On Tuesday evening, some of D.C.’s young professionals and creatives filled the downstairs lobby at Gensler’s K Street office for a happy hour, networking event and panel discussion. There was food, beer and many a cross-industry connection to be made — the evening was part of the design firm’s Ambassador’s Program, an attempt to bring together young professionals working in tech, design and policy.

And that’s precisely the intersection at which the members of the panel sat: John Sikaitis was there from JLL,Annaliese Rosenthal represented Uber and DJ Saul brought marketing wisdom and wild stories fromiStrategyLabs. Gensler’s Tom Milavec moderated.

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