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Coaches Corner

Career Resources

Coaches Corner

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Your Alumni Association is fearlessly committed to your success. We are here to provide you with resources to enhance your personal and professional goals. Coaches Corner is  a program that aims to connect Terps with access to top-level alum coaches interested in helping you start, advance or pivot your career. Our coaches:

  • Work at various and scalable price points
  • Offer exclusive discounts to Terps like you- just mention you're a Terp in your first outreach message to unlock exclusive deals 
  • Have expertise in various career levels, industries and fields

Find the right coach for you:

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Joi Brown '01

Career Strategist, Business & Life Coach

Areas of Expertise: Early career, First-time job seekers, Recent graduates, Mid-Career, Career changers, Late-stage career, Executives/C-suite, Entrepreneurs, Women

In person and virtual

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Alison Cardy '06

Career Clarity Coaching

Areas of Expertise: Career changers, Executives/C-suite, Entrepreneurs

Virtual

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Angie Dobransky '87

Business and Executive Coach

Areas of Expertise: Mid-Career, Executives/C-suite, Entrepreneurs, Women, Business Owners and Executive Teams

In person and virtual

Gerald “Jerry” Edgley ‘71

Leadership/Executive Coach (PCC)

Areas of Expertise: Mid-Career, Career changers, Late-stage career, Executives/C-suite

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Chad Ellsworth ‘04

Career, Leadership, & Life Coach

Areas of Expertise: Early career, Recent graduates, Mid-Career, Career changers

Virtual

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Allan Fried '84

Business and Career Coach

Areas of Expertise: Mid-Career, Career changers, Executives/C-suite, Entrepreneurs

In person and virtual

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Jaya C. Koilpillai ‘88

Founder & Chief Consultant | Designing Communication

Areas of Expertise: Mid-Career, Career changers, Executives/C-suite, Women

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Lauren Lefkowitz '98

Executive Coach

Areas of Expertise: Executives/C-Suite, Career Changers, Late-Stage Career, Women, Emerging Leaders, Small/Medium Businesses

Virtual

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Laura Malinowski '94

Operations Executive & Team Coach

Areas of Expertise: Early career, Mid-Career, Career changers, Late-stage career, Executives/C-suite, Entrepreneurs, Women, Life Coaching

In person and virtual

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Karen Meyers ‘00

Financial Fitness Coach

Areas of Expertise: Financial coaching, Early career, First-time job seekers, Recent graduates

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Jessika Portney Amini '08

Executive and Leadership Coach

Areas of Expertise: Mid-Career, Career changers, Executives/C-suite, Entrepreneurs, Women

Virtual

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Jessica Roffe '13

Early Career Coach for College Students & Recent Grads

Area of Expertise: Early Career

Virtual

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Michael Seelman '94

CEO of the Leadership Coach Group

Areas of Expertise: Mid-Career, Career changers, Late-stage career, Executives/C-suite, Entrepreneurs, Women

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Ben Taragin '19

Financial Coaching

Areas of Expertise: Financial Coaching/Advising, Budgeting, Debt Management, Money Communication

Virtual

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Amy Yip ‘04

Executive Coach | Team Alignment and Mindset Expert

Areas of Expertise: Mid-Career, Career changers, Late-stage career, Executives/C-suite, Entrepreneurs, Women

In person and Virtual


Check out all of our coaches on the new Terp Referral Exchange Business Directory.