Mary Karen Rogers
Director
Mary Karen received a B.S. in humanities, cum laude, and an M.S. in counseling and human resource development from Suffolk University. She has worked in legal higher education in the Admissions, Financial Aid, Registrar's, and Career Development offices since 1975. She has been meeting, counseling, and following the careers of innumerable students and alumni in the Career Development Office since 1986.

Mary Karen is a member of the National Association for Law Placement, the Massachusetts Law School Consortium, and served as Co-Chair of the Northeast Law School Consortium from 1988 to 2001. She also participates in the Posse Program, which promotes college access and leadership development for young people from nontraditional, culturally diverse backgrounds.

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Dorothy Commons
Assistant Director for Programs
Dorothy received her B.A. in education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and her M.S. in counseling psychology from Northeastern University. She was hired as assistant director of career services at New England School of Law in August 1994 and was promoted to director in 1996. She joined Suffolk University Law School in 1998 as a career counselor and became assistant director for programs in 2000. She is a member of the National Association for Law Placement and the Massachusetts Law School Consortium. She currently serves on the steering committee of the Massachusetts Legal Recruitment Association (MALRA). Dorothy is a qualified administrator and interpreter of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.

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Colleen Murphy
Assistant Director for First Year Programming
Colleen is a graduate of Suffolk University with a B.A. in psychology and an M.S. in higher education. She began her higher education career in the Suffolk University Law School Admissions Office as admissions coordinator, and was later promoted to assistant director of admissions. A counselor in the Career Development Office since September 2001, Colleen is a member of the Northeast Law School Consortium and the Massachusetts Law School Consortium.

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Maureen Ricciuti
Career Counselor
Maureen holds a B.A. in social sciences/psychology from Boston College and an M.A. in education and human development from George Washington University. She started in law school career services in 1989 at the National Law Center at George Washington University. In 1991 she became the assistant director of career development at New England School of Law. She joined the staff at Suffolk University Law School in 1994, where she worked as an assistant director until May 2001. Maureen is a member of Chi Sigma Iota, Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International. She is a member of the American Counseling Association, the National Board for Certified Counselors, and the National Association for Law Placement, for which she was the northeast regional coordinator for the Annual National Education Conference in 1995. Currently a part-time career counselor, Maureen is also qualified to administer and interpret the Myers Briggs Type Indicator.

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Michelle Dobbins
Associate Director for Recruitment and Marketing
Michelle has a B.S. in finance, summa cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and an MBA from Suffolk University. Michelle has worked in the Career Development Office at Suffolk University Law School since 1988 and has held various positions including career development assistant, recruitment coordinator, recruitment manager, and assistant director. She was promoted to associate director for recruitment and marketing in the summer of 2006. Michelle is an active member of the Massachusetts Legal Recruitment Association, where she currently serves as treasurer; the Massachusetts Law School Consortium, where she also currently serves as treasurer; and the National Association for Law Placement.

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Sarah Libby
Recruitment Coordinator
Sarah graduated from New England College in Henniker, NH with a B.A. in political science and a concentration in American politics. She has experienced political campaigns firsthand working in fundraising and event coordination for New Hampshire's gubernatorial election and inaugural ceremonies. She was an organizer of the national College Convention, a four-day political event for the 2004 Presidential Primary. Sarah became the office coordinator for the Career Development Office in April 2005 and the recruitment coordinator in May 2006.

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Joanna Bayer
Office Coordinator
Joanna graduated from Smith College in Northampton, MA with a B.A. in History and a concentration in American History.  Recently Joanna was an office assistant for a residence life Area Coordinator at Smith College.  Before that she was an office assistant for a real estate attorney.  During her senior year, Joanna served as House President of Capen House, her residence hall, where she was in charge of the house government.  Joanna became the office coordinator in July 2006. 

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Kate Matson
Communications Coordinator
Kate has a B.A. with distinction in speech, communication, and theatre from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and an M.A. in drama from Tufts University where she was also a teaching assistant.  She was the manager of computer graphics in a design studio and has worked extensively as a supervisor of exam administration for American College Testing and Harvard Law School.  She is a filmmaker specializing in animation.  She has been with the Career Development Office since 2000.

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