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