Career & Leadership

Tammy brings a wealth and diversity of experience in leadership, teamwork, strategy, career coaching and counseling in higher education that spans over 20 years. Her strengths include strategic planning, leadership, and change management.

She leads the strategy, development and administration of the career management, leadership development and employer engagement functions that support our MBA programs – Full-Time MBA, Weekend MBA, Evening MBA, and MBA@UNC – and all UNC Kenan-Flagler alumni.  Most recently, she served as the Assistant Vice President for the Office of Career and Internship Services at LIM College, Where Business Meets Fashion, in NYC. she provided the overall vision and leadership for career education and coaching, employer relations and operations.

Prior to LIM, she served as the Assistant Dean of Student Services and Administrative Affairs for the College of Education and Human Services at Montclair State University, where she earned her master’s degree. She also spent time in North Carolina having served at the Assistant Director for Graduate Student Services in University Career Services at Duke University. Additionally, Tammy was the Assistant Director for Internship Programs for Rutgers University, her undergraduate alma mater.

Tammy is excited to be in Tar Heel country with her husband, Ken,  their three girls and dog named Champ.

As Director for Coaching – EMBA, MBA@UNC and Alumni, Megan works to coordinate and implement world-class coaching, programming, and relationship building across the programs. Megan coaches specifically in the MBA@UNC program but maintains ties to students in all programs and alumni through program delivery. Outside of coaching, her areas of expertise include military career transition, program planning and training/public speaking.

Megan has over 15 years of leadership experience and has worked at universities across the nation. As a certified Global Career Development Facilitator and a Certified Career Services Provider, Megan enjoys helping others understand and strengthen their career management and leadership skills. Before coming to UNC Kenan-Flagler in 2017, she spent time as a career transition trainer for the U.S. Department of Labor as a government contractor helping over 1,800 active duty military service members successfully transition to civilian employment.

Megan earned her MEd in higher education from Arizona State University and her BA in journalism and mass communication from Iowa State University. Life’s adventures have allowed her to live in Europe, Asia and in many locations throughout the U.S.  She loves spending time with her family, being outside, and watching Cyclone and Tar Heel basketball.

Bill Faulkner has spent over 25 years as a leadership educator and higher education administrator at both large state and private universities with a career focus centered on student development and engagement function areas along with mentoring/coaching hundreds of student leaders. Prior to joining UNC Kenan-Flagler, Bill gained business experience as a solopreneur, starting a leadership/organization development and coaching firm. His areas of expertise focuses on leadership and human development theory and assessment, student engagement strategies and training/public speaking. Bill serves as a Career & Leadership resource for the Evening and Weekend Executive MBA cohorts and is part of the larger working professional and alumni team.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Student Andrews University and earned both a master’s and doctorate in education from the University of Georgia. He has an affiliation as a certified coach, speaker and trainer with the John Maxwell Team.

Bill enjoys traveling, live music, reading, blogging and spending quality time with his wife, Catherine, and their yellow lab, Kaci.

With over 30 years of career-management experience, Elizabeth has delivered personalized coaching and engaging programming to all UNC Kenan-Flagler alumni since 2012. Her professional background includes 12 years in industry as a consultant for Right Management, a leading global career-transition firm where she delivered a wide range of coaching and training services. During this time, she was tapped to serve on a select team delivering executive-level coaching and participated in the delivery of assessment centers that assisted client companies with succession planning for senior management. She is also principal/owner of Nexus Career Strategists Ltd., a private career-consulting firm. Prior to that, Elizabeth spent 13 years in career development within higher education, serving as assistant director, career services, at a large public university in Ohio. 

Elizabeth is certified to administer a number of career/personality assessments and coaching modalities including the First 90 Days Online and the Crucial Conversations® training.  A member of Phi Beta Kappa, she earned an MS in counseling from the State University of New York at Albany and a BA in political science at Ohio University in Athens. She is energized by partnering with people to help them attain greater self-knowledge, envision their career goals and design effective plans to achieve them.  

She and her husband live in Chatham County and enjoy raising two chickens and making wine.

Rachel White serves as the Associate Director for the Hodges Leadership Center for MBA Programs. She designs and facilitates leadership development programs for MBA students and manages our team of executive coaches. Prior to joining UNC Kenan-Flagler, Rachel lived in worked in Qatar for 10 years where she held a variety of roles, including supporting students at Texas A&M’s campus in Doha and implementing a national leadership program with Red Rock International.

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

Tracy Wallingford is Interim Associate Director for Career & Leadership for the Marketing & Real Estate sectors. Tracy brings 20 years of marketing leadership with organizations as diverse as industry-leader Compaq (now HPE) to .com era start-ups, including serving as employee #9 and VP of Marketing in an early online commercial real estate venture funded by CB Richard Ellis, Jones Lang Lasalle, and Trammell Crow Co. In Dallas, she taught presentation techniques to first-year MBA students as an Adjunct Instructor at the SMU Cox School of Business.

Tracy was awarded her ACC coaching accreditation from the International Coach Federation in 2017 and founded Strength-Powered Strategies, helping individual clients, rising corporate stars, and teams define and communicate what makes them unique, and build upon those strengths to achieve their goals. Tracy earned her M.S. in Management Science at The University of Texas at Dallas and B.A. in Economics with Honors from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia. She lives with her husband Scott, two school-age children and beloved dog Tex in Raleigh, NC.

Sandra Chandler has over 10 years’ experience in business development, partner engagement, sales and marketing. She has deep experience establishing and maintaining relationships with new business partners by offering quality service and creative solutions to their needs. Prior to joining UNC Kenan-Flagler, Sandra was responsible for strategic partner development for a national education non-profit organization, working to create complex partnerships with some of the largest school districts across the U.S.

Her role on the Employer Engagement & Recruiting team focuses on identifying and building out recruiting partnerships that are geared to our working professional and alumni populations.

Samantha Dickens has over 10 years of experience working in higher education. She currently serves as the Director of Operations for Career & Leadership for MBA & Alumni. Samantha joined UNC Kenan-Flagler in 2011 and has held various roles in MBA student services and program operations. She holds a BA in Economics from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Samantha enjoys spending time with her family, being outdoors, and reading.

Jessie Nash serves as the Program Manager for Career & Leadership for MBA & Alumni. Prior to joining UNC Kenan-Flagler, Jessie was the general manager at School of Rock Chapel Hill where she helped open the new franchise location and managed day-to-day operations. She holds a BA in biology and German language and literature from UNC-Chapel Hill and a MEd in student affairs practice in higher education from the University of Virginia. Jessie is a proud Tar Heel and is excited to combine her experiences and passions at her alma mater.