Regina Regazzi
Assistant Dean, Parker Career Management Center
Regina joined Parker CMC in October 2010. Prior to joining, Regina founded and ran Artume LLC, an executive recruiting and career consulting firm. Her executive recruiting career began at Spencer Stuart, a major international firm and continued at PrinceGoldsmith, a New York-based boutique firm. In both places, she concentrated on financial services recruiting, focusing on asset management. Prior to executive recruiting, Regina worked in originations for Bank of America's Leasing and Capital Group. Early in her career, Regina worked for Greenwich Associates, a financial services market research and consulting firm, known for its benchmarking studies. Throughout her career, she has been providing career guidance to a range of people from recent college graduates to high-level executives.
Regina graduated from UCLA Anderson in 1997 and just finished her term as president of UCLA Anderson's alumni board of directors. She has been involved in UCLA Anderson alumni activities since graduating, including as president of the Bay Area chapter, alumni board chair of chapter presidents, and she has also worked with admissions and development. She received the Outstanding Alumni Service Award in 2005 and was chosen as one of the 100 Inspirations as part of the school's 75th anniversary celebration. Regina received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Colgate University.
Phil Han
Director, Recruiting Operations and Career Advisor Healthcare and High Tech
Phil joined UCLA Anderson in August 2004 as a Career advisor. In late 2007, Phil transitioned into his role as the Director of Recruiting Operations, supervising the Parker CMC's Recruiting Team and overseeing on-campus recruiting operations, data and technology management, and office logistics. He also manages and develops several employer accounts to facilitate their campus recruiting activities and strengthen the connections to UCLA Anderson students.
Prior to joining the Parker CMC, Phil was a Career Advisor at Claremont Graduate University, working with graduate students in business, organizational psychology, and economics. He also taught middle and high school science in New York City for four years.
Phil has a BS in biology and psychology from the University of Michigan, an MA in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and an MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business.
Chris Weber
Director, Career Advising and Outreach
Consulting and Social Impact
Chris joined the Parker CMC in November 2013. In addition to serving as a career advisor, Chris will focus on strengthening the relationships with potential employers of UCLA Anderson MBAs. Prior to joining UCLA Anderson, Chris was a Manager in the Human Capital practice at Deloitte Consulting where he specialized in organization design, and developing and implementing change management, training, communications and leadership alignment strategies. Chris previously served as the Vice President of Corporate and Revenue Development at United Way Silicon Valley, the Director of Development and Communications for the DeFrank Community Center, and as both a Corps Member and a Recruitment Director for Teach For America. Chris received a BA degree from Boston University and a MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. An active Anderson alumnus, Chris served as the President of the Gay and Lesbian Business Alumni Association from 2009 to 2012.
Jessica Christopher
Associate Director and Career Advisor
HR, Marketing, Retail & Operations
Jessica has worked in the Parker CMC since 2001 and has successfully counseled students, assisting with the entire career search process from self-assessment to implementation. In addition, she manages the ACT Coach Program and Anderson Career Teams (ACT), organizes the career portion of Orientation and works closely with UCLA Anderson student clubs, as well as companies looking to hire MBA students. Before joining the Parker CMC, Jessica was a recruiter for BrainTrust, a small niche staffing firm. Here she helped build the Los Angeles office reading countless resumes/cover letters, interviewing candidates, meeting with a variety of companies and working closely with both clients and job seekers throughout the entire placement process. In addition to recruiting, Jessica has also worked full-time for a small advertising agency, Cass Communications and spent her summers while an undergraduate interning for a number of sports and entertainment companies, including the Oakland A's, IMG and Prime Sports (now Fox Sports Net).
Jessica holds a BA in Psychology from Stanford University and a Master's degree in Education from the Counseling in Student Affairs program here at UCLA. She is also a graduate of the UCLA Anderson Executive Program in Management.
Lin Young
Associate Director, Career Advising and Outreach Entertainment and Corporate Finance
Lin joined UCLA Anderson Parker CMC in October 2016. She has extensive experience in career advising, corporate outreach, and in formulating strategic partnerships with industry leaders. At Parker, she specializes in serving entertainment and corporate finance clients.
Prior to joining Parker CMC, Lin served as the Director of Alumni Career Initiatives and Director of Experiential Engagement for Partnership under UCLA Alumni Affairs and the UCLA Economics department.
Lin received a Bachelor's degree in History from UC Santa Barbara and dual graduate degrees in Career Counseling and Marriage & Family Therapy from Cal State Northridge.
Donna Robinson
Associate Director, Employer Relations
Donna serves as the Associate Director for Employer Relations at the Parker Career Management Center. As an Account Manager on Parker’s Campus Recruiting team, she maintains and expands company relationships through on-site visits, works with other Account Managers to welcome and manage new campus recruiting contacts, and oversees scheduling of all on-campus events and interviews. In addition to interactions with companies, Donna is actively involved with student clubs, student training and use of UCLA Anderson’s campus recruiting system, and serves as the liaison between the Career Center and Admissions for The Consortium, a program dedicated to increasing diversity in the business world.
As a recipient of the UCLA Anderson School’s prestigious Abe Ackerman Award for staff excellence, Donna continuously strives to provide outstanding customer service to both companies and students. She received her undergraduate degree from USC & is a graduate of the UCLA Anderson Executive Program in Management.
Dave Henry
Associate Director, Career Advising and Outreach Consulting, Energy and Real Estate
David Henry started working with UCLA Anderson's team of award-winning career advisors in 2016. He is also President of DKH, Inc., a private company that provides executive coaching and real estate services to corporations around the world.
Over his 25-year career, David has led more than 1,000 executive coaching sessions and workshops. He has also negotiated real estate transactions valued at over $1 billion for clients such as Disney, Parsons, Dole, JP Morgan Chase, and Willis.
Prior to joining UCLA Anderson, David was Senior Vice President of the world's largest real estate company, CBRE. He also held leadership positions at Jones Lang LaSalle, Deloitte Consulting, and The Chase Manhattan Bank.
David received a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Duke University. He earned his MBA from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University where he was an Austin Scholar. He has traveled in 50+ countries and is fluent in the language of Swahili.
Hannah Cowherd
Campus Recruiting and Business Services Manager
Hannah has served the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Anderson School of Management since 2000. She has over 13 years of experience in account management at UCLA Anderson School Parker Career Management Center (PCMC). In this position, Hannah works closely with the Associate Director of Employer Relations where she delivers exceptional customer service to the UCLA Anderson MBA recruiters and graduate students. As an Account Manager, Hannah manages well over 100 company accounts in industries ranging from consulting and banking to real estate and entertainment.
Additionally, Hannah creates and cultivates long-term relationships with a wide range of established financial institutions and businesses. Prior to working at the Anderson School of Management, Hannah worked in the UCLA Marketing Office at the Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center There she marketed specialty services to outside physicians and physician medical groups. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.
Colleagues and clients regard Hannah as a highly skilled professional, extremely knowledgeable of the MBA recruiting procedures and the financial system at the UCLAL Anderson School of Management and a consistent support to all of her clients. Hannah is a wife and mother of two engaging children. She keeps busy supporting their dream, Bowwowkapow! Heroic Dog Treats, a mobile dog treat business.
Wanda Hebert
Campus Recruiting and Business Services Coordinator
Wanda has been a part of Parker CMC since 1990. In this role, Wanda uses her experience as an Account Manager to manage the complexities of campus interviewing and events as well as oversees the Parker CMC Classifieds, which is our weekly listing of job opportunities available to UCLA Anderson MBAs and alumni. She also provides both valuable institutional memory along with logistical support for our employer relations team and recruiting efforts. Wanda is responsible for the hiring and managing our student Greeters for our reserved parking lot. On the business side she handles the logistic for all events as well as the catering for recruiters’ daily visits during on campus recruitment.
Jessica Devereaux
Communications Manager
Jessica joined the Parker CMC in June 2016 as the Communications Manager. In this role, she leads Parker’s channels of communication through social media, weekly emails, the Parker CMC internal and external websites, and other career-related publications. In addition, she runs operations for the Parker Career Series taught to all MBA students in the fall & winter quarter.
Prior to Parker, Jessica worked as the Marketing & Communications Specialist for UCLA's Business & Finance Services. She received a Bachelor's degree in Communications & Media Studies from Loyola Marymount University and a Professional Designation in Merchandise Product Development from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.
Emily Cruse
Associate Director, Career Education & Advising
Emily first joined Parker in 2014 focusing on Career Advising and Corporate Outreach, and rejoined the team in October 2017 to teach the Career Series for first-year students in the full-time MBA program. Prior to joining Parker, Emily worked in finance and strategy at Paramount Pictures, as well as New Media Business Development at DreamWorks Animation. Before moving back to LA, Emily worked at Goldman Sachs in New York in Sales & Trading focusing on the Futures business.
Mef Shebi
Career Advisor
Mef joined UCLA Anderson’s Parker team in 2018. His responsibilities include providing individual and small group career coaching and advising support to full-time MBA students on all phases of their career development. He primarily supports students interested in pursuing careers in the Technology Industry. Mef also supports international students by developing programs based on the needs of the community. Previously, he worked as an Associate Director for Career Management at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In that role, he provided one-on-one and small group support for all phases of the career and job search lifecycle. As an educator, he created and delivered innovative career management programming including large classroom, experiential learning and special workshops, and via e-learning media such as webinars, video casts, and designed instructional tools. Mef holds a BS in Systems Engineering and Mathematics from University of Virginia and a M.Ed in International Education Policy from Harvard University.
Francis Quimby
Associate Director, Career Advisor and Outreach (Financial Services)
Francis graduated from Anderson in 2012 and joined Parker in June 2019. He provides career development coaching and advice to MBA students, and primarily focuses on students interested in financial services careers. Prior to joining Parker, he worked as a VP-Account Manager at PIMCO based in their Newport Beach office in the Financial Institutions Group. Most recently, he was a member of the Portfolio Strategist team at SSGA supporting their Active Quantitative Equity Portfolio Management group in Boston. Prior to Anderson, Francis was a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, DC where he worked with economists in the Capital Markets and Real Estate groups. He also worked at JP Morgan Chase as a portfolio analyst in their Mortgage Service Rights Portfolio Management team. He has a BA in Economics and minor in Scientific Computation from Boston College. He is also a CFA® charterholder and a CAIA® charterholder.
Josue (Josh) Manrique
Customer Relations Manager
Josh joined the Parker CMC in April of 2019. In his role as the Customer Relations Manager, he assists with the complexities of campus interviewing and events as well as oversees the day-to-day operations of the Front Office and interview rooms while managing and training the Front Office staff.
Chrissy Ercole
Associate Director, International Student Advising and Corporate Outreach
Chrissy joined the Parker CMC in November 2019. She offers a background in international student services, career and academic advising, program design, and management. Prior to joining Parker CMC, Chrissy worked at Columbia University, The New School, and Georgetown University with a variety of students from all over the world and across fields like International Finance, Consulting, Government, Fine Arts, and Design.
Chrissy also has a background in television news and sports journalism. She graduated from the University of Maryland (go Terps!) with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and from the State University of New York at Stony Brook with a Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration. While she’s a native New Yorker and also loved living in Washington, DC, she is very excited to be in Los Angeles at UCLA Anderson. Chrissy will focus on supporting Anderson MBA international students through advising, innovative programming, and corporate outreach.
Connie Kwan
Assistant Director of Financial Aid
Connie earned her B.A. in Sociology from UC Irvine. She joined the MBA Admissions and Financial Aid Office in September 2008 as an Admissions Coordinator. After several years, she was promoted to Admissions Operations Manager. While she enjoyed her work, in December 2015 she decided to expand her knowledge and joined the financial aid team.
Ji Choi
Director of Financial Aid
Ji joined the full time MBA Admissions and Financial Aid Office in September of 2010 as the director of financial aid. Prior to joining UCLA Anderson, Ji served as the Director of Financial Aid for Otis College of Art and Design for 8 years. Ji earned her B.A. in Political Science from UC Berkeley.