Career Influencers Network

The Career Influencers Network is made of more than 475 Mason faculty and staff committed to preparing career-ready graduates.

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.
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January 2025 

(VIRTUAL)

Friday, January 17th from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm via Zoom

February 2025 

(IN-PERSON)

Friday, February 28th from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm in SUB 1 (Fairfax Campus)

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
  • Heather Aycock
  • Julie Aylsworth
  • Valerie Bartush
  • Sheri Berkeley
  • Michelle Buehl
  • Amanda Caswell
  • Marie Champagne
  • Craig Esherick
  • Cathy Gabbay
  • Syed Mustafa Hassan
  • Anna Hornberger
  • Kim Howe
  • Mandy Jenkins
  • Tina Jones
  • Anna Macedonia
  • Caroline Masakayan
  • Daniel Minot
  • Luanne Norden
  • Hannah Park
  • Jinkyung Park
  • Anna Rambow
  • Pierre Rodgers
  • Tiffany Sandstrum
  • Julie Shank
  • Jancy Templeton
  • Crystal Trebing
  • Kayla Turner
  • Eric Waithaka
  • Dorothy West
  • Brenda Wiggins
  • Christopher Williams
  • Shahron Williams van Rooij

College of Engineering and Computing

  • Mary Baldwin-Slupe
  • Alison Bartnek
  • Mihai  Boicu
  • Doaa Bondok
  • Claudia Borke
  • Rachel Bradley
  • Sharon Caraballo
  • Rania Fadlallah
  • Nora Gerrity
  • Amir Hasan
  • Lori Horn
  • Cheryl Howe
  • Brett Hunter
  • Larry Jackson
  • Jo Jones
  • Ashley Korman
  • Hugh Miller
  • Lisa Nolder
  • Bob Osgood
  • Smriti Patwardhan
  • Mary Poirier
  • Yasmine  Refaat 
  • Shani Ross
  • Lisa Sevilla
  • Bahabib Shams
  • Linda Sheridan
  • Jennifer Skorzawski-Ross
  • Shvetha Soundararajan
  • Becca Stevenson
  • Toshiko Uchiyama
  • Girum Urgessa
  • Venkata Veeramachaneni
  • DaFran Ware
  • Carolyn Wilson
  • Nicky Wu

College of Humanities & Social Sciences

  • Marty Abruzzo
  • Afra Ahmad
  • Elli Ambros
  • Tasneem Amrou
  • Andrea Barabach
  • Steven Barnes
  • Lisa Bauman
  • Cris Berry
  • Tanie Boeddeker
  • Terri Breslin
  • Anna Burcham
  • Jacqueline Burek
  • Lea Burgess
  • Richard Christ
  • Jada Crocker
  • Brielle DeMatteo
  • Katie DeMonte
  • Alma Detten
  • Catherine Dobson
  • Jim Dooley
  • Erin Fay
  • Kristen Fite
  • Melany Gallardo
  • Mary Getsey Bernier
  • Carrie Grabo
  • Larry Guerin
  • Tamara Harvey
  • Angela Ho
  • Katy Hoepf
  • Virginia Holm
  • Virginia Hoy 
  • Sheri Huerta
  • Michael Hurley
  • Olivia Inturias
  • Thea Kassas
  • Robin Littleton
  • Erika  Marquina
  • Graziella Pagliarulo McCarron
  • Erin McSherry
  • Kathryn Meeks
  • Sara Montiel
  • Ilona Moore
  • Juton Myers
  • Andrew Novak
  • Barbara O'Connell
  • Amanda Ogisi
  • Catherine Olien
  • Prashamsa Pandey
  • Janet Poirot
  • David Powers Corwin
  • Laura Rhodes
  • Brandice Rogers
  • Raluca Romaniuc
  • Jennifer Rose
  • Jennifer Rosenfeld
  • Abdulaziz Sachedina
  • Valerie Sasser
  • Laura Scott
  • Hem Sharma
  • Jennifer Shaskan
  • Jessica Shindler
  • Rodger Smith
  • Sharon Spradling
  • Kevin Stagl
  • Rachel Stevenson
  • Eliz Storelli
  • Kamaleddine Tabine
  • Susan Tomasovic
  • Kristin Tyburczy
  • Eleana Velasco
  • Catherine Wright
  • Aoi Yamanaka
  • Margaret Zeddies
  • Amy Zhang

College of Public Health

  • Sapna Batheja
  • Kelly Beckwith
  • Virginia Blair
  • Karen Brown
  • Allison Bustria
  • Isaac Chomitz
  • Virginia Cronin
  • Lilian de Jonge
  • Alma Detten
  • Julio Diaz
  • Constance Gewa
  • Brian Gillette
  • Jessica Harley
  • Kimberly Holmes
  • Emily  Johnson
  • Ibrahim Kargbo
  • Dawn Kim
  • Irene Knoepfel
  • Kerri LaCharite
  • Sarah Liu
  • Troy Lowery
  • Raven McCormick
  • Magnolia  Morales
  • Joelle Patricio
  • Maria Perez
  • Maria Perez-Brodeur
  • Laura Poms
  • Kimberly Redelsheimer
  • Melissa Robinson
  • Steven Rose
  • Jennifer Sawyer
  • Hem Sharma
  • Tulay Soylu
  • Rebecca Vargas-Jackson
  • Tammy Wagner
  • Ali Weinstein
  • Patrice Winter
  • Hong Xue

College of Science

  • Amy Adams
  • Nathan Burtch
  • Andrea Cobb
  • Samantha Cooke
  • Christopher Durac
  • Rebecca Forkner
  • Kimberly Harris
  • Melissa Hayes
  • Zachary Henderson
  • Greta Ann Herin
  • Kerin Hilker-Balkissoon
  • Carissa Hunter
  • Laura Kasik
  • Bill (William) Kennedy
  • Maction Komwa
  • Natalie Lapidot-Croitoru
  • Lori Mandable
  • Tracy Mason
  • Alexandra Masterson
  • Andrea Nikoi
  • Otome Elisha Okoromoba
  • Esther Peters
  • Mariaelena Pierobon
  • Daniel Pinto
  • Deborah Polayes
  • Jessica Rosenberg
  • Pritha Roy
  • Jennifer Salerno
  • Reid Schwebach
  • Ginny Scott
  • Dann Sklarew
  • Monique Sweeney
  • Brenda Tondi
  • Fran Troy
  • Keanah Turner
  • Lillian Virgil

College of Visual & Performing Arts

  • Samantha Beach
  • Mary Bean
  • Asma Chaudhary
  • Karalee Dawn MacKay
  • Carrie Ann Delaney
  • Robert Dieterich
  • Kristin Johnsen-Neshati
  • Josiah Lebowitz
  • Linda Monson
  • Brenda Perry-Herrera
  • Nicole Pietrucha 
  • Sara Simanski
  • Jeremy (William) Tuohy
  • James Van Meer
  • Lauren Wagner
  • Robert Yi

Costello College of Business

  • May Abou Ghazaleh
  • Collin Arthur
  • Jaclyn Beasley
  • Jacquelyn Brown
  • Mary Collins Hayes
  • Kelly Coughlan
  • Janet Faughnan
  • Lauren Flynn
  • Saiid Ganjalizadeh
  • Saul Garcia
  • Nahal Ghahramani
  • Cameron Harris
  • Gretchen Hendricks
  • Madison Hite
  • Caitlin Horan
  • Derek Horstmeyer
  • Yena Kim
  • Christine Landoll
  • Kaleb Lewis
  • Sophia  Marshall
  • Kevin Matthews
  • Sierra Mccarroll
  • Allison Petrie
  • Juliann Phan
  • Abby Rasheed
  • Shabnam  Rezai 
  • Meagan Richesin
  • Carson Tatton
  • Peggy Tsirigotis 
  • Elaine Viccora
  • Ashley Yuckenberg

Honors College

  • Vanessa Correa
  • Gaby Guzman
  • Tahmina Rahman
  • Jasmyne Rogers
  • Edna Sergio
  • Telecia Taylor

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace & Conflict Resolution

  • Charisse  Cardenas 
  • Leslie Durham
  • Isaax Jasper 
  • Julia Morelli
  • Leah Thompson
  • Jane Walker

Mason Korea

  • Sang Lee
  • Eunhee Seo
  • Kent Zimmerman

Office of the President

  • Jessica Adams
  • Ben Auger
  • John Casey
  • Sarah D'Alexander
  • Greg Farley
  • Megan Goforth
  • Amanda Harrison
  • Cindy Kim
  • Donielle Nolan
  • Pam Promisel
  • Philip Stamper

Office of the Provost

  • Brandon Ash
  • Dennix Averion
  • Liz Bartles
  • Enock Belony, Sr.
  • Jessica Biddle
  • Stephanie Bluth
  • Wendi Carroll
  • Jacquelin Connor
  • Olga Diupina
  • Rachel Dorsa
  • Stacey Ellis
  • Stephanie Felice
  • Jeff Fichter
  • Chris Hicks
  • Janae Johnson
  • Mhehvish Khan
  • Taylor Lambert
  • Karen Lee
  • Sylvia Lee
  • Amy Lewis
  • Valerie Linsinbigler
  • Jiayi Liu
  • Achim Loch
  • Ashley Marshall-Lanier
  • Sadler Martha
  • Jonathan May 
  • Anna Murphy-Lang
  • Jackie Nash
  • Bobbi Nelson
  • Charles Nicholson
  • Diana Ortega
  • Jess Ostrowski-Wright
  • Ward Othman
  • Julia Pfaff
  • Laura Phelps
  • Elizabeth Quillin
  • Bryan Regalado
  • Leslie Rodriguez
  • Kim Seligman
  • Noele Simmons
  • Darlene Smucny
  • Asha Sneed
  • Rachel Spence
  • Antonio Stewart
  • Carmella Trippett-Blanks
  • Wanjiku Wainaina 
  • Janice Ward
  • Maria Wilkins
  • Erin Wojtkun
  • Kristen Wright
  • Katara Wright-Hofman
  • Lori Yi
  • Aslihan Yildiz-Odeh

Schar School of Policy & Govt

  • Jana Biever
  • Sean Culley
  • Heba F. El-Shazli
  • Matt Green
  • Michael Hunzeker
  • Ann Ludwick
  • Shelly Malur
  • Silva Morris
  • Ludmila Oleinic 
  • Shannon Williams
  • Kali Woods

University Life

  • Rommel Aguilar Cardenas
  • Asra Ahmad
  • Aixa Aleman-Diaz
  • Jamilah Anderson
  • Adam Anthony
  • LaShonda Anthony
  • Bernard Atieme
  • Brittany Bailey
  • Thomas Barnett
  • Ali Bartow
  • Chris Baunoch
  • Matthew Benic
  • Skye Berg
  • Brandi Blake
  • Christine Bodziak
  • Joshua Braaten
  • Tait Brooks
  • Bradley Brooks
  • Teejay  Brown
  • Tavia Burden
  • Elisabeth Burick
  • Jonathan Carmona
  • Rachel Carter
  • Ethan Carter
  • Julie Choe-Kim
  • Koroma Christiana
  • Katie Clare
  • Glenda Cosby
  • Calena Creft
  • Garey Davis
  • Jennifer De La Rosa 
  • Birgit Debeerst
  • Austin Deray
  • Brianna Epps 
  • Aysia Evans
  • Alyssa Fields
  • Etlin Flores
  • Wai Ling Fong
  • Brandon Ford
  • Sonia Furuya
  • Michael Galvin
  • Sabrey Garling
  • Whitney Gaston
  • Toniesha Gordon
  • Chris Gremillion
  • Cody Grim
  • Viktoriia Gryshchenko
  • Danielle Guerrier
  • Sarah Haimann
  • Taylor Harris
  • Lana Harris
  • Felicia Haynes
  • Dave Heath
  • Sara Heming
  • Kerry Hentges
  • Doug Hernandez
  • Beatriz Hernandez
  • Louise Higgins
  • Micah Hodges
  • Lee Ann Houston
  • Lauren Hutt
  • Melanie (MJ) Jalim
  • Isaac Jasper 
  • Jacob Jean
  • Lisa Karim
  • Alissa Karton
  • Lulu Geza Kelemen
  • Jenn Khoo
  • Sharon Kim
  • Dennis Kisielewski
  • Steve Kuchera
  • Ayleen Leonhardt
  • Manuel Llano-Martinez
  • Creston Lynch
  • Casey Machuga
  • Jeff Massetti
  • Rebecca Mattern
  • Brionna Matthews
  • Phil McDaniel
  • Kelly Meehan
  • Kristal Miller
  • Jamie Mujeni
  • Patrick O'Connor
  • Anike Oladeji
  • Maggie Olszewska
  • Yali Pan
  • Eunkyoung Park
  • TJ Pegg
  • Susan Pilley
  • Alexis Plater
  • Elizabeth Portaluppi
  • Brandon Quiles
  • Geoffrey Rath
  • Riley Redd
  • Joisanne Rodgers
  • Lori Scher
  • Kelly Severo
  • Ethan Short
  • Caroline Simpson
  • Amy Snyder
  • Lisa Snyder
  • Rita Snyder Furr
  • Destiny Spencer
  • Kylie Stamm
  • Amira Stine
  • Shyrah Thomas
  • Samantha Thornton
  • Sasha Toophanie
  • Jennifer Torrance
  • Nakia Waters
  • Shelby Waugh
  • Krystal  Wiley
  • Amanda Williams
  • Jo Wilson
  • Leotie Yard
  • Lubna Zia