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Students Enjoy Networking and Advice at Annual Career Day

Feb 16, 2022

Career Day provides the junior and senior classes time to meet and speak with MFS alumni and friends to learn more about careers of interest to them. Career Day 2022 was hosted virtually with an in-person keynote speaker, Michael Carter ’91. Michael is the Founder and CEO of BizEquity and Co-Author of the book Mission Corporation. He is pictured above with Alumni Association Clerk Sarah Geiger ’05 and former faculty member Mary Craig, wife of late former Head of School Alan Craig, who Michael referenced as one of his three mentors.

A Career Day portal was created for the event complete with promotional “trailers” created by students. The students selected their own paths based on which speakers most pertained to their interests. This year’s career and life hack speakers are listed below.

CAREER DAY SPEAKERS

Sonia Ananthakrishnan ‘93
Medicine
Assistant Professor & Director of Student Education, Boston University School of Medicine
Endocrinologist, Boston Medical Center

Palav Babaria ‘99
Social Change
Chief Quality Officer and Deputy Director of Quality and Population Health Management, California Department of Health Care Services

Sanjay Bhatt ‘07
Finance
Partner, Consumer and Internet Sector Head,  Stony Point Capital

Michael Carter ‘91
Entrepreneurship
Founder & CEO, BizEquity

Carolyn Chelius ‘12
Nutrition Policy
Project Policy Analyst at the Nutrition Policy Institute

Kari Myers Johnson ‘00
Scientific Research
Director of The Johnson Lab, School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University

Jennielle Jobson ‘07
Medical Education
Assistant Medical Director, The Scienomics Group,
Precision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai Medical College

Katie Loane ‘12
Social Work
Clinical Coordinator, Bowery Residents’ Committee

Melissa Morrow ‘99
Advertising
Partner & Chief People Officer at Calcium

Robert Pineda ‘86
Law
Senior Counsel, Regulatory Law Group, Johnson & Johnson

Whitney Pennington Rodgers ‘03
Public Affairs
Current Affairs Curator, TED Conferences 

Sheryl Huggins Salomon ’83
Communications
Chief Communications Officer, New York University
McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research

Brian Turner ‘98
Law
Attorney, Malamut and Associates LLC

Julie Son Valenzuela ‘95
Critical Care Medicine
Trauma Surgeon, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

LIFEHACK SPEAKERS

Erin Chen ‘16
The View from Medical School
Medical student, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Ruth Geyer Jurgensen ’91
Finding a Career that Aligns with your Values
CEO, Prep for Prep

Temi Obaisi ‘11
Networking and Your Social Media Profile
Product Manager, LinkedIn

Bridget Wiese
Personal Finance
Vice President, Senior Store Manager, Republic Bank

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