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Janet Ehl
Alyssa Hammond
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Melissa J. Sawyer
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Paul Stanish
Lisa Dinsmore
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Jennifer Thibodeau
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Janet Ehl

Executive Director, Pulsifer Career Development Center

Janet Ehl is Executive Director of the Pulsifer Career Development Center and leads a talented team of professionals in Undergraduate Career Development, Graduate Career Development and Alumni Career Development and the Recruiting/Employer Relations teams. Janet and the nationally ranked career services team (#1 in Princeton Review 2019 and in top 5 since 2014) work with 4,000 undergraduate students, 1,200 graduate students, faculty, staff, alumni and hundreds of corporate partners  

Janet is an innovative and dedicated career services professional with an extensive background in higher education career services encompassing advising, teaching, and developing strategic relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.  Key areas of proven success include: corporate partnerships; alumni engagement; effective leadership; and organization development. Janet is actively involved with consortiums and industry leaders to ensure knowledge of best practices regarding technology, scalability and the future of work.

Janet joined Bentley University in 2008 having had prior career services experience at Northeastern University and Babson College after making a career change from financial services. Janet has an MBA from Babson College.

Contact

781.891.3423
LaCava Campus Center, Room 220
jehl@bentley.edu

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Alyssa Hammond

Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center

Alyssa Hammond is the Director of Undergraduate Career Development in the Pulsifer Career Development Center at Bentley University and leads the Undergraduate team and it’s efforts for advancing its career education curriculum (CDI courses which won the National Association of Colleges and Employers Career Services Excellence Award), dedicated career coaching and outcomes for all undergraduate students, technology innovation, student collaboration, social innovation, and marketing initiatives.

A graduate of Syracuse University and New England Law Boston and a bar certified attorney, Alyssa has worked as a career coach and higher education administrator for more than 20 years. She has provided career coaching and presented career-related classes, workshops and presentations to thousands of students through her work at Suffolk University, New England Law and Bentley University, and to professional organizations such as the National Association of Law Placement, the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Public Relations Global Network.   She is also a certified StrengthsFinder coach and conducts one on one and team coaching, large scale Strengths development programming for companies such as Verizon, Kronos and Martignetti Enterprises, and has incorporated and implemented Strengths into the CDI 101 and 201 courses for first and second year students at Bentley.

Alyssa has served as Vice President of Student Membership for Publicity Club of New England’s Board of Directors and has been a member of the National Association of Colleges and Employers, Career Leadership Collective, the Ad Club, the Publicity Club of New England, and the Network of Executive Women. And last but not least, in her “spare time”, she is an adjunct professor for the Information Design and Corporate Communications Department here at Bentley, teaching IDCC 390 “The Business of Social Media”.

Additionally, Alyssa has been featured in U.S. News & World Report, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Herald, Boston Business Journal, Boston.com, BostonInno, and Business Insider for her career services and social media work and co-hosted Bentley’s career advice podcast, Counter Offer, which was named a Top 10 Higher Education Podcast by eCity.  Her #AskAlyssa videos are featured on CareerEdge and Bentley Career Services’ Instagram account and she is featured in a Bentley University Master Class video on networking.

Alyssa is known on campus to be an expert in “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” and loves to play it with her CDI 101 and 201 students when discussing the importance of contact theory and networking in their job search. She loves to be challenged anytime, anywhere, so if you see her in the halls, shout out an actor or actress and she’ll surely figure out how they are connected to Kevin B.! Her favorite things about her office are working with Bentley’s “Falcon” awesome students, her team, and their culture wall –  the “Love Mondays” tile is her personal fav because she definitely does and wants her students to, too!

Contact

781.891.2165
LaCava Campus Center, Room 225
ahammond@bentley.edu
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MaryEllen Ryan

Senior Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center

MaryEllen Ryan is a Senior Associate Director of Undergraduate Career Development in the Pulsifer Career Development Center and the dedicated Career Coach for Finance and Corporate Finance & Accounting (Finance-Focus) Majors.

Ryan has over 14 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining the Undergraduate Career Development team, she was a Private Client Relationship Advisor with Brown Advisory, an independent investment management firm.  She has extensive experience working with multi-generational families to address a wide variety of wealth management needs.

Ryan has a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College and MBA from Boston College. She enjoys combining her financial services experience with her commitment to education to help students evaluate their skills sets and interests and find a rewarding career path.

Career Coach for the following majors:

  • Finance
  • Corporate Finance and Accounting (Finance-Focus)

Fun fact: MaryEllen loves to travel and has visited 24 states and 15 countries and look forward to adding to the list.

Favorite part about the office: When students come in to share great news about internship/full-time offers!

Junior & Senior Appointments:

Please schedule an appointment via Handshake (Career Center > Appointments > Schedule a New Appointment > follow remaining prompts).

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781.891.2165
LaCava Campus Center, Room 225
mryan@bentley.edu
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Melissa J. Sawyer

Senior Associate Director/Operations Manager, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center

Melissa Sawyer is Senior Associate Director/Operations Manager and dedicated Career Coach for the Accountancy, Corporate Finance and Accounting (Accounting Focus), Data Analytics, Information Systems Audit and Control, Mathematics, and Actuarial Sciences majors for Undergraduate Career Development in the Pulsifer Career Development Center. Sawyer has more than 20 years of experience working in higher education in various functions encompassing career services, admission, financial aid, fellowship programs, and registrar’s office. She has developed strong relationships with staff and faculty throughout Bentley’s campus while collaborating on various programs for her majors. Sawyer has established solid partnerships with employers who actively recruit the students in her area of focus. Additionally, she oversees the relationship between the Pulsifer Career Center and Handshake and Big Interview. Sawyer looks forward to meeting with students to help them evaluate their interests regarding major and career path and in developing the skills necessary to acquire the positions they desire.

Prior to working at Bentley, Sawyer worked in career services with law students at Western New England School of Law and held various positions at Cornell University prior to and during graduate school. She has a Bachelor of Arts from John Carroll University and a MEd from Kent State University.

Dedicated Career Coach for the following majors:

  • Accountancy
  • Actuarial Sciences
  • Corporate Finance and Accounting (Accounting Focus)
  • Data Analytics
  • Information Systems Audit and Control
  • Mathematics

Fun fact:  Melissa has traveled to 18 countries in the past 18 years (and more prior to that)!  Traveling with her husband and son is one of her passions and their most recent adventure was to go to the Galapagos Islands.  Melissa looks forward to many more stamps in her passport in the future!

Favorite part about the office: Working with the amazing students – Melissa truly enjoys watching them grow, develop and achieve their goals.  Seeing the smiles on students faces when they receive their internship/full time offer is the best!

Junior & Senior Appointments:

Please schedule an appointment via Handshake (Career Center > Appointments > Schedule a New Appointment > follow remaining prompts).

Contact

781.891.2165
LaCava Campus Center, Room 225
msawyer@bentley.edu
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Kristine Vidic

Senior Associate Director/Career Equity & Access Specialist, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center

Kristine Vidic is a Senior Associate Director and Career Equity and Access Specialist in Undergraduate Career Development in the Pulsifer Career Development Center.  She has more than 27 years of experience as a trusted career coach who has built close relationships with many students and alumni helping them launch successful careers.

She is responsible for the career coaching and education for first year students and sophomores at Bentley.  She works in collaboration with the entire Undergraduate Career Development team to build strategies that support the office’s integrated and holistic approach, and takes a leadership role in advising the Bentley University Career Colleague Program, in addition to being a key instructor for several career development courses. Vidic is a certified strengths coach through Gallup as well as a certified coach for MBTI and the Strong Interest Inventory.

Additionally, as Career Equity and Access Specialist, Kristine focuses on creating equity and access systems related to career development to ensure the success of all Bentley students, with particular emphasis on first-generation students and students of diversity.

Prior to working at Bentley, Vidic worked with undergraduate students and alumni at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Higher Education from Bowling Green State University and a Bachelor of Science from Southern New Hampshire University.

Dedicated Career Coach for:

  • First-Year Students
  • Sophomores

Fun Fact:  Her passion is to travel and see the world – Kristine has been to 9 countries.

Her favorite part about the office?  Working with the career colleague program!

First Year & Sophomore Drop In Hours (during Academic Year):

Monday –Thursday: 1:00-3:00 p.m. in LAC 225

To schedule an appointment during the summer, contact Kristine at kvidic@bentley.edu.

Contact

781.891.2165
LaCava Campus Center, Room 225
kvidic@bentley.edu
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Paul Stanish

Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center

Paul Stanish is an Associate Director of Undergraduate Career Development in the Pulsifer Career Development Center at Bentley University and the dedicated Career Coach for Management, Marketing, Information Design and Corporate Communications, Professional Sales, Creative Industry, Media and Culture, LSM in Media Arts and Society majors.  In addition to working with those constituents, he teaches all levels of students in the award winning CDI 101, 201 and 301 courses and manages the CareerEdge Career Colleague team.   Paul spends time cultivating relationships with corporate partners and has visited over a dozen companies such as TJX, Epsilon, iSlide, L’Oreal, Horizon Media and more in the past year.  As a certified Gallup strength coach, Paul has coached multiple staff and students on how to best utilize their strengths in the personal and professional lives.  He was recently certified as a Strong Interest Inventory coach.  He currently serves on the department strengths task force.  Paul has over 18 years of prior experience at Bentley working in Student Affairs and the Center for Alumni, Parents and Friends.  Since 2006 Paul has worked as an event planner, merchandise manager and consultant for various sports memorabilia companies in New England.  Prior to Bentley, Paul worked for CVS corp. in their management and operation training programs.  Paul graduated from Bentley with a Bachelor of Science in Management. Dedicated Career Coach for the following majors:

  • Marketing
  • Professional Sales
  • Information Design and Corporate Communications
  • Creative Industries
  • Media and Culture
  • LSM in Media, Arts and Society

 

Contact

781.891.2165
LAC 225
pstanish@bentley.edu
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Lisa Dinsmore

Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development Center, Pulsifer Career Development Center

Lisa Dinsmore is the Associate Director of Undergraduate Career Development in the Pulsifer Career Development Center and the dedicated Career Coach for the Economics-Finance, Business Economics, Quantitative Economics, and LSM/BA Majors and students interested in Consulting, Sustainability, Healthcare and Non-Profits.

Lisa comes to the Pulsifer Center with over 18 years of experience in a variety of organizations including start-ups, large corporations, and higher education institutions. While at Bentley, Lisa has worked extensively with employer organizations to understand the skills and competencies that they need in their workforce, and forged partnerships with those organization to address those needs. Additionally, Lisa has collaborated with faculty and staff across the University to design and deliver impactful educational programs, providing students with the information and tools they need to succeed. Lisa looks forward to working with her students to develop and hone the critical skills they will need to acquire the positions they want to begin their careers.

Prior to joining Bentley University, Lisa worked in a variety of roles encompassing marketing, operations and financial planning in organizations including: The Gillette Company, Capital One Financial, Putnam Investments, and Raytheon Company. Lisa earned a Bachelor of Science in Business from Babson College where she majored in Finance and Economics and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Dedicated Career Coach for the following majors and students interested in:

  • Economics-Finance
  • Business Economics
  • Quantitative Economics
  • BA/LSM
  • Consulting
  • Healthcare
  • Sustainability

Fun Fact: Lisa grew up taking Irish dance lessons and for years would perform in various venues around Boston – a skill she has been known to revisit on March 17th.

Favorite part of working in the office: Working with students to hone their “personal brand”

Contact

781.891.2165
LaCava Campus Center, Room 225
ldinsmore@bentley.edu
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Kristin Helm

Senior Assistant Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Center

Kristin Helm is a Senior Assistant Director of Undergraduate Career Development in the Pulsifer Career Development Center and the dedicated Career Coach for Computer Information Systems, Management, and Management with concentration majors while also overseeing the Non-profit Internship Program. Kristin has more than 10 years of experience working in higher education in a variety of functional areas including Career Services, Enrollment Management, Housing and Residential Services, Orientation and Fraternity & Sorority Life. Kristin is an active participant in the Chamber of Commerce and looks to build collaboration with employers for students in her areas of focus.

Prior to working at Bentley, Kristin has worked at Lamar University, Fitchburg State University and Castleton University. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Bridgewater State University and a Master of Education from Salem State University.

Dedicated Career Coach for the following majors and students interested in:

  • Computer Information Systems
  • Management & Management Concentrations in:
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Human Resources
    • Supply Chain
  • Non-Profit

Fun Fact: She was recognized as a 40 under 40 recipient of Southeast Texas in 2021.

Contact

781.891.2166
LaCava Campus Center, Room 225
khelm@bentley.edu
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Angela Haynes

Administrative Coordinator, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Center

Angela Haynes is the administrative coordinator for the Undergraduate Career Development Team in the Pulsifer Career Development Center. Angela serves as first point of contact for internal and external constituents and manages all administrative functions for office operations.

Prior to joining the Bentley community, Angela has had extensive experience in the retail and nonprofit sectors. Most recently, Angela was working with Community Resources for Justice, a nonprofit program for justice involved individuals reentering the community through programming and case management services. She also worked at Triangle, Inc. a nonprofit focused on workforce development for individuals with disabilities.

Angela holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice from Fisher College.

Fun Fact: Angela is a true crime fanatic!

Contact

ahaynes@bentley.edu

Jennifer Thibodeau

Associate Director, Employer Relations & Recruiting, Pulsifer Career Development Center

Jen Thibodeau is Associate Director of Employer Relations & Recruiting in the Pulsifer Career Development Center and has more than 20 years of experience in campus recruiting for higher education. She manages the on- and off-campus recruiting programs for all internship and full-time employers. Thibodeau oversees the entire operation of the Employer Relations & Recruiting Office and manages Bentley University’s two annual career fairs which host 130+ employers and 1200+ students at each fair. She manages the recruiting piece of the Handshake recruiting system and is responsible for the data reporting for all recruiting related rankings surveys.

Thibodeau has developed strong relationships with employers and is able to share key facts and trends regarding campus recruiting to augment their networking and recruiting efforts. Her work with diverse companies across many industries, and extensive knowledge of the Handshake system, allow her to deliver excellent knowledge and service to all employers. Thibodeau and her team strive to maintain Bentley’s well known reputation for maintaining a “top notch” recruiting program and providing exceptional customer service to all employers.

Fun fact:  Jen loves the beach.

Favorite part of the office: How supportive this entire team is of each other!

Contact

781.891.2373
LaCava Campus Center, Room 220
jthibod2@bentley.edu

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David Kelly Truong

David Kelly Truong is Assistant Director, Employer Relations & Recruiting in the Pulsifer Career Development Center.  Working for both the undergraduate and graduate career teams, he manages companies and organizations’ opportunities for internships and full-time jobs, as well as employer events for key partners seeking to hire Bentley’s students.

Before joining Bentley, David Kelly was primarily in hotels and tourism, working in B2B and client relations.  He then changed industries to academia and was recently at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine.  During his time at Brigham, David Kelly worked closely in cultivating vendor relations that greatly impact Principal Investigators’ research operations.

David Kelly graduated from the University of New Hampshire Peter T Paul College of Business and Economics with a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management.

Fun Fact: Having visited four continents in the last four years, David Kelly takes a great passion for food and culture as he enjoys learning and cooking different dishes around the world.  His favorite dishes include Bun Cha, Ceviche, and Coq au Vin.

Favorite Part of the Office: Coming in and working with a team where the culture is simply kind.

Contact

dtruong@bentley.edu

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