Meet the Industry Relations Team

Monica Parker-James serves as Executive Director of the Feld Center for Industry Alliances and as Director of Strategic Industry Partnerships for Boston University’s Questrom School of Business.

In this capacity, she leverages the substantial resources of Questrom, including renowned faculty expertise, cutting-edge research, and top-notch student talent, to foster strategic collaborations with industry that enhance business education, maximize career opportunities, and improve businesses.

Monica brings to this role 25 years of experience in formal and informal education. Prior to joining Questrom, she served as Director of Strategic Affiliations for the BU School of Medicine, establishing and stewarding research and education collaborations with health sector partners. She spent twenty years of her career at the Museum of Science, Boston in marketing, programming, and project management.  Monica holds a BS and an MS in Mass Communication and a Graduate Certificate in Fundraising Management, all from BU. She is a mom of four – Rhys, Caroline, Libby (BU CAS and KHC 2020) and Maggie (BU COM 2018).

Lucy van Beever is the Director of Employer Engagement and Industry Relations Manager for our social impact and energy and sustainability students. Lucy comes from BU’s Center for Career Development, where for the past four years she developed and led employer engagement strategy for the benefit of students university-wide. Lucy also managed two funded internship programs. Prior to this role, Lucy was Assistant to the Dean at SHA, where she worked directly with students, handled faculty support, and managed events and Dean’s Advisory Board activities. Her career has spanned a number of industries, including consultancy, retail, health/wellness, and hospitality. She is excited to offer her diverse experiences to Questrom.

Joe joined the Questrom Feld Center for Industry Alliances in Fall 2014 as a Corporate Relations Manager.  Joe has over 25 years’ experience in sales and management for T1 threw boutique financial services firms.  At Questrom, Joe focuses on growing the Feld Center’s portfolio of Financial, Accounting, and Real Estate employers.  Joe graduated from University of Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Masters of Business in Finance from Northeastern University.

Subhadra England, our new Industry Relations Manager for the health sector, joined us at the end of September 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 team as the Industry Relations Manager for Consulting. In this role, he will collaborate with current Questrom employer partners, actively seeks out opportunities to grow our partnerships, and support students in achieving their career goals. Daniel returns to Boston after five years at The University of Chicago. In his role, Daniel worked with graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from across the University in all aspects of career development and facilitated 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. Daniel earned his PhD in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan in 2008.

Kathleen Ponte joins Feld as the Industry Relations Manager focusing on the Technology and CPG/Retail Sectors. Kathleen supports students in the MDSi program and CPG/Retail focus with their career strategy and develop relationships with industry employers.  Kathleen comes with over 12 years’ experience in Career Development and Employer Relations including supporting the technology vertical at BU’s College of Engineering. Prior to that she was a Co-op Advisor at Wentworth Institute of Technology. She is excited to use her breadth of knowledge of various engineering and emerging technology industries and apply it to her work in Questrom!

Caroline joined the Feld Center as the Senior Program Coordinator in September 2016. A native of Framingham, MA, she earned her B.S. in Communication from Boston University in May 2016. She moved into the Assistant Director of Employer Experience role in April 2018 and now manages all Feld events and on-campus interviews.She is currently working toward her EdM in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (a soon to be “Double Terrier!”) and concentrating in Higher Education Administration. In her spare time, Caroline enjoys baking, crafting and finding new shows to binge-watch on Netflix!

• Provides career development coaching to all MSMS students and MSMS alumni
• Develops and delivers career management courses and workshops
• Maintains contact with students to ensure continual engagement throughout their program Employer Relations and Industry Partnerships
• Identifies and develops relationships with employers to increase full-time opportunities for all MSMS students
• Plans employer related events such as employer information sessions, on-campus interviews, and networking receptions
• Works with faculty to understand and co-develop approaches to experiential design and employer/industry engagement
• Secures employer contributors/external experts in the program development/design process and foster and develop these key relationships
• Provides and analyzes statistical data for periodic and end-of-the-year reports regarding student participation with recruitment, student and employer engagement, job offers received, etc.
• Collaborates with internal/external partners to implement changes designed to improve/increase program goals/objectives.

• Provides career development coaching to all MSMF students
• Develops and delivers career management courses and workshops
• Maintains contact with students to ensure continual engagement throughout program
• In partnership with the Faculty Director, develops relationships with employers to increase full-time and internship opportunities
• Coordinates employer related events such as employer information sessions and networking receptions