Employment and Career Services Professional Staff

Marcia Jones, M. Ed.

Manager, Employment and Career Services

 BACKGROUND

• Currently oversee; LCCC career exploration, professional development and job search services and resources, Work-based Learning/Innovation Fund Experiential Education programs, LCCC’s Pathways to Success (P2S) LC Workforce Development Agency grant serving out-of-school youth, LCCC Employment netWork satellite location, the Service Learning program, *AmeriCorps Midwest Campus Compact Citizen-Scholar Fellowships (M3C),*AmeriCorps VISTAs at LCCC, and the Third Frontier Internship grant. 
• Project Director for LCCC’s American Association of Community College Broadening Horizons grant, No Child Left Inside.
• Manage campus wide internship/co-op program for Associate and Baccalaureate students from all disciplines serving 13,000 students. Deliver career counseling, workshops and training on résumé, interviewing, salary negotiation and career management topics.
• Initial member of management team responsible for designing, implementing and overseeing Workforce Investment Act (WIA) “One-Stop” - a partnership of over 26 agencies responsible for county-wide education, training and employment services.
• Managed community-based employment programs for adults with disabilities and served as consultant on a state-wide initiative designing and delivering technical assistance, training seminars/workshops, consulting and resource development for people with disabilities and their families, corporations, businesses. Supported employment and rehabilitation professional’s efforts to expand employers’ and organizations’ efforts to fully integrate people with disabilities into the work-place.
• Coordinated Women’s Homeless Shelter in Washington DC

 EDUCATION

• Kent State University, Masters of Education in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
• Eastern Mennonite University, Bachelor of Art in Social Work and Psychology

 PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

• President, Ohio 2-Year College Career Services Association (O2YCCSA)
• National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)
• Ohio Cooperative Education Association (OCEA)
• Tech Prep Consortium Steering Committee
• Northeast Ohio Consortium for Career Advancement (NCCA)
• National Association of Community Colleges and Entrepreneurs (NACCE)
• Ohio Career Development Association (OCDA)

  

Erin Corwin, M.S.

Career Development Specialist

BACKGROUND

• Over eight years’ experience delivering career development, career decision, and co-op services in community college, state university, and liberal arts college settings.
• Developed special programming with sensitivity to the retention and career issues of diverse populations and adult learners.
• Experienced with a range of assessment tools useful for career decision-making and career development efforts.
• Created an array of technology resources to expand and improve the reach of career development services and to enhance data collection and distribution.
• Managed large career events and coordinated a broad base of employer relationships.
• Worked closely with businesses to enhance placement efforts and ensure successful career fairs, on-campus recruiting efforts, and job development.

EDUCATION

• Master of Science in Counseling, and Community and Agency Counseling, University of Arkansas.
• Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, University of Toledo.

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

Ohio Career Development Association (President, Treasurer, Committee Chair), National Career Development Association, National Association of Colleges and Employers, Ohio Federation of Independent Colleges, Great Lakes Association of Career Development Officers, North Coast Consortium for Career Advancement.

 

Saundra Daniels, MBA

Pathways To Success Project Coordinator

 BACKGROUND

• Project Coordinator for the Pathways To Success Program.  Serving in-school and out-of-school youths between the ages of 17-21.
• Over 17 years of experience in higher education serving extensive stellar customer service to traditional and non-traditional students, parents, internal customers, and external customers (High Schools, Colleges and Universities, Department of Education and many more).
• Coordinated and managed the LCCC Performance Base Scholarship - Temporary Assistance For Needy Family (TANF) Educational Award Program (TEAP), serving a cohort group of 574 students over a period of three consecutive semesters as the TEAP Program Project Coordinator.
• Extensive experience in providing educational financial aid counseling to high school students, college students and parents at various income levels.
• Experience in recruitment, measuring retention, staff development, mentoring, leadership development and fostering and developing strong relationships and partnerships with individuals from a wide variety of diverse populations.

 EDUCATION

• Walden University, Masters of Business Administration
• Kent State University, Bachelor of Business Administration
• Cleveland State University, Coursework in the Adult Learning and Development Master Program

 PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

• Past President, Lorain County Community College Staff Council Executive Committee
• Member of Ohio Staff Council of Higher Education (OSCHE)
• Member of the Employment & Career Services Transitional Steering Committee
• Served on various internal committees at LCCC including the HRD Staff Steering Committee, Internal Hay Committee, HRD Interviewing Target Selection Committee, Institutional Planning Committee, Operations Council Committee and Salary and Benefits Committee
• Former Vice President of Lorain County Community College Staff Council Executive Committee
• Served as a Staff Council Group 1 Representative
• Kent State University and Walden University Alumni Association

 

Maureen D. Hess, M.Ed., LSW

Career Development Specialist

BACKGROUND

• Career Development Specialist who has practiced what I preach. In response to a job loss, I have  reinvented myself more than once: the most recent time in my 50’s.  Now, with over thirteen years in career and job search consultation with Lorain County Community College (LCCC), my special interest is adults in transition. I have worked with hundreds, if not thousands, of Lorain Countians who want to “re-tool” and/ or “re-invent” themselves for success in this changing job market. My efforts include: the design and delivery of a broad range of career services including the original development and unique design of LCCC’s Work-Based Learning [co-op] program, and the Career Decision Boot Camp. I have acquired a broad knowledge of the world of work because of twenty years’ prior experience in both business and non-profit organizations.  As a continuing education intern, I collaborated in the development of ABLE, an assessment instrument for life planning used by career services in area libraries.

 EDUCATION

• Master’s Degree in Adult Learning and Development, with an emphasis on Career Development, from Cleveland State.
• Bachelor of Arts in Human Services, with an emphasis in Organizational Development, from Baldwin-Wallace.
• Licensed Social Worker since 1991.
• Noteworthy: The Bachelor degree was obtained during my 40’s; the Master’s during my 50’s.

 PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

Past President of the Ohio Association of Job Search Training, served on the Boards of the Ohio Career Development Association, the Ohio Cooperative Education Association, and the North Coast Career Association. Member of the National Association of Colleges and Employers.  Presented programs on career issues at the American Counseling Association National Conference and the Ohio Cooperative Education Association Annual Meetings. 

 

Janice Lapina, M. Ed.

Special Projects Coordinator

BACKGROUND

• Academic Advisor for Lorain County Community College students, including dislocated/laid off workers.
• Experience working with a wide variety of diverse populations.
• Extensive background in training, staff development, management, student and customer service.
• Researched, designed, and developed a learning module for health care providers.
• Adjunct faculty member at LCCC.

EDUCATION

• Master of Education in Adult Learning and Development, from Cleveland State University.
• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, from Cleveland State University.

 

Cynthia A. McCabe, M.B.A., CDF

Job Placement Coordinator

BACKGROUND

• Broad business experience in outplacement, human resources, consulting, and training and development.
• Master Career Development Professional and a Registered Corporate Coach.
• Served as Managing Consultant for DBM, a worldwide outplacement organization.
• Designed, developed, and delivered a variety of workplace initiatives for Fortune 500 companies, non-profit institutions, and government agencies.
• Presented at conferences, nationally and internationally, on a variety of workplace issues.
• Adjunct faculty member at Tiffin University and LCCC.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's Degree in Communications. 
• MBA from Cleveland State University.
• Extensive postgraduate work in Human Resources and Labor Relations.

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

Past International President of the Employee Involvement Association [Founders’ Award]; Past State President of the Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women; Named “Woman of Professional Excellence” by the Cleveland YWCA; Vice President of the Northeast Ohio Human Resource Planning Society; Member of the Board of Junior Achievement of Lorain County.

 

Christopher Wenz, M.P.A.

Career Development Specialist

 BACKGROUND

• Extensive experience in outplacement, human resources, career coaching, and training and development.
• Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF) and Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certifications
• Certified Job Profiler from Shl
• Experienced in administering and interpreting multiple assessment tools utilized in career decision – making, career development, employee selection and development.
• Provided career counseling/coaching with individuals from college age to age 70 and at various income levels.
• Recruited new staff members for all levels of an organization.
• Experienced in conducting career decision - making and job search seminars.
• Adjunct faculty member at LCCC.

 EDUCATION

• Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Cleveland State University.
• Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Work from Cleveland State University.

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

Member, Ohio Career Development Association, former member of Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and American Society of Training and Development (ASTD), Cleveland State University Alumni Association