4th Annual Bunshaft Lecture

Get a Mentor…Be a Mentor

Joan Pertak ’83
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at PepsiCo.

Friday, November 14, 2014
10 a.m. - Check-in begins
10:30 a.m. - Lecture
11:30 a.m. - Reception to follow

Campus Center, Assembly Hall
University at Albany Uptown Campus

About the Speaker

Joan Pertak earned her BA from the University at Albany, and has 27 years of PepsiCo experience in the Business + Information Solutions and Supply Chain functions. She is the executive sponsor of the Business + Information Solutions Mentoring Program and executive sponsor of the EQUAL employee resource group with supports PepsiCo’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees. She also serves as an advisor to PepsiCo’s women’s Inclusion Network.

Joan will share the experiences that led to her career success, and the importance of mentoring to her journey. She has learned that finding a good mentor is a gift, and that you can be a mentor to others at any point in your life.

Bunshaft Lecture

Established through the generosity of Albert Bunshaft ’80 and Caryn Bunshaft ’82, The Bunshaft Endowment in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences provides support for this lecture, which is designed to provide information to the student community about a broad range of topics related to careers in computing and engineering sciences.