Career Night for the Arts + Entertainment

As Associate Managing Director at The Theater Offensive, an organization that focuses on producing local LGBTQ theatrical works, Matt oversees various components of fundraising, communications, and operations. Hailing from the Boston area, Matt has spent the last 9 years working in the nonprofit sector, and is committed to advancing social justice within the  city. His particular interests include LGBTQ and racial justice, and increasing access to the arts. When not focusing on these issues, Matt is active in advocacy for the young nonprofit professional community as a member of the Young Nonprofit Professional’s Network. Matt can also frequently be found on and off stage in various community theater productions, and he served on the board of Needham Community Theater for 3 years. In his spare time, he is hard at work cultivating his culinary skills. Matt holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Spanish from Boston College and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management & Leadership from Boston University.

Molly graduated from BC in 2014 as an Art History major, and completed her Master's degree in Art History at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western's Master's program was jointly administered by the Cleveland Museum of Art, which ignited Molly's passion for working in a museum setting. After graduate school, she was a Curatorial Fellow and later a Collections Manager at The Trustees of Reservations. This role gave Molly experience in hands-on collections care and exhibition coordination. Molly now work in the Collections department at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum as the Collections Cataloguer & Administrator, where she is responsible for conducting research on the broad range of objects in the museum's collection. Starting October 7, Molly will start a new role as the Academic Programs Manager at the Gardner. In this position, she will manage the museum's university and college partnerships and oversee a new paid internship program called "Gardner Ambassadors."

Jennifer Patten holds a B.A. in English and Music from Boston College, an M.M. in Musicology from Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, and an M.A. in Arts Administration from Teachers College, Columbia University. Prior to moving to New York in 2014, she served in the pilot Rhode Island Teach for America Corps and was hired as the founding humanities teacher at the Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts in Providence. Ms. Patten led arts integration initiatives with fellow academic instructors and artists-in- residence, crafting the trajectory of the school’s curriculum. After several years in the classroom, she served as Curriculum Director and formalized the school’s approach to arts-integrated education, oversaw all curriculum development, and provided administrative leadership. She is a recipient of the Laetitia M. Blain Award for Excellence in Music Performance and the Boston College Arts Council Award. Ms. Patten was also acknowledged as the 2012 Rhode Island District Teacher of the Year and a Regional Representative for the Sue Lehmann Award for Excellence in Teaching. Passionately dedicated to the arts and education, she actively seeks to intertwine these disciplines in both her life and professional philosophy.

After 10 years working in opera in Germany as a designer, stage manager and assistant director; Mark is now the executive and artistic director of College Light Opera Company, a not-for-profit summer educational theatre program for the career bound artist in Falmouth, Cape Cod.

Laura Carlo has been WCRB’s Morning Program Host for almost 19 years. She has written, produced and hosted numerous programs for WCRB including "ArtsAlive!" "Laura's Book Nook" "CEO Spotlight" and "Baroque in Boston." Under the station's original ownership she also hosted the morning show for the World Classical Network, syndicated in 16 US cities, making her the most listened to stand-alone female music announcer in America, according to Arbitron. She has been both a part-time Music Host and News Anchor on New York's WQXR. Here in Boston, Weekend News Anchor on WBZ Radio and Weekend News Writer/News Producer for WCVB-TV 5; Afternoon News Anchor for Channel 27 (Worcester); and News Director/Morning Anchor on Fall River's WALE Radio. Under her leadership, WALE and WCRB won numerous “Best News” awards from UPI and other prestigious journalism competitions. Ms. Carlo is the female voice for AT&T's national voice recognition system, as well as for entities as diverse as the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department (Arizona) and Macy's of Southern California. She is a pianist and channels Chopin daily.

Tim Lemire is a professional writer with 30 years' experience in a variety of fields, including journalism, education, creative copywriting, and corporate communications. He has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan and is the author of the career guide, "I'm An English Major -- Now What?" (Writer's Digest Books, 2007).

Kristina is a general assignment reporter at CBS Boston, covering anything newsworthy happening in Massachusetts. Her reports can typically be seen at 5, 6, and 11 PM. Before relocating back to Boston, Kristina worked in both Bangor and Portland, Maine, as a reporter/multimedia journalist at the local NBC affiliates. Kristina has reported on a wide variety of topics, including Maine’s opioid epidemic, an electric company billing crisis, and the corrupt international business dealings of a local ski mountain. Her reporting on Portland’s Unsolved Homicides earned her a Maine Association of Broadcasters award for Enterprise Journalism. She was also honored to travel to Houston in 2017 to cover Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath for KHOU. Currently, Kristina is nominated for the 42nd Annual Boston/New England Emmy Awards for her work on “Saddleback Mountain Secrets.”

Christopher is a freelance photographer shooting creative portraiture, headshots, branding imagery for various companies and organizations, weddings, events, and performing arts. He is often on campus photographing events and portraits, as Boston College was his first major client. In college, Christopher was involved with numerous arts related extra-curricular activities, including Bostonians, playing violin in two bands (indie rock/folk and hip hop), being a Halftime and 48 hours leader, service trips, OLAA, FACES, among others.

Kristie Dickinson returns to BC as an Adjunct Professor of Design Thinking, after six years at Apple in Cupertino, CA. She is currently creating and teaching the first-ever design thinking course for undergrads in CSOM, and loving every minute of it. While at Apple, Kristie most recently led Apple Watch efforts for Partnership Management in Worldwide Developer Relations. She acted as champion and seeker of the best third-party Watch apps around the world, and consulted start-ups and Fortune 500 companies alike, on product strategy and UI/UX design. As an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Shea Center, Kristie is focused on providing mentorship for all students interested in design, tech, marketing, entrepreneurship, and intrapreneurship (having a self-starter mindset within a bigger company). Kristie graduated from BC in 2014 with a B.S. in General Management. She majored in Marketing, with a minor in International Studies for Management.

Mabella Barnor's passion for the television and film industry has lead her on a path of coordination, event planning, and office administration. Mabella has worked for IDEO a global design and innovation company, and the Rue Gilt Group a company at the intersection of retail and technology. As a recent Communications Department graduate, Mabella has ambitions to produce scripted television dramas and one day become a showrunner. 

Steve has over 25 years of graphic design and marketing experience. As Principle at Mystic View Design, Steve leads teams as they design and produce corporate collateral for medium to large companies including annual reports, brochures, websites, ads, stationery, invitations and program books graphic design and photography. Throughout the years, the firm has maintained strength in those areas and has added new capabilities including marketing and advertising design, digital photography, web design and development to its core business. Mystic View was founded by Steve's Father, Stephen Zubricki Jr., in 1986. Steve joined the team in 1994 as an adminstrative, sales and marketing executive, and has held functions as professional in-house photographer and web developer.

Meghan is a Digital Producer at WGBH, Boston's local NPR and PBS affiliate. As a member of the Digital team, she produces original content for WGBH digital platforms around music, food, arts and TV programming, which includes writing, photography and video content. In addition to content creation, Meghan produces and lay out daily content on WGBH.org's homepage, balancing the foundations editorial and marketing priorities. Prior to WGBH, she worked in digital marketing/communications at Tufts and Harvard. Meghan majored in Political Science and minored in Faith, Peace, and Justice.