Northwestern Intersections
Listen in as alumni share stories about how their careers have evolved and how key intersections of experience, opportunity, and alumni connections have propelled them to where they are today. Find out what these alumni have done right and wrong and what they’ve learned at each intersection along the way.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 185
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Connor Regan '16 on Growing at Google
Connor Regan knew that he wasn't going to be the valedictorian at Northwestern so he found his niche in collecting real world work experience with 9 internships while a student in Evanston. One of t…
Emily Klear '12 MS on a Career Change into Couples Therapy
Emily Klear '12 MS started her career in corporate America at Coca Cola selling fountain soda in the Bay Area. Klear went back to school for her Master's in Marital and Family Therapy after a few ve…
Emily Drewry '15 on Creating Her Own Role at Forbes
Emily Drewry has learned a lot since her first job at the local Piggly Wiggly and she has continued to grow in her current role as the Senior Social Content Manager at Forbes. She recently interview…
Ishan Daya '13 on Building his Business with Fellow Alumni
Ishan Daya graduated from Northwestern where he studied flute performance and his career path has been far from traditional since then. He has a great perspective on learning something new from ever…
Carter Cast '92 MBA on Career Derailers and More
Carter Cast is a successful professor, venture capitalist, and now author, but his career did not start out that easy. Cast talks to the NAA about his career path from working in marketing on Tostito…