Full-Time MBA

Phil Han

Assistant Dean & Director, Parker Career Management Center

Phil joined UCLA Anderson in August 2004 as a Career advisor. In late 2007, Phil transitioned into a role supervising the Parker CMC's Recruiting Team and overseeing on-campus recruiting, data and technology management, and office logistics. He has also continued advising students interested in technology and healthcare sectors. Starting in January 2022, he now leads the Parker CMC team to support FTMBA students in their job search and career development as well as facilitate employer partners’ MBA hiring needs.

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.

Jessica Christopher

Associate Director and Career Advisor (HR, Marketing, Retail, Operations & Sports)

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)

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.

Dave Henry

Associate Director, Career Advising and Outreach (Consulting and Energy)

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.

Francis Quimby

Associate Director, Career Advisor and Outreach (Corporate Finance, 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.

Chrissy Ercole

Associate Director, International Student Advising and Corporate Outreach

o Chrissy joined Parker in 2019 after moving from New York City where she worked at Columbia University. She offers a background in international student services; career advising for industries like consulting, tech, and public policy; program design; and management. She was previously an F-1 DSO and J-1 ARO at The New School. She also lived in Washington, DC where she worked at Georgetown University.

Chrissy also has a background in TV news and sports journalism. She graduated from the University of Maryland (go Terps!) with a BA in Journalism and from the State University of New York (SUNY) with an MA in Higher Education Administration. While she’s a native New Yorker and also loved living in DC, she is very excited to be an Angeleno and at UCLA. Chrissy will focus on supporting Anderson MBA students across all industries as well as international students through advising, innovative programming, and corporate outreach.

Meftehe Shebi

Associate Director, Career Advisor and Outreach (Tech)

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. 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.

Donna Robinson

Associate Director of 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.

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.

Amy Bassett

Administrative Manager

Amy joined the Parker Career Management Center in August 2018.  As the Administrative Manager, she serves as the Executive Assistant to the Assistant Dean of Career Services.  She also supports the department with travel arrangements, reciprocity requests, budgets and accounting tasks, while helping oversee the daily operations of the career center.

Previously, Amy held positions at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, specifically in support roles varying from supporting an associate provost and her reporting units to overseeing grant budgets in the Physics & Astronomy department.  She graduated from CSU Sacramento with a bachelor’s degree in the Humanities.   

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.