The Toppel Career Center is thrilled to announce the newest Certified Career Champions, a group of faculty and staff at the University of Miami who provide support to students as they navigate their careers.
Students often utilize their mentors outside of the Toppel Career Center for support as they tackle career decisions. Therefore, we launched the Career Champions Certification Program in 2019 to provide faculty and staff with strategies and tools to better guide them. Career Champions are regularly updated about new and exciting things happening at the Toppel Career Center, trends in career education and employment, and much more. We also invite Champions to engage with us through a variety of programs and initiatives, while encouraging other colleagues to become Career Champions.
Welcome to the Fall 2025 Career Champions:
Natalia Ariza, Sr. Associate Strategy and Transformation, Strategy & Transformation
Cecilia Banda, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics
Firdaus Dhabhar, Professor – Tenured, Miller School of Medicine, Psychiatry & Microbiology & Immunology
Valeria Elmore-Carney, Assignments Coordinator, Housing & Residential Life
Sindy Garcia, Sr. HR Manager, Human Resources
Darlene Gonzalez, Business Operations Manager, Facilities Operations, Design & Construction
Grace Leslie, Admission Counselor, Undergraduate Admission
Carolina Marazzi-Cardani, Senior Project Manager, Enterprise Project Management Office
Dylan Marsh, Doctoral Intern, Counseling Center
Diana Martinez, Senior Assistant Director, Enrollment, Undergraduate Admission
Katlyn Meier, Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry
Javier Milian, Assoc VP, Oncology Satellite Operations and Recruitment, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Anthony Nunez, Admission Counselor, Undergraduate Admission
Jeanine Ocon, Executive Assistant, Student Life Operations
Jayden Pace Gallagher, Program Coordinator/Advisor, Pre-Health Advising
Renae Patterson, Part-time Lecturer/Adjunct Clinical Faculty, School of Nursing and Health Studies
Andrew Roberts, Residential Life Coordinator, Housing and Residential Life
Marcy Rodriguez, Residential Engagement Specialist, Housing and Residential Life
Ramona Sabau, Lecturer, Miami Herbert Business School, Management
Giuliano Speziani, Sr. Network Architect, UMIT – Enterprise
Alyssa Ulrich, Manager, Programs, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
Camila Zablah Jimenez, Senior Manager, Programs, Office of Civic and Community Engagement
Veronica Maristany, Executive Director, Human Resources, Human Resources
