Sasha Wedekind

Sasha is a Research Analyst at AI. Her work focuses on understanding our customer’s needs and finding best practices to feature in our Advancement, as well as Research, Scholarship, and Entrepreneurship programs at AI. She enjoys putting research insights into action and driving topic selection for our trainings. Sasha holds a BA in Political Science […]

Brenda J. Williams

Brenda J. Williams is an experienced higher education administrator with over 16 years’ experience designing and managing units & programs that support student success and retention. As the Director of Career Experiences at DePaul University, she has oversight of the teams that manage student employment, the EDGE program, employer engagement and the Alumni Sharing Knowledge […]

Annie Kurtin

Annie Kurtin joined the Student Engagement & Career Development department at the University of Arizona in 2017. As Associate Director, Student Engagement, Annie oversees the 100% Engagement Initiative – a campus-wide program that creates and connects undergraduates with opportunities for experiential learning, both within and beyond the classroom. In addition to 100% Engagement, Annie works […]

Mary T. Calhoon

Mary T. Calhoon is the Founding Associate Director of the Nevada Career Studio at the University of Nevada, Reno. Mary T. is the author of two 2018 articles published in the NACE Journal about the studio model for career services. She developed a course on peer career education for NACE. Mary T. has presented at […]

Susan Brennan

Susan is the inaugural Assistant Dean of the Career Development Office at MIT Sloan School of Management. In this newly created role, she provides strategic vision and management of the 23 staff member CDO serving students and alumni across MIT Sloan’s diverse portfolio of graduate business programs. Before joining MIT Sloan, Susan was the Associate […]

Ana Baida

Ana Baida, a native of Texas, began her career in Career Development in 2008. She began as an internship and co-op advisor in the College of Science and Mathematics at Kennesaw State University. It was in this position that she became passionate about building bridges between student and academic affairs. After just a year and […]

Marcus Hanscom

Marcus Hanscom is an established higher education marketing and enrollment management professional and consultant, having served in a variety of roles working with undergraduate and graduate students for 13 years. He currently serves as Director of Graduate Admission at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI, where he helped facilitate seven percent average annual new student […]

Patrick Calhoun

Patrick Calhoun offers insight into trends and strategies for effective planning of modern academic libraries. He has more than 20 years of architectural experience in academic settings, with a focus on planning and user engagement in learning environments. Leading Stantec’s Library and Learning Commons Research and Benchmarking Team, Patrick has been involved in both primary […]

David Mariott, Ph.D.

Dr. David Mariott has worked in college admissions for the past seven years and has extensive experience utilizing data, research, and CRM technology to implement action-driven strategies in undergraduate recruitment. He currently serves as the Senior Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Oklahoma State University (OSU) and leads the enrollment management division’s data management and […]

Cecilia Olivares

Cecilia’s responsibilities include advising undeclared transfer students in the College of Arts & Sciences and for the MizzouMACC program for students dually enrolled between Mizzou and Moberly Area Community College. She also leads first generation and transfer student initiatives and is currently leading the development of a brand new transfer student center at Mizzou. Previously […]