Career and Professional Development Staff
All student and alumni appointments can be made online through Handshake. Request a CPD coaching appointment by clicking on the “Appointments” tab on the left navigation panel, then “Schedule a New Appointment.”
Be sure you have completed your career interests so you are able to schedule an appointment.
Career Coaches

Don Cornwell
Director of Professional Development
Career Community: Health & Human Services ; Undecided
Department Liaison: Biology, Chemistry, Human Health, Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology
Email: don.cornwell@emory.edu

Beth White
Senior Associate Director | Career Coach
Career Community: Creative
Department Liaison: Art History, Comparative Literature, Creative Writing Program, Dance Program, English, Film and Media, Integrative Visual Arts Co-Major, Music, Playwriting, Theater
Email: bwils02@emory.edu

Carol Riddock
Director of Pre-Law Advising and Associate Director | Career Coach
Career Community: Law
Department Liaison: American Studies Program, Classics, History, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Political Science
Email: Carol.C.Riddock@emory.edu

Rey Murat
Associate Director | Career Coach
Career Community: Environment & Sustainability; Undecided
Department Liaison: Anthropology, Environmental Sciences, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, Sociology
Email: rmurat@emory.edu

Marshall Tucker
Associate Director | Career Coach
Career Community: Business – Accounting & Finance; Entrepreneurship; Marketing, Consulting; Undecided
Department Liaison: Ancient Mediterranean Studies, East Asian Studies, Economics, Jewish Studies Program, Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Program

Kendra Owens
Associate Director | Career Coach
Career Community: Non-Profit, Education and Advocacy; Undecided
Department Liaison: African American Studies, African Studies, Institute for the Liberal Arts, Linguistics, Psychology, Spanish and Portuguese, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: kowens8@emory.edu

Micah Tucker
Assistant Director | Career Coach
Career Community: Policy, Government, & International Affairs
Department Liaison: French, German Studies, International Studies, Italian Studies, Japanese Studies and Public Policy Analysis
Email: micah.tucker@emory.edu

Nydia Araya
Assistant Director | Career Coach
Career Community: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
Department Liaison:Computer Science, Engineering Science, Mathematics, Physics, Quantitative Theory and Methods, and Religion
Email: nydia.j.araya@emory.edu
Operations Team

Jessica Harrington
Assistant Director of Marketing & Communications