GCC Executive Committee
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.
GCC Executive Committee, August 2023 - July 2024
President
Rob Pearson (he/him/his), Director of Graduate Career Development and Postdoctoral Affairs
Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, Southern Methodist University

Past-President
Derek Attig (they/them/theirs), Assistant Dean for Career and Professional Development
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Lauren Easterling (she/her/hers), Director of Trainee Services, Graduate Division, Indiana University School 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
Melissa Bostrom (she/her/hers), Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Professional Development
Duke University
Treasurer
Shana Slebioda (she/her/hers), Student Services Advisor - Professional Development and Retention, University of California, San Diego
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

Communications Officer
Sonali Majumdar (she/her/hers), Assistant Dean for Professional Development
The Graduate School, Princeton University
Past Presidents

Annie Maxfield, M.S. (she/her/hers), Director, Graduate Career & Professional Development
University of Texas at Austin

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