Burkle Center International Career Panel
Join us for the Burkle Center's 2024-25 International Career Panel.
Thursday, May 15, 20255:30 PM
Bunche Hall, Room 10383
11282 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
ABOUT THE EVENT
Learn about a range of professions in the international arena and gain insight into how best to prepare for a career path in these fields, all while enjoying delicious pizza!
ABOUT THE PANELISTS
Haroon Azar is a Partner at The Rosslyn Group, where he manages the firm’s national security practice. Haroon is also a Senior Fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, where he focuses on research and programming at the intersection of security and religious freedom. Prior to his current roles, Haroon was the Regional Director in Los Angeles for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and previously, Deputy Director for the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia at DHS headquarters in Washington DC. Haroon also teaches courses on National Security and Civil Liberties at UC Irvine School of law.
Casey Lee is the Director of Community Engagement at the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), the oldest and largest health advocacy organization working with Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities across the nation. Previously, Casey served as the first-ever Policy Director for the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) during the 118th Congress, where she advised on federal civil rights, health, and other policy issues to advance the interests of AANHPI communities on Capitol Hill. During her tenure, she helped prepare the introduction of the Health Equity and Accountability Act, led the caucus’ engagement in successfully strengthening questions on the U.S. decennial census, and pushed to secure the removal of discriminatory anti-Asian measures from major national security legislation.
Prior to CAPAC, Casey served as a staffer for the House Judiciary Committee Democrats, a 2021-2022 APAICS Congressional Fellow for Congressman Ted Lieu, and an aide on national immigration reform and candidate campaigns. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she earned a B.A. in political science from UCLA, where she also interned at the UCLA Burkle Center and was involved with the UCLA International Education Office, UCLA Radio, and UCLA Fencing Club.
Phoebe Levine is a research assistant at RAND with an academic background in mathematics and economics. Her research interests include antitrust and industrial organization, health economics, domestic and international economic policy in the wake of emerging technologies, and the economics of child care.
At RAND, Levine's project work is split between education policy, health policy, and international economic relations. Her education policy work focuses on continuing adult education and early childhood care and education, while her international economic relations work explores topics including digital currencies and economic statecraft. Levine has a B.S. in mathematics/economics from UCLA.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Alexandra Lieben is the Deputy Director of the Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations and Lecturer in the Undergraduate Program in Public Affairs at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. A certified mediator, she teaches constructive communication, alternative dispute resolution, public dialogue, cultural competency, international conflict resolution, and community and economic development to undergraduate and graduate students at UCLA.
This event is sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and co-sponsored by Amnesty International at UCLA.