SOME GREAT GENERAL RESOURCES
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
Multimedia
Founder, Multimedia Company; University Professor - in his own words
Paul Reynolds, Communications major, 1982; "Finding One's North Star in a Climate of Possibilities." You can also read a brief Wall Street Journal profile of Paul and his company.
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
Journalist - in his own words
Mike O'Brien, A&S 1997 - "What the hell am I doing? How the hell did I get here? And whose pants are these, anyway?"
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
Higher Education - Teaching and Administration - in his own words
Richard Keeley, BC '72 - "Follow Your Heart? Follow the Money? Follow Your Nose?"
First Grade Teacher - in her own words
Martha Bunker, Elementary Education major, 2000 - "What's Love Got to Do With It?"
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
Attorney - in his own words
Roshan N. Rajkumar, Political Science major, 1995 - "Family First...Me Second."
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
Still searching - in her own words
Sarah Strong, A&S 1998 - "Finding a Purpose: Who Grants Degrees in How to be a Cat or a Princess?"
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
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