Entrepreneur Career Panel - April 10, 2014

How Can I Be the Solution? Perspectives from a Panel of Entrepreneurs
Thursday, April 10, 2014 • 5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Location: University Career Center & The President’s Promise (3rd Floor Hornbake Library, South Wing)

 A panel of entrepreneurs will discuss tips for exploring business careers, starting a business, and talk about the impact their careers have had on their industries or communities. Free pizza will also be available!

The second half of the panel will be open for the audience to ask questions, so bring any questions you have and don’t miss this opportunity to learn from some very successful UMD alumni.

Learn more about the panelist:

DARREN PORT is the CEO and Founder of Powered by Professionals. Under Darren’s leadership, PBP has started 11 charitable organizations in 10 years. In 2007 alone, Darren led a new charity – one of the first that he helped to create – to reach their fundraising goal of over $1 million. In 2011, PBP and the Sarcoma Foundation of America raised over $1.2 million dollars in conjunction with the SFA’s 10th Anniversary Fundraising Gala, which also marked the organization’s fourth consecutive year working with PBP. As of January 2014, PBP is thrilled to announce that we have raised donations totaling over $40 million for our clients.

PAUL MANDELL is a Founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Consero. In this role, Mr. Mandell provides strategic leadership for the company with a rigid focus on excellence at every level of the business. Prior to founding Consero, Mr. Mandell founded and was the President of a national legal support company that was acquired in 2007. The successor entity was recognized as one of the world’s top legal process outsourcing companies during his continued tenure as President the following year. Prior to entering the business world, Mr. Mandell practiced law at Arnold & Porter LLP and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in Washington, DC, and New York, New York, respectively, where he focused primarily on antitrust and pharmaceutical litigation. Prior to his law firm experience, Mr. Mandell clerked for the Honorable K. Michael Moore of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He also serves as the Chair of the BSOS Board of Visitors, UMD!

ARI KAREN is a principal of the Offit Kurman firm in its labor and employment group and is also the Founder and Director of C3 Complaince Consultants, the firm's subsidiary mortgage compliance consulting business. Over recent years, Mr. Karen’s practice focus of labor and employment law has grown to encompass working with mortgage banks and other financial services in the implementation of cutting edge policies and procedures. Mr. Karen's practice is diverse, representing clients on matters concerning banking regulations, Dodd Frank financial reform laws, contractual disputes, employment and labor statutes, wage-hour class actions, employment discrimination and fair lending matters, whistleblower complaints and non-competition claims, among others.

 MODERATOR: Steven Begleiter is third generation in the garment business and is the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of KBL Group International. Steven is responsible for KBL’s overall vision, strategy, and execution. Having been a kid in the shipping room working for his father, starting his own business, and now running a multinational company; Steven has taken on many jobs in his career. He graduated from UMD in 1992 and lives in New Jersey with his wife Karen, and 2 children, Alex and Corey.

*Sponsored by the BSOS Solutions Lab, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences.

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For additional information about this event: contact Crystal Sehlke at csehlke@umd.edu