Our Team

Director

Stephanie Kit
Executive Director

Academic & Career Exploration Coaching

Jenny Ward
Senior Associate Director

Erin Bennett
Assistant Director

Coming Soon
Academic & Career Exploration Coach

Cierra Bussard
Disability, Veteran, & Inclusion Initiatives Coach

Chris Shuping
Academic & Career Exploration Coach

Linda Smith
Transition Advisor, Academic & Career Exploration Coach

Chris LaFever
Graduate Teaching Assistant

BreAnda Conley
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Career Coaching

Mary Mahoney
Senior Assistant Director, Career Coach

Hunter Pritchard
Career Coach

Njyhalo Pavati
Career Coach

Katie Wiley
Career Coach

Kertesha Riley
Career Coach

Simone Stewart
Career Coach

Alexis Andershock
Career Coach

Bukky Abdul
Career Coach

Cameron Hatcher
Graduate Assistant

Employer Development & Campus Recruiting

Andrew Hart
Associate Director

Mary Mahoney
Senior Assistant Director, Career Coach

Mary Beth Woodward
Assistant Director

Leslie Walton
Assistant Director

Joann Jeter
Assistant Director

Miciah Burns
Employer Relations Assistant

Disability, Veteran & Inclusion Initiatives

Cierra Bussard
Disability, Veteran, & Inclusion Initiatives Coach

Support Staff

Marianne Reinert
Office Manager

Vicki Layman
Accounting Assistant

Peer Career Advisors

Ritika Senapati

Sharde’ Charles

Charles Childers

Michelle Guthrie
Lead Peer Career Advisor

Peibo Li
Lead Peer Career Advisor

Lucas Pilla
Lead Peer Career Advisor

Jackson Boling
Lead Peer Career Advisor

Alenna Fletcher
Peer Career Advisor

Kyrah Gardner
Peer Career Advisor

Hannah Liang
Peer Career Advisor

Skyler McAllister
Peer Career Advisor

Dante Parker
Peer Career Advisor

Jessica Shrader
Peer Career Advisor

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Reception Assistants

Ciera Johnson
Lead Reception Assistant

Samantha Tyler
Reception Assistant

Trevone Warren
Reception Assistant

Taniya Nichols
Reception Assistant

Lexi Anderson
Reception Assistant

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