Meet Our Team
Contact Us
- General questions: careercenter@vanderbilt.edu
- Recruiting questions: recruiting@vanderbilt.edu
- Phone: 615-322-2750
Meet our Team
Everette Fortner serves as Vice Provost for Career Advancement and Engagement and Evans Family Executive Director of the Career Center. He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
With more than 20 years of experience in higher education, Everette has held leadership roles spanning strategic planning, career services, business development and teaching. Prior to his work in academia, he built a strong foundation in industry with organizations such as Kraft, Nabisco and Dun & Bradstreet.
Everette is committed to elevating the Career Center and expanding personalized career engagement opportunities for students, alumni and employers.
Our Team
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Andrea M. DiMarco, Ed.D.
Director, Academic Internship Program, New York
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B. Antonella Valdivia
Assistant Director of Nashville Academic Internships
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Beatrice Juskeviciute
Assistant Director of Career and Experiential Learning for Healthcare Pathways (Non-clinical)
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Bridget Gorokhovsky, Ed.D.
Assistant Director, NYC Academic Internship Program
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Carleigh Clark
Employer Relations Specialist
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Catherine Gunnells
Associate Director of Career & Experiential Learning, Consulting
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Cathy Weisbrodt
Director of Life Design and Faculty Engagement
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Chris King
Associate Director, Career AI Systems Strategy
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Colby Collier
Associate Director, Marketing and Strategic Communications
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Destiny Rumble
Assistant Director of Experiential Learning
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Elizabeth Harrington Lambert, PhD
Associate Director, Fellowships
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Erica M. Betz
Director of Experiential Learning
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Helen Gibson James
Office Coordinator
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Jamie Haughton
Associate Director of Career and Experiential Learning for Finance
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Jeffrey Lee
Senior Director, Technology and Engineering Career Pathways
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Jessica Priddy
Director, Health Professions Advisory Office (HPAO)
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Joe Vandegrift
Executive Director of Consulting Career Pathways, Life Design, and Fellowships
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Kailey Payne, M.Ed
Fellowships Advisor
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Karen Chan
Employer Relations Specialist
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Kate Shepherd
Finance Career and Experiential Learning Advisor
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Lily Palomba
Employer Relations Specialist
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Malina Halman-Peguillan, Ed.D.
Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives
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Mariah Strike
Director of Business Operations
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Megan Lopez
Assistant Director, Data Analytics
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Paula Gonzalez Velazquez
Office Manager
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Rebecca L. Griffeth
Pre-Health Advisor, HPAO
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Ryan Smith
Senior Director, Healthcare Career Pathways
Peer Career Advisors
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Alex Brodeur
Political Science / Culture, Advocacy & Leadership
History of Art / Musicology / Ethnomusicology
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Caren Zaref
Neuroscience & Medicine / Health & Society
History
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Shaurya Jindal
Economics & Computer Science
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Tausif Samin
Electrical & Computer Engineering
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Tristan Camasura
Human and Organizational Development & Psychology
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