Wycoff<\/a>: <\/strong>Co-founder and managing partner, Fort Point Capital Partners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>O&#8217;Neill was the visionary behind the two-day event.\u00a0It served as yet another Kalamazoo College offering, building on an array of experiences targeting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/k-plan\/outcomes\/\">employment outcomes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Neill also established <a href=\"http:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/Ktreks\/\">K-Treks<\/a> when, in 2014, he invited four students to San Francisco to learn first-hand about technology careers. Since then, K-Trek programs have grown and expanded to New York City and Chicago, providing students with hands-on, outside-the-classroom opportunities. As a result, the students learn to network and discover their prospective careers. The Career Summit was designed to provide similar experiences, except this time, the professionals came to the students.<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8652"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18151,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8652\/revisions\/18151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8652"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=8652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}