Urban Green Career Fair and Panel Discussion

You are invited to attend the 5th annual Urban Green Career Fair and Panel Discussion this Saturday, September 17th.  This event offers an unparalleled opportunity for young professionals and students to connect and market their skills to some of NYC’s most esteemed architecture, engineering, construction, real estate, nonprofit and product manufacturing firms in the green building industry.
Urban Green Career Fair and Panel Discussion
Date:  Saturday, September 17, 2011
Cost:  $5 General Public per recruiting session.  Free for Urban Green Council Members and New School Students (with student ID)
Schedule:
10:00am-12:30pm:  Career Fair, Session 1, 55 W. 13th Street, Theresa Lang Student Center
12:45pm-1:45pm:  Panel Discussion, 66 W. 12th St., 4th floor, Lecture Hall
2:00pm-4:30pm:  Career Fair, Session 2, 55 W. 13th Street, Theresa Lang Student Center
4:30pm-6:30pm:  Happy Hour and Networking, Location TBA

Participating companies include:
AIA/ENYA–AKF Group–Bard Center for Environmental Policy–Dagher Engineering–Earth Institute at Columbia University–Envirolution–Green Mountain Energy–HOK–Parsons The New School for Design–Skanska–Skimore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)–Syska Hennessy–Urban Green Council and more…

The panel discussion will feature some of New York’s most successful green building professionals, offering insights
and guidance into how to design a career in the green building space. Panel participants include:

MODERATOR
The Renewable Energies Provider: Doug Semmes, LEED AP, Market Manager of  NY at Green Mountain Energy
www.greenmountain.com

PANELISTS
The Consultant: Gennaro Brooks-Church, LEED AP BD+C, Founder/Owner of Eco-Brooklyn
http://ecobrooklyn.com

The General Contractor:  Lonnie Coplen, Director of Sustainability at McKissack Group
www.mckissack.com

The Engineer: Charlie Marino, LEED AP O+M, HVAC Design Engineer at AKF Group, LLC
www.akfgroup.com

The Architect: Leanora Paniccia, LEED AP BD+C, Architect at Atelier Tenhtt
www.atelierten.com

This event is sponsored by and coordinated with:
The Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy Office of Career Development and Placement
The New School for Social Research Office of Career Services
Parsons The New School for Design Office of Career Services

For more information, please contact:
Rod Berg, Associate Director
Parsons Career Services
Tel: 212-229-8940 x4043
bergr@newschool.edu