Career Path Spotlights

  • Career Path Spotlight- Social Intrapreneurship and ESG Consulting- Laura Corrales

    Join us for a webinar featuring Laura Corrales, 2019 graduate of the ALM in Sustainability at Harvard Extension School. With an Industrial Engineering background and a Master’s in Sustainability, Laura enjoys the entrepreneurial nature of corporate sustainability, and considers herself a social intrapreneur who uses empathy as a tool to influence and drive change at…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Consulting – Merve Kosesoy

    Join us for a webinar featuring Merve Kosesoy, a current student in the ALM Sustainability program at Harvard Extension School. Merve is a Consultant with Deloitte Canada, the Digital Integration team and previously worked at the United Nations as a Sustainability Consultant concerning partnership opportunities with the private sector to implement the Sustainable Development Goals….

  • Career Path Spotlight: Consulting and Organizational Development – Jo Kearney

    Join us for a webinar featuring Jo Kearney, a current student in the Harvard Extension School ALM, Industrial and Organizational Psychology program. Joanna currently guides learning strategy at Facebook in Global Operations. Before starting her new position at Facebook in July 2020, Jo worked as a Human Capital Executive at Accenture in Ireland. Jo has…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Consulting and Technology – Stacie Kyle

    Join us for a webinar featuring Stacie Kyle, Director, People Digital Strategy at McKinsey & Company  and Harvard Extension School alum. Stacie’s previous experience includes IT consulting through her own company Kyle Consulting, and leadership roles at Merck, Atos Origin and Price Waterhouse Management Consultants.  Presented by Stacie Kyle…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Cybersecurity – Jonathan Lancelot

    Join us for a webinar featuring Jonathan Lancelot. Jonathan completed the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs certificate in Cybersecurity Risk Management. Jonathan is a Cybersecurity Operations Analyst with a degree in Cyber-Diplomacy from Norwich University. He has published several papers including one on systemic racism in US Elections and how…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Cybersecurity – Miguel Sanchez

    Cybersecurity is one of the fastest growing fields. Join us for a webinar featuring Miguel Sanchez (ALM International Relations 2017). Miguel is currently working as a Technical Program Manager at Google and previously worked as Senior Information Security Specialist at Harvard University. Miguel has over ten years of experience in IT and information security. Presented…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Data Science & AI

    Please join us for a webinar featuring 2020 ALM, Data Science alum at Harvard Extension School, Ria Cheruvu. Ria is currently an AI Ethics Lead Architect at Intel Corporation. In addition to earning her ALM in Data Science at Harvard Extension School, Ria is also an ALB graduate of Harvard Extension School. Ria studied Computer…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Entrepreneurship and Social Impact – Valerie Kramis

    Join us for a webinar featuring Valerie Kramis, a 2016 graduate of the Master of Liberal Arts, Management at Harvard Extension School. Valerie is Co-Founder and Design Strategy Director at Agenda28, which operates in New York and Mexico City. Agenda28’s mission is to leverage the power of design to increase the impact of initiatives that…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Finance – Faina Makler

    Join us for a webinar featuring Faina Makler (ALM Finance 2015). Faina Makler is a financial expert who has held numerous positions in several large financial institutions such as New York Life, Bank of America, and Santander Bank. Faina began her career working as a Financial Services Professional and Personal Banker, and is a Senior…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Finance – Garv Gianchetta

    Join us for a webinar featuring Garv Gianchetta (ALM Finance 2016). Garv is currently a VP – Financial Consultant at Charles Schwab. Previously, he was a Financial Advisor with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. Garv Gianchetta began his career as a police officer so he could protect and serve in the wake of the 9/11 attacks….

  • Career Path Spotlight: Finance – Jessica Nichols

    Join us for a webinar featuring Jessica Nichols (ALM Management 2013). Jessica is currently a Program Officer at USAID. She was previously a Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. Her home agency is the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development where she works in operational risk. Jessica previously worked…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Finance – Julissa Perez

    Join us for a webinar featuring Julissa Perez (ALM Finance 2016). Julissa has extensive experience working in Finance, including roles as Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Asset Management at Medley Capital; Asset Management, Risk Management Manager at Ernst & Young and Senior Investment Specialist at Lazard Asset Management. Presented by Julissa Perez…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Finance – Shawn Mushtaq

    Join us for a webinar featuring Shawn J. Mushtaq (ALM 2017). Shawn currently serves as Interim Head, US Decision Science Model Risk at Barclays, overseeing model/machine learning risk management for their U.S. banking division. Before working at Barclays, Shawn was as a Senior Associate at State Street Corporation. Presented by Shawn Mushtaq…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Finance and Technology – Jonathan Alloy

    Join us for a webinar featuring Jonathan Alloy, Vice President and Digital Manager at Wells Fargo Bank. Jonathan has worked at Wells Fargo Bank for 13 years in product management and digital management roles. He has an MBA from the University of Michigan and is a current ALM, International Relations student at Harvard Extension School….

  • Career Path Spotlight: FinTech and Private Equity – Keith L. Richardson II

    Join us for a webinar featuring Keith L. Richardson II, 2020 alum in the Master of Liberal Arts, Finance at Harvard Extension School. Keith currently works as an Operations Deal Associate at Forge in San Francisco, CA. Before working at Forge, Keith was an Equity Trader at Charles Schwab. Presented by Keith L. Richardson II…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Government – Amy Storer

    Join us for a webinar featuring Amy Storer, a 2017 graduate of the Master of Liberal Arts at Harvard Extension School. Amy is an Intelligence Analyst at Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She is also an adjunct professor at Idaho State University and Miami Dade College. Presented by Amy…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Government – Robert Schwalbach

    Join us for a webinar featuring Robert Schwalbach, a 2009 graduate of the Bachelor of Liberal Arts at Harvard Extension School. Robert has considerable experience working in Washington. He currently serves as the Chief of Staff for Congressman Kilili Sablan in the U.S. House of Representatives. He also worked as senior policy advisor under Governor…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Industrial Organizational Psychology – Ryan McCreedy

    Join us for a webinar featuring Ryan T.W. McCreedy, Principal, Organizational Effectiveness Consultant at Slalom Consulting. Ryan is a 2020 graduate of Harvard Extension School with an ALM in Management and a Graduate Certificate in Organizational Behavior. Ryan is currently a doctoral candidate at William James College, concentrating on the intersection of neuroscience and organizational…

  • Career Path Spotlight: International Relations United Nations – Curtis Raynold

    Join us for a webinar featuring Curtis Raynold (ALM Government 2012). Curtis is a retired Political Affairs Officer in the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. He joined the U.N. in June 1985, through the U.N. National Competitive Examination in Economics and served with the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna, Austria from…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Journalism – Sarah Baker

    Join us for a webinar featuring Sarah Baker (ALM Journalism 2015). Sarah is a contributing editor and writer for Art New England Magazine. Prior to ANE, she was a freelance radio producer for the NPR show, “On Point with Tom Ashbrook” and a freelance writer. Prior to her freelance work, she produced for The Connection…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Management- Sajjad Rizvi

    Please note: this recording is audio only.  Join us for a webinar featuring Sajjad Rizvi (ALB 2015). Riz is an Operations Manager at Amazon responsible for leading multiple teams at a sortation center serving the greater Boston area. He has a background in transportation, supply chain operations, and the military. Riz served as an infantry…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Management, Diversity and Inclusion – Orly Lynn

    Join us for a webinar featuring Orly Lynn, a current student in the Master of Liberal Arts, Management program at Harvard Extension School. Orly recently started her own company,  Diversity Unfiltered: A Consulting Company. Prior to this, Orly was the US Head of Diversity and Inclusion at HSBC in New York. Before working at HSBC…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Marketing – Katie Murphy

    Join us for a webinar featuring Katie Murphy (ALM Management 2015). Katie is currently head of brand and consumer marketing for New Balance, North America. Previously, she was the associate marketing manager at New Balance where she managed the campaigns and marketing efforts for key digital retail accounts like Amazon, Zappos, Eastbay and Kohl’s. Presented…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Museums – Taylor Renee Aldridge

    Join us for a webinar featuring Taylor Renee Aldridge (ALM Museum Studies 2015). Taylor is a Detroit based writer and curator. In 2015, she co-founded ARTS.BLACK, a journal of art criticism from Black perspectives. Taylor has worked for Detroit Institute of Arts, the N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African &…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Organizational Development – Mari Strait

    Join us for a webinar featuring Mari Strait (ALM Management 2009). Mari is a Client Delivery Manager at McKinsey. Previously, she was Senior Engagement Manager at Harvard Business Publishing where she partnered with client organizations to design and develop leadership development programs to solve their business challenges.  Presented by Mari Strait…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Pathway to a PhD – Alena Egner

    Join us for a webinar featuring Alena (Egner) Rodman (ALM Psychology 2019). Alena was a PhD student in Social Psychology at UCLA. While at Harvard, Alena held positions as a Research Assistant in the Harvard Evolutionary Psychology Lab with Professor Max Krasnow, Lab Manager in the Harvard Cognitive Neuroscience Lab with Professor Alfonso Caramazza, and as…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Pathway to a PhD – Mario Salazar

    Join us for a webinar featuring Mario K. Salazar (ALM Management 2020). Mario is currently the Executive Director of Public Policy for Comcast NBCUniversal. Mario began a PhD program in Communications and Information Sciences at University of Alabama in the Fall of 2022. Prior to working at Comcast NBCUniversal, Mario worked in global PR and…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Project Management – Katie Doran

    Join us for a webinar featuring Katie Doran, a 2019 graduate of the Master of Liberal Arts, Management at Harvard Extension School. Katie currently works as a Senior Technical Program Manager at Amazon Robotics.  Prior to working at Amazon, Katie worked for BAE Systems and Facebook. Katie is a Teaching Assistant for the Harvard Extension…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Sustainability – Adam Muellerweiss

    Join us for a webinar featuring Adam Muellerweiss (ALM Sustainability 2015). Adam is currently Chief Sustainability Officer at Clarios. Previously, he was the Global Director, Sustainability and Environmental Affairs at Johnson Controls. He is also a member of the Corporate Advisory Board of Net Impact and a Delegate with the United Nations Business for Environment…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Sustainability – David Havelick

    Join us for a webinar featuring David Havelick (ALM Sustainability 2014). David joined the Harvard Office for Sustainability as a Sustainability Manager in June 2016 after ten years of working at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the Department of Epidemiology, where he also co-led the EcoOpportunity team and led the Harvard…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Sustainability – Emma Gladstone

    Join us for a webinar featuring Emma Gladstone, who completed the Corporate Sustainability and Innovation Certificate at Harvard Extension School. Emma is the Associate Sustainability Manager at McCormick & Company. Previously she held the position of Quality Analyst at McCormick Global Ingredients. Emma also has experience as a video producer and director.  Presented by Emma…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Sustainability & Entrepreneurship – Emma Rose Cohen

    Join us for a webinar featuring Emma Rose Cohen (ALM Sustainability 2018). Emma is CEO and Co-Founder of FinalStraw, whose mission is to reduce plastic straw use by giving people a convenient, collapsible, reusable alternative. Her Kickstarter for FinalStraw hit $1.89 million in sales after just one month, and she had the opportunity to appear…

  • Career Path Spotlight: Technology – Ryan Seay

    Join us for a webinar featuring Ryan Seay (ALM Digital Media Design 2019). Ryan currently works at Google as a Product and Compliance Lead- Music and TV. He is a Google AI Principles Ethics Fellow: 2020/2021. He previously worked as a CTO at Countia Technologies and Big Gates Records. Presented by Ryan Seay…

  • Careers in Consulting & Sustainability – Dan Katzenberger

    Join us for a webinar featuring Dan Katzenberger, Senior Manager Accenture Strategy & Consulting – Sustainability and Net Zero Transformations. Dan completed his ALM in Sustainability in 2018 at Harvard Extension School and will be discussing life as a consultant as well as recommendations for students who want to become consultants. He will also share…