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About the
Presenters:
James
Cantwell
is currently a full time faculty member at the City University of New York
(CUNY), LaGuardia Community College, Department of Cooperative Education.
James teaches a required 3 credit preparatory course, Fundamentals of
Professional Advancement for Co-op students and the required internship
seminar courses. James also teaches a required 3 credit preparatory course,
Fundamentals of Professional Advancement for Co-op students and the required
internship seminar courses. James has worked on special committees and
projects for the past several years. His committee work includes
co-chairing the Employer Relations Committee with Caren Treiser where they
created employer workshops and hosted employer recognition events. James
and Caren have piloted a very successful team teaching approach for their
classes including the required Fundamentals of Professional Advancement
course and the Critical Reflection at the Workplace seminar with a
concentration on communication skills. They continue to collaborate and
work together in a team teaching approach.
Dave Cofer is
Founder, President / CEO of Cofer Consulting Solutions, LLC a firm
specializing in delivering expert solutions in the areas of Attracting,
Developing and Retaining Young Professionals. Prior to founding Cofer
Consulting Solutions, Dave enjoyed a career that spanned 15 years Bank One /
JPMorgan Chase. Starting as an INROADS Intern, Dave gained experience in
the areas of Human Resources, Cultural Transformation and Continuous
Improvement. In his final years with JPMorgan Chase, Dave made the
transition to Entry Talent. Dave had the opportunity to experience and lead
all facets of the entry talent management equation. This included
day-to-day leadership of a rotation-based management development program.
In his last role prior to leaving JPMorgan Chase, Dave served as Recruiting
Manager and Intern Program Manager for the Corporate Sector’s entry
programs. In this role, Dave oversaw the firm’s largest entry talent
recruiting team and summer internship program globally. Dave is a graduate
of Miami University with a B.S. in Business (Majors: Organizational Behavior
and Human Resource Management). Additionally, Dave earned his M.A. in
Education from The Ohio State University, majoring in Workforce Development
and Education with an emphasis in Human Resource Development. Dave resides
in Worthington, Ohio with his wife and two children.
Jennifer
DeRosa.
Jennifer has been with Cornell University for 8 years and is currently the
Associate Director of Career Development in the College of Agriculture and
Life Sciences. Prior to this role, she was the Assistant Director of
Employer & Alumni Relations in Cornell’s University-wide Career Office.
Before coming to Cornell, Jennifer worked as a human resources professional
for 12 years in the banking and finance industries, including positions with
The Bank of New York and Alexander & Alexander, Inc. Jennifer holds a
Master of Science in HR Management from The New School University and a
Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Education from Stony Brook
University.
Christa B. Downey,
Assistant Dean & Director of Career Services, College of Arts & Sciences,
Cornell University. Christa has been working in Career Services at Cornell
University for over 5 years. She began her Cornell career in Engineering
where she coordinated the Co-op Program for over four years and in January
2009, became Director of Arts & Sciences Career Services. She earned a B.S.
in Industrial Management at Carnegie Mellon University and M.S. in College
Student Personnel at Miami University. In addition to career services, she
has held positions in residence life, academic advising, teaching, and
outdoor education.
Lisa Foster
is an Assistant Cooperative Education Coordinator at Northeastern University
in Boston, Massachusetts. Lisa works with the Health Science, Speech,
Language Pathology and Audiology Students. Lisa is a graduate of the
College Student Development and Counseling Program at Northeastern
University.
Dr. Philip D. Gardner,
Director.
Philip was raised in the intermountain west, outside Spokane, Washington,
and attended Whitman College, majoring in Chemistry with a strong interest
in History and Literature. Before attending graduate school, he served in
the army in Southeast Asia and Japan. In graduate school studies, he focused
on developmental and resource economics, organizational development and
public policy. Phil served for 18 months with Thailand’s Ministry of
Agriculture’s Land Reform Office. After six years on the faculty at the
University of California, Riverside (Graduate School of Administration and
Crop and Soil Science), Phil returned to Michigan State University to lead
the research efforts for the Collegiate Employment Research Institute.
In addition to
membership in various professional organizations, Mr. Gardner serves as
senior editor for The Journal of Cooperative Education and Internships. Mr.
Gardner holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Whitman College as well as his
Master of Science and a Doctorate in Philosophy from Michigan State
University.
Dierdre Jordan is an Assistant
Cooperative Education Coordinators at Northeastern University in Boston,
Massachusetts. Dierdre works with students in the Health Science major.
Dierdre is a graduate of the College Student Development and Counseling
Program at Northeastern University.
Dr. Dennis R. Laker is Associate
Professor in Management at Widener University. Dr. Laker holds a Ph.D. in
Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Illinois at
Champaign-Urbana. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Human
Resource Management, Labor Relations, Performance Management and
Organizational Development. He holds professional memberships in the
Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), Academy of Management and
other professional organizations. He has consulted with both large and
small organizations. He has published in the Journal of Applied Psychology,
Human Resource Development Quarterly, Journal of Management Education and
other professional and practitioner publications. His research interests
are in the area of career planning, career development, and training. He
has made numerous presentations to directors of career services, coops and
internships. Recently he has written "The Experiential Learning Workbook"
(2009). Kimberton, PA: Seven Stars Press.
Dr. Janet Nepkie
is a Distinguished Service Professor of Music and Music Industry at the
State University of New York, College at Oneonta. Her instructional
responsibilities include courses in Music Business Affairs, Copyright Law
and Violoncello. She directs an internship program for more than 600 Music
Industry majors who serve internships throughout the United States and in
other countries including Japan, England, Australia and Sweden. She is
Chair of the SUNY Faculty Senate Committee on Ethics and Institutional
Integrity and has served as Chair of the Faculty Senate Undergraduate
Committee, Chair of the United University Professions Technology in Higher
Education Committee and the Convenor of the Labor side of the New York
State/UUP Joint Labor Management Committee on Technology. She is a member of
the Copyright Society of the USA. She was the Program Director of four
annual conferences entitled "Higher Education in an Electronic Age: Some
Legal Guidelines," and also recently served as Program Director for a SUNY
Symposium on Academic Integrity. She is a frequent speaker on issues of
academic and commercial intellectual property ownership and exploitation.
She is principal 'cellist of the Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra and the
Catskill Symphony Orchestra. She earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees at
the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. at New York University.
Jessica Paquin
has coordinated Academic Internships at
Brandeis University for over 3 years.
In a joint position with the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences and the
Career Center, she partners with both Academic and Student Affairs
representatives to support and develop credit-bearing internship
opportunities. Prior to Brandeis, she spent two years in the Pioneer Valley
of Massachusetts as a graduate intern working with internships at Mt.
Holyoke College's Career Development Center, and as a Dean on Duty in the
Dean of Students Office at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Before
working in Higher Ed, she taught public school for 5 years in South Central
Los Angeles and spent 4 years running outreach and education programs for
urban youth in Manchester, New Hampshire. Jessica holds a M.Ed in Higher
Education Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and
a Bachelor of the Arts in Psychology from Clark University.
Brandy Pascazio.
Brandy is interested
in virtually everything to do with recruiting including social media and how
it pertains to the acquisition and management of talent. She enjoys all
things related to design, distribution and attraction of talent. Brandy
currently serves as a full-time Operations Recruiter for State Farm
Insurance and has been a professional recruiter for the past 8 years.
Amanda R. Phillips,
Program
Coordinator, Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, Cornell University.
Amanda Phillips joined the
Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise Office in July 2009.
She is responsible for coordinating daily
administrative, organizational and operational activities. In this role, she
interfaces with students, corporate partners and affiliated faculty and
collaborators of the Center. Amanda joined Cornell after three years
at Guthrie Healthcare Systems as the Medical Student Coordinator. During
that time she worked with medical universities to coordinate
electives/internships /academic rotations for students and played an active
role in recruiting/retaining medical students for Guthrie’s Residency
Programs. Prior to joining the Center, Amanda was working with Engineering
Co-op & Career Services at Cornell for the past two years, most recently as
the Co-op Assistant where she helped to create/place students with job
opportunities and successfully complete a structured 28 week program. She
also serves on the board of NYSCEEA.
Caren Treiser
recently retired after working for 15 years as a full time faculty member in
the City University of New York (CUNY), LaGuardia Community College,
Department of Cooperative Education. Caren has most recently joined the Palm
Beach Florida Library system creating job search technique workshops. Caren
teaches a required 3 credit preparatory course, Fundamentals of Professional
Advancement for Co-op students and the required internship seminar courses.
Caren has continued teaching as an adjunct instructor in the Co-op
department, concentrating in online course delivery. Caren has worked on
special committees and projects for the past several years. Her committee
work includes co-chairing the Employer Relations Committee with James
Cantwell where they created employer workshops and hosted employer
recognition events. Caren and James have piloted a very successful team
teaching approach for their classes including the required Fundamentals of
Professional Advancement course and the Critical Reflection at the Workplace
seminar with a concentration on communication skills. They continue to
collaborate and work together in a team teaching approach.
Michael D.
True,
Director, Internship Center,
Messiah College. Mike
has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, U.S.
News & World Report, BusinessWeek, Central PA Magazine, and Harrisburg
Magazine regarding internships. Currently, he serves as Chair of the
Internship/Co‐op Special Interest Group of the National Society for Experiential
Education and is a certified trainer with the Cooperative Education and
Internship Association. As well, he manages an internet listserv, which he
began in 1995, of over 630 internship professionals in the U.S., Canada,
Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil.
Mike compiled a booklet entitled “Starting and
Maintaining A Quality Internship Program,” which is currently being used by
hundreds of colleges, universities, employers and chambers of commerce
across the United States and internationally. Mike and a colleague from the
University of Southern California conducted a national survey of
internship/co‐op
professionals in 2002 and 2004 and published the results in the Journal of
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