Alumni Voices

I am in the spring semester of my sophomore year at Texas A&M University with a communications major. I’ve joined a men’s organization where I continue to expand my social network and learn more about what the school has to offer. Along with studying and keeping up with my classes, I spend time at the gym and have been doing some traveling around Texas.

Since graduating from Post Oak, I have studied at Marlboro College, the International People's College, Vraa Hojskole, the University of St. Thomas, the Institute for Social Ecology, the University of Havana, the London School of Economics, and currently at Arizona State University. I was a co-organizer for the Jewish Student's Union at Marlboro College, which served to facilitate cultural events. Currently, I am an organizer and volunteer for Campus Student Sustainability Initiatives which is an umbrella organization at ASU where we facilitate multiple projects including but not limited to, participation in the local, really, really, free market, our campus carbon council, and my favorite being an initiative where we are renovating a community farm and trying to use sustainable agriculture to make the plot food positive so they can give back to the community. I was also recently elected as the Representative for the School of Sustainability on the College of Global Futures Council. 

As a former trial attorney with a background in psychology and sociology, Ms. Wong found her calling as a trial consultant. After more than fifteen years as a consultant, Ms. Wong has interviewed thousands of real and surrogate jurors and believes the insights she developed as a first-chair litigator make her uniquely positioned to help clients understand what really motivates jurors’ decisions and to offer practical, real-world solutions.

Ms. Wong has experience in a wide variety of matters, including bet-the-company business litigation, corporate fraud, contract disputes, labor and employment, FLSA, products liability, legal and medical malpractice, and intellectual property. Ms. Wong believes the key to success in the courtroom is having an in-depth understanding of the issues that really matter to jurors. Improving communication between attorneys and fact-finders, Ms. Wong helps attorneys (and witnesses) present their stories in a way that is meaningful to the listener. 

Ms. Wong has frequently spoken at industry conferences and has published articles on gender in the courtroom, the use of juror psychology in jury selection, and patent litigation in the Eastern District of Texas. She is also a regular contributor for Law360. Ms. Wong is passionate about helping lawyers and litigants see their cases in a new light and believes taking an interdisciplinary approach to jury trials is vitally important to the overall success of the case.

Carlin Putman has spent the majority of her 23+ year career with a top Fortune 100 company as a Financial and Corporate Event Specialist. She started in 2000 as a Junior Meeting Professional and ultimately worked her way up to Director of Meetings and Events, a role she held for 10 years supporting meetings for multiple divisions across the company brand. Carlin also founded Page-One Meetings and Events, LLC through which she currently focuses on, and performs, non-profit work for special causes in the Houston area and supports corporations as a Planner or Trip Director when seasoned planners are required to support the internal meeting team for their on-site meeting needs.

I graduated last spring in the class of 2023 after 17 years at Post Oak. I currently attend the University of Oklahoma studying finance. At OU, I am a member of the President’s Leadership Class, Brothers Under Christ social fraternity, and I serve as a Student Consultant for The Oklahoma Group. Back home, I enjoy working as a Firefighter/EMT for the city of Southside Place and look forward to returning to Camp Ozark as a counselor this summer. 

I am currently the world’s happiest Owl, eager to soar into my spring semester as a sophomore at Rice University. Year two of college has been busier than ever. I am pursuing a double major in Business and Sport Management with a minor in Spanish...or maybe Entrepreneurship. The DI athlete lifestyle occupies the majority of my daily routine. I am in a never-ending cycle of sweating, studying, and socializing with my best friends on Rice’s Women’s Cross Country/Track team. Being a student-athlete has entirely altered the college experience I had once envisioned: from my schedule, to my classes, to my bedtime, to my number of laps around Rice's outer loop. In my abundance of free time, I serve on the leadership teams for Owls for Christ, Rice's Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club, Creative Media for Rice Football, and Academic Advising for Athletes. This spring, I will enter full sport-mode. Not only will I compete in indoor and outdoor track distance events, but I am set to facilitate the confetti cannons at the College Football Playoffs National Championship, escort elite athletes at The Houston Marathon, and perform behind the scenes operations at the NFL Honors 2024 in Las Vegas. Rice’s #1 ranked Sport Management Department truly does not disappoint. I quite literally never stop running from one commitment to the next, but all is well and I know I am in the right place. If I were to go to the doctor right now, I am sure I would report dangerous levels of dopamine. 

My name is Emory Ying and I am a sophomore at Haverford College. I am majoring in Psychology and minoring in Mandarin. In my free time, I practice and plan social events for women’s club soccer and play with my cat. I also work at a nearby bakery (Tous Les Jours).

My name is Sydney Ying and I am a senior at Rice University studying sports management and business. During my time at Rice, I have interned with Rice Football, Rice Baseball, the Jones Business School, and more. I was also an NBA dancer for the Houston Rockets for two years, representing as co-captain during the 2022-2023 NBA season. Since retiring from the Rockets, I have discovered the world of digital marketing, and aside from the dreadful job hunt like every other soon-to-be post-grad, I am looking forward to graduating in May!