Breakout: Career Paths and Mentoring
12:00-12:50pm Aldrich Room 109
Planned specifically for students, the Career Paths and Mentoring Panel explores how to navigate various career paths in the real estate industry, transition from an academic to professional setting, and find mentorship along the way. Following a panel discussion, students will have the opportunity to ask questions during a Q&A session.
Panelists:
Eric Hepfer
Managing Director | Hines
Eric Hepfer is a Managing Director with Hines in Southern California. He is active in acquisitions, development, and asset management of all major product types and is currently leading the development of Riverwalk- a 200-acre site in San Diego that will ultimately yield 4300 apartment units. Prior to joining Hines, Mr. Hepfer graduated with his MBA from Harvard Business School and was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy where he served as a nuclear submarine officer.
Cedric Bobo
CEO and Co-founder | Project Destined
Cedric Bobo is the CEO and Co-founder of Project Destined, a social impact vehicle that trains urban youth and military veterans to be owners and stakeholders in the communities in which they live, work and play. Prior to founding Project Destined, Cedric spent over 20 years as an investor and investment banker including over 10 years at The Carlyle Group where he committed over $2 Billion of equity capital.
In 2015, Cedric was named to the “10 Top Powerful Black People on Wall Street You Should Know.”
The name Project Destined was inspired by the 2016 film Destined. It tells the story of a young boy who in one reality is a drug dealer and in the other is a successful architect. The outcome of a single event determines the path the boy pursues. Cedric plans to change the life outcome to a good one for many teenagers without opportunity.
Prior to Carlyle, Cedric worked at D.L.J. Merchant Banking (London) and McCown De Leeuw. He is the co-founder of Charter Board Partners, a non-profit focused on governance in the charter school sector. He also serves on the District of Columbia’s Office of Public Charter School Financing and Support Credit Committee and Beauvoir, The National Cathedral Elementary School.
Cedric received his MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSME, summa cum laude from the University of Tennessee.
Carole Carlson - Moderator
Strategic Advisor and Educator | Harvard Business School CPD
Carole (HBS '98) has a wide ranging business background, with particular expertise coaching MBAs and executives. She has a passion for helping individuals develop their career vision and implement it via practical job search skills, including strategy development, networking techniques, resume, bio and profile development as well as interviewing skills. Her background includes strategy consulting, real estate, nonprofit, and government. In addition to her work with HBS CPD, Carole is a faculty member at Brandeis University where she designed and teaches courses in strategic management, consulting skills and social entrepreneurship in their MBA program, and she also moderates online executive education programs for HBS Publishing. Carole is a 1998 graduate of Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar. She serves on several boards and in her spare time enjoys offshore sailing and running.