Career Readiness Action Team

The Career Readiness Action Team will serve two main purposes. In AY 2024-2025 the committee will be the central coordinating body focused on developing campus-wide definitions and learning outcomes. This foundational work will guide the continuing purpose of the group – to coordinate efforts to embed career into curriculum and co-curriculum. Membership on the team may change as the work evolves.

Career Readiness Action Team AY2024-25 Team members

• Angela Chong (Temporary Co-chair), Vice President of Student Life, Division of Student Life
• Jamie Bufalino (Co-chair), Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Arts and Sciences
• Jessica Best, Advising and Student Experience, Mohr Career Services, Lundquist College of Business
• Heather Edelblute, Interim Project Manager, Office the Provost
• Becky Girvan, Interim Director of Experiential Learning, Division of Student Life
• Austin Hocker, Assistant Vice Provost for Data and Decision Support, Office of the Provost
• Will Johnson, Assistant Vice Provost for Global Engagement and Director of Global Education Oregon, Division Global Engagement
• Ellen McWhirter, Professor, Counseling Psychology and Human Services, College of Education
• Damian Radcliff, Professor of Practice, Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, School of Journalism and Communication
• Jasmine Samara, Lecturer and Director, Undergraduate Legal Studies Program, School of Law
• Paul Timmins, Executive Director of the Career Center, Office of the Provost - Career Center
• Jessica Winders, Associate Director Academic Residence & Research Initiatives, Student Services and Enrollment Management, Housing
• Maureen Zalewski, Professor in Psychology; Director of Child Behavioral Health Training at the Ballmer Institute, Ballmer Institute

Career Communities Workgroup

The Career Communities Workgroup will coordinate the career community implementation effort across the university. AY 2024-2025 will focus on determining the appropriate career communities and recommended design for implementation. Future work will focus on collaboration, coordination, reducing redundancies, and overcoming barriers as the new career communities model becomes operational. Membership is the workgroup may change as the work evolves.

Career Communities AY2024-25 Workgroup members

• Paul Timmins (Co-chair), Executive Director of the Career Center, Office of the Provost - Career Center
• Yifang Zhang (Co-chair), Assistant Dean for Career Readiness, College of Arts and Sciences
• Rachel Allen, Associate Director of Student Services, School of Journalism and Communication
• Peg Boulay, ELP Senior Instructor II, Environmental Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
• Dianna Carrizales-Engelmann, Assistant Dean for Administration, Director for Equity and Inclusion, College of Education
• James Chang, Director of Career Network, Mentorship and Business Development, Advancement – UO Alumni Association
• Christine Dixon Thiesing, Associate Vice President for Industry, Innovation, and Technology, Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation
• Stephen Duff, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, College of Design
• Heather Edelblute, Interim Project Manager, Office of the Provost
• Kristin Grieger, Career Advisor, College of Design
• Deb Morrison, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, School of Journalism and Communication
• Collette Niland, Associate Dean, Advising and Student Experience, Lundquist College of Business
• Gene Rhee, Executive Director, Mohr Career Services , Lundquist College of Business
• Amy Sibul, Internships & Career Readiness Director, College of Arts and Sciences
• Celena Simpson, Director PathwayOregon, Undergraduate Education and Student Success
• Vicki Singer, Head of Career Development and Professor of Practice, Institute of Molecular Biology
• Genifer Snipes, Head of Social Science Liaisons and Business & Entrepreneurship Librarian, UO Libraries

Leveraging Our Alumni Network (LOAN) Workgroup

The LOAN workgroup will coordinate efforts across the university to effectively leverage our alumni network. The LOAN will utilize the career community’s framework and alumni engagement platform to coordinate alumni engagement efforts.

Leveraging Our Alumni Network AY2024-25 Workgroup Members

• Raphe Beck (Co-Chair), Executive Director of UO Alumni Association, Associate Vice President of Alumni Relations
• Paul Timmins (Co-Chair), Executive Director of the Career Center, Office of the Provost - Career Center
• Jon Ambros, Associate Director for Employer Engagement, Office of the Provost - Career Center
• Heather Edelblute, Interim Project Manager, Office of the Provost
• Elizabeth Gillingham, Career Advancement Coordinator, UO Portland
• Kevin Hatfield, Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Research and Distinguished Scholarships, Undergraduate Education and Student Success
• Amy Hughes Giard, Assistant Vice Provost for First-Year and Transition Student Experience Programs, Undergraduate Education and Student Success
• Lacie LaRue, Assistant Vice President of Advancement Strategy and Technology Innovation/Campaign Director, UO Advancement
• Megan McKinney, Associate Director of Duck Career Network, UO Alumni Association - Duck Career Network
• Gene Rhee, Executive Director, Mohr Career Services, Lundquist College of Business
• Kim Thompson, Associate Director, Alumni Engagement (Mohr Career Services), Lundquist College of Business
• Yifang Zhang, Assistant Dean for Career Readiness, College of Arts and Sciences

Enterprise Engagement Platform Selection Team

The Enterprise Engagement Platform selection team is a short-term project-based team tasked with selecting, acquiring, and creating a plan for implementation of an enterprise alumni engagement platform.

Enterprise Engagement Platform Selection Team AY2024-25 Members

• Lacie LaRue (Co-chair), Assistant Vice President, Advancement Strategies and Technology Innovation, UO Advancement
• Gene Rhee (Co-Chair), Executive Director, Mohr Career Services, Lundquist College of Business
• Raphe Beck, Executive Director of UOAA, Vice President of Alumni Relations, ADV - UOAA
• Heather Edelblute, Interim Project Manager, Office of the Provost
• Laura Harris, Strategic Procurement Manager, Office of the Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration- Purchasing and Contracting Services
• Kelsey Lunsmann, Enterprise Business Architect, Office of the Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration -Information Services
• Emily Severeid, Assistant Director, Alumni Engagement (Mohr Career Services), Lundquist College of Business
• Kate Werdebaugh, Senior Associate Director, University Career Center Operations, Office of the Provost- Career Center
• Julie Voelker-Morris (Career Readiness – Communities Accelerating the Impact of Teaching), Distinguished Teaching Professor/Graduate Career Services Director PPPM, College of Design
• Maja Wright-Phillips, Associate Director, Data Quality and Stewardship, UO Advancement

Strategy Development Team (Winter 2024)

The strategy development team established strategies, key performance indicators (KPIs), and actionable tactics to achieve the overarching goal of Becoming a Leader in Career Preparation.

• Kris Winter (Chair), Interim Vice President, Division of Student Life
• Raphe Beck, Executive Director of UO Alumni Association, Associate Vice President of Alumni Relations, University Advancement 
• Jamie Bufalino, Associate Dean Undergraduate Education, College of Arts and Sciences 
• Ofuma Eze-Echesi (Data Team), Senior Research and Data Analyst, Office for Research and Innovation
• Brian Fox (Data Team Chair), Associate Vice President BFADA, Finance and Administration
• Carol Gering, Associate Vice President Online and Distance Ed, Office of the Provost 
• Tina Guldberg, Assistant Vice President Economic Development and Industry Engagement 
• Claire Matese (Data Team), Assistant Director, Institutional Research
• Karl Reasoner, Senior Program Manager, Office for Research and Innovation 
• Gene Rhee, Executive Director Industry and Alumni Engagement, Lundquist College of Business 
• Paul Timmins, Executive Director, University Career Center 
• Stacey York, Senior Director of Professional Development and Workforce Readiness, Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program