{"id":10396,"date":"2025-06-06T11:43:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T15:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/career\/?page_id=10396"},"modified":"2025-06-13T16:57:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T20:57:47","slug":"the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/career\/the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"The Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Executive Leadership Team<\/h2>\n
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Krystyne Savarese<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Associate Vice Provost & Executive Director<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jenny Ward<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Director, Academic & Career Exploration<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Whitney Prescott<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Director, Career Coaching & Education<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Katie Wiley<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Director, Employer Development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Academic & Career Exploration (ACE) Team<\/h2>\n
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Chris Shuping<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Associate Director, Academic & Career Exploration<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Amanda Tompkins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Assistant Director, Academic & Career Exploration<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Meredith Hawk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Senior Academic & Career Exploration Coach<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Malachi Frederick<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Senior Academic & Career Exploration Coach<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Adam Lanagan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Academic & Career Exploration Coach<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Evan Oliver<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Academic & Career Exploration Coach<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lydia Cole<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Academic & Career Exploration Coach<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Taylor Stumpff<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Academic & Career Exploration Coach<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jessica “Twitch” Twitchell<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Academic & Career Exploration Coach<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Career Coaching Team<\/h2>\n
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VACANT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Associate Director, Career Coaching & Education<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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VACANT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Associate Director, Career Coaching & Education<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Alexis Andershock<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Assistant Director, Outreach<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Doug Porter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Cheri Green<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Assistant Director, Strategic Initiatives<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Courtney Pelzer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Senior Career Coach, Haslam College of Business<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Annemarie Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Career Coach, Education, Social Work, & Humanities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Chris Averette<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Career Coach, STEM, Nursing, select majors from Arts & Sciences<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Noel Bauer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Career Coach, Agriculture & Environmental Studies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Justin D’Agostino<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Career Coach, Engineering & CECS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Antonio Harris<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Career Coach, UT Success Academy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Katie Kuka<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Career Coach, STEM, select majors from Education, Health & Human Sciences<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Stephanie Martinez<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Career Coach, Haslam College of Business<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Brooke Schmalhorst<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Career Coach, Social Sciences, Pre-Law, Government, Law, Policy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Caleb Roberson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Career Coach, Experiential Learning & Internships<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hailey Shastid-Wilson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Career Coach, CCI, HRTM, Architecture, Art, Music<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Emily Smilanich<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Career Educator<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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VACANT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Career Educator<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Employer Development Team<\/h2>\n
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VACANT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assistant Director, Employer Development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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VACANT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assistant Director, Employer Development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Evan Jamison<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Assistant Director, Internship Development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Miciah Burns<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Career Systems Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jeff Gerkins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Part-Time Jobs Coordinator<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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VACANT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Employer Engagement Coordinator<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Peer Career Advisors & Reception Assistants<\/h2>\n
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Audrey Barton<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peer Career Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Christela Bosco<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peer Career Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mikayla Brown<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peer Career Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Grace Claerbout<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peer Career Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tessa Dostal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peer Career Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Grace Ekins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peer Career Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ben Falicki<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peer Career Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Preston McCann<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peer Career Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kaitlyn Novak<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peer Career Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jocelyn Pointer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peer Career Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tess O’Leary<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peer Career Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Connor Ross<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peer Career Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mia Trotta<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peer Career Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dom Vecina<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peer Career Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kate Wigington<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peer Career Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ella Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peer Career Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Laura Baranek<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reception Assistant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kylie Gallup<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reception Assistant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mary Halfacre<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reception Assistant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Alexus Martini<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reception Assistant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sarah Redding<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reception Assistant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kaytlyn Reed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reception Assistant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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