Career Influencers Network

The Career Influencers Network is made of more than 400 Mason faculty and staff committed to meeting Mason’s strategic goal of preparing 100,000+ Career Ready Graduates by 2024. 

The Mason Career Influencers Network is a nationally recognized model for providing career development support to students through their relationships with professors, advisors, success coaches, supervisors, community directors, and many other roles at the university.

 

Career Influencers contribute critical career readiness guidance and feedback to Mason students.

 

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Join the Network! 

To join, complete our interactive, 4.5-hour training, which includes 3 modules focused on: 

  1. Defining career readiness 
  2. Understanding how employers recruit Mason students in all degree programs  
  3. Supporting students at various stages in their career development    
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After Program Completion

Influencers can confidently:

  • Support students seeking career path and job-search advice
  • Describe and share the career development process with students
  • Refer students to University Career Services for career counseling and industry-specific advising
  • Support employer recruitment efforts in compliance with Mason policies and NACE ethical standards
  • Promote Handshake and other career resources available to Mason students
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Get Ongoing Support

Network members get support from University Career Services throughout the year:

  • Three “Just for Influencers” workshops each term to share news on topics, resources, and trends
  • Monthly updates on career-related events, programs, and services for students
  • Tools to promote the Career Plans Survey to graduating students to gather useful departmental data
  • Incentives to invite fellow faculty and staff to become part of the Career Influencers Network!
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APRIL 2024 

(IN-PERSON)

Friday, April 26 from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm (catered lunch provided)

Kristin Leonato

Questions? Contact Kristin Leonato, Associate Director, Programs and Outreach for more information.

Career Influencers by Division:

College of Education & Human Development

  • Brianna Alford
  • Julie Aylsworth
  • Valerie Bartush
  • Sheri Berkeley
  • Michelle Buehl
  • Amanda Caswell
  • Marie Champagne
  • Lilian de Jonge
  • Craig Esherick
  • Cathy Gabbay
  • Kim Howe
  • Tina Jones
  • Anna Macedonia
  • Caroline Masakayan
  • Daniel Minot
  • Luanne Norden
  • Anna Ondieki
  • Jinkyung Park
  • Hannah Park
  • Pierre Rodgers
  • Tiffany Sandstrum
  • Jancy Templeton
  • Crystal Trebing
  • Kayla Turner
  • Eric Waithaka
  • Dorothy West
  • Brenda Wiggins
  • Shahron Williams van Rooij
  • Stormi Woltz
  • Syed Mustafa Hassan

College of Engineering and Computing

  • Alison Bartnek
  • Mihai Boicu
  • Doaa Bondok
  • Claudia Borke
  • Sharon Caraballo
  • Rania Fadlallah
  • Nora Gerrity 
  • Cheryl Howe
  • Jalen Johnson
  • Smriti Kansal
  • Cynthia Kim
  • Hugh Miller 
  • Lisa Nolder
  • Robert Osgood
  • Mary Poirier
  • Colin Reagle
  • Lisa Sevilla
  • Jennifer Skorzawski-Ross
  • Shvetha Soundararaja
  • Toshiko Uchiyama
  • Venkata Veeramachaneni
  • DeFran Ware 
  • Carolyn Wilson 

College of Public Health

  • Kelly Beckwith
  • Virginia Blair
  • Karen Brown
  • Allison Bustria
  • Isaac Chomitz
  • Virginia Cronin
  • Whitney Gaston
  • Brian Gillette
  • Kimberly Holmes
  • Emily Johnson
  • Ibrahim Kargbo
  • Maria Perez-Brodeur
  • Laura Poms
  • Melissa Robinson
  • Steven Rose
  • Jennifer Sawyer
  • Tulay Soylu
  • Rebecca Vargas-Jackson
  • Ali Weinstein
  • Christopher Williams
  • Patrice Winter
  • Hong Xue
  • Raven McCormick 
  • Dawn Kim 
  • Irene Knoepfel

College of Humanities & Social Sciences

  • Afra Ahmad
  • Elli Ambros
  • Steven Barnes
  • Terri Breslin
  • Anna Burcham
  • Jacqueline Burek
  • Richard Christ
  • Katie Clare
  • Jada Crocker
  • Katie DeMonte
  • Catherine Dobson
  • Jim Dooley
  • Marlon Dortch
  • Mary Getsey Bernier
  • Constance Gewa
  • Carrie Grabo
  • Larry Guerin
  • Tamara Harvey
  • Angela Ho
  • Virginia Hoy
  • Sheri Huerta
  • Michael Hurley
  • Olivia Inturias
  • Thea Kassas
  • Diana Keay
  • Robin Littleton
  • Troy Lowery
  • Brielle Manovich
  • Erika Marquina
  • Graziella McCarron
  • Erin McSherry
  • Kathryn Meeks
  • Andrew Novak
  • Laura Rhodes
  • Brandice Rogers
  • Jennifer  Rose
  • Jennifer Rosenfeld
  • Abdulaziz Sachedina
  • Valerie Sasser
  • Laura Scott
  • Bahabib Shams
  • Jennifer Shaskan
  • Kevin Stagl
  • Kamaleddine Tabine
  • Telecia Taylor
  • Susan Tomasovic
  • Kristin Tyburczy
  • Wanjiku Wainaina
  • Catherine Wright
  • Cris Berry
  • Tanie Boeddeker
  • Lea Burgess
  • Virginia Holm
  • Rachel Stevenson
  • Barbara O'Connell
  • David Powers Corwin
  • Jessica Shindler
  • Alma Detten
  • Catherine Olien
  • Erica Marquina
  • Sara Montiel
  • Margaret Zeddies
  • Amanda Torres Ogisi
  • Andrea Barabach
  • Erin Fay
  • Aoi Yamanaka
  • Brielle Manovich
  • Jada Crocker
  • Elli Ambros
  • Jane Hugar
  • Melany Gallardo
  • Lisa Bauman
  • Hem Sharma
  • Eliz Storelli
  • Alexandro Villarroel

College of Science

  • Amy Adams
  • Greta Ann Herin
  • Andrea Cobb
  • Christopher Durac
  • Otome Elisha Okoromoba
  • Rebecca Forkner
  • Kimberly Harris
  • Melissa Hayes
  • Zachary Henderson
  • Kerin Hilker-Balkissoon
  • Carissa Hunter
  • Laura Kasik
  • William Kennedy
  • Gweondolyn Lewis
  • Tracy Mason
  • Alexandra Masterson
  • Andrea Nikoi
  • Mariaelena Pierobon
  • Daniel Pinto
  • Deborah Polayes
  • Jessica Rosenberg
  • Pritha Roy
  • Jennifer Salerno
  • Reid Schwebach
  • Dann Sklarew
  • Sharon Spradling
  • Monique Sweeney
  • Breanda Tondi
  • Lillian Virgil
  • Lori Mandable

College of Visual & Performing Arts

  • Carrie Ann Delaney
  • Lorriz Anne Yi
  • Samantha Beach
  • Mary Bean
  • Ryan Braaten
  • Asma Chaudhary
  • Karalee Dawn MacKay
  • Robert Dieterich
  • Kristin Johnsen-Neshati
  • Josiah Lebowitz
  • Linda Monson
  • Sara Simanski
  • Becca Stevenson
  • Jeremy Tuohy
  • James Van Meer
  • Lauren Wagner
  • Aries Wilson
  • Robert Yi

Costello College of Business

  • Collin Arthur
  • Jacyln Beasley
  • Kimberly Blue
  • Jacquelyn Brown
  • Mary Collins Hayes
  • Natalia Dempsey
  • Malerie Gamblin
  • Saiid Ganjalizadeh
  • Saul Garcia
  • Nahal Ghahramani
  • Cameron  Harris
  • Gretchen Hendricks
  • Caitlin Horan
  • Derek Horstmeyer
  • Yena Kim
  • Jason King
  • Minji Kwon
  • Christine Landoll
  • Kaleb Lewis
  • Sophia Marshall
  • Kevin Matthews
  • Allison Petrie
  • Juliann Phan
  • Abby Rasheed
  • Shabnam Rezai
  • Meagan Richesin
  • Meagan Richesin
  • Tiara Smith
  • Kerry Stoner
  • Carson Tatton
  • Leean Thomas
  • Peggy Tsirigotis
  • Ashley Yuckenberg

Honors College

  • Vanessa Correa
  • Tahmina Rahman
  • Jasmyne Rogers
  • Brendan Scott
  • Edna Sergio

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace & Conflict Resolution

  • Charisse  Cardenas
  • Isaac Jasper
  • Christie Jones
  • Julia Morelli
  • Leah Thompson
  • Jane Walker

Mason Korea

  • Eunhee Seo
  • Sang Yong Lee
  • Kent Zimmerman

Schar School of Policy & Government

  • Amira Al-Khulaidy
  • Sean Culley
  • Heba F. El-Shazli
  • Matt Green
  • Laura Hills
  • Michael Hunzeker
  • Ann Ludwick
  • Shelly Malur
  • Silva Morris
  • Shannon Williams
  • Kali Woods

School of Integrative Studies

  • Andrea Barabach
  • Janet Poirot

University Life

 

  • Asra Ahmad
  • Aixa Aleman-Diaz
  • Amira Aly
  • Jamilah Anderson
  • Lee Ann Houston
  • Bernard Atieme
  • Thomas Barnett
  • Ali Bartow
  • Nina Berger
  • Brandi Blake
  • Christine Bodziak
  • Bradley Brooks
  • Teejay Brown
  • Deanna Bullard
  • Tavia Burden
  • Elisabeth Burick
  • Ashley Bus Morgan
  • Julie Choe Kim
  • Koroma Christiana
  • Lin Chun
  • Glenda Cosby
  • Samantha  Cozzolino
  • Calena Creft
  • Birgit Debeerst
  • Joseph Deluna
  • Austin Deray
  • Julio Diaz
  • Taylor Dilley
  • Brianna Epps
  • Aysia Evans
  • Erin Fay
  • Alyssa Fields
  • Etlin Flores
  • Brandon Ford
  • Sonia Furuya
  • Michael Galvin
  • T. Garey Davis
  • Sabrey Garling
  • LuLu Géza Kelemen
  • Alyssa Goff
  • Chris Gremillion
  • Cody Grim
  • Viktoriia Gryshchenko
  • Sarah Haimann
  • Taylor Harris
  • Felicia Haynes
  • Sara Heming
  • Kerry Hentges
  • Doug Hernandez
  • Louise Higgins
  • Micah Hodges
  • Lauren Hutt
  • Jacob Jean
  • Mhehvish Khan
  • Jenn Khoo
  • Tara Kibe
  • Sharon Kim
  • Japneet Kohli
  • Shelby Kruczek
  • Cassandra Larson
  • Ayleen Leonhardt
  • Lex  Lewis-Semien
  • Manuel Llano-Martinez
  • Creston Lynch
  • Jeff Massetti
  • Rebecca Mattern
  • Brionna Matthews
  • Phil McDaniel
  • Kristen McLagan
  • Kelly Meehan
  • Kristal Miller
  • Eve Montavon
  • Patrick O'Connor
  • Anike Oladeji
  • Maggie Olszewski
  • Anne Owl
  • Yali Pan
  • Eunkyoung Park
  • TJ Pegg
  • Susan Pilley
  • Alexis Plater
  • Elizabeth Portaluppi
  • Brandon Quiles
  • Geoffrey Rath
  • Raven Britt-Green
  • Devin Reid
  • Jaquelin Richardson
  • Krisztina Roder
  • Kahan Sablo
  • Chris Sato
  • Lori Scher
  • Susan Schott
  • Kelly Severo
  • Caroline Simpson
  • Casey Smith
  • Amy Snyder
  • Lisa Snyder
  • Rita Snyder Furr
  • Destiny Spencer
  • Kylie Stamm
  • Shyrah Thomas
  • Olivia Thompson
  • Samantha Thornton
  • Sasha Toophanie
  • Dominique Vines
  • Allison Wallen
  • Nakia Waters
  • Shelby Waugh
  • Krystal  Wiley
  • Leotie Yard
  • Lubna Zia

Other

Office of the Provost

  • Jessica Adams
  • Liz Adema
  • Mary Alice Arnold
  • Ben Auger
  • Dennix Averion
  • Katlyn Babyak
  • Elizabeth Bartles
  • Enock Belony Sr.
  • Jessica Biddle
  • Stephanie Carmack
  • Wendi Carroll
  • John Casey
  • Gillian Clark
  • Jacquelin Connor
  • Sarah D'Alexander
  • Cynthia Dowd
  • Joan Elwood
  • Greg Farley
  • Stephanie Felice
  • Molly Grove
  • Amanda Harrison
  • Blakeney Hartka
  • Chris Hicks
  • Lisa Karim
  • Cindy Kim
  • Karen Lee
  • Amy Lewis
  • Valerie Linsinbigler
  • Jiayi Liu
  • Jonathan May
  • Kelly McNulty
  • Grove Molly
  • Yajie Mu
  • Anna Murphy-Lang
  • Jackie Nash
  • Bobbi Nelson
  • Donielle Nolan
  • Diana Ortega
  • Soomin Park
  • Julia Pfaff
  • Laura Phelps
  • Eric Price II
  • Elizabeth Quillin
  • Kathy Rea
  • Martha Sadler
  • Brittany Samko
  • Noele Simmons
  • Darlene Smucny
  • Rachel Spence
  • Sarah Squire
  • Janice Ward
  • Katara Wright-Hofman

Office of Communications

  • Joshua Griset
  • Charles Nicholson
  • Philip Stamper
  • Wanjiku Wainaina

Financial Aid

  • Leslie Rodriguez

Enrollment

  • Joshua Price