Vanessa E. George, Psy.D., MBA, is Director, Graduate Career Services at the University of San Francisco’s School of Management, where she leads the team providing career management and employer relations for USF's 350 MBA & MSx students. Dr. George has over 15 years of experience in higher education, plus 15 years of experience in management with corporate, non-profit, and academic institutions. Prior to USF, Dr. George was Senior Manager of Leadership Development Programs at Pacific Gas & Electric Company. Prior to that role, she was Assistant Director at UCSF’s women’s leadership center, the Center For Gender Equity, where she led several leadership development programs focused on mentoring, networking, career development and executive coaching. Dr. George also led the Women of Color Action Network, a Bay Area non-profit focused on women’s professional development, for ten years. She is a Certified Career Management Coach, facilitator and instructor and has trained more than 2,000 people on effective networking, mentoring and personal branding techniques over the past 17 years. Dr. George has a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Organizational Development at the California School of Professional Psychology (Alliant); an M.B.A. from Georgetown University, and a B.A. from Stanford University.