Business, Finance, and Data Science Pathway Leadership Team

Career Pathway Leadership Teams are model community members and leaders within the Career Pathways, who help the Career Advancement Center with mobilizing community members, evaluating services, and implementing best practice career development solutions to support graduates’ ability to prepare for, and attain, productive and rewarding careers. Leadership teams are composed of trustees, alumni, faculty/staff, employers and students willing to serve as engaged, enthusiastic partners to the CAC.

Business, Finance, and Data Science Career Pathway Leader: Marie Josephitis


Marie Josephitis

Marie Josephitis leads the Business, Finance, and Data Science Pathway and helps students prepare a successful career plan based on their personal talents and goals. 

Marie has held human resources leadership positions in a wide range of industries including financial services, insurance, marketing and healthcare. Throughout her career she has created meaningful internship and full-time entry-level opportunities for students in many types of business disciplines and industries. Previously, she was an active volunteer with the Lake Forest College in roles as a career advisor and liaison to employers to create career opportunities for students.

Marie earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Northern Illinois University. She holds a Life and Health License and is an active member of Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM), and Human Resources Association of Chicago (HRMAC).


External Community Members: Trustees, Employers, Alumni, and Friends


Jessica Coleman '89
Vice President, Investment Advisor, Private Wealth Management 
Goldman Sachs

Casey Hartfiel '17
Senior Analyst, Product Strategy
Expedia

Randy Lauer '81
Managing Director, Head of Institutional Sales and Business Development 
Academy Securities 

Matt McPherson '17
Senior Customer Growth Manager
Amazon

Dan Turk '15
Vice President Capital 
Pike Street Capital 

Kyra Vidas '18
Director Basketball Operations
Pheonix Suns 

Robert (Bob) S. Murley
Vice Chairman
Credit Suisse

Renee Gordon '22
Associate Director-Exchange Traded Derivatives Business Manager
UBS 

Vernard Lockhart '08
Center Director
The American Job Center

Katherine McCauley Najjar '03
Consultant
1056 KMN Adcisors LLC

Sean Thomas '81
Director, Negotiations & Contracts
Alight Solutions, LLC

Devin Tyler '17
Founder and CEO
Tenacity

David Wiers 
President
Satori Energy

Internal Community Members: Faculty, Staff, Students


Arthur Bousquet
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Lake Forest College

Chirag Aggarwal '25
Software Engineer
Capital One

Jana Bulic '24
Asset and Wealth Management Analyst 
Goldman Sachs 

Ariana Gammel 
Lecturer in Business
Lake Forest College

Ian Villardi '26
Major: Economics and Data Science
Lake Forest College

Rich Bartolozzi '86 
Senior Director of Gift Planning, Development and Alumni Relations
Lake Forest College

Jim Catanzaro 
Assistant Vice President and Director of Athletics 
Lake Forest College 

 

Affiliate Membership

There are many more people interested in contributing to the Career Pathways than will be able serve on Leadership Teams at any given time, and supporters who want to be highly involved, but are not serving on a Leadership Team may elect to join the Career Pathways as affiliate members. Privileges and responsibilities for affiliates include:

  • Receive regular updates from Pathway Leaders about events and success stories
  • Be invited to offer assistance to students in the Pathways – ways to help may include: event attendance, hosting interns, recommending sites for interns we are struggling to place, or networking referrals; some update messaging will be similar to what is provided to leadership teams
  • Highly engaged affiliate members can be considered as future Leadership Team members

Leadership Teams are limited to 20 members. All key stakeholders (faculty, staff, employers, alumni, parents, students and other friends of the College) are welcome to become affiliates. All stakeholders will receive periodic updates from the CAC; affiliate members will get more action-oriented, community-building messages, while more passive community members will receive outreach messages more appropriate for their level of involvement. There is no limit to the number of affiliate members associated with leadership teams, and key stakeholders are welcome to join multiple pathways as affiliate members. Join a Career Pathway as an affiliate.

Check out the Business, Finance, and Data Science Career Pathway