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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May 2025 

(IN-PERSON)

Monday, May 12th 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
  • Valerie Bartush
  • Sheri Berkeley
  • Michelle Buehl
  • Amanda Caswell
  • Marie Champagne
  • Craig Esherick
  • Cathy Gabbay
  • Syed Mustafa Hassan
  • Jamie Hite
  • Anna Hornberger
  • Kim Howe
  • Mandy Jenkins
  • Tina Jones
  • 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

College of Engineering and Computing

  • Samuel Acuna
  • Mary Baldwin-Slupe
  • Alison Bartnek
  • Mihai Boicu
  • Doaa Bondok
  • Claudia Borke
  • Sharon Caraballo
  • Nora Gerrity
  • Amir Hasan
  • Suddaf Ismail
  • Larry Jackson
  • Ashley Korman
  • Rebecca Lane
  • Hugh Miller
  • Lisa Nolder
  • Bob Osgood
  • Smriti Patwardhan
  • Mary Poirier
  • Chris Sato
  • Lisa Sevilla
  • Bahabib Shams
  • Linda Sheridan
  • Jennifer Skorzawski-Ross
  • Shvetha Soundararajan
  • Toshiko Uchiyama
  • Girum Urgessa
  • Venkata Veeramachaneni
  • DaFran Ware
  • Carolyn Wilson
  • Nicky Wu

College of Humanities & Social Sciences

  • Afra Ahmad
  • Elli Ambros
  • Tasneem Amrou
  • Steven Barnes
  • Lisa Bauman
  • Scott Berg
  • Cris Berry
  • Tanie Boeddeker
  • Terri Breslin
  • Shelby Broberg
  • Anna Burcham
  • Jacqueline Burek
  • Lea Burgess
  • Sharron Caldwell
  • Katie Clare
  • Jada Crocker
  • Tim Curby
  • Brielle DeMatteo
  • Katie DeMonte
  • Catherine Dobson
  • Jim Dooley
  • Erin Fay
  • Kristen Fite
  • Melany Gallardo
  • Mary Getsey Bernier
  • Carrie Grabo
  • Tamara Harvey
  • Angela Ho
  • Katy Hoepf
  • Virginia Holm
  • Virginia Hoy 
  • Sheri Huerta
  • Jane Hugar
  • Michael Hurley
  • Olivia Inturias
  • Thea Kassas
  • Shannon Layman
  • Robin Littleton
  • Alice Magelssen-Green
  • Erika Marquina
  • Erin McSherry
  • Kathryn Meeks
  • Sara Montiel
  • Jihye Moon
  • Ilona Moore
  • Juton Myers
  • Andrew Novak
  • Kara Oakleaf
  • Barbara O'Connell
  • Amanda Ogisi
  • Graziella Pagliarulo McCarron
  • Prashamsa Pandey
  • David Powers Corwin
  • Colleen Reynolds
  • Laura Rhodes
  • Brandice Rogers
  • Raluca Romaniuc
  • Jennifer Rose
  • Jennifer Rosenfeld
  • Abdulaziz Sachedina
  • Valerie Sasser
  • Laura Scott
  • Jennifer Shaskan
  • Jessica Shindler
  • Rodger Smith
  • Sharon Spradling
  • Kevin Stagl
  • Rachel Stevenson
  • Eliz Storelli
  • Kamaleddine Tabine
  • Art Taylor
  • Susan Tomasovic
  • Kristin Tyburczy
  • Eleana Velasco
  • Catherine Wright
  • Aoi Yamanaka
  • Margaret Zeddies
  • Amy Zhang

College of Public Health

  • Sapna Batheja
  • Kelly Beckwith
  • Virginia Blair
  • Allison Bustria
  • Isaac Chomitz
  • Lilian de Jonge
  • Julio Diaz
  • Constance Gewa
  • Brian Gillette
  • Kimberly Holmes
  • Ibrahim Kargbo
  • Dawn Kim
  • Irene Knoepfel
  • Kerri LaCharite
  • Sarah Liu
  • Troy Lowery
  • Raven McCormick
  • Magnolia Morales
  • Joelle Patricio
  • Maria Perez
  • 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
  • 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
  • Jessica Rosenberg
  • Pritha Roy
  • Jennifer Salerno
  • Ginny Scott
  • Dann Sklarew
  • Monique Sweeney
  • Brenda Tondi
  • Fran Troy
  • Lillian Virgil

College of Visual & Performing Arts

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

Costello College of Business

  • May Abou Ghazaleh
  • Marvin Argueta-Sol
  • 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
  • Andrea Willey
  • Ashley Yuckenberg

Honors College

  • Vanessa Correa
  • Gaby Guzman
  • Ashley Marshall-Lanier
  • Tahmina Rahman
  • Jasmyne Rogers
  • Telecia Taylor

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace & Conflict Resolution

  • Charisse Cardenas
  • Jane Walker

Mason Korea

  • Sang Lee
  • Eunhee Seo
  • Kent Zimmerman

Office of the President

  • Ben Auger
  • Greg Farley
  • Megan Goforth
  • Amanda Harrison
  • Cindy Kim
  • Donielle Nolan
  • Pam Promisel
  • Philip Stamper

Office of the Provost

  • Marie alice Arnold
  • Liz Bartles
  • Alyssa Bivins
  • Stephanie Bluth
  • Dana Brantley
  • Anthony "Tony" Ciero
  • Jeff Fichter
  • Chris Hicks
  • Mhehvish Khan
  • Karen Lee
  • Amy Lewis
  • Jiayi Liu
  • Achim Loch
  • Sadler Martha
  • Jonathan May
  • Stas Miachkov
  • Jackie Nash
  • Diana Ortega
  • Ward Othman
  • Julia Pfaff
  • Bryan Regalado
  • Kim Seligman
  • Noele Simmons
  • Darlene Smucny
  • Asha Sneed
  • Rachel Spence
  • Antonio Stewart
  • Carmella Trippett-Blanks
  • Erin Wojtkun
  • Lori Yi

Schar School of Policy & Govt

  • Jana Biever
  • Victoria Cattelona
  • Sean Culley
  • Heba F.  El-Shazli
  • Matt Green
  • Michael Hunzeker
  • Ann Ludwick
  • Shelly Malur
  • Silva Morris
  • Shannon Williams

University Life

  • Rommel Aguilar Cardenas
  • Asra Ahmad
  • Aixa Aleman-Diaz
  • Stephanie Amirsoltani
  • Jamilah Anderson
  • Adam Anthony
  • LaShonda Anthony
  • Bernard Atieme
  • Brittany Bailey
  • Thomas Barnett
  • Ali Bartow
  • Chris Baunoch
  • Julia Benedith
  • Skye Berg
  • Brandi Blake
  • Christine Bodziak
  • Joshua Braaten
  • Bradley Brooks
  • Tait Brooks
  • Teejay Brown
  • Tavia Burden
  • Elisabeth Burick
  • Jonathan Carmona
  • Ethan Carter
  • Rachel Carter
  • Michael Cherry
  • Julie Choe-Kim
  • Rick Christ
  • Koroma Christiana
  • Glenda Cosby
  • Calena Creft
  • Chris Davidson
  • 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
  • Viktoriia Gryshchenko
  • Danielle Guerrier
  • Sarah Haimann
  • Jessica Harley
  • Lana Harris
  • Taylor Harris
  • Sara Heming
  • Amari Henderson
  • Kerry Hentges
  • Beatriz Hernandez
  • Doug Hernandez
  • Louise Higgins
  • Bailey Highsmith
  • Jess Hively
  • Micah Hodges
  • Lee Ann Houston
  • Lauren Hutt
  • Melanie (MJ) Jalim
  • Isaac Jasper 
  • Jacob Jean
  • Alissa Karton
  • Lulu Geza Kelemen
  • Sharon Kim
  • Dennis Kisielewski
  • Steve Kuchera
  • Sang Lee
  • Ayleen Leonhardt
  • Manuel Llano-Martinez
  • Creston Lynch
  • Jeff Massetti
  • Rebecca Mattern
  • Brionna Matthews
  • Phil McDaniel
  • Kelly Meehan
  • Meeghan Milette
  • Kristal Miller
  • Audrey Morales
  • Jamie Mujeni
  • Patrick O'Connor
  • Anike Oladeji
  • Maggie Olszewska
  • Jasmine Osborne
  • Yali Pan
  • Eunkyoung Park
  • TJ Pegg
  • Susan Pilley
  • Alexis Plater
  • Elizabeth Portaluppi
  • Geoffrey Rath
  • Riley Redd
  • Debbie Rivero
  • Joisanne Rodgers
  • Lori Scher
  • Kelly Severo
  • Caroline Simpson
  • Casey Smith
  • Amy Snyder
  • Lisa Snyder
  • Rita Snyder Furr
  • Destiny Spencer
  • Kylie Stamm
  • Philip Stamper
  • Amira Stine
  • Shyrah Thomas
  • Olivia Thompson
  • Samantha Thornton
  • Sasha Toophanie
  • Jennifer Torrance
  • Nakia Waters
  • Shelby Waugh
  • Krystal Wiley
  • Amanda Williams
  • Jo Wilson
  • Leotie Yard
  • Lubna Zia