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Jessica Chance provides vision, direction, and strategies that guide the work and initiatives of the Graduate Center for Career Development.

Jessica began working in career development as Assistant Director of the Career Development Center at Boston College. There she focused on student development, career readiness, and resources and programming for historically underrepresented students. This work included alumni and employer engagement focused on diversity recruiting. At the Emerson College Career Development Center, she provided leadership for career education and programming geared towards creatives and entrepreneurs at all stages of their careers.

As both a writer and performer, her collaborations with new and accomplished artists has informed her work helping individuals explore and actualize goals. This includes course development, and guiding career professionals working with the whole student around core competencies and building strong career communities.

She received her BFA in Performing Arts from Emerson College, and her MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lesley University.

Lily provides corporate outreach to firms from the Technology, Energy, Manufacturing, and Transportation verticals.

Lily’s career began as a legislative researcher in Massachusetts and then in Washington D.C. where she covered foreign policy hearings on Capitol Hill. Prior to Babson, Lily worked at Northeastern University where she launched new academic programs abroad, led international recruitment efforts, expanded co-op offerings by tripling Northeastern’s book of business overseas, and provided crisis management and solutions during emergency situations abroad. Lily has experience working with both undergraduate and graduate students from various disciplines including political science, law, international affairs, engineering, architecture, and business. She enjoys curriculum design and teaching. As an adjunct lecturer at Babson College, Lily launched three courses, which she currently teaches to MBA students titled Inventing Your Career.

In her spare time, Lily does international and domestic volunteer work around arts and culture, and civil and human rights. She is especially passionate about advising international and first generation students. Lily earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science & International Affairs from Northeastern University, a Master of Arts in Middle Eastern Studies from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon and a Doctorate in Education from Northeastern University. She has lived in four cities worldwide and speaks four languages.

Margaret Jones works with students interested in and corporate partners from Financial Services, Real Estate, Non-Profit and Educations sectors. She also engages employers and supports events to increase employee diversity and enhance business models that embraces equity and inclusion.

Margaret brings a broad range of staffing and career management experience to Babson, specifically in the corporate accounting and financial services industries. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame, she left her native Chicago roots to work as an auditor in the Boston office of Grant Thornton, a top public accounting firm. She later gained recruitment experience at Positions Inc., a boutique staffing firm and subsequently returned to public accounting as Director of Recruiting for Management Consulting at Ernst & Young.

As the Director of the Graduate School of Professional Accounting at Northeastern University, Margaret leveraged her combination of accounting and recruiting background. In this role, she truly enjoyed her interactions with the graduate students and building relationships with organizations. Most recently, Margaret was a Director at Fenway Search Group, a staffing firm specializing in the recruitment and placement of Accounting and Finance professionals.

Jay Robie joins Babson with extensive Relationship Management expertise across a broad range of companies from start-ups to Fortune 500 within multiple industries including Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Education to name a few. With an MBA from Boston College in Marketing & Entrepreneurship, he has spent a majority of his career at the intersection of business and education.

Jay was formerly the VP of Business Development for the Corporate and Education channels of the SmartTrack™ Toolkit online programs and Director of Student Services & Admissions programs for College Planning Strategies. Jay has worked as an Admissions Counselor for Beaver Country Day School, St. Lawrence University, and in the Graduate Admissions office at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management. These experiences involved recruiting prospective students, interviewing candidates, building external industry relationships and providing recommendations to the admissions committee.

Additionally, Jay spent four years placing students into paid internships as the Director of the Corporate Internship Program at Notre Dame High School—a member of the Cristo Rey Network. He helped to develop the curriculum for the summer training program to better prepare students for their job assignments and recruited companies throughout the Merrimack Valley region to become strategic corporate partners. Jay has also consulted for Road to College as an Admissions Consultant, helping college bound families with the admissions process including: essay brainstorming and editing, mock interviewing, and the strategic selection and analysis of colleges for the application process.

Since 2007, Jay has been a volunteer coach in his hometown of Holliston across a wide range of sports including, soccer, lacrosse and, basketball and actively participates in various fundraising events throughout the year including The Ride for Food, The Ride to End Alzheimer’s & SquashBuster’s Mash-Up tournament.

Susanne Schneider-Kivelitz is a senior career services professional with comprehensive experience in career development and transition coaching with leading international HR consulting companies and US business schools. In her current role at Babson, she provides career coaching for graduate working professional students and manages the alumni career coaching and engagement program.

While living in Germany and working with von Rundstedt & Partner GmbH, the German market leader in outplacement and career management consulting, Susanne advised professionals and executives across industries on their career success for several years. Eventually, she led all consulting operations at two major company locations and oversaw international outplacement operations. Prior to these roles, she worked as a senior consultant with Odgers Berndtson, an international top executive search firm.

Susanne continued her career in the U.S. as a senior career coach with Keystone Associates, a leading New England career transition firm advising diverse professionals and executives. Prior to Babson, she provided career coaching for MBA students at Boston University Questrom School of Business.

Susanne earned a dual German and French master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in human resources. She is a trained banker, a certified MBTI practitioner and business coach.

Erica is a Babson MSEL’15 alum who upon graduation began her career as a financial recruiter at Robert Half International, partnering with job seekers at all levels, to assist them in achieving their career goals. In her most recent position as Director of Academic & Career Development at the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants, Erica’s focus was overseeing a statewide career development program to connect students with career opportunities and to fuel the pipeline of professional services firms.

Erica managed relationships with over sixty public accounting firms for all student related and recruiting initiatives, serving as the main point of contact with human resources professionals and as a liaison between the academic community and business world. Erica advised students with an interest in pursuing a career as a CPA and coaching them in their career development, resulting in placements at top mid-size, national and international firms. She also played a role in the MSCPA’s strategic initiative to increase diversity in the professional services industry, developing and hosting programs to introduce underrepresented students to career opportunities.

Erica brings experience in all aspects of career development as well as professional services industry knowledge. She enjoys working with students to assist them in growing professionally and cultivating the skills necessary to succeed in their careers. She is passionate about relationship building and helping students do what they love.

Maribeth joins Babson after an extensive career in Human Resources at fortune 100 and 500 companies. With a focus on Talent Acquisition, she has led recruitment teams in the development of college recruitment programs in addition to supporting senior leadership in identifying talent to fill their hiring needs. Through out her career she has mentored, guided and coached entry level to senior managers in their career journey helping them to navigate the corporate world and advance their careers.

Maribeth was formally the Assistant Vice President of Talent Acquisition at The TJX Companies and Director of Talent Acquisition at Raytheon Technologies. Having managed recruitment teams, she knows first-hand what recruiters and hiring managers are looking for on a resume and in interviews. Her primary internal clients were leaders in Finance, Real Estate, Information Technology, Business Development, Purchasing and Human Resources.

Additionally, Maribeth has experience working for a market leader in career consulting and outplacement. In this role she provided one on one guidance to individuals seeking employment in a variety of industries including finance, retail, logistics and healthcare. Her clients ranged from young professionals to experience job seekers.

After leaving the corporate world Maribeth decided to take her energies and focus them in an area that she was passionate about, helping students navigate their career journey.

Maribeth has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Wheaton College.

Nina has worked at Babson’s Graduate Center for Career Development since June 2015. As the Operations Manager and Business Analyst, she is responsible for the hub of technology and data to drive successful operations for students, staff and company partners. Prior to Babson, Block worked as the externship coordinator at Lincoln Technical Institute, where she managed the student externship placement program within the Career Services Department.

Nina earned her BS in business administration with a focus in marketing from the University of New Hampshire in 2010. In 2008, she studied abroad with Semester at Sea, through the University of Virginia, where she had the opportunity to travel around the world visiting 10 countries, including nations in various parts of Asia, Africa, and South America, gaining a broader world perspective and knowledge of international cultures, history, economies, and societies.

Liz Canon has worked at Babson College in the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business since 2018. She brings her institutional knowledge to her role as Communication Manager and Student Advisor. Liz executes Grad CCD’s communication strategy, promoting Grad CCD services, resources, and events to the Babson community. She creates marketing materials for events, services, and social media that celebrates Babson’s commitment to entrepreneurship and global diversity.

She is always looking for opportunities to partner with alumni, employers, faculty, and students so don’t hesitate to reach out to her if you are interested in partnering with Grad CCD!

Liz has a BA in Literature from Wheelock College (now part of Boston University) and an MA in Writing from Emerson College.

Courtney Dillon joined Babson’s Graduate Center for Career Development (CCD) in January 2022. She has always wanted to work in an academic environment such as Babson and is so pleased to be a member of the team. As the Administrative Coordinator, Courtney provides administrative support to the Graduate CCD staff and the Senior Director. She is responsible for assisting the team with planning and marketing career education events, scheduling appointments, multiple operational duties, and building a strong working relationship with the graduate students at Babson.

Courtney earned her BA in Psychology from Merrimack College in 2021. In 2019, she studied abroad in Sydney, Australia where she had the opportunity to intern with Starlight Children’s Foundation at Sydney Children’s Hospital. While in Sydney, she developed a broader global mindset and gained knowledge about the history and culture of Australia. During her undergraduate studies, Courtney worked with CAPA, The Global Education Network and the Global Education Office (GEO) at Merrimack, promoting study abroad programs to undergraduate students and providing assistance with the study abroad application process.