GCC Executive Committee

The Graduate Career Consortium (GCC) is an international organization comprised of higher education professionals leading career and professional development for graduate students and postdocs since 1987. In 2023-2024, the Executive Committee adopted these Community Standards and Expectations for its functioning.

GCC Executive Committee, August 2024 - July 2025

Past-President

Rob Pearson (he/him/his), Director of Graduate Career Development and Postdoctoral Affairs
Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, Southern Methodist University

President-Elect

Jovana Milosavljevic Ardeljan (she/her/hers), Director for Career, Professional, and Community Development, Graduate School, University of New Hampshire

Communications Officer

Lindsey Cauthen (she/her/hers), Principal, Career Services, Career Development Center, Office of Education Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine

Diversity & Member Engagement Officer

Heather Dillon (she/her/hers), Career and Professional Development Program Manager, Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs, University of California San Diego

Professional Development Officer

Katie Homar (she/her/hers), Assistant Director, Office of Academic Career Development, Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh

Secretary

Jana Stone (she/her/hers), Assistant Vice Provost for Professional Development in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education and Director of Postdoctoral Services, Georgia Institute of Technology

Treasurer

Shana Slebioda (she/her/hers), Student Services Advisor - Professional Development and Retention, University of California, San Diego

Past Presidents

Past-President (2021-2024)

Derek Attig (they/them/theirs), Assistant Dean for Career and Professional Development
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Past-President (2019-2022)

Briana (Bri) Konnick, Ph.D. (she/her/hers), Director of Career Development
The University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Past President (2018-2021)

Natalie Lundsteen, Assistant Dean for Career and Professional Development, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Past President (2017-2020)

Mike Matrone, Associate Director, Office of Career and Professional Development, University of California San Francisco

Past-President (2015-2018)

Amy Pszczolkowski, Assistant Dean for Professional Development, Princeton University

Past-President (2016-17)

Alexis Thompson, Assistant Dean, Graduate Student Development and Postdoctoral Affairs
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Past President (2015-16)

Christine Kelly, Director of Career Development
Claremont Graduate University

Past President (2013-14)

Victoria Blodgett, Assistant Dean, Postdoctoral Affairs
Dartmouth College

GCC Executive Committee Statements

6/04/2020: Graduate Career Consortium Condemns Racial Violence, Commits to Change
7/28/2020: Graduate Career Consortium Condemns Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric and Policies
3/23/2021: Graduate Career Consortium Condemns Recent Anti-Asian Violence
6/18/2021: Graduate Career Consortium - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Items

4/14/2023: Graduate Career Consortium Responds to NIH Request for Information