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:

Mark Presnell, Ph.D.
Executive Director of Career Advancement Northwestern University
Julie MacCarthy, Ph.D.
Director, Career Development, Richard J. Daley College, CCC

Career Service Directors:

Mary Laundry
Director, Student Affairs and Career Services Adler University
Charles Kelley
Associate Director of Career Services Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Erik Friedman
Associate Dean of Career Services and Industry Relations, Columbia College of Chicago
Brenda Williams
Managing Director, Career Center, DePaul University
Joe Hinton
Associate Dean, Career Programs Harold Washington College
Meredith Gallo-Murphy
Director of Career Development, Harry S. Truman College, CCC
Ingrid Prioleau-Byrd, Ph.D.
Director of Career Development, Kennedy-King College, CCC
Genevieve Harclerode
Assistant Vice President of Career Services, Loyola University
James Connon
Senior Director of Corporate Relations and Recruitment Loyola University
Aminatu Rubango
Associate Director of Business Career Services, Quinlan School of Business Loyola University
Aaron Wissmann
Director of Career Development, Malcolm X College, CCC
Charlene Haymond-Bussell
Director of Career Development, Olive-Harvey College, CCC
Nancy Inkertsiah
Director, Career Services, Roosevelt University
Deborah Beal
Director, Center for Sucess, 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
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 Reaves, MA NCC
Director of Career Development, Wilbur Wright College, CCC
Katherine McGuinnis
Director of Career Development at Northeastern Illinois University
Kristen Hodges
Executive Director of Career Services, National Louis University
B.J. Engelhart
Senior Director, Career Services, Illinois Institute of Technology