USC Trojan Family Weekend- Trojan Families in Politics: Reflections on Public Service 10/7/2022

For the 2022 Trojan Family Weekend, USC Center for the Political Future (CPF) hosted an intergenerational conversation with political leaders and their Trojan children who followed them into a political career on Friday, October 7. They discussed their journeys into public service and how their Trojan experiences helped prepare them. This conversation featured father daughter pair Rusty and Alexis Areias, father son pair Markos and Eon Kounalakis, and father daughter pair Art and Katy Auerbach. Featuring: Rusty Areias: Former Member of the California State Assembly; Partner, California Strategies Consulting firm Alexis Areias: Political Science, USC student; Former USG President (2021-2022 School Year) Markos Kounalakis: Esteemed Journalist; Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University; Second Gentleman of California, Husband of Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis Eon Kounalakis: International Relations and East Asian Languages and Cultures, USC Student Art Auerbach: CPF Internship Director; Associate Professor (Teaching), USC Department of Political Science and International Relations; Former State Prosecutor, Office of the California Attorney General Katy Auerbach: Master of Arts in Public Relations and Advertising, USC Student; Intern, Strategies 360 public affairs firm Learn more about the Center: https://dornsife-center-for-political... Learn more about this event: https://dornsife-center-for-political... Learn more about Trojan Family Weekend: https://familyweekend.usc.edu