Meet the Staff

Meet the team that stands ready to serve you and your professional goals. Find the Career and Life Design Coach for your specific school or college, the student team of Career Ambassadors who are trained to guide you in your career-readiness and administrative staff and interns who help to bring you career-related programming and events.

Staff

Career and Life Design Center Team

North Foundation Hall, Office 103

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Wayne Thibodeau
Senior Director
thibodea@oakland.edu

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Kelly Dorner
Director
kdorner@oakland.edu

Juretta Bailey-Grajewski
Experiential Learning and Internship Coordinator
baileygrajewski@oakland.edu

Theresa DuBay
Retention and Life Design Coach
theresadubay@oakland.edu

Destin Eddington
Systems and Data Analyst
destineddington@oakland.edu

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Yejie Lee
Career and Life Design Coach
yejielee@oakland.edu

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Denise McConkey
Career and Life Design Coach
mack@oakland.edu

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Tracy Smith
Office Assistant
lauinge2@oakland.edu

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Sarah Swarz
Career and Life Design Marketing and Events Coordinator
sarahswarz@oakland.edu

School of Business Administration Career and Life Design Team

Elliott Hall, Office 232

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Ian Caullay
Career and Life Design Director
caullay@oakland.edu

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Joanna Giglio
Career and Life Design Coach
jgiglio@oakland.edu

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Natalie Iscaro
Office Assistant
iscaro@oakland.edu

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Maelle Rouquet
Career and Life Design Coach
mrouquet@oakland.edu

School of Engineering and Computer Science Career and Life Design Team

Engineering Center, Rooms 257, 259, 263

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Kelli Foskic
Career and Life Design Director
kfoskic@oakland.edu

Laura Kroger
Career and Life Design Coach
lkroger@oakland.edu

Career Ambassadors

Career Ambassador Team
North Foundation Hall, Office 103

Career Ambassadors are student peer mentors who specialize in taking drop-ins in our Career Studio, assisting fellow students with perfecting their resumes, creating LinkedIn and Handshake profiles and preparing for interviews.