Liaison Program Overview and Goals
In 2019 Cornell Career Services launched a formalized liaison program connecting our staff to offices around campus. We recognize that each partnership is unique and we strive to adapt to each group or office. It is primarily designed for offices within SCL, but we are continually expanding. Our goals are:
- To facilitate connections for students with offices and groups across campus.
- To increase awareness among students, staff, and faculty about what Cornell Career Services offers.
- To establish a more systematic, efficient, and collaborative approach for Cornell Career Services to interact with colleagues.
Sample Partnering Ideas
- Sharing career resources (handouts, websites. etc.) or presenting an overview of Cornell Career Services.
- Cross-promoting career-related events.
- Providing training or consultation regarding student employee career development.
- Tailoring programming or resources (e.g., Resumes, Translating YOUR Job).
- Co-hosting a relevant panel or workshop.
- Assessing career development needs or strengths of students and/or staff.
Recent Collaboration Highlights
- Women’s Athletic Career Day – Spring 2025
- Trailblazers Conference: Empowering Big Red Futures for First Gen Students with First Generation & Low-Income Student Support – Fall 2024
- Pre-Law Conference @ Cornell with Cornell Law School – Fall 2024
- Pre-Health Conference @ Cornell with HPAC – Fall 2024
- Undocumented Alumni Career Panel with Dean of Students – Fall 2024
- Employer-hosted breakfasts with Cornell Athletes – Fall 2024
- Career Readiness & Transferable Skills for Student Dining managers – Summer 2024
- Strengths Workshop for Botanic Gardens interns – Spring 2024
- Big Red Family Chat Series with Parent and Family Programs – Spring 2023
- Cornell Defender Program with Cornell Law School – Since 2021
- APIDA Heritage Month with Asian & Asian American Center – Spring 2024
- Grad Prep Lab with Graduate School – Spring 2023 and Spring 2024
- LimeConnect panel with Student Disability Services – October 2021
- Impostor Phenomenon: Empowerment Through Vulnerability presentation for Multicultural Student Leadership and Empowerment – Spring 2021
- Job Search, Transferable Skills, & Networking presentation for Veterans – Spring 2021
- No, One Size Does Not Fit All presentation with Women’s Resource Center – Spring 2021
Request a workshop.
If you are interested in collaborating, contact Jessamyn Perlus at jgp66@cornell.edu.
Liaison List
See our Staff page for contact information for each liaison.
- Dean of Students Centers for Student Equity, Empowerment, and Belonging:
- Asian & Asian-American Center (A3C) – Elaine Lu
- Black Student Empowerment – Erica Ford
- First Generation & Low Income Student Support – Elaine Lu
- Gender Equity Resource Center – Stephanie Resue
- Latinx Student Empowerment – Kayleigh Bermudez
- LGBT+ Resource Center – Mia Ferraina
- Office of Spirituality and Meaning Making – Erica Ford
- Undocumented/DACA Support – Alex Jablonski
- Campus Activities – Jessamyn Perlus
- Center for Teaching Innovation – Erica Kryst
- Cornell Athletics – Heather Fortenberry
- Cornell Cooperative Extension – Mia Ferraina
- Cornell Commitment – Heather Fortenberry
- Cornell Law School – Alex Jablonski
- Cornell Outdoor Education – Mia Ferraina
- Cornell Store – Susan Walter
- Counseling and Psych Services – Jessamyn Perlus
- David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement – Mia Ferraina
- Dining – Heather Fortenberry
- Entrepreneurship – Elaine Lu
- Financial Aid and Student Employment (FASE) – Krista Saleet
- Graduate School – Jessamyn Perlus
- Health Professions Advising Center (HPAC) – Jessamyn Perlus
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art – Elaine Lu
- Institutional Research and Planning (IRP) – Stephanie Resue
- Learning Strategies Center (LSC) – Kim Swartz
- Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (OADI) – Heather Fortenberry
- Off-Campus Living (including Co-Ops) – Kayleigh Bermudez
- Office of Alumni Affairs – Heather Fortenberry & Erica Kryst
- Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards – Alex Jablonski
- Office of Global Learning – Erica Ford
- Office of Undergraduate Biology – Jessamyn Perlus
- Parent & Family Programs – Erica Kryst
- Housing & Residential Life – Krista Saleet
- Skorton Center for Health Initiatives – Jessamyn Perlus
- Sorority and Fraternity Life – Stephanie Resue
- Student Disability Services (SDS) – Jessamyn Perlus
- Tatkon Center for New Students – Heather Fortenberry
- Undergraduate Admissions at Cornell – Heather Fortenberry
- Undergraduate Research – Jessamyn Perlus
- Veteran Resource Team and Cornell Undergrad Veterans Association – Alex Jablonski
- Visitor Relations – Heather Fortenberry
- West Campus House System – Heather Fortenberry
(Updated January 2025)