Career Services Directors

The Career Services Directors of AUC institutions have come together under the AUC umbrella to support their students and graduates as members of Chicago’s talent pipeline. They have formed The Chicago Higher Education Career Services Executives Collaborative, (CHECSEC) whose members include:  

Co – Chairs:

Brenda Williams
Managing Director, Career Center, DePaul University
Ingrid Prioleau-Byrd, Ph.D.
Director of Career Development, Kennedy-King College, CCC

Career Service Directors:

Mary Laundry
Director, Student Affairs and Career Services Adler University
James Paul DeJesus
Coordinator for Career Services and Student Life, The Chicago School
April Jouett
Director of Career Development, Chicago State University
Anna Ogier-Bloomer
Associate Dean of Career Development and Industry Relations, Columbia College Chicago
Julie MacCarthy, Ph.D.
Director, Career Development, Richard J. Daley College, CCC
B.J. Engelhardt
Senior Director, Career Services, Illinois Institute of Technology
Genevieve Harclerode
Assistant Vice President of Career Services, Loyola University
Aaron Wissmann
Director of Career Development, Malcolm X College, CCC
Kristen Hodges
Executive Director of Career Services, National Louis University
Katherine McGuinnis
Director of Career Development at Northeastern Illinois University
Erik Friedman
Assistant Dean and Senior Director, Engineering Career Development, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University
Mark Presnell, Ph.D.
Executive Director of Career Advancement Northwestern University
Charlene Haymond-Bussell
Director of Career Development, Olive-Harvey College, CCC
Nancy Inkertsiah
Director, Career Services, Roosevelt University
James T. Miller
Assoicate Director, Employer Engagement and Internships, Career Development Center, St. Xavier University
Rebekah Champ
Interim Dean of Career and Professional Experience, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Kate Schutta
Director, Career and Professional Experience School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Meredith Gallo-Murphy
Director of Career Development, Harry S. Truman College, CCC
Nadejeda Casperson
Director, Employer Engagement, Career Advancement, University of Chicago
Jean Riordan
Executive Director of Career Services University of Illinois at Chicago
Rosemarie Coppola-Conroy
Director of the Engineering Career Center University of Illinois at Chicago
Joe Hinton
Associate Dean, Career Programs Harold Washington College, CCC
Joe Reaves, MA NCC
Director of Career Development, Wilbur Wright College, CCC