Careers in Local Planning: Urban Planning Career Panel

Are you a planner interested in working on the city or county level? How do you secure a position? Did you know there are tests?! Hear presentations from city and county planners, then stick around to meet additional alumni planners in attendance for our "Cookies and Conversation" networking session. Panelists are:

• Alan Bell, Deputy Director (retired), Los Angeles Department of City Planning
• Ken Bernstein, Manager and Principal City Planner, Los Angeles Office of Historic Resources and UCLA Luskin Senior Fellow
• Kevin Finkel, AICP ’10 MA UP, Principal Regional Planner, County of Los Angeles, Department of Regional Planning
• Diana Gonzalez ’13 MURP, Zoning Enforcement Special Projects, Department of Regional Planning, 13th Floor
• Salvador Gutierrez ’17 MURP, Transportation Planning Associate, City of Los Angeles
• Cally Hardy ’17 MURP, City Planning Associate, Department of City Planning, Housing Unit
• Nick Maricich ’06 MA UP, City of Los Angeles, Director of Planning Policy and Development, Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti

Dinner will be served. "Cookies and Conversation" networking to follow.