Diana Seder Director
Oversees all Career Services programs and events dseder@cmc.edu
Diana’s long-standing relationship with higher education administration started in 1987 when she graduated with her MBA from Claremont Graduate School and was hired by the same program to be their Associate Director. In 1991, she became the Acting Director of the Claremont Graduate School Office of Career Services, and then came to work at the CMC Career Services Center in 1997. Interestingly, at different times she has held both the Associate Director (Recruiting) and the Associate Director (Internship) positions as year-long assignments, so she is very familiar with the operations of the CSC. Diana assumes her role as Interim Director after an 8-year tenure with the Office of Admissions at CMC. “I know CMC and CMC students from start to finish” she says.
Michelle Chamberlain Director of Employer Relations, The Robert Day School of Economics and Finance Oversees individual career and employer outreach plans mchamberlain@cmc.edu
Michelle Chamberlain is the Director of Employer Relations. In this capacity, Michelle primarily works with the undergraduate Robert Day Scholars and the Master’s Program in Finance students from The Robert Day School of Economics and Finance to craft individual career and employer outreach plans, provide industry specific resume and cover letter assistance, and conduct extensive interview preparation. Additionally, Michelle plans networking events and other activities designed to connect students and prospective employers. Previously, Michelle was an attorney with O’Melveny & Myers LLP, specializing in Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions.
Young Kwak Associate Director
Oversees recruitment, employer relations, and pre-law advising ykwak@cmc.edu
Born in Seoul, Korea, Young immigrated to the U.S. in 1983 and lived in New York City for 3 years. After a brief stint in Delaware, she moved to California and has been here since 1987. As an undergrad, she double majored in Psychology and Crminology at UC Irvine and received her M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration from Harvard Graduate School of Education. Before joining CMC in 2004, she worked at UC Irvine's MBA Career Center as Internship Coordinator and at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as Residence Hall Director. Young lives in Corona with her family.
Jason Jeffrey Assistant Director Oversees CMC sponsored internships jason.jeffrey@cmc.edu
A native of Claremont, Jason began his career in higher education shortly after earning his B.A. from UCLA. After working at UC Berkeley for several years, he returned to Southern California and began temping at CMC while he pursued his passion for playing music. Two years, ten assignments and several tours later, Jason became the Assistant Director for Student Affairs at CMC's Dean of Students Office, a position he held for almost five years. "I'm excited to be back at CMC," Jason wrote of his position with Career Services, "and look forward to helping student s obtain meaningful summer internships."
Charlene was born in Pomona and has always been a resident of the Inland Empire. She attended Pitzer Collge and Chaffey College. She began working in Career Services at Claremont Graduate University in 1981 and came to CMC in 1999. She enjoys working with the students and in the campus environment. She has two grown sons, a daughter-in-law and two beautiful grandchildren.
Sandra Aguirre Secretary III
Manages the office and supervises interns saguirre@cmc.edu
Sandra is a Southern Californian and has an extensive work experience in corporate America. In 1998 she decided to transition from the recruiting team at Accenture to the career services team at CMC in order to acheive life balance with her young family. She takes great pride in helping students prepare for life after CMC and shares her business knowledge and life's lessons with them.
Career Consultants Amber Ariate '10 - PPE and Spanish Sam Bastien '11 - Economics and Psychology Ashley Baugh '10 - International Relations and Anthropology Matthew Beienburg '11 - Economics Shae Blood '10 - Environment, Economics and Politics (EEP) Michelle Harvey '11 - Psychology William Li '12 - Econ-Accounting Anne Perizzolo '11 - Management Engineering Kenley Turville '10 - International Relations and Psychology
Interns
Crystal Adams '12 - Psychology with a Leadership Sequence Amanda Castillo '12 - Biology & Psychology Chelsee Cox '12 - Religious Studies Viken Douzdjian '13 - Economics with a Finance Sequence Maren Hotvedt '12 - International Relations & History Wendy Kim '11 - Biology Harvey Liu '12 - International Relations & Psychology Yaneli Ruiz '12 - Psychology & Spanish Aravind Swaminathan '12 - Economics and Psychology Celestial Zaldana '11 - Psychology
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