Career Coaches for Alumni

Meet Aleesha—an integral coach who helps early-to-mid career professionals like you navigate growth, change, and new possibilities. 

She partners with you at pivotal career moments: feeling stuck or burned out, considering a transition or sabbatical, stepping into leadership, or wanting to feel more fulfilled at work. By listening deeply, asking thoughtful questions, reflecting insights, sharing resources and tools, and keeping you accountable, Aleesha helps you reconnect with what matters most—and from that clarity, supports you in moving forward with greater intention, alignment, and momentum. 

Before becoming a certified coach, Aleesha spent 15+ years driving marketing for tech startups and Fortune 100 companies (LinkedIn, Disney, Nike, Chase, and more). She’s navigated many of the same challenges you may be facing, and her own journey—from consulting to tech, individual contributor to manager, employee to entrepreneur—gives her deep empathy and insight into the complexity and possibility of today’s careers. 

Curious to learn more? Book a free discovery call to explore how coaching with Aleesha can support you right now. As part of her commitment to making coaching more accessible, she offers a special rate for University of Miami alumni—mention your affiliation when you connect. 

See what University of Miami alum say:

“Thanks to Aleesha, I no longer feel uncertain about my career’s next steps–I feel more ready and am moving forward with clarity, confidence, and a strategy I believe in.”

“When we started working together, I felt stuck and unclear about my career direction. Aleesha’s guidance allowed me to tune out the noise of others’ expectations and start listening to what I truly want… Working with Aleesha was truly time well spent!” 

“Aleesha has this incredible ability to listen deeply and ask questions that make you pause and rethink. She helped me uncover blind spots and focus on areas I needed to improve… Every session left me feeling more clear-headed, confident, and equipped to tackle my goals.” 

Bill is a double-alum from the Miami Herbert School of Business with over 40-years of experience mentoring, coaching and developing students and early career professionals. Before recently retiring from corporate life, Bill was a Human Resources Executive in the Financial Services Industry where he managed HR globally for several businesses as well as leading strategic talent management at Citi.

Bill is now focused on leveraging his experience and passion for helping early career professionals maximize their career success. Early Career Executive Coaching (ECEC) offers one-on-one customized coaching sessions with Bill and/or group seminars focused on all aspects of securing your Ideal Job.

The ECEC Framework starts with defining your career passion and focuses on successfully navigating the comprehensive process of achieving your professional goals and aspirations. From resume/cover letter writing to enhancing your networking and interviewing skills, defining and validating your personal brand to making career transitions and much more, ECEC will help you navigate every aspect of the job search process.

Explore the ECEC Website to see if the ECEC approach is right for you and book a Complimentary Discovery Call with Bill today.

Dr. Emmanuela Consulting is a consulting company that helps individuals get unstuck and confidently push through their goals.

Dr. Emmanuela Stanislaus is the founder and has over 15 years of higher education administration experience which includes leading large university career centers. In her role, she has worked intimately with fortune 500 companies to help them find the best ways to recruit qualified and diverse talent. She has also worked with college students to develop coveted skills that are sought by employers. Her combined experiences have helped her clients to push through a stuck mindset and reclaim the power they have over their careers and PhD journey.

Her role as a coach is two-fold – 1. career coach and 2. doctorate coach. As a career coach, she works 1-on-1 with clients by discussing job search strategies, conducting resume/CV reviews, LinkedIn optimization, and practice interviews to get them on their way to securing their dream job. As a doctorate coach, she helps women with day jobs who feel stuck or want to create a strategic plan to complete their programs within five years of starting. Dr. Emmanuela uses a holistic approach to coaching that recognizes her clients’ full identity. Her approachable coaching style makes her clients feel like they are meeting with a girlfriend for coffee. If her approach sounds like your style, then she’s your coach.

Emmanuela’s a multi-passionate professional as a diversity researcher and consultant, coach, scholar, travel blogger, and entrepreneur. When Emmanuela’s not trying to change the world, she enjoys spending time traveling the world and making memories with her family and friends. Emmanuela finds joy in helping others which is one of the driving forces behind Dr. Emmanuela Consulting.

Megan Morini has dedicated her passion to helping people define and achieve career success.  As the founder of Conquer Your Career, LLC, Megan incorporates personalized coaching focused on career advancement and finding strategies for a new direction while creating an action plan to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be.

Megan brings over ten years of corporate sales and higher education experience. Her areas of expertise includes leading sales and account management in major metropolitan cities including New York and Miami, managing multiple channel partners to increase revenue, and connecting job seekers to their dream jobs. Her higher education experience has been in counseling and employer recruitment in career services.

Services offered include Career Coaching, Resume & Cover Letter Writing, Job Search Strategies, Acing the Interview, Social Media & the Job Search, and Salary Negotiation and pricing is included on the website.

Scott Singer is the founder and president of Insider Career Strategies LLC. As a certified career coach and resume writer, Scott guides individual and corporate clients through today’s increasingly complex job search and hiring process and helps develop the resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and other tools that help individuals at all stages of their career manage their professional image. Scott holds a BA from Boston University, an MBA from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and CPCC (Certified Professional Career Coach) and CPRW (Certified Professional Resume Writer) credentials. He is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council.

During almost two decades of in-house corporate HR and staffing firm experience, Scott Singer brought his knowledge, skills, and talents to national and international corporations in a diverse range of industries, with major corporations such as Motorola, Ryder, Bacardi, Burger King, and LVMH. Use Toppel referral code – GOCANESCAREERS – to access one hour of career coaching for $115 (a $200 value).

Suzanne ElNaggar, Founder and CEO of VantageShift, coaches the next generation of leaders. She is a graduate of the U, earning a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering 1993, and is proud to be a ‘Cane.

It would be Suzanne’s great pleasure to work with you to identify and capitalize on your strengths and chart your path to success. The types of changes that early career professionals experience – different roles, promotions, domain shifts, life-altering events – are her specialty. Over the course of her career, she managed several unexpected changes and turned them into opportunities for personal and professional growth. She would be happy to help you do the same.

Rather than trying to fit everyone into a one-size-fits-all program, she caters her coaching to you as an individual. When you meet, you can talk about your goals and learning style and determine the best way forward for you. She offers an online format; if you’re nearby, you can meet in person.

As a leader in tech, she had often coached team members as part of her leadership role. As a coach, she is delighted to focus full-time on helping others develop their unique leadership styles and effectively plan and execute desired career moves. She is a proud member of the International Coaching Federation and certified through UM’s Certified Professional Coach program.

She welcomes you to follow VantageShift on LinkedIn. You can book a free intro chat with Suzanne here. When we talk, let her know you’re a ‘Cane so you can enjoy a preferred rate. She looks forward to getting to know you.

Tammy Klein, the company founder, is a human capital business consultant specializing in career coaching for individuals and fully customizable HR solutions for companies of all sizes. After a 30 year career in Human Resources, Klein realized the impact she could have. Recognizing the extraordinary human capital challenges and opportunities confronting both individuals and companies today led her to launch Klein HR Solutions in 2018. Tammy’s methodology involves exploring your current career situation, identifying the factors and the value-propositions that differentiate you and addressing potential skill gaps that are limiting your personal and professional growth.