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Lead a diverse team of 4 professional and 7 paraprofessional staff members to fulfill the mission of Career Planning – guiding students to integrate their values, strengths, experiences, and liberal arts education into meaningful career pathsRecruit, select and train full time staff members overseeing general career, health, and law profession advisingActively engage in APEX Leadership Team meetings and initiatives Collaborate with a team of 4 faculty and 2 staff participating in AAC&U’s Curriculum to Career Institute; produced a strategy and action plan to integrate career education throughout the student experience at WoosterContribute to NetVUE Grant totaling $50,000 to support integrating career readiness into the College of Wooster student experienceResearched and pitched working with The Career Leadership Collective to launch 5/10/30 alumni survey to assess the impact of the Wooster education; currently serve as Project Manager on the initiativeSupport external relations initiatives to engage employers and alumni with studentsRepresent and serve as voting member for The College of Wooster in the Liberal Arts Career Network (LACN) Manage all vendor relationships including Handshake, uConnect, Big Interview, Infobase, and InterstrideDeveloped a 5–7-year vision to expand Career Planning by 4 FTE, increase outreach, improve post graduate successFacilitate 35+ in-person and virtual workshops per year on career development topics for up to 50 participantsRegularly represent APEX and Career Planning by facilitating Admissions panels and attending events

Quickly transitioned into Interim role to lead a diverse team of 4 professional and 7 paraprofessional staff members fulfilling the mission of Career Planning – guiding students to integrate their values, strengths, experiences, and liberal arts education into meaningful career pathsCollaborated with 8 deans/directors to develop “APEX 3.0”, a 5-year strategic plan for 7 integrated departments, and actively contributed to co-creating 3 key strategic goals and subsequent steps Created a competency and skill map to connect Wooster’s Graduate Qualities to NACE Career Competencies, AAC&U’s Employer Report and Essential Learning Outcomes Developed a ‘digital first’ approach to student professional development maximizing access and complementing in-person support, resulting in a 218% user increase to the virtual career center Developed a 5–7-year vision to expand Career Planning by 4 FTE, increase outreach, improve post graduate successFacilitate 35+ in-person and virtual workshops per year on career development topics for up to 50 participants

Serve as employer contact within a fast paced, high volume integrated advising centerConnect students to employers, alumni and parents providing job, internship and mentoring opportunitiesConduct 400-500 individual career advising appointments per year identifying, integrating and achieving academic, personal and professional goals Lead planning committee to develop and execute 2 professional networking trips, with 12-25 students, each yearServe as primary contact and lead for Handshake CRM; train students, staff, and employersServed as primary contact for the Selective Liberal Arts Consortium (SLAC) - composed of 8 highly selective liberal arts institutions collaborating to implement 4 recruiting events - serving 175+ students and 40+ employersFacilitated 15-20 workshops per year on career planning topics for groups ranging from 5-50 participantsExpanded 5-day retreat curriculum to a 16-week, credit bearing course, Life Design@WooCo-instruct 2 sections of Life Design@Woo (August 2020-Present); trained associated faculty, staff, and peer mentorsDevelop Admissions presentations (virtual and in person) for approximately 60-100 audience membersCultivate and maintain relationships with employers and alumni providing jobs, internships and mentoring

•Developed and implemented program curriculum integrating community engagement and leadership •Chaired planning committees to implement 2 annual one-day leadership conferences for 175 students •Developed and managed a $62,000.00 budget•Tracked 70+ participants’ progress toward the Silver level of The Leadership Challenge – a three-tiered leadership certificate program•Individually coached 6 students each year through Silver•Trained and supported 10 – 12 Silver level leadership coaches (staff members)•Facilitated 6 Bronze level interactive training modules for 3 cohorts•Supervise 12-15 Peer Leadership Educators (PLEs) and 2 Graduate Assistants•Trained PLEs to consult with student organization members to assess student group needs; develop curriculum and facilitate interactive workshops•Developed standard curriculum format to aid PLEs in workshop creation•As LeaderShape Program Coordinator – managed year long process to implement annual session of the LeaderShape Institute – a 6 day intensive, best practice, leadership development program•Recruited, selected, and trained 60 participants, 6 faculty facilitators, and 2 on-site coordinators for LeaderShape

• Provided administrative oversight and tracked registration records for 200 student organizations• Developed and managed $23,000.00 programming budget• Trained student leaders and advisors on university policy and procedures• Initiated new employee training curriculum for 90+ University Center student employees across 4 departments• Identified and implemented student organization data management system – Community by Symplicity®• Advised SGA Finance Committee to review student group funding requests developing a $205,000.00 budget

• Provided individual and group coaching to students to address career development needs• Chaired committees to develop curriculum and implement a five-day, off-campus, intensive student leadership training retreat – Collegiate Leadership Conference (CLC) and a one-day intensive Emerging Leaders Retreat (ELR) – focused on first-year students• Counseled approximately 300 students per year to identify long-term professional goals• Individually advised students to develop and launch professional development plan • Provided critical feedback on resumes, cover letters, and personal statements