Intersections/Halftime
Includes some excellent career-search and life stories by a variety of Boston College alumni.

Boston College Career Network
Lists 9000 alumni who have volunteered to speak with you about their careers.

ARTS & COMMUNICATIONS

Advertising / Public Relations

Public Relations
Amy Lynch, A & S 1996, English major. Account executive at the Rendon Group

Film / TV

Film Production
Emily Engler, A & S 1998, English major. Film Production Staff for Beacon Communications

Filmmaker/Screenwriter
Tom Gilroy, A & S 1983, English major. Actor, screenwriter, director whose works includes the recent indie film, Spring Forward.

Film Director
Tom McCarthy, A&S 1988, Philosophy major. Director of The Station Agent.

Television Host
Clinton Kelly, A&S 1991, Communications major.

Television Executive
Herb Scannell, A&S 1979, English major. President, Nickelodeon

Actor
Chris O'Donnell, Marketing major, 1992

Actor
Amy Poehler, Communications major, 1993

Actor / Animation Voice
Maile Flanagan, BC 1987

Stand-Up Comedians
Dave McLaughlin, History/English major, 1985; John Roarke, Psychology major, 1974; David Pierre, History major, 1990; and three others

Music

Rock Musician
David Smalley, Communications major, 1985

Lead Singer, "The best band in Brooklyn"
Craig Finn '93

Visual Arts / Museums

Museum Designer
Kathleen Hickey Coakley, Newton College 1972, Studio Art major. Designer of the International Spy Museum in D.C.

Photographer
James Balog, '74

Comic Book Curator
David Jay Gabriel, English major, 1988

Cartoonist
Jeremy Yuenger, Communications major, 1999

Writing

Writer

Margot Morrell, Newton College 1974, Art History major. Co-author of Shackleton's Way.

Book Authors
John Burns, English major, 1938, and Tom Sheehan, English major, 1956

Novelist - in his own words
Kevin Johnson, English major, 1995 - "Write / Revise"

Novelist
Jill Winters, History major, 1998

BUSINESS

Forensic Accountant
John A. Damico ’67

New Business Development / Corp. Marketing
David Donatelli, CSOM 1987, Finance and Marketing major. Senior Vice-President of EMC Corp.

Entrepreneur/Media
Tom Martin, CSOM 1986, Marketing major. Owner of Cramer Productions.

Internet Entrepreneur
Tim McCarthy, CSOM 1985, Finance major. Founder/CEO of CharityAmerica.com

Manager of Basketball Products, Spalding
Daniel P. Touhey '90

EDUCATION

Post-Graduate Volunteering/Teaching

Amy Binkowski, LSOE 1997. Teacher at a Catholic middle school for economically disadvantaged families

Teaching and Public Gardening
Derrick Evens, A&S 1990,History major, LGSOE 1994. Teacher at a public middle school in Roxbury

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

Mayor
John Curran, A&S 1988, Psychology major. Mayor of Woburn

City Council President
Michael Flaherty, Sociology major, 1991, President, Boston City Council

White House Fellow
Jennifer Franke, Philosophy major, 1991

Rotary World Peace Scholar
Shannon Leigh O'Brien, Communications major, 2002

Diplomat / U.S. Ambassador to NATO
R. Nicholas Burns, History major, 1978

Political Consultant
Michael Whouley, 1981

HEALTH / SCIENCE / RESEARCH

Psychiatric Research
Colleen Seliger, Psychology major, 1998. Research assistant at the Psycho-Pharmacology Special Programs Section of the Boston Medical Center

Forensic Psychiatrist
Dr. Robert T.M. Phillips, BC '72, Biology and Psychology major. Medical Director, Forensic Consultation Associates, Inc.

Nurse Practitioner / Health Educator
Barbara Dehn, 1980, CSON

Scientist/Entrepreneur
Kim Bent, B.S. 1992, M.S. 1995, Environmental Geoscience major. Scientist, Teacher & Business Owner

Acting Director, U.S. Geological Survey
Patrick Leahy '68, MS'70

LAW & LAW ENFORCEMENT

Law Enforcement

Homicide Detective
Robert Cherry, Political Science major, 1990

Police Commissioner
Kathleen O'Toole, Political Science major, 1976

Suffolk County Sheriff
Andrea Cabral, Englich major, 1981

Lawyer / Paralegal

Paralegal / Legal Analyst

Trevor J. Haynes, History major, 2003

Prosecutor
Raymond Veary, BC Law, 1972

Attorney - in her own words
Michelle Massicotte, English major, 1991 - "Diagramming Sentences and the Patchwork Path to Practicing Law"

Public Interest Lawyer
Amy Vosburg, BC Law, 2001 (dual degree in social work and law)

Disability Rights Lawyer
Kristin Aiello, Political Science and English major, 1989

Defense Attorney
Victoria Bonilla-Argudo, JD '91

Lawyer - and U.S. Regime Crimes Liaison to the Iraqi Special Tribunal for Crimes Against Humanity.
Greg Kehoe ’76

Supreme Court Clerk
James Dowden, '97, JD '00

SPORTS

Professional Basketball Player
Cal Bouchard, CSOM, 2000, Accounting major. Played with for a professional team in Spain

Professional Football Player
Matt Hasselbeck, CSOM, 1997, Marketing major. Quarterback for Seattle Seahawks.

Mountaineer
Erik Weihenmayer, A & S 1991, English major. The first blind mountaineer to summit Mt. Everest.

Professional Snowboarder
Tyler Jewell, Education, 1999

Personal Trainer, Author
Steve Zim, Romance Languages major, 1988

ALTERNATIVE / OTHER

Restaurateur

Mary-Catherine Deibel, English major, Newton College, 1972

Firefighter
John McCann, Marketing, 1999

Superior General of Religious Order
Clare Pratt, English, Newton College, 1967

Alternatives to the 9-to-5
Opportunities with artistic, wilderness, leadership, entrepreneurial and international opportunities