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:
Thy Nguyen
Associate Vice Provost for Student Engagement and Career Services
Illinois Institute of Technology
Erik Friedman
Associate Dean of Career Services and Industry Relations, Columbia College of Chicago
Career Service Directors:
Meredith Murphy
Director of Career Planning and Placement
Harry S. Truman College, CCC
Ingrid Prioleau Byrd
Director, Career Planning and Placement Center
Kennedy-King College, CCC
Toya Johnson
Director, Career Planning & Placement
Malcom X College, CCC
Charlene Haymond-Bussell
Director, Career Planning & Placement
Olive-Harvey College, CCC
Dr. Julie MacCarthy
Director, Career Planning & Placement
Richard J. Daley College, CCC
Joe Reaves, MA LCPC
Director, Career Planning & Placement
Wilbur Wright College, CCC
Mary Laundry
Director, Student Affairs and Career Services
Adler University
Kathryn Kaysen Jackson
Director, Alumni Career Services
University of Illinois Chicago
Charles Kelley
Associate Director of Career Services
Chicago School of Professional Psychology
LaCael Palmer-Pratt
Director of Career and Experiential Learning Center
Chicago State University
Stephanie Krah
Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Success
City Colleges of Chicago
Karyn McCoy
Assistant Vice President, DePaul Career Center
DePaul University
Dr. Nadia Hallak
Director, Counselling and Student Affairs
East West 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
Colleen Reaney
Director of Executive and Professional Education Center
Loyola University Chicago
Abiodun Durojaye
Executive Director of Career Services and Placement
National Louis University
Mark Presnell
Executive Director of Career Advancement
Northwestern University
Joshua Bogaski-Baugh
Associate Director of Student Development
St. Xavier University
Rosalee Shemmer
Dean of Career Services and Professional Experience
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Kate Schutta
Director, Career and Professional Experience
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Jennifer Wonderly
Director, Career and Professional Development
Roosevelt University
Rachel Ward
Deputy Director, Career Advancement and Director, Student Services
University of Chicago
Rosemarie Coppola-Conroy
Director of the Engineering Career Center
University of Illinois at Chicago
Jean Riordan
Executive Director of Career Services
University of Illinois at Chicago