2025 VIRTUAL THINK TANKS
Transform Your Career Ecosystem
What are Virtual Think Tanks? Deep dives on important career services topics involving community discussion, practical case studies, and inspiring trend insights,
STRATEGIES TO MOVE YOUR CAREER CENTER INTO THE CAREER ECOSYSTEM ERA
Tuesday July 15 | 1:00-4:00 EST
trends talk
TARGET AUDIENCE: Career center leaders, leadership team members, and senior administrators who oversee career services. Open to any level of staff.
What steps can your campus and career center team take to to realize the benefits and outcomes of a career ecosystem approach?
What are the quick wins and pitfalls that can happen in implementation?
How do you lead change, skepticism, and momentum to ensure success?
Jeremy Podany
CEO & Founder
The Career Leadership Collective
PANELISTS
Zac Saeva
Director of Career Design
Nazareth University
Katie Ramirez
Director of the Center for Experiential Learning and Career Success
Trinity
EMBEDDING your career strategies into the classroom, advising, curriculum, and co-curriculum
Wednesday July 16 | 1:00-4:00 EST
trends talk
TARGET AUDIENCE: Career leaders and career staff who work with faculty and academic advisors, and are student faciing. This session is also good for faculty and academic advisors.
What are strategies for effectively building long-term, mutually beneficial integrations between career centers and academic departments.
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How to succeed as a career advisor in an embedded model
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How to increase career readiness through academic advising
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Helping faculty integrate career services into the classroom experience
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Understanding student impact from an embedded approach
Jeremy Podany
CEO & Founder
The Career Leadership Collective
PANELISTS
Matt Augeri
Director, Operations & Strategic Initiatives
University of Iowa
Amelinda Vazquez Rossitto
Senior Associate Director
University of Connecticut
Mandy Weister
Associate Director
Minnesota State
University, Mankato
Elena Chiru
Director, Career Advising
George Mason University
Leveraging AI, Tech, and PLATFORMS to build your career ecosystem
Thursday July 17 | 1:00-4:00 EST
trends talk
TARGET AUDIENCE: Any type and level of staff in and around Career Services
What are innovative ways that AI, Data, and Tech are being used in career services to build a career ecosystem?
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Leveraging AI in Your Ecosystem
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When tech and platforms help you strategize and move the needle
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Tech Embedding for Student Career Benefits
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Managing the onslaught of Tools, Platforms, and Vendors
Nick Cattin
Senior Manager of Consulting
The Career Leadership Collective
PANELISTS
Jessamyn Perlus, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Director
Cornell University
Jessie Stack Lombardo
Director, Career Design
Center
SUNY Geneseo
Peter Paul Depasquale
Adjunct Professor and Assistant Director, Career Consultant for the College of Fine Arts
Carnegie Mellon University
employer relations and your career ecosystem
Friday July 18 | 1:00-4:00 EST
trends talk
Monique Frost
Consultant
The Career Leadership Collective
TARGET AUDIENCE: Employer Relations Leaders, Career leaders and career staff who work with employers.
What are strategies for effectively building long-term, mutually beneficial relationships between universities and employers?
How can Career Services adapt its operations to meet the changing needs of employers and students in a dynamic job market?
What are the emerging trends in university career services and employer relations?
PANELISTS
Leanne Morris
Employer and Community Engagement Manager
University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Education
Rachel Dieter, Associate Director, Employer Engagement
Arizona State University
W.P. Carey School of Business
Josh Walker
Associate Director, Employer Relations & Outreach
Lafayette College
Muge Tuna
Executive Director of Employer Relations
Indiana University, Kelley School of Business