Session I: Strategic Overview of the Graduate
Management Career Services Profession

Presenter:
 

Beverly Porter, Director, Career Management Center, Jenkins Graduate School of Management, North Carolina State University 

• Working in higher education
• Key collaborations and partnerships for success
• Key competencies for success
• Tools and resources

Session II and III: Working with MBA/MS Students

Presenter:

Jamie Belinne, former MBA CSEA President; Assistant Dean, University of Houston Bauer School of Business; motivational speaker and author

• Coaching vs. counseling
• Workplace generations
• The career development cycle
• Key laws
• Best practices and tools

Session IV Strategic Overview of the MBA CSEA
Standards for reporting graduate management student employment data

Presenters:

Mitch Kam, Senior Director, University of California San Diego Rady School of Management and MBA CSEA Standards Committee Co-Chair 

Beth Ursin, MBA CSEA Standards Consultant

• What the standards are and how they impact our world
• What we report and why
• How the standards are used to partner with Admissions, Student Services, Alumni Relations & Advancement
• Ethical issues and challenges
• Best practices and tools
• Standards resources and educational opportunities available at the virtual global conference and after

Session V Standards Panel

Moderator:

Kay Dawson, Director of Operations, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

Panelists:

Diane Singel, Executive Director, Career and Professional Development and Full-Time Programs Administration, Pepperdine Graziadio Business School

Kerri Tierney, Senior Associate Director, Career Development Operations- Technology & Outcome Analytics, MIT Sloan School of Management

Jill Westerfeld, Assistant Director, Career Management & Corporate Relations, The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business

Session VI The Changing World of Graduate
Management Corporate Relations

Presenters:

Elana Givens, Director, Office of Career Services, The Fletcher School, Tufts School of Business

Alessandra Rober Christensen, Head of University Relations, U.S., Novartis

• Employer relations strategies for large vs. small organizations
• The recruiter’s perspective
• Organization and implementation
• Developing your own approach
• Best practices and tools

Session VII Corporate Relations Panel

Moderator:

Lyla Korhani, Director, Career Services, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Panelists:

Sabyne Moras, Head of Career Development Center, SDA Bocconi School of Management

Kerry Oliver, Director of Recruiting, Bridgespan Group

Susan Todd, Sr. Associate Director, Recruiting Services/Alumni Employer Relationship Manager, MIT Sloan School of Management