Your future after graduation from Woodbury University
Career advice
The staff members of the Careers and Alumni Office are available to assist you with any aspect of your career development. They provide support and resources which develop a proactive style of career management. This links classroom experience, experience outside the course, and professional involvement.
The Woodbury University business network
As a Woodbury student you will benefit from introductions to graduates and alumni in business, politics and the non-profit sector. Your professors are well-connected in business circles and will match you up with business contacts upon graduation.
Where are Woodbury business graduates now?
- Since graduating in 1971, Mike Saba has had a steady career climb and is now Vice President of Guardian Group, Inc., a national surety claim company that provides services to insurance companies in the US, Canada and Lloyd's of London.
- Chris Jackson, class of 1997 is now Vice President of Grubb and Ellis Company's Industrial Group and Investment Services; he brokers properties valued upwards of one million dollars.
- As Senior Systems Analyst for Sony Pictures, Benjamin Manolo (2002 business graduated) is responsible for all the financials and expenditures of movie production - from renting helicopters for a movie shoot to the actors' gourmet coffee!
- In three years, Jim Rivette (graduated in 1969), has taken a cellphone company from bankrupt to $25M in revenues as CEO of Accell Cellular Inc.
- As Senior Marketing Manager at Angels Baseball, Matt Artin (graduated in 2003) oversees marketing activities such as advertising and special promotional events.
Where do graduates, interns and faculty work?
Woodbury University graduates, professors and interns meet the needs of major multinational corporations, non-profit companies and small, privately-held businesses across every business sector, contributing to the success of leading organizations like:
- American Red Cross
- Bank of America
- Bloomingdale's
- Boeing
- Cartoon Network
- Dole Food
- Ernst and Young
- The Gap
- Gillette
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- Juicy Couture
- Hilton Hotels
- Hitachi
- Los Angeles Times
- Mattel
- Merrill Lynch
- NBC
- Price Waterhouse Coopers
- Southwest Airlines
- Symantec
- Time Warner
- Universal Studios
- Walt Disney
- Warner Bros.
- Wells Fargo Bank
Woodbury faculty professional highlights
Dr Andre Van Niekerk
Mercedes Benz China asked Dr Andre Van Niekerk, dean of the School of Business, to plan the marketing rollout for the smart car in China. Dr Van Niekerk conducted a seminar for the Chinese executives to introduce them to the smart car and US marketing and service concepts. The seminar included presentations by racing legend and automotive executive Roger Penske and Woodbury alums Jeff and Penny Spellens.
Robert Schultz, PhD
Chair emeritus of Woodbury University's IT department in the School of the Business, completed his latest book "Information Technology and the Ethics of Globalization: Transnational Issues and Implications". The book builds on his background as an ethics scholar, senior corporate IT professional, and IT professor to explore new ethical challenges produced by globalization. The book is published by IGI-International Press.
Dr Ashley Burrowes
Dr. Ashley Burrowes, Woodbury University accounting professor, has been awarded an ACL Accounting Education Futures Program grant for $200,000 of software and support services. ACL is a leading provider of data analysis software to the accounting, auditing, and finance professions. In becoming an ACL Futures Site, Woodbury will join a select few universities in the USA, such as Brigham Young University, University of Southern California, University of Nebraska, and University of Texas.
Norman Millar
The director of the School of Architecture, Norman Millar, has been appointed to the Board of Regents of the California Architectural Foundation, a part of AIA that links the profession and academy. The Foundation enhances the standards of architectural education, training and practice through education and public awareness activities.
Angela Diamos
Animation faculty member Angela Diamos' film, "This Thing Called Hair," was selected for inclusion in the 2009 Punto Y Raya Festival in Barcelona. The festival accepts abstract films made within certain severe limitations, such as "No figuration, only dots and lines as ends in themselves."
Eric Olsen
Architecture associate professor Eric Olsen’s Digi-Lath, Electro-Conductive Gypsum Wallboard, and Solar Water Disinfecting Tarpaulin projects are featured in Fellowships in Architecture Compilation by Monica Ponce de Leon. Olsen's work was also exhibited at the Netherlands Architecture Institute as part of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam event in January 2010. The Solar Water Disinfecting Tarpaulin prototype and field manual for water disinfection are part of this exhibition that brings together architects, artists and activists of international standing from around the world.
Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter
Chair of the undergraduate architecture program in Burbank, Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter will be presenting her paper "Archipelago Construct: Museum of the Society Islands, Polynesia" at the 98th ACSA annual meeting in New Orleans. The paper describes a summer studio that she is offering with professor Randall Stauffer and adjunct professor Sabrina Dalla Valle in which Woodbury architecture and interior architecture students will travel to Tahiti to work on the virtual and physical design of a museum.
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