USC Price School of Public Policy
Alumni in Action
Dear Price Alumni, 

 

Happy holidays from the USC Price School of Public Policy! 

 

In a season when we continually reflect upon our good fortune, we remain especially grateful for the support and enthusiastic engagement of our Price alumni. I invite you to watch our new alumni video, which I hope serves as a reminder of the tremendous impact that our alumni have on students, faculty and staff at the Price School, and the important role that you play in shaping our legacy for the future. 

 

 

Warmest wishes for the holiday season. 

  

Sincerely, 

 

Jack H. Knott 

Dean



THROWBACK THURSDAY! 

Alumni reflect on their years at Price,
and tell us why giving back matters.
 
 
- Dan Cassidy, B.S. '59
 

INVESTING IN PRICE
There is no better time than the holiday season to express our deep appreciation for the many ways that our alumni support USC Price. 

 

From your participation in our Career Services Networking Nights, to your membership in the Athenian Society; from your role in the Student Investment Committee to your attendance at our Dean's Speaker Series events -- you help make USC Price an amazing place.

 

Your support helps to make the USC Price School of Public Policy one of the premiere schools of its kind. It allows us to provide high-caliber students with scholarships, recruit and retain transformative faculty, offer our students unique professional development opportunities, and engage in timely, relevant programming on the most important policy issues of our day.

 
By
 making a tax-deductible gift today, no matter the size, you will invest in the future of the USC Price School of Public Policy, and help us fulfill our mission of improving the quality of life for people and their communities, here and abroad.

 

Happy Holidays, and Fight On!


CLASS NOTES

Help us celebrate your accomplishments and learn what your classmates are up to!

Have something you want to share? Send a class note to Kristi Patton at kkpatton@price.usc.edu.

Lisa Middleton, MPA `79 was recently appointed to the Planning Commission for the City of Palm Springs.

Rachel Isgar, MPA `90 and PHD `93 recently started an etiquette business called "Please Pass The Manners." It is based in El Segundo, CA. She has been featured on CNBC, NPR, and Readers Digest.

Matthew Harper, BS '97 was sworn-in on December 1, 2014 as Assemblyman for the 74th District of the California State Assembly after completing a term as the 59th Mayor of Huntington Beach and as a member of the Huntington Beach City Council. Assemblyman Harper also completed two years on the Board of Directors for the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA).

Nancy Pfeffer, MPP `99 has been appointed to the Board of Long Beach Transit, which serves Long Beach and several surrounding cities with bus and waterborne services.

Jennifer Bravo, MPP '06, gave a TEDx Talk as part of the 2014 Municipal Management Association of Southern California's Annual Conference. The talk, titled "Incentivizing Innovation," focused on incentive prizes and how governments can use prize models to incentivize solutions to difficult challenges facing our communities.
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Questions? Contact Caroline Bhalla at 213-740-513

or cbhalla@usc.edu.
 
 

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

Join us to network with peers, hear from leading policy experts, and learn about new faculty research at Price! 

 

Click on the event links below 

to learn more. 

 

Restricting Driving for Better Traffic and Clearer Skies: Did It Work in Beijing?

METRANS Seminar Series

January 21, 2015
12:00pm to 1:30pm

University Park Campus

3rd Annual Local Government Case Challenge

January 30, 2015
9:00am to 2:30pm

University Park Campus

Public Transit Service and Stigma on Social Media: A Case Study of Twitter

METRANS Seminar Series

February 4, 2015
12:00pm to 1:30pm

University Park Campus

Implanting Wireless Sensors as Neurons to Build Smart Highways

METRANS Seminar Series

February 18, 2015
12:00pm to 1:30pm

University Park Campus