• Meet Your Career Design Team

    Whether you’re an incoming or current student, recent graduate, or corporate recruiter, the team in the Centre for Career Design looks forward to connecting with you.

    Scroll down to meet the team, or contact us at:

    Telephone: (416) 736-5080
    Students & Alumni: career@schulich.yorku.ca
    Recruiters: recruit@schulich.yorku.ca 

  • Centre for Career Design
    Schulich School of Business
    Richard E. Waugh Suite, N202
    Seymour Schulich Building, York University
    4700 Keele Street
    Toronto, ON M3J 1P3

    Office Hours
    Monday – Friday 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

    Parking, Driving & Transit Directions

Click an Icon Below to Get to Know the Team

 

Leadership Team

Dr. Minerva Cernea, PhD, International EMBA, MSc, CDI.D

Director, Centre for Career Design (CCD)

Zviko Mhakayakora, BDES

Associate Director, Corporate Relations

Shaunna-Marie Kerr, BA

Associate Director, Career Advising and Design

Chongyang Jia, International MBA

Associate Director, Experiential Education

 

Career Advising

All current students can book one-to-one advising appointments via Handshake. If you’ve been admitted to a Schulich program and would like to get a head start on discussing your career with an advisor, please email career@schulich.yorku.ca.

Chris Symonds, BA, CWC, CMF, CCDP

Career Design Advisor

Dali Cela, LLB, CWC

Career Design Advisor

Karuna Dhawan, MA, MCS, CCS, CCR and CCDP®

Career Design Advisor

Additional Career Advising Resources

Additional part-time career advising resources are available for the specializations linked below.

 

Corporate Relations

Whether you’re looking to hire for internships or full-time roles, recent grads or more experienced professionals, the Corporate Relations Team can help identify ways to effectively brand and promote your firm on campus to students and recent alumni from our undergraduate, one-year masters, and MBA programs. If you’ve not worked with us in past, please email recruit@schulich.yorku.ca to start the process.

Diana Caradonna, BHRM

Corporate Relations Specialist

Portfolio: Accounting, Commercial & Investment Banking, Financial Services and Insurance

Jessica Costa, BSc

Corporate Relations Specialist

Portfolio: Healthcare, Retail & Consumer Goods, Consumer Services, Manufacturing and Supply Chain

Michael Haynes, BA

Corporate Relations Specialist

Portfolio: Education, Infrastructure & Real Estate, Energy & Natural Resources, Non-Profit, and Cultural Industries

Khushbu Chokshi, BAS, HR

Corporate Relations Specialist

Portfolio: Consulting, Government, Technology, and Telecommunications

Mhexianne Pollante

Corporate Relations Support Assistant

 

Professional Development & Experiential Education

Nisha Jani

Experiential Education Coordinator

 

Operations

Database Analyst

Nusaiba Mustafa, BCom

Community Engagement Coordinator