Careers Unfiltered

We're kicking off Season 3 of Careers Unfiltered with a very special guest, Mary Ellen Burris, who graduated from the Warner School of Education in 1968. She recently retired from her role at Wegmans as Senior Vice President of Consumer Affairs after 49 years. Often referred to as "the Voice of the Customer", Mary Ellen's work emphasized the importance of focusing on customers' needs in multidepartmental efforts within Wegmans.

Tune in to learn more about her early career journey, what it was like to work at Wegmans as the company grew, the benefits from her time at Warner, and her career advice for students.

Mingjian Zhang received his BA in Digital Media Studies from the University of Rochester in 2017. He is currently a TOEFL instructor for New Oriental Education & Technology Group in Shenzhen, China.

Join us as Mingjian shares how COVID-19 has impacted his industry and some advice he has for students hoping to work in Education.

Yukako Ito graduated from the University of Rochester in 2017 with a BA in Computer Science with minors in Business and Dance. She has since relocated to Tokyo, Japan and is a Market Data Specialist for Bloomberg LP.

Tune in as we capture Yukako's perspective on how COVID-19 has impacted her industry.

Mike McCormick graduated from the University of Rochester in 2004 and is the Director of Capital Markets at Ygrene Energy Fund. In this episode, we learn more about Mike's work and how COVID-19 has disrupted his industry. He also shares lessons he learned while transitioning from Bear Stearns & Co. to Ambac during the Great Recession in 2008-2009.

For our latest Industry Miniseries conversation, we had the pleasure of speaking with two University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry graduates and life-partners, Dr. Jim Musser ’88MD, ’88M (PhD) and Dr. Camille Leugers ’88M (MD),’91M (Res).

As the Chair of the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine and the Director of the Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research at Houston Methodist Hospital, Dr. Musser's work has been consumed by the recent pandemic of COVID-19. In an effort to treat COVID-19 patients, the team at Houston Methodist was the first in the nation to test an experimental blood transfusion therapy.

Dr. Camille Leugers has also seen first-hand the impacts of COVID-19 as a family physician and faculty member of the brand new University of Houston College of Medicine which will welcome their first class in July of 2020.

Tune in as they reminisce about their time at URMC, discuss how this recent pandemic has impacted the medical field and what things may look like going forward, and advice that they have for students.

Rosanna Moore is a freelance musician from the UK who attended Eastman School of Music where she recieved her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Harp Performance. She teaches Harp performance at Nazareth College and Eastman Community Music School, performs as a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, and keeps herself busy with various gigs.

Join us as we learn more about how COVID-19 has disrupted her industry and what advice she has for getting through this time.

Adam London graduated from the University of Rochester in 1989 with a B.A. in Economics. Flash forward to today and he works in the sports media space as the SVP of Business Development for CBS Sports Digital.

Tune in as Adam shares what it has been like being in the sports industry without live sports, how COVID-19 has impacted his work, and advice he has for students.

Sean Foote is a University of Rochester parent who has been a venture capitalist for the last 20 years. He is also a professor at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley where he teaches venture capital and private equity.

Join us as we pick Sean's brain and hear his perspective on the impact of COVID-19 and what the future may hold.

David Fang graduated with his bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester in 2005. He then continued his education at Rochester and went on to receive his master's and PhD in electrical engineering. David is currently working as an Engineering Program Manager at Apple.

Tune in as Danae and Joe chat with David to get his perspective on the impact of COVID-19 within his industry and some advice he has for current students.