Career Pathway Leadership Teams are model community members and leaders within the Career Pathways, who help the Career Advancement Center with mobilizing community members, evaluating services, and implementing best practice career development solutions to support graduates’ ability to prepare for, and attain, productive and rewarding careers. Leadership teams are composed of trustees, alumni, faculty/staff, employers and students willing to serve as engaged, enthusiastic partners to the CAC.
Business, Finance, and Data Science Career Pathway Leader: Marie Josephitis
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Marie Josephitis leads the Business, Finance, and Data Science Pathway and helps students prepare a successful career plan based on their personal talents and goals. Marie has held human resources leadership positions in a wide range of industries including financial services, insurance, marketing and healthcare. Throughout her career she has created meaningful internship and full-time entry-level opportunities for students in many types of business disciplines and industries. Previously, she was an active volunteer with the 91¿´Æ¬Íø in roles as a career advisor and liaison to employers to create career opportunities for students. Marie earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Northern Illinois University. She holds a Life and Health License and is an active member of Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM), and Human Resources Association of Chicago (HRMAC). |
External Community Members: Trustees, Employers, Alumni, and Friends
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Joe Chmura Jessica Coleman ’89 (Trustee) Brad Donahue ’08 Doni Fordyce-Urfirer ’81 (Trustee) Renee Gordon '22 Casey Hartfiel ’17 Dai Ichikawa ’92 Randy Lauer ’81 (Trustee) Vernard Lockhart '08 Tanner Lydon ’18 |
Katherine McCauley Najjar ’02 Matt McPherson ’17 Robert S. [Bob] Murley (Trustee) Enjo Salonga ’22 Sean Thomas ’81 (Trustee) Dan Turk '15 Devin Tyler ’17 Dave Wiers Kyra Vidas ’18 |
Internal Community Members: Faculty, Staff, Students
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Ebrahem Abdelsamad ’23 Chirag Aggarwal '25 Rich Bartolozzi ’86 Armani Brown ’23 Jana Bulic '24 Jim Catanzaro Ariana Gammel |
Albert Greene David Jordan Natalia Leite ’23 DeJuran Richardson Nancy Tao
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Affiliate Membership
There are many more people interested in contributing to the Career Pathways than will be able serve on Leadership Teams at any given time, and supporters who want to be highly involved, but are not serving on a Leadership Team may elect to join the Career Pathways as affiliate members. Privileges and responsibilities for affiliates include:
- Receive regular updates from Pathway Leaders about events and success stories
- Be invited to offer assistance to students in the Pathways – ways to help may include: event attendance, hosting interns, recommending sites for interns we are struggling to place, or networking referrals; some update messaging will be similar to what is provided to leadership teams
- Highly engaged affiliate members can be considered as future Leadership Team members
Leadership Teams are limited to 20 members. All key stakeholders (faculty, staff, employers, alumni, parents, students and other friends of the College) are welcome to become affiliates. All stakeholders will receive periodic updates from the CAC; affiliate members will get more action-oriented, community-building messages, while more passive community members will receive outreach messages more appropriate for their level of involvement. There is no limit to the number of affiliate members associated with leadership teams, and key stakeholders are welcome to join multiple pathways as affiliate members.