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Full-Time MS Career Directors
Equipping you for success.
Our mission at Simon’s Benet Career Management Center (Benet Center) is to prepare every one of our students for long term career success, not just for their next job. We are committed to the success of every Simon graduate, and that includes providing career advisory support to help you determine—and reach—your professional aspirations.
Simon provided me with a platform to meet talented people, develop my career in the pricing area, and broaden my professional network.
Students helping students.
Simon’s Benet Career Peers (BCPs) are trained MBA students who are available to advise you on topics like choosing the right internship, building a job search strategy, interviewing, crafting your résumé, and preparing to enter a specific industry.
Meet the MS Career Directors.
Your MS Career Consultant will be available to provide both group support and one-on-one assistance from the day you arrive at Simon. With their in-depth experience of corporate culture, career path options, hiring needs and practices, and more, they are excellent resources to help you further your professional goals. They’ll come to know your technical and interpersonal strengths and how to use those unique attributes to position yourself for success.
Libby Bakken
Career Consultant, MS Programs
Business & Marketing Analytics
Libby returned to the Career Management Center in 2016 after working as a private career coach and professional development consultant. Before that she worked in the Simon Benet Center as Associate Director of Professional Development for several years. In her current assignment, Libby works primarily with MS students in our Business (...)
Libby Bakken
Career Consultant, MS Programs
Business & Marketing Analytics
Libby returned to the Career Management Center in 2016 after working as a private career coach and professional development consultant. Before that she worked in the Simon Benet Center as Associate Director of Professional Development for several years. In her current assignment, Libby works primarily with MS students in our Business Analytics and Marketing Analytics programs.
Libby spent a number of years in Human Resources roles and in Leadership Development consulting. She served as the first Human Resources Director for Harris Interactive, a custom market research firm headquartered in Rochester that has been acquired by Nielsen. She began her career in human resources at the Harvard Business School and also worked in talent acquisition, employee relations and professional development within the financial services industry in Boston, MA. She has an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!), an MA from Boston University, and a Certificate in Organizational Development from a program offered in cooperation with DePaul University and Linkage, Inc.
Libby coaches students at every stage of career development from career assessment through the job search process. She is adept at helping students with all aspects of job interviewing but especially in helping students identify the elements of their background and skills to highlight as they pursue a specific opportunity. She helps students craft compelling, customized letters that showcase the skills most related to the job at hand. She lives in the Bushnell’s Basin area of Pittsford, close to the Erie Canal, with her husband, a marketing science consultant, and a big, beautiful, black cat, named Zelda; she enjoys gardening, birdwatching and reading.
Meg Litvinenko
Career Consultant, MS Programs
Accountancy
Meg Litvinenko brings more than 16 years of experience in higher education with a particular focus in career education and corporate development. As an undergraduate at The Ohio State University, Meg worked for the Division of Student Affairs for three years, where her love for higher education began.
Meg Litvinenko
Career Consultant, MS Programs
Accountancy
Meg Litvinenko brings more than 16 years of experience in higher education with a particular focus in career education and corporate development. As an undergraduate at The Ohio State University, Meg worked for the Division of Student Affairs for three years, where her love for higher education began.
While Meg began her career in marketing at The Breakers, Palm Beach, she knew that education and career development was core to her career goals. As a Higher Education Administration graduate student at Syracuse University, she completed a practicum in the Office of Career Services, and later transitioned into roles at Wheelock College and Boston University. After returning to the Rochester area, Meg led the design of and launched the Center for Student Success at SUNY Brockport’s Business School, with a focus on career and corporate development. There, she also designed and delivered their Business Career seminars.
Meg joined the Simon Business School in 2016 as Director of Student Life in the Office of Student Engagement, and recently transitioned into the Benet Center, where she serves as both Director of Career Education and Professional Development and MS Career Consultant to our Accountancy students.
Meg Recktenwald
Career Consultant, MS Programs
Finance
Meg joined the Benet Career Center in 2019 as an MS Career Consultant working specifically with Finance students across both corporate engagement and student career advising efforts. With a background based entirely in corporate recruiting, both at the campus and experienced hire levels, she brings with her to Simon a wealth (...)
Meg Recktenwald
Career Consultant, MS Programs
Finance
Meg joined the Benet Career Center in 2019 as an MS Career Consultant working specifically with Finance students across both corporate engagement and student career advising efforts. With a background based entirely in corporate recruiting, both at the campus and experienced hire levels, she brings with her to Simon a wealth of experience to better assist students with all aspects of their career search.
Originally from Buffalo, NY, Meg’s experience at the University of Rochester began as one of the first students to graduate from the undergraduate business program. Highlights during her time at the U of R included playing Varsity Women’s Basketball (reaching the NCAA Final Four in 2010), working with student athletic clubs to secure funding for activities, and being a member of the first pledge class inducted into the co-ed business fraternity (Alpha Kappa Psi) on campus.
After graduation, Meg joined Goldman Sachs in NYC as lead MBA campus recruiter for their Investment Banking Division, responsible for hiring over 75 summer associates each year. She later transitioned to experienced hire recruiting, supporting efforts for Investment Banking, Internal Audit, and the build-out of the new Retail Deposits business across all levels. In 2016, Meg left Goldman Sachs to join Bank of America as a VP in Wealth Management recruiting, leading efforts for the Financial Advisor Program across NYC and Western NY, and later led the campus program for all of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management nationwide just prior to joining Simon.
Marc Torchio
Career Consultant, MS Programs
Marketing Analytics
Marc, having joined the Benet Center in July of this year, is the newest member to our team. Marc has a background in international business, working in the Asian Pacific region for over three years. There, he worked as a marketer for Beijing HuaLian Group, aretail conglomerate as well as a new media startup: OKHIWI Media. He attended the (...)
Marc Torchio
Career Consultant, MS Programs
Marketing Analytics
Marc, having joined the Benet Center in July of this year, is the newest member to our team. Marc has a background in international business, working in the Asian Pacific region for over three years. There, he worked as a marketer for Beijing HuaLian Group, a retail conglomerate as well as a new media startup: OKHIWI Media.
He attended the Stanford Established International Chinese Language Program in Taipei, Taiwan where he attained a high level of proficiency in Mandarin Chinese. Marc holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Management from the University of Dayton. He ran a variety of micro business throughout his college career, most notably a food delivery service for on-campus students (Darn you DoorDash).
Marc enjoys meeting people from different backgrounds and traveling to a variety of different geographies. Outside of work, he is an active Crossfitter and musical theatre go-er. He also loves good fiction and great craft cocktails. Marc has just moved back to Rochester, NY, where he enjoys the people, but not the weather.
Helen Wang
Career Consultant, MS Programs
Finance
Helen joined the Benet Center in 2015 as a Career Consultant for MS Finance students. Prior to Simon, she worked at a Risk Management firm on Long Island as an Investment Analyst. Pursuing an entrepreneurial venture in 2012, she purchased a franchise food business in Gainesville, Florida and exited the business in 2018.
Helen Wang
Career Consultant, MS Programs
Finance
Helen joined the Benet Center in 2015 as a Career Consultant for MS Finance students. Prior to Simon, she worked at a Risk Management firm on Long Island as an Investment Analyst. Pursuing an entrepreneurial venture in 2012, she purchased a franchise food business in Gainesville, Florida and exited the business in 2018.
Helen received both her MS in Finance and an MBA with a concentration in Finance and Public Accounting from the Simon Business School. She also holds a Bachelor's of Arts in Economics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in Stony Brook, NY (Go Sea Wolves!). Helen enjoys working with students interested in exploring career opportunities in multiple markets in finance, accounting, and entrepreneurship.
She specializes in career resources, target list development, and behavioral interviewing. Helen is passionate about experiencing different cultures. Outside of work, Helen enjoys hot yoga, hiking, and traveling. She makes friends with people from all over the world and has been traveling around China, US, Russia, Korea, and 14 other countries in Europe. She, her husband, and new baby boy live in Rochester.
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