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Timeline
About me
Experienced Career Counseling Professional Committed to Helping Individuals Identify and Reach Their Goals
Education

Rutgers university
1986 - 1988Master of education - med counseling and guidance
Rutgers university
1982 - 1986Bachelor of arts - ba history
Experience

Georgetown university
Jan 1989 - Dec 1990Career services managerIn addition to providing career services to students, oversaw all Career Center operations, including 10 staff members, for 6 months during the absence of the Director and the Associate Director.

Rutgers university
Mar 1991 - Jan 1994Assistant directorProvided career counseling and workshops to students and alumni. Prepared students for job searching.

The college of new jersey
Jan 1994 - Jun 2016Supported the Vice President of Student Affairs by administering budgets throughout the division and directly managing Athletic budgets. Directly managed over 40 budgets totaling $4 million. Supervised Student Finance Board as they oversaw the distribution of the student activity fee. Skilled in developing and implementing administrative/financial policies and procedures. Oversaw programs and services including, Career Services, EOF, Religious & Spiritual Life, as well as Parent & Family Programs. Managed divisional budgets and human resource functions. Troubleshot administrative issues, designing processes to resolve concerns. Taught a mandatory graduate level career counseling course designed to provide students with the ability to provide career counseling to all populations. Prepared students for both their comprehensive examination and the national certification examination. Managed operations of a full-service Career Center - focused on career/college major decision making, goal setting, recruitment, and graduate/professional school advisement. Designed, implemented and analysed assessment tools designed to determine program effectiveness and graduate's career attainment.Designed and implemented Religious & Spiritual Life. Managed Student Conduct and performed special projects. Oversaw the operations of a full-service Career Center, with up to 9 staff members. Built programs and services that resulted in 95% of students utilizing this voluntary service prior to graduation. Managed employer services and provided career counseling and workshops for students.
Director of Planning & Administration
Apr 2014 - Jun 2016Assistant Vice President
Jul 2011 - Mar 2014Adjunct Professor
Aug 2010 - May 2013Associate Dean/Career Center Director
Aug 2007 - Aug 2011Director of Career Services
Jul 1998 - Aug 2007Associate Director
Jan 1994 - Jul 1998

Half the sky leadership institute
Jan 2014 - Jan 2014Member
Rutgers university school of nursing
May 2017 - Sept 2018Career counseling officerAssisted nursing students in reaching their professional goals by building alternative nursing opportunities for them and utilizing career counseling techniques to prepare the students for them.

Georgian court university
Oct 2018 - Oct 2021Director, career servicesMy passion is to help others identify and reach their goals. As Director of Career Services I led my staff in actively assisting students in this way, and in creating programming to support students as well as build campus initiatives to improve students' ability to reach their goals. I focused on career decision making and readiness, job search skills, experiential learning, applying to graduate and professional school and student employment.

Thomas edison state university
Nov 2021 - nowDirector of career servicesAs the first Director of Career Development, I am building a career curriculum to serve our highly qualified adult learner population. I help students and alumni determine and execute their career goals by building internet-based career resources and workshops, and providing career coaching. I also work to connect students and alumni with professional opportunities. Achievements include:Developed and launched effective services within 2 months - 4 months ahead of schedule.Developed an active following of 2400 alumni and students within 2 years of launch. Show less
Licenses & Certifications

Student affairs law & policy
Naspa - student affairs administrators in higher educationSept 2009
Disc
Tti success insightsAug 2025
Strong interest inventory administrator
Myers & briggs foundationJun 2020
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