Meet the Industry Relations Team

Joe Saunders joined the Questrom Feld Center for Career & Alumni Engagement in Fall 2014 as an Industry Relations Manager.  Joe has over 25 years’ experience in sales and management for T1 through boutique financial services firms.  At Questrom, Joe focuses on growing the Feld Center’s portfolio of Financial Services and Real Estate employers.  Joe graduated from University of Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and an MBA in Finance from Northeastern University.

Subhadra England, our new Industry Relations Manager for the health sector, joined us at the end of September 2018 and has hit the ground running! Subhadra will be supporting HSM students with their career strategy and developing relationships with health sector employers. Subhadra comes to us from BU College of Engineering’s Career Development Office, where she worked with biomedical engineering students.  Prior to BU, Subhadra founded ThinkFlex, a placement firm that connects professionals with employers that provide flexibility, and sat on Let’s Get Ready’s board, a college access and success organization.  Subhadra started her career at John Hancock Advisers, where she held multiple roles including Institutional Marketing, Risk Management and Communications.

Daniel Spiess joined the Feld Center in 2018 as the Industry Relations Manager for Consulting and Accounting. In this role, he collaborates with current Questrom employer partners, actively seeks out opportunities to grow our partnerships, and support students in achieving their career goals. Dan returns to Boston after five years at The University of Chicago, working with graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from across the University in all aspects of career development as well as facilitating employer relations in consulting, government, nonprofits, and academia. Prior to UChicago, Daniel was the research director at the World Class Cities Partnership at Northeastern University, managing a global network of city leaders and researchers, working with business and government leaders in Massachusetts, and strategizing with graduate students on career opportunities. Dan earned his PhD in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan in 2008.

Richard Stuebi brings over 35 years of experience in the energy sector to his role as Industry Relations Manager for energy and sustainability at the Feld Center at Questrom.  He is also a Lecturer in the faculty of the Department of Strategy and Innovation at Questrom, where he teaches courses on energy and manages Questrom’s administration of the undergraduate Sustainable Energy Minor and the graduate MBA/MS Energy & Environment dual degree program.  In addition, he is also an affiliated faculty member at BU’s Institute for Global Sustainability.

Richard has spent much of his long career as a consultant in the energy sector, including 7 years in the energy practice at McKinsey & Company.  Additionally, he has extensive experience in energy entrepreneurship, having co-founded two start-up ventures, led a venture-backed start-up company as CEO, served as a Board member of several emerging ventures, and managed industrial technology investment activity at a regional venture capital firm.  Through his boutique consulting practice Future Energy Advisors, Richard continues to work with early-stage ventures and support established companies in pursuing opportunities associated with the transition to a decarbonized energy sector.

Richard has an undergraduate degree in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in economics from Stanford University.  He is currently a candidate for a Ph.D. in marketing at Virginia Tech, with which he aims to pursue academic research centered on the drivers of consumer behavior in relation to decisions with significant environmental impact.

Paige Parsons joined the Feld Center in May of 2023 as the Industry Relations Manager for CPG/Retail/Entertainment/Sports/Media. In this business development role, she will manage and cultivate employer relationships in the pursuit of enhancing career outcomes for Questrom students.

With over 20 years of experience in the music industry, Paige most recently served as Vice President of Creative Operations for Scooter Braun-owned Atlas Music Publishing, whose roster included award-winning musical talent ranging from Brandi Carlile to Van Halen. In addition to overseeing the indie music publisher’s Los Angeles operations, she also signed and developed burgeoning songwriter/music producer talent. Prior to joining Atlas, Parsons held the post of Sr. Director of A&R for Kobalt Music Publishing. Based in Los Angeles, she signed and developed Grammy/Golden Globe/ASCAP/BMI/SESAC/Juno award-winning talent within the genres of Pop/Country/R&B/Rap. At Kobalt, Paige served as one of 5 team members to establish and develop the Los Angeles arm of the now #1 independent music publisher in the world. Previous to her Kobalt tenure, Parsons served as Director of A&R for Arthouse Entertainment, a music publishing, record label and talent management firm. Formerly, she worked as International A&R Manager for EMI Music Publishing in New York City.

Parsons’ creative song pitching, collaboration, artist management, and talent signing efforts have resulted in hit placements with a wide breadth of world-renowned recording artists, such as Lil Nas X, Shawn Mendes, Kelly Clarkson, Justin Bieber, Ellie Goulding, Mary J. Blige, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Rihanna, Maren Morris, Dan + Shay, Carrie Underwood, Ed Sheeran, Youngboy NBA, Bad Bunny, Beyonce, H.E.R., Latto, and Kendrick Lamar, among many others. She has also placed her clients’ songs with scores of international artists spanning the globe.

Paige studied Music Business at Syracuse University, where she has also served as both Curriculum Consultant and Adjunct Professor for its Bandier Program for Recording and Entertainment Industries. She began serving in this capacity during the inaugural year of the university’s SULA Semester, where she instructed and mentored notable alumni, including both major label recording artists and many of the music industry’s most prominent executives.