Speak one-on-one or in small groups with Laurentians from the Alumni Executive Council about their career journey!
Students will have the opportunity to speak with members of the Alumni Executive Committee about their career journey and get advice about specific career fields, industries, job functions, jobs and internships, graduate school, and interview and networking tips.
Conversations will be scheduled between February 14-18 and February 21-25, but you must apply by 4 p.m. on Thursday, February 3!
See the full list of alumni available for conversations, and register on Handshake below!
Alumni Executive Council Participants
(Full bios of all participants are available on Handshake)
BUSINESS
Dave Bickford ’00: Managing Director & Global Partnerships Lead, CoinDesk
Ben Ireland ’00: CFO, ABCO Systems
Michael Richman ’68: Customer Service Representative, Variety Accessories (retired)
Julie Willis ’79, P’12: Nature Conservancy - ADK Chapter Board Member, (former property
management, real estate & corporate design)
COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING
Mary Baucom ’13: Associate Marketing Director, Hearst
Samantha Colton ’16: Senior Account Executive, Edelman
Anne McGrath McManus ’75: Executive Editor, U.S. News & World Report (retired Dec’20)
Laura Patrick ’83, P’18: Marketing Manager, AT&T (most recent)
EDUCATION
Elizabeth Collucci ’87: Director, Office of Fellowships and Scholarships, University of Buffalo
Kerry Adams MacKenzie ’95: Board Member at Indian Creek School
Anne Joslin Slater ’74, P’03: Youth Services Librarian, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (retired)
FINANCE & FINANCIAL SERVICES
Cheryl Gross ’72: Founder & President, Cheryl Gross & Associate
Ed Higgins ’68: Vice President, Thousand Islands Agency; Former President of the Independent Insurance Agents' Association of New York (IIABNY)
Don Jenkins ’84, P’11, ’14: Financial Advisor, Fleischer Jacobs Group
GOVERNMENT, SOCIAL IMPACT & NON-PROFIT
Lauren Bennett ’11: Associate Pastor, Metropolitan Community Churches
Jeffery Byrne ’74: Senior Vice President, NYS Olympic Regional Development Authority (retired 2019)
Alyssa Cochran ’10: Associate Director for Relationship Events, Alzheimer’s Association (most recent)
Missy DeCamp ’81: Senior Project Advisor, Pangburn International
Paige Friedlander ’16: Human Resources Manager (DEI Focus), The Greater Boston Food Bank & MBA candidate at Boston College
Katie Green ’13: Masters in Public Administration Student, Syracuse University (formerly worked at Hunger Free VT, Health Care Transformation Task Force)
Sally Neuber Kelly ’80, P’15: Policy Analyst, US Environmental Protection Agency (retired)
HEALTH CARE & SCIENCE
Paul Danielson ’67: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, CVOMS
Carol Lancaster ’71: Associate Professor Emerita, Medical University of SC (retired)
Paul Levi ’62, Dentistry Faculty at Harvard & Tufts (current), Dental Practice with a specialty in Periodontology (retired 2019)
Jennifer Hammer McGee ’90: Senior Vice President & Global Chief Compliance Officer, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Susan North ’76: Associate Director, Nektar Therapeutics
Doug Smith ’05: Emergency Physician, Western Connecticut Health Network
LAW
Anne Ferris Cassidy ’74, Real Estate Paralegal, Pullman & Comley, LLC
Charlotta Chung ’08: Counsel, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Molly Hann ’03: Associate, Fischer, Bessette, Muldowney & McArdle, LLP