Staff

Carla Akalarian is an executive career coach for the EMBA and SFMBA students providing customized and personalized coaching for career development. She specializes in the discovery process, identification of values, and development of an ideal career vision and  authentic value proposition.  Carla is part of the Executive Career Development Team that provides executive career services to our executive populations to guide them in making successful career transitions.

Contact Carla for:

• Executive Career Coaching
• CDO Liaison for the Astropreneurship and Space Industry Club

Shauna LaFauci Barry is a member of the Executive Career Development team.  She works with the alumni community, engaging with multiple stakeholders to deliver newly created programs.

Contact Shauna for:

• MIT Sloan Industry Advisors Program

Bryn is a career strategist and executive coach focused on MIT Sloan’s alumni population.  She  serves as a secondary coach to the Executive MBA population.

Bryn believes people are most fulfilled, professionally, when they pursue a career path that leverages their strengths, aligns with their values and presents opportunities to grow and stay challenged.

She partners with students and alumni as they:

• clarify core competencies (skills, attributes and knowledge)
• illuminate values and priorities
• set achievable career goals, relative to one’s background and the market
• tell their career story in a compelling and concise fashion
• cultivate their professional brand and position themselves effectively
• approach compensation conversations and salary negotiation confidently

Danielle Cañas is a relationship manager for Sloan’s recruiting partners across the following industries: Finance, Bio/Pharma/Healthcare, Oil/Energy, & Telecom.  She works closely with companies to develop recruiting strategy and forge connections with our student populations.  Danielle liaises with student clubs and advises students on recruiting policies, procedures and logistics.

Contact Danielle for:

• Company relationships in: Finance, Bio/Pharma/Healthcare, Oil/Energy, & Telecom
• CDO Liaison to Clubs: Data Analytics, E&I, FinTech, Healthcare, IB, IM, MI3, PM, Quant Financial Markets, Sloan Energy, VCPE

Gayle Grader is an Executive Career Coach and the Director of Executive Career Development for the Sloan Fellows MBAs, EMBAs, and Alumni populations. She oversees the Executive Career Development Team and is responsible for setting the programming strategy, creating and delivering career education workshops, and providing one-one-one executive coaching.

Contact Gayle for:

• SFMBA Coaching and Programming Lead
• Executive Assessment and Discovery Coaching
• Mi3 (Social Impact Investing Club) – CDO Liaison

Reporting and Data Analyst for the Sloan School of Management’s Career Development Office. Prior experience in the biotechnology industry. Currently focused on internal and operational reporting, with data project collaboration across Sloan and MIT.

Heather Holland manages operations and marketing initiatives across the CDO, working with CDO leadership, career advisors and coaches, and the recruiting and employer relations team.

Heather is a Community Manager for Entertainment, Media, and Sports.  She is also a CDO liaison for the Design Club.

Contact Heather for:

• Student and staff questions about CDO operations
• Staff questions about CDO marketing

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Emily James is a career advisor for the Master of Finance students, providing individualized advice on each aspect of the career development process.  She manages the design and delivery of career education programs and workshops for the MFin program. Emily is part of a dedicated team of CDO professionals here to support students across recruiting, advising, and career resource needs.

Contact Emily for:

• MFin Career Advising
• Career Development Workshops and Programming
• CDO Liaison for Fintech Club & VCPE Club

Prior to joining MIT Sloan, Emily worked at Bain Capital, where she focused on recruiting, professional development, and training for the Private Equity team. Before that, she worked in recruiting at McKinsey & Company, where she supported the recruiting efforts at MIT Sloan, MIT, and Harvard Business School. Emily holds a B.A. in Psychology from Connecticut College and an M.S. in Human Resource Management from Emmanuel College.

Rose Keating serves as Director of Career Education, leading the teams supporting the MBA, MFin, MBAn and MSMS programs. She is the CDO liaison to the Black Business Students Association & Investment Banking Club. Rose has been designing career outcomes for graduate business students and private clients since 2012 and has coached clients from 120+ countries to successfully land jobs across all 7 continents.  She began her career as a Staffing Consultant at Beacon Hill Staffing Group and later transitioned to project management at a technology start-up and global pharmaceutical company. Rose holds a BS in Business Administration from Questrom School of Business at Boston University and will complete a Master’s in Education Leadership and Policy Studies in 2020 from Boston University.

Contact Rose for:

• Career Education Strategy

Anna Kerchner is part of the administrative staff, providing support for the entire CDO team. She helps plan career education events, manages the student advising and drop-in process, assists in scheduling resume and cover letter reviews and provides career resources support.

Contact Anna for:

• Career Education Events
• Surveys
• Career Education Team Support

Grace Kimball provides support to the entire CDO team through office management. She manages the Assistant Dean’s calendar and travel, as well as any purchases made on behalf of the office, and the CDO social media accounts. Grace is part of a dedicated team of CDO professionals here to support students across recruiting, advising, and career resource needs.

Contact Grace for:

• Setting appointments with the Assistant Dean
• Office management
• Financial transactions (Vendor contracts, purchase orders, RFPs, J/V requests)
• CDO social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook)

Laura Maloney Angoff is a career advisor for the Master of Finance students, providing individualized advice on each aspect of the career development process.  She manages the design and delivery of career education programs and workshops for the MFin program. Additionally, Laura supports Career Education for the Master of Business Analytics students, providing expertise across Specialty Masters programs. Laura is part of a dedicated team of CDO professionals here to support students across recruiting, advising, and career resource needs. 

Contact Laura for:

• MFin Student Advising
• Career Development Workshops and Programming
• CDO Liaison for Quantitative Financial Markets and Investment Management Club

Prior to joining MIT Sloan, Laura worked at Goldman Sachs as a private wealth advisor in the Investment Management Division. She has a decade of financial industry experience across banking, sales and trading, private equity, and investment management, and at various companies from small boutique firms to bulge-bracket banks. Laura holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Trinity College in Hartford, CT and an M.B.A. from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Laura’s Top 5 CliftonStrengths are Learner, Achiever, Futuristic, Strategic, and Relator.

Devin Murphy provides career education services to students through personalized career advising, classroom teaching and small group sessions.  She manages the Core Fellows program, working to successfully onboard first-year MBA students while providing real-world leadership and facilitation experiences to select second-year MBAs.

Contact Devin for:

• Core Fellows Program
• MBA Career Advising
• Retail & Consumer Goods Club (CDO Liaison)
• Sloan Student Senate (CDO Representative)
• CDO DE&I Initiatives

Prior to joining MIT Sloan in 2012, Devin worked at Morgan Stanley and White & Case LLP in Business Development and at Johnson & Johnson in Brand Management.  Devin holds a B.A. in History and Political Science from Colgate University and an MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.

Mark Newhall recently joined the CDO as the Director of Employer Relations and Recruiting. Mark has previously served as an industry advisor to executive-level MIT Sloan students. Mark brings 25+ years of recruiting experience, including 18+ years of executive search work for technology companies ranging from startups to public companies. Mark is also an advisor, mentor, and angel investor in tech companies in the US and Canada.

Kristen Niarchos provides instructional design for MIT Sloan’s career education programming, along with
personalized career advising, small group sessions, and classroom teaching, including Career Core. Prior to joining MIT Sloan, Kristen worked in a similar capacity at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. Before moving into
career development, Kristen worked in a variety of roles in higher education and non-profit organizations with positions in corporate relations, event management and human resources.

Kristen holds a B.A. in Psychology from Wake Forest University and a M.Ed. in Instructional Design from the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Contact Kristen for:

• MBA career advising
• CDO Liaison for Product Management Club

Julie Papp provides career education services to MBA and MSMS students through personalized career advising, small group sessions, and online/classroom teaching, including Career Core.

Contact Julie for:

• MBA Career Advising
• MSMS Career Advising
• MBA Community Manager
• Healthcare Community Manager
• Club liaison for Energy, Healthcare and Operations

Prior to joining MIT Sloan in 2004, Julie worked in a similar capacity at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.  Before moving into higher education, Julie spent eight years in various human resources-related roles at large multinational companies including at Pratt & Whitney.

Julie holds a B.S. in Management and Psychology from Keene State College and a M.S. in Organizational Behavior from the University of Hartford.  She is a certified MBTI practitioner and is trained in CliftonStrengths.

Christie Reynolds is a career advisor for the MBA students and provides career education services to them through individual career advising meetings, small group sessions, and classroom instruction, including Career Core.

Contact Christie for:

• MBA Career Advising
• CDO Liaison for the Management Consulting Club (MCC) and Sloan Women in Business (SWIM)
• CDO Liaison for LGOs
• CDO Liaison for HKS dual degree students

Christie has over ten years of experience advising graduate and undergraduate students on careers at MIT, Boston University Questrom School of Business, The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University and Boston College. Prior to working in career services, she worked in business development for Reed Smith LLP and Baker Botts LLP. In those roles, she worked closely with the Global Projects and Intellectual Property groups on developing business from new and existing clients. While in law school, Christie clerked for the U.S. Department of Justice.

Christie received her B.A. in Communication from Boston College, her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law, and her M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration from Suffolk University. She is a certified MBTI practitioner and trained in CliftonStrengths.

Alyssa Spector supports CDO Operations and Marketing as a Communications Assistant.  She is a resource regarding CDO services for all programs, and is a member of the team that markets CDO events and resources.

Contact Alyssa for:

• Information about CDO services and resources
• Assistance signing up for advising and events in Career Central

Kerri Tierney is responsible for overseeing the MIT Sloan career management systems and tools used by students, employers and the CDO team.

Contact Kerri to:

• Discuss the usage of current tools or recommend other tools for evaluation.
• Share career content with the Diversity & Inclusion Affinity Community

Susan Todd is the relationship manager for Sloan’s recruiting partners across the following industries: US Consulting, West Coast (CA/OR/WA) Tech, US Consumer Products, Education, Government, Manufacturing, Nonprofit, Retail, Real Estate, Transportation, Defense, Automotive, Aerospace, Entertainment and Media.  Susan works closely with companies to develop their recruiting strategy and to create connections for our student populations.  She also collaborates with the student clubs and advises students on recruiting policies and procedures.  Susan holds an M.Ed in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University.

Contact Susan for:

• Company relationships in: US Consulting, West Coast (CA/OR/WA) Tech, US Consumer Products, Education, Government, Manufacturing, Nonprofit, Retail, Real Estate, Transportation, Defense, Automotive, Aerospace, Entertainment and Media.
• CDO Liaison to Clubs: Astropreneurship & Space Industry, Design, EMS, Food & Ag, MCC, Marketing, Net Impact, Operations, PM, Retail & CPG, Pride, and SWIM.

Tracy Wishon is a career advisor for the Master of Business Analytics students, providing individualized advice on each aspect of the career development process.  She delivers career education programs, workshops and small group sessions for the MBAn program. Tracy is part of a dedicated team of CDO professionals here to support students across recruiting, advising, and career resource needs.

Contact Tracy for:

• MBAn Career Advising
• CDO Liaison for the Analytics Club
• MIT Sloan Analytics Team (CDO Representative)

Tracy has 10 year of Recruiting and HR experience within professional services and tech industries. Her love of helping others find their passion led her to transition from HR and Recruiting to Career Advising. Prior to joining MIT Sloan in 2018, she spent 4 years at Bentley University’s McCallum Graduate School of Business as a Career Advisor for Master of Science in Business Analytics program. Tracy holds a B.A. in Business Administration and a minor in Sociology from Transylvania University in Lexington, KY and is also a CliftonStrengths Coach.

Tracy’s Top 5 CliftonStrengths are Woo, Positivity, Communication, Includer and Belief.