A powerhouse group of alumnae spoke to juniors and seniors during NCS' 2011 Careers Day. "Read more" to see who was with us in Hearst Hall!
NCS is deeply grateful to everyone who took time from their very busy schedules to participate in this year’s Careers Day, held Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. A photo gallery of the day can be seen
here. Participants and panels included:
Creating a Career with your Artistic Talents
Julia Coffey ’93 – Actress
Abby Greensfelder ’91 – Co-owner & Executive Producer, Half-Yard Productions
Elliott Holt ’92 – Fiction Writer (almost finished with her first novel)
Whitney Lawson ’92 – Photo editor, Travel + Leisure
Rebecca Ravenal ’79 – Artist and Educator of the Arts
Legal Eagles: Careers in the Legal Profession
Angela Acree ’81 – Attorney, Public Defender Service
Ellen Jakovic, current parent – Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
Lisa Manning ’98 – Principal & Owner, Record Absolutions
Kimberly Nguyen ‘02 – Associate, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Rebecca Carr Rizzo ’97 – Litigation Associate, Pillsbury
Talhia Tuck ’96 – Associate, Ropes & Gray
All the News that’s Fit to Print or Broadcast: Careers in Journalism
Tory Dunnan ’02 – Political Correspondent, CNN
Alex Petri ’06 – Editorial Writer & Columnist, The Washington Post
Hilary Tuttle '07 – Editor, The Huffington Post
Careers in Government and Seeking to Affect Government
Saralisa Brau ’92 – Deputy Assistant Director, Federal Trade Commission
Jessica Raber ’98 – Foreign Affairs Specialist, National Nuclear Security Administration, Dept. of Energy
Cecelia Calvo ’85 – Principal, Calvo Consulting
Teresa Allen Walters ’80 – Staff Director, Joint Intelligence Task Force- Combating Terrorism, Defense Intelligence Agency
Katharine Hayes ’04 – Government Affairs Associate, UnitedHealth Group
Designing for the World: Architecture and Technology
Lydia Kimball ’73 – Principal (Landscape architect), Mahan Rykiel Associates, Inc
Natalia Luckyanova ’99 – Founder & Games/App Developer, Imangi Studios
Marie-Louise Murville ’79 – Technology Enterpreneur, Current CEO & Founder, DeLight Me, Inc.
Lien Tran ’99 – Interaction Designer; current MFA candidate, Design & Technlogy, Parsons School
All Buttoned Up for Business, Finance & Consulting Careers
Patricia Datch Koopersmith ’93 – Chief Operating Officer, The Clearing (management consulting firm)
Anne Ginsburgh Rosenau ’79 – Senior Director, Cushman & Wakefield (global real estate firm)
Sarah Sullivan ’95 – Director, Orr Associates (nonprofit management consulting firm)
Gay Truscott ’80 – Senior Vice President, Edgemoor Investment Advisors
Sophie Hardy Willis ’94 – Director, Mobile Business Development. Blackboard
Careers in Education: Teaching and Administration
Virginia Bond Andres ’96 – Middle School Dean of Students & Faculty, Norwood School
Candice Ashton ’97 – Lead Alumni Advisor, KIPP DC
Barbara Krabill Hancock’97 – Director, College Counseling, Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy
Careers in Medicine & Science
Aderonke Awe ’95 – Senior Research Associate, Sanaria
Jennifer Berkeley M.D. ’91 –Neurointensivist, Life Bridge Health
Kate Hindle M.D. ’95 – Chief Resident, Anesthesiology Department, George Washington University Hospital
Vanessa Lukas ’07 – Postbaccalaureate IRTA Fellow, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Health
Gabrielle Shaughness D.C. ‘02 – Doctor of Chiropractic and Plant Based Nutrition, Institute for Performance and Potential
Anne Riederer ’85 – AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Cathy Horvath, current parent – C.R.N.A, School of Nurse Anesthesia, Georgetown University
Keith Horvath, current parent – Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, NIH Heart Center at Suburban Hospital