SAIS Alumni Career Webinar Series
Join us for the launch of the SAIS Alumni Career Webinar Series, starting with a webinar on Navigating Uncertainty featuring SAIS alum Keith Bickel '89, PhD'98 on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 12:00PM ET.
Whether you’re facing unexpected shifts in your career, exploring new opportunities, or adapting to industry changes, the ability to thrive in uncertainty is more essential than ever. In this webinar Dr. Bickel will share strategies, insights and lessons learned from his extensive career, as well as from his research and book on Mastering Uncertainty. Michael McKenzie, assistant dean for global careers at SAIS, will moderate the conversation.
This event is open to SAIS alumni only. Please indicate your graduation year in the registration form.
The SAIS Alumni Career Webinar Series aims to provide alumni with an opportunity to hear and learn from their peers on topics related to career development. Upcoming webinars will focus on effective strategies for making mid-career transitions and technology sector jobs for international relations professionals. If there are topics that you would like to propose for future programming, please e-mail saisalum@jhu.edu.
Speaker Biography
Keith Bickel is the Federal Government Relations Executive focused on mortgage markets for Bank of America in Washington, D.C. In addition to his current role, Keith has also led both the Bank’s affordable lending group where he was responsible for helping drive sustainable homeownership for key borrower demographics, and the Strategic Portfolio analytics group reporting up to the CEO.
Before joining the Bank, Keith was chief of staff for the COO at Freddie Mac, and led the corporate strategy group there as well. His prior national security career includes positions held at the White House, Pentagon, and a think tank, as well as several entrepreneurial ventures.
Keith holds a Doctorate and Masters from Johns Hopkins SAIS and a Bachelors degree from UPenn. He is originally from St. Croix and St. Maarten in the West Indies and currently resides in the Washington, DC area.