Career & Leadership

General Inquiries:

• Email: career_leadership@kenan-flagler.unc.edu
• Phone: 919-962-3533

Employment and Recruiting Inquiries:

• Email: employerengagementteam@kenan-flagler.unc.edu
  
• Phone: 919-962-1666

Mailing Address:
Career & Leadership for MBA & Alumni
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
CB 3490, McColl Building
Chapel Hill, North Carolina  27599-3490

Shipping Address:
Career & Leadership for MBA & Alumni
2122 McColl Building
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
300 Kenan Center Drive
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514

As Director of Career Coaching, Kelly works to coordinate and implement world-class coaching, programming, and relationship building across the MBA programs and for Kenan-Flagler alumni. Kelly coaches specifically in the MBA@UNC program but maintains ties to students in all programs and alumni through program delivery and communication touchpoints. Outside of coaching, her areas of interest include coaching switchers and JD/MBA students, and program planning and delivery.

Kelly has 12+ years of diverse experience in higher education (MBA, JD), and public administration (law, HR), which she’s used to serve a wide array of students, alumni, and industries both as a coach and a leader. She joined Kenan-Flagler in 2018 after almost 5 years spent working in law school career services at two prior institutions in DC and NC. Here at Kenan-Flagler, she has served as Associate Director of Coaching for MBA@UNC and most recently as the Senior Associate Director of Coaching—Programming, leading a team of 3 career coaches driving projects to create and maintain modern, agile, and inclusive programming content. Like many of her students, Kelly is a switcher; as her career evolved from attorney to higher education leader, she has invested in empowering developing professionals whether student or staff, developing and managing relationships across the school and industry, and searching for pragmatic ways to build inclusive community.

A native of Rhode Island, Noble earned her BA in Political Science from the University of Rhode Island and her JD from Roger Williams University School of Law. She and her family love their adopted hometown of Chapel Hill, traveling and eating near and far, and spoiling their two dogs, Agnes and Edith.

Chad brings 16 years of experience working as a career development professional. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated success with high achieving students interested in all career fields including technology, medicine, and government. As Associate Director of Career Coaching for the full-time MBA program, Chad is prepared to provide big picture career coaching and prepare students on all levels for careers in technology. Chad has organized and led students on multiple treks to locations such as Washington, D.C. and Cape Town, South Africa.  He has also coached many students interested in technology careers through the internship application process for semester-long study abroad opportunities in San Francisco and Palo Alto, California.

Chad holds a BA in psychology and religion from the University of Rochester and a MS in college student personnel administration from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. He holds certifications in MBTI and Gallup Strengths and has completed training in NACE Career Coaching, NACE Management Leadership Institute and UNCG Leadership Institute. He enjoys hockey, fly fishing, vinyl records and adding to his many collections.

Dr. Bill Faulkner has spent over 20 years as a leadership educator, higher education administrator, coach, and mentor leading his own teams of professional and graduate level staff along with hundreds of emerging influencers. Bill also founded and acted as principal of his own career and leadership coaching and development firm. He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Saint Andrews University and holds both a master’s and doctorate in education from the University of Georgia.

He serves as the Career and Leadership Coach for Executive MBA students at UNC Kenan-Flagler where he serves over 200 students engaged in the Evening Executive and Weekend Executive MBA formats and the new Charlotte Executive MBA Program. Bill also interacts with the MBA@UNC and Full-Time cohorts through webinars and other direct support opportunities. He has an affiliation as a certified coach, speaker,\ and trainer with Maxwell Leadership, Inc. He is credentialed as a certified Gallup Strengths Coach, DISC Personality Profile Consultant, and Designing Your Life Coach and Studio facilitator.

Pramita Saha is the Director of Student and Alumni Engagement, Center for Excellence in Investment Management. She oversees the student experience from recruitment through career development and alumni relations in capital markets & investments for all UNC Kenan-Flagler programs. She was previously Senior Associate Director, Coaching – Career & Leadership. She brings over 15 years of experience in capital markets, sales and trading and investment banking. She was Head of Loan Syndicate & Distribution Americas at Standard Chartered Bank and has held positions at Goldman Sachs, Citi and BBVA. Pramita holds an MBA (with Honors) from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Smith College.

** A search is underway for a dedicated permanent IB/finance Associate Director**

Spencer comes to UNC Kenan-Flagler from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado where he was a career coach assisting MBA and MS students. Prior to pursuing a career in higher education, Spencer spent 10.5 years in the U.S. Navy as a Civil Engineer Corps officer. Spencer earned his MBA at the Johnson School at Cornell where he concentrated in marketing. He interned with Colgate-Palmolive before moving to Colorado and spent 3.5 years with Sling TV in marketing and E-commerce roles. After Sling TV, Spencer joined Lucas Group as a military candidate recruiter assisting service members in the transition to their new careers. Spencer’s focus at UNC Kenan-Flagler will be supporting students pursuing careers in marketing and healthcare careers.

Spencer has a BS in mechanical engineering from Penn State, an MSE in civil engineering from Arizona State, and is licensed as a professional engineer in the state of Arizona. In his free time, Spencer enjoys exercising, daydreaming about Pokey Stix from Gumby’s Pizza and watching whatever iterations of “Law & Order ” are currently airing.

Linda joined UNC Kenan-Flagler in 2017 as the Associate Director, Career Coaching for Full-Time MBAs. Linda primarily works with students interested in the fields of consulting and strategy, providing students with career coaching and knowledge from her time in the industry. Since joining Linda has become the team’s case interview SME, providing students and coaches case interview training and developing an in- house Case Interview Boot Camp leveraged across UNC Kenan-Flagler’s MBA formats. Among other projects, Linda leads the process and planning side of Career & Leadership’s student on-boarding to include Summer Conference Prep and MBA Career Foundations.

Prior to joining Kenan-Flagler Linda was a consultant in Washington, D.C., serving clients in the federal space, implementing new policies, improving processes and procedures for several government agencies. Her undergraduate degree is in commerce from the University of Virginia and her MBA is from George Washington University.

In just a few weeks Linda will also be taking on a new personal role of first-time mom!

An ICF Professional Certified Coach, Tracy has worked with UNC Kenan-Flagler students since 2018 and brings over 20 years of corporate and start-up experience in marketing, management, and mentoring to students in all programs. She brings diverse experience across sectors, with leadership positions in technology and retail and early-career internships in banking, energy and healthcare.

Tracy is passionate about helping her students, clients and teams define and communicate what makes them unique and build upon those strengths to achieve their goals, and founded her firm Strength-Powered Strategies to support that mission. Prior to her work at UNC Kenan-Flagler, she taught presentation techniques to first-year MBA students as an adjunct instructor at the SMU Cox School of Business.

Tracy earned her MS in management science at The University of Texas at Dallas and BA in economics with honors from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia. When she’s not on Zoom, she is spending time with her husband, Scott, teenage son and daughter and beloved dog, Tex.

Jerry has over 10 years of experience across a variety of industries including finance, tech, management consulting, legal, and higher education. Over the course of his career, he has worked on projects in eight countries and led key strategic initiatives for executives at some of the largest organizations in the world. Most recently, Jerry worked on the Strategy and Transformation team at Bridgewater Associates. Prior to that, he was an Associate Director at Columbia Business School, where he primarily worked with students recruiting for consulting and tech. At UNC Kenan-Flagler, Jerry focuses on advising students targeting marketing and real estate careers. He works closely with the Marketing Club and Real Estate Clubs as well as the Wood Center to ensure students are prepared for every phase of their job search. In addition, as someone who is accustomed to very intense and demanding environments, he is adept at helping students adjust to the rigors of going through the MBA recruiting process.

Jerry holds an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a BA economics from UNC-Chapel Hill. He’s excited to be back at UNC and cheering on the Tar Heels in person.

Rachel is a career coach for students interested in the Energy, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainability sectors. She is also a leadership educator and designs and facilitates personal development and career management programs for MBA students.

Prior to joining UNC Kenan-Flagler, Rachel lived and worked in Qatar for 10 years where she held a variety of roles with international universities, training and development companies, and managed global CSR initiatives.

Rachel holds a BA in international studies from UNC-CH and a MEd in higher education administration from NC State University.