Meet the Directors
 | Nathan Hammond Employer Relations Director cf-employers "at" mit.edu |
| Nathan Hammond was planning to complete his PhD this fall until he got waylaid by the Career Fair. Now he plans to finish in December. He earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Utah State and his Masters in Biomedical Engineering at Purdue before coming to MIT and making Boston home four years ago. Along the way he's gathered work experience manufacturing treadmills, milking goats, trouble-shooting production processes, hanging Christmas lights, designing medical devices, and caring for the mentally ill. His interests include outdoor sports, travel, and language. He is currently looking for a job **wink**wink** so check out his resume. | |
 | Ellen McIsaac Day-of Logistics Director cf-logistics-day "at" mit.edu |
| Ellen McIsaac is a driven leader with a penchant for event planning and project management. Her experience ranges from cutting-edge materials research at MIT to building world-class robots, and from effective recruitment events for MIT’s potential students to planning multiple engineering outreach events for youth. Much of her involvement combines two of her biggest passions: technology and quality education of today’s youth. For over five years, she has been creating and working with math, science, and technology programs to inspire young students to get involved in the STEM fields and give them the tools they need for success. She currently is working with the Society of Women Engineers, FIRST Robotics, and the MATHCounts program on these initiatives. An MIT undergraduate studying Materials Science and Engineering and French Language and Literature, Ellen is extremely interested in development and applications of materials in industry. She provides a unique perspective on problem solving stemming from her experience in creative engineering solutions under the pressure of intense time and financial constraints. Ellen looks forward to future partnerships which allow for her continued leadership experience and contribution to materials development and support of youth education. | |
 | Sandra Chen Publicity Director cf-publicity "at" mit.edu |
| Sandra Chen is dedicated to reaching out beyond herself and her immediate community. Since high school, Sandra could be found at home, volunteering in her town's local government, but also at the homes of others far away, having spent several summers rebuilding in the New Orleans area. Her experiences have led her to realize how fortunate she had been to grow up in the quiet town of Melrose, near Boston, and has ceaselessly since reached out to other, perhaps less fortunate, communities. An active member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Sandra spends her Saturdays mentoring middle school girls and exposing them to the thrills of engineering, and, perhaps unknowingly, providing them with an excellent role model. As a matter of fact, she was an alumna of the WiSE and BeaverDash outreach programs organized by SWE. In the midst of giving to others, Sandra, currently a sophomore, is following the track of chemical engineering, with the hopes of making a personal positive impact during her life. To her acquaintances, Sandra is always darting about with no rest; to her friends, she is a kind person who somehow also finds quality time for her personal life to go running, read, and cook. | |
 | John Truesdell Treasurer cf-treasurer "at" mit.edu |
| John Truesdell is a combat tested leader and proven manager in a wide range of environments from Asia to Africa. A leader with a global perspective developed while working in twenty-five countries. During his career as a Navy SEAL, John has led organizations instrumental in supporting US strategic objectives. His leadership and team building skills ensured the successful formation and training of multiethnic security forces in regions of ethnic and religious conflict. In addition to his military experience, John’s work has covered a wide range of activities from coauthoring an academic paper on RNA to racing in the Eco-Challenge. Currently in the Biomedical Enterprise Program at MIT Sloan and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, John is interning with Genzyme's Oncology/MS Business Development group, conducting due diligence and structuring of collaborative and acquisition opportunities. John also consults for Semprus Biosciences, a biotechnology startup, providing expertise to secure non-dilutive funding in the federal/Department of Defense space. John provides relevant experience as a military end user in addition to extensive knowledge of Department of Defense acquisition regulations and biomedical initiatives. John seeks to continue to leverage his work experience, his leadership, and his success in team environments in an entrepreneurial or venture setting. | |
 | Glory Nguyen Facilitator cf-facilitator "at" mit.edu |
| Gloriane Nguyen, known to everyone as Glory, is a highly energetic and passionate senior who strives for organization in all aspects of her life and emphasizes attention to detail. She chose the role of Facilitator for this year’s Career Fair to further develop and perfect her negotiation and leadership skills, and has enjoyed taking on the all challenges of being an MIT Career Fair Director. In her time here at MIT, she has had several other mediation and leadership roles that have ranged from organizing and heading course projects in the Sloan School of Management to easing negotiations and hearings for the judicial branch of her sorority. A candidate for Bachelor of Science degrees in Economics and Management Science, Glory is also passionate about developmental economics and the arts. She has participated in a slew of campus activities ranging from archery to Dance Troupe to theater in addition to the MIT 100K competition and finance and economic research projects (UROPs) at the Sloan School. In trying to decide which career path she wants to take after graduation, Glory has also explored multiple internships including a marketing internship working one-on-one with a major CPG Brand Manager at a dot com start-up and a research internship using foreign exchange-rate data to calculate interest rates and spreads in over sixteen different currencies for an economic consulting firm. She has yet to choose which of these fields suits her best, but is sure that it can be sorted out after the planning for Career Fair is over. | |
