Students Enjoy Networking and Advice at Annual Career Day
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