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.
Law and Public Service Career Pathway Leader: Deja McClellan '20
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Deja McClellan ’20 is the Law and Public Service Career Pathway Leader, providing strategic leadership to advance students’ career preparation and success. She also leads early career engagement efforts for the office and supports related initiatives for the Build Your Own Pathway. An alumna of the College, Deja graduated from Lake Forest with a Bachelor of Arts in African American Studies and a Concentration in Communication. During her time at the College, she was an active community member, participating in various committees and organizations, and serving as President of the United Black Association. Deja was honored with several awards, including the first Dr. Judith E.B. Harmon Endowed Scholar, the Student Leader of the Year Award, and the Edward H. Oppenheimer Memorial Prize. Prior to joining Lake Forest, she served as Development Coordinator at Mikva Challenge, a non-profit in the Chicagoland area focused on youth development and civic engagement. Deja’s journey into career development is driven by her lifelong passion for education. She leverages her extensive background in educational training, non-profits, and career services to support students in the Law and Public Service Pathway, helping them achieve their career readiness goals. |
External Community Members: Trustees, Employers, Alumni, and Friends
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Devon Bruce David Castagnetti ’84 (Trustee) Jennifer Grumhaus Gerald Hankerson Sandra Khouri ’20 Ashley Lamarre ’18 |
Lisa Ledvora ’16 Doug Adolph London ’07 Bill Lowry ’84 (Trustee) Gia Orr Rather Stanton ’01 |
Internal Community Members: Faculty, Staff, Students
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Patricia Buenrostro Cynthia Hahn Aundrey Jones Jim Marquardt |
Deja McClellan ’20 Aarti Singh '24 Christine Walker |
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.