Jenn Burleson
Kristen Burleson
Heather Tibbetts
Shartelle Fears

 This experience will allow us to model the Roadtrip Nation philosophy to students and show alternative ways of career exploration.
 We will train and mentor students at our college who want to explore career options in a non-traditional, action-oriented approach.
 Roadtrip Nation’s modern day approach to defining one’s road in life identifies with students, engages students and individuals in their careers, and gives direction to their future.
 Students need to have the freedom to explore before settling on a career direction. It usually takes some trial and error before one finds something one’s really passionate about.
 We expect this trip will bring a world of possibilities to students searching for the right path, and hopefully show them that there’s more than one way to achieve their goals.

Defining our team purpose
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We are joined in purpose by our desire to explore career opportunities through the eyes of those who have followed their passions. We are looking for a new and impactful way to connect students to careers by developing a bridge that leads from education to meaningful employment. We want to empower students to see the possibilities, to “dream big.”
We are the recipients of a grant designed to bring career awareness to community college students, sponsored by California SB70, California Career Café’s “Connecting Students to Careers Initiative,” in conjunction with Roadtrip Nation, an organization whose mission is to help individuals define their own roads in life. With their support, we intend to seek out leaders in a variety of careers who will share with us their inspirational journeys, words of wisdom, and passion for doing what they love. With these stories, we believe we can motivate and empower students to follow their own dreams as they reach for success.
As career counselors, we want to bring hope, direction, and opportunity to our students. Therefore, we want to explore success stories within our state, share that motivation and passion with our students, and encourage them expand their career dreams and visions.
We will use this experience to develop leaders of the future, students who are ready to take on the global economy of the 21 st century as vibrant participants in shaping the future of California. We also want to personally develop an extensive understanding of a variety of career and employment opportunities available so that we are better prepared to share this ever-changing dynamic experience with our students at MSJC.
We invite you to be a part of our journey!

July 30, 2012
WATER RESOURCES & PLANNING MANAGER
SANTA ANA WATERSHED PROJECT AUTHORITY (SAWPA)
Mr. Norton holds a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering and a Masters in Public
Administration. He is a registered civil engineer in California and Colorado and accredited LEED BD&C (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) professional under the US Green Building Council’s LEED program.
Mr. Norton’s background includes 30 years of engineering experience in a broad range of civil engineering projects. Mr. Norton serves as the Water Resources and Planning
Manager for the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA ), a joint powers agency organized to support water resources in the Santa Ana River Watershed.
Concurrent, with his department management duties, Mr. Norton also serves as the
Authority Administrator for the Lake Elsinore and San Jacinto Watersheds Authority
(LESJWA), a joint powers agency created to enhance water quality for Lake Elsinore and San Jacinto River Watershed. His titles include Past President of the Inland Empire
Council of Engineers and Scientists, Past President of the American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE) San Bernardino/Riverside Branch and Los Angeles Section, 2004-05
ASCE Civil Engineer of the Year and the currently serves as chair of the ASCE Region 9
Water & Environment Committee.

July 30, 2012
Lisa Carp serves as enXco’s Vice President, Human Resources and has overall responsibility for enXco’s employment practices, recruiting activities, employee benefits, workers compensation, training, policies and procedures, and compensation.
Ms. Carp has been in the wind-energy industry since 1998. Her prior experience includes Human Resources Management within the medical industry, medical device manufacturing industry, and the insurance and financial products industry.
Ms. Carp is on the Board of Directors for the Independent Power Human
Resources Association, and is the Board President for Alternatives to Domestic
Violence – Riverside County. She is also the Co-director of Women of Wind
Energy – San Diego Chapter. Ms. Carp has a Bachelors Degree from Cal Poly –
Pomona and an MBA from University of Phoenix. Additionally, she is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) through the Human Resources
Certification Institute.

July 30, 2012
Steve Vandewalle
San Diego Fire-Rescue Air Operations
Since 1985, Steve Vandewalle has delivered, and improved the delivery of patient care to the populace.
Providing Advance Life Support in the hospitals and pre-hospital setting, and specializing in delivery of quality patient care in hazardous access situations has defined his career. He has deep involvement in improvement in procedure, development of teams, and research of new technologies to protect threats to public health and safety at a variety of levels.

Lindsay grew up in Irvine, CA as an Angels fan and attended UCLA. She graduated in 2004 with my BA in Communications and a minor in Anthropology. Right out of college, she worked for the Make-A-Wish Foundation as the Marketing Coordinator and at a local elementary school in their literacy program. She started with the Angels in 2005 as the
Administrative Assistant in the Communications Department but had always had a strong interest and passion in Community Outreach. In mid-2006, the “dream” position of the
Community Relations Coordinator opened up and she moved over to Community
Relations, but still under the umbrella of Communications. In 2010, she was promoted to
Manager and here she sits today! Since coming on board, she has been involved in countless hospital visits and school visits, hosted groups from Make-A-Wish to Big
Brothers Big Sisters at ballpark, increased the involvement and fundraising efforts of the
Angels Wives groups, developed the Angels Adopt-A-School program and resurrected the
Angels 5k. She still resides in Irvine.
MSJC Program- Communication Studies

Raymond E. Foster was a sworn member of the Los Angeles Police Department for 24 years. He retired in
2003 at the rank of Lieutenant. He holds a bachelor’s from the Union Institute and University in Criminal
Justice Management and a Master’s Degree in Public Financial Management from California State
University, Fullerton. He has completed his doctoral studies in business research. Raymond is a graduate of the West Point Leadership program and has attended law enforcement, technology and leadership programs such as the National Institute for Justice, Technology Institute, Washington, DC. Raymond has been a part-time lecturer at California State University, Fullerton and is currently a faculty advisor and chair of the Criminal Justice Program at the Union Institute and University. He has experience teaching upper division courses in law enforcement, public policy, technology and leadership. Raymond is an experienced author who has published numerous articles in a wide range of venues including magazines such as Government Technology, Mobile Government, Airborne Law Enforcement Magazine, and Police
One. He has appeared on the History Channel and radio programs in the United States and Europe as subject matter expert in technological applications in law enforcement. His first book, Police Technology is used in over 100 colleges and universities nationwide. He latest book, Leadership: Texas Hold ‘em Style has been adopted by several universities for course work in leadership; by several civil service organizations and required reading for promotion; and, has been well received in the wider market.

John Semcken III is vice president of Majestic Realty Co. When he joined the firm in
1996, he had primary responsibility for identifying, analyzing, and negotiating a site for a sports and entertainment complex to house Los Angeles's professional sports teams. This became the newly opened Staples Center. Earlier, Semcken's real estate experience centered around office development and leasing, having worked for Smith
& Hricik Urban Development, Gerald Hines Interest, and the Charles Dunn Company. A member of the board of directors of many civic organizations including the Los
Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment
Commission, Metropolitan YMCA, and Boy Scouts of America, Semcken holds a B.S. in aerospace engineering from the U.S Naval Academy. Semcken is also the co-owner of
Industry Hills Golf Club and Pacific Palms Resort.

August 2, 2012 at 10:30am
MSJC Student, Jason Fuertes
Industry Hills Golf Club
Jason Fuertes is the Assistant Superintendent at Industry Hills Golf Club. He is currently attending Mt. San Jacinto College to complete his A.S. in Turf & Landscape
Management. He grew up working on the golf course and his love for golf management lead him to complete a certificate and continue to pursue an AS degree.
After he completes his general education and major preparation at MSJC he would like to transfer to Cal Poly Pomona and study Plant Science.
MSJC Program- Turf Management

Nestled at the end of Rancho California Road in Temecula Valley lies the Wilson family estate vineyard and winery. When the Wilson family acquired a 20-acre winery in
1996, the intentions were simple. We wanted to run a fun, family business producing great wines from the conducive climate and soil of the Temecula Valley. Bill Wilson is the President and General Manager who oversees the vineyard and winemaking.

• Professional Associations, join as a student
• Attend Conferences and Webinars
• “What’s your hook”- always have something unique about yourself, something different, set yourself above everyone
• Know the organization
• “99% of success in life is showing up!” Secret of life is ALWAYS do more!
• Networking, “I know a guy!”
• Find your passion and work is not work anymore.
• Be careful with social networking sites; future employers may be checking!

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• Good time management
• Persistence with certain individuals to land the interview
• When we lost an interview decided to make an unexpected stop and do on the spot interviews
• We were lucky to be in the process of interviewing an engineering major when we had camera trouble, so he was able to fix it for us so we could continue the interview. We were unable to film our counselor follow-up, exploration of interview themes conclusion that we had planned due to continuing camera malfunction.