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Alumni Spotlight: Fareed Dibazar ucsd12 by Alex Williams, Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement & Stewardship
the private health sector and do compliance and vendor relations now. I joined Triangle my junior year at UC-San Diego on a dare (actually), and I’ve been doubling down on the bit ever since. Over three years as an active, I have been 1) Philanthropy Director, 2) VP-External, 3) President, 4) and Rush Chair. As an alumnus, I’ve been Chapter Advisor for roughly seven years and just won UC-San Diego Greek Life’s Chapter Advisor of the Year. I was recently just elected onto National Council. Q: How did your time in Triangle as an active prepare you for your career? Q: Can you briefly introduce yourself and give a background on your Triangle, academic, and professional journeys? A: I went to UC-San Diego for a double major in evolutionary biology and political science, worked in the biotech and health sectors, then did my master’s in public health at the University of Southern California before pivoting into emergency services just as the pandemic broke out. After two years, I came back to
A: Broadly, I’d say it helped prepare me for project and personnel management in the workforce. I think that selfreflection aspect of Triangle, coupled with the strategic thinking you need to develop to manage a chapter of young guys in their 20s really sets up STEM students to take ownership of their careers/any workplace they join. Q: What is your current occupation, and what does it entail? A: I’m a healthcare compliance officer
with a nonemergency medical transportation (NEMT) company in Phoenix, Arizona. Our company is a brokerage that has contracts with both the state government and Medicaid to complete NEMT runs for major health plans like United Health, Blue Cross/ Blue Shield, and the Arizona Department of Child Safety. My job is to essentially verify that our company and our contracted vendors are in compliance with all our contractual and legal requirements with the State and individual health plans, which is to say: I inspect and audit everything. Q: Are there any specific skills or knowledge you gained from your time at Triangle that has been particularly valuable in your career? A: Again, broadly, I’d say learning how to 1) plan, 2) manage risks, 3) manage and delegate different teams and people, and 4) build contingencies to anticipate problems before they happen are all career skillsets that Triangle helped me develop. Building an organization-wide strategy by synthesizing these cont. on pg. 2