Our Staff

Director

Matthew Donato
Director, CareerLAB

 Matt came to Brown from Pitzer College in Claremont, CA where he served as Director of Career Services and Associate Dean of Students.  At Pitzer, Matt worked to strengthen... Read more 

 

Career Education

Jim Amspacher
Associate Director Career Counseling, Careers in the Common Good 
In addition to general career counseling, Jim directs the Careers in the Common Good project. Read More
 

Ron Foreman
Associate Director Career Counseling, Undergraduate Program
Ron Foreman
manages the execution and overall philosophy of career education counseling and programming.  As part of that, he supervises the Peer Career Advisor program, which significantly enhances CareerLAB's services...   Read More

 Zhichun Lin
Assistant Director of Career Counseling, Graduate Student Program 
Zhichun Lin recently joined the CareerLAB with a focus on serving graduate students. Prior to working at Brown University, she worked as an Academic and career advisor at Northeastern University, where she provided career and academic
... 
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Amy Tarbox
Associate Director Career Counseling, Campus Partnerships
Amy has been a Career Counselor at Brown since spring 2013. She develops resources and programming... Read More


Karen Whittet

Career Counselor
Karen re-joined CareerLAB in 2017 as a career counselor, after previously working in the office in the same capacity. Karen works with all class years as a general advisor ... Read More

 

Recruiting

Emily Nolan
Associate Director, Recruiting
Emily's primary responsibility is to manage and cultivate relationships with employers and recruiters who want to bring great opportunities to Brown University students. She is also responsible for the planning and execution of the Career Fairs and consortiums. Read more

Tiffany Fontaine
Employer Relationship Manager, Recruiting
Tiffany's primary responsibility is to manage and cultivate relationships with employers and recruiters who want to bring great opportunities to Brown University students. She is also responsible for the planning and execution of the Career Fairs and consortiums. Read more


BrownConnect

Aixa Kidd
Deputy Director of CareerLAB, Director of BrownConnect
Aixa Kidd joined the CareerLAB team in June 2014 as the Director of BrownConnect, a new initiative linking students to the Brown community for career success... Read more

Sarah Brown
Assistant Director, BrownConnect
Sarah joined the CareerLAB team in January 2015 as the Internships Manager, working very closely with the BrownConnect initiative. She oversees... Read more

Gregory Seiler
Assistant Director, BrownConnect
Greg Seiler joined the CareerLAB team in January 2015 as the International and Signature Internship Programs Manager.  Greg works closely with... Read more

 

Marketing and Outreach

Julia Issa
Communications and Outreach Manager

Julia joined the CareerLAB team in August, 2019 and is responsible for the department’s marketing, communications, and social media activities. In addition, ... Read More


Operations

Laura Joshi
Data and Systems Manager
  Laura joined CareerLAB in 2004, initially serving as the Manager of Employer Relations. In her current role of Data and Systems Manager, Laura manages Handshake... Read More 

 

Peer Career Advisors

Peer Career Advisors (PCAs) are Brown students who help their peers with many aspects of the career development process. PCAs advise students on CareerLAB resources, provide resume and cover letter critiques, and collaborate with DUGS and other student organizations.