Kathleen Powell
Chief Career Officer | Associate Vice President for Advancement, William & Mary
About: As the Chief Career Officer and Associate Vice President for Advancement, Kathleen Powell has more than 30 years of progressive experience in higher education career services. She is an effective leader and creative programmer. She is recognized nationally and internationally for her leadership, strategic vision, and external review practices. Dedicated to strategic visioning and management, collaborative partnerships, and faculty engagement, Powell also has a commanding understanding of career development, student development, and organizational and leadership theories.
Powell has authored chapters in several different publications and served as an academic advisor and adjunct faculty member teaching career planning, leadership development, and communication. Powell served as the faculty lead for strategic planning sessions at the Management Leadership Institute through the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), as well as a facilitator for the Executive Leadership Summit for NACE. In addition, Kathleen is a prolific presenter with more than 45 competitively selected presentations, both nationally and internationally.
Kathleen currently serves on the Advocacy Advisory Committee for NACE; identifying core issues for the profession; educating members regarding legislative and/or regulatory matters that may impact the profession, and when needed, advocating before governmental officials and the public for outcomes that best support the interests of NACE members and the profession. This includes issues of equity and inclusion in the workplace and workforce development. In addition, Kathleen serves on the Board of CAS (Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education) as the NACE Liaison, as well as a member of CASE (The Council for Advancement and Support of Education). Kathleen is a past president of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), past president of the Midwest Association of Colleges and Employers (Midwest ACE), and past- president of the Illinois Small College Placement Association. Most recently, she was presented with the Kauffman Award, this prestigious award honors those who have made a tangible contribution to NACE that significantly improved the association. Kathleen is also a member of the Academy of Fellows, the highest honor, recognizing individuals who have contributed to the profession through the advancement of knowledge, leadership, or excellence in professional practice. In addition, she is the recipient of the Founders Distinguished Service Award and J.W. Paquette Award for Superior Leadership Award (Midwest ACE), Charles Sumner Harrison Award, and Teacher Appreciation Award, Sigma Kappa, (Marietta College). In addition, Powell holds a Management Leadership Certificate for Career Services Professionals.
Powell holds a Master of Science in Student Personnel Services from Miami University of Ohio and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Akron. She began her tenure in university career services at Ashland College, now Ashland University. Her career services work includes positions at Knox College (IL), Marietta College (OH), Grinnell College (IA), and The University of Akron (OH). Immediately prior to her appointment at William & Mary, Powell served as the director for career exploration and development at Denison University in Granville, OH. During her time at William & Mary, Kathleen has served as the assistant vice president for student affairs and executive director of career development, promoted to the associate vice president for career development, and most recently to the elevated role of Chief Career Officer and Associate Vice President of Advancement.
Main Stage Presenter
Charlotte Cahill
Associate Vice President of Pathways to Prosperity at JFF
Charlotte Cahill is associate vice president of Pathways to Prosperity at JFF. In this role, she collaborates with states and regions to develop college and career pathway systems that expand opportunities for young people and support economic growth. Charlotte leads state policy and strategy development for the Pathways to Prosperity Network and oversees the Pathways to Prosperity asset mapping process. She also conducts research on topics that include work-based learning, labor market information, economic development, and pathways-related federal and state policies to support the development of career pathways systems. Charlotte also works with JFF’s Center for Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning on projects focused on developing work-based learning tools and resources and on scaling youth apprenticeship.
Prior to joining JFF, Charlotte worked at the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), where she did policy research and facilitated a peer-learning network of colleges and universities focused on strengthening postsecondary programs and career pathways for student veterans. Charlotte has taught at both two- and four-year postsecondary institutions, including Northwestern University, DePaul University, and the College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Boston College and a master’s degree and PhD in the history of U.S. public policy from Northwestern University
Main Stage Presenter
Jeremy Schifeling
Jeremy Schifeling, Co-Founder, The LinkedIn Guys
Co-Author of the #1 LinkedIn Best-Seller on Amazon
Jeremy Schifeling has devoted his career to helping others succeed in theirs. From teaching kindergarten in Brooklyn to recruiting top students at Teach For America to leading education marketing at LinkedIn, he’s touched the lives of millions of people at every stage of their journeys. Along the way, he’s published the best-selling LinkedIn book on Amazon, served as a career coach for military veterans at Shift.org and MBA students at the University of Michigan, and produced the most-viewed video in LinkedIn’s history. He currently leads marketing at Khan Academy and shares his thoughts on Break into Tech, a site for anyone who wants to launch a tech career. Last Name Pronunciation: Shee-Fling 🙂
ChatGPT for Careers: Use AI to Accelerate Your Students’ Searches
Career coaches have so much to juggle to support their students’ success. So what if you could leverage the power of new AI technologies to accelerate and scale your coaching?
Jeremy Schifeling, a former University of Michigan career coach and leader of LinkedIn’s Higher Education Team, will walk you through three powerful techniques to:
1) Help your students identify more and better career paths than ever before
2) Develop a highly-personalized resume and cover letter in minutes, not weeks
3) Prepare for interviews with insider insights and strong feedback
Breakout Sessions
CUNY Office of Transformation – Career Success Fellows
Rachel Stephenson Chief Transformation Officer, CUNY & Professor Asrat Amni, Hostos Community College
Rachel Stephenson serves as CUNY’s inaugural Chief Transformation Officer. The Office of Transformation (OT), established by the Chancellor in June 2022, serves a vital purpose for The City University of New York: addressing urgent, high-need strategic priorities, partnering with leaders across CUNY to amplify and / or initiate strategic action, and accelerating innovation. (Full bio)
Asrat G. Amnie, MD, EdD, MPH, MBA.
Dr. Amnie is an Assistant Professor at CUNY Hostos Community College, where he imparts his knowledge and experience in the field of health education. He holds a Doctor of Education in Health Education (EdD) from the prestigious Teachers College, Columbia University in the City of New York, as well as a Master’s in Global Health (MPH) with a specialization in Infectious Diseases from the renowned Emory University, and a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on Healthcare Management from West Texas A&M University. (Full bio)
Symplicity
Rebecca Florey
Shayna Merhav, CSM Client Manager
Shayna Merhav lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania serving as a CSM Client Manager. She received both a B.A. in Theater Arts and a M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology from Rutgers University. In fact, Shayna’s whole family are Rutgers graduates (Go Knights!). Shayna joins Symplicity with over five years of experience in education, career services, learning production, and training. Before joining the Symplicity team in February 2023, she most recently served as a career adviser at Princeton University.
Symplicity CSM: Automation: Do More with Less. Symplicity understands the challenges facing many career offices today. Schools have had their staff cut or are being asked to continue to do more with less. Symplicity’s CSM solution is a highly robust and configurable tool, but that doesn’t mean it can’t do the work for you in ways you may not know. The system has many tools and functions that can make doing your work easier and more effective.
In this session, we will discuss how to blend the power of CSM with automation and tools to make the system more manageable and more efficient and have the system work for you in meeting the challenges of your office.
Symplicity CSM has so many tools that are working to do important work for you such as:
- get jobs into the hands of students who aren’t logging in
- pull students into the system
- remind you of employer follow-up tasks
- sending surveys after events and counseling appointments
Join the Symplicity Client Management Team to learn more about the tools in the system that help you do more with less.
CUNY Career Services Best Practices Panel
Handshake
José Miguel Longo
Relationship Manager, Education Success
José Miguel Longo (he/him/they) is a Relations Manager on the Education Success Team at Handshake. His work at Handshake impacts the Students First core value in helping the company and its education partners succeed in their goals of democratizing the early career job search process. Prior to joining Handshake, he served as the Director of Career Services for SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica, New York (Full bio)
Handshake in Career Services: Best practices for curating employers to increase student engagement
In this session, you will gain an understanding of how to utilize Handshake’s employer curation tool- Signal Boosting to identify strategic employer partners for your students and programming. The Employer Collections via Signal Boosting gives career services practitioners the opportunity to strengthen their employer relations, customize targeted email for each collection for student outreach, setup external feeds to support visibility across your campus, and robust reporting to identify which employers your students see and engage with! Bring your laptop and lets start curating!
Tommasina Faratro
Special Projects Manager, John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity
Tommasina Faratro (she/her/hers) joined the Institute in August 2018. She coordinates the Institute’s advocacy around making the City University of New York (CUNY) more accessible for students impacted by the criminal legal system and inclusive of their experiences. She leads and convenes the CUNY Justice Learning Collaborative and several policy work groups. Additionally, Tommasina brokers relationships and strategic partnerships between the Institute, colleagues, and programs across CUNY. She brings over nine years of experience in higher education to the Institute. Tommasina holds a BA in Psychology from St. Francis College, an MS. Ed in School Counseling from Hunter College/CUNY, and is a Higher Education Administration Ed. D candidate at George Washington University.
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