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October Alumni Spotlight: Christina Lee
Christina Lee is an assistant producer on the web-based video show E&E TV, where she executes in-depth special reports on energy and environmental news. Previously, she was an associate producer at Platts Energy Week TV, a news talkshow broadcast on the CBS affiliates in DC and Houston. She has won several Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. Northwestern University, MSJ in Business and Broadcast Journalism | UT-Austin BS in Journalism. 1. Who has … Read entire article »
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September Alumni Spotlight: Amanda Baran
Amanda Baran serves as Senior Advisor for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and focuses on civil rights, women’s rights, and immigration issues. She joined the Initiative from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Policy, Immigration and Border Security, where she worked on comprehensive immigration reform and developed immigration policy. Before joining the Office of Policy, she worked at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Refugee, Asylum, and International Operations (RAIO) … Read entire article »
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August Alumni Spotlight: Robert Wu
Rob is a Founder at CauseVox, an innovative online fundraising platform that empowers non-profits to easily design their own fundraising sites for campaigns and personal/team fundraising. Most recently, Rob co-created SXSWCares, a campaign that raised over $120,000 in 10 days. His work has been recognized by the Mayor of Austin and featured in the NYTimes, CNN, Forbes, and NPR. Rob spends his free time helping NGOs abroad solve social problems more effectively. He is also … Read entire article »
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July Alumni Spotlight: Daniel Chao
Daniel Chao has served as Rep. Grace Napolitano’s Chief of Staff for the past 5½ years. Prior to his promotion to Chief of Staff, he worked for the Representative in various capacities such as legislative correspondent, legislative assistant, legislative director, and deputy Chief of Staff since 1999. He also worked as senior legislative assistant in the Texas House of Representatives for State Representative Dawnna Dukes. Born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, Daniel immigrated to Houston, … Read entire article »
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Shaarik “Rik” H. Zafar receives 2011 Outstanding Young Texas Exes Award
Zafar was born in Karachi, Pakistan and moved to Katy, TX with his family at a young age. He went on to attend The University of Texas at Austin, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Plan II in 1997 and a doctor of jurisprudence in 2000. After graduating, Zafar worked as a commercial litigator in Houston. He then joined the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice as Special Counsel for Post … Read entire article »
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