Alumni Share Professional Advice on Career Day 2015

Career Day alumni and speakers gathered in St. Ignatius Hall before they presented to today’s Blue Jays. (Click photo to view photo gallery.)
Jesuit’s alumni served as a great resource to today’s Blue Jays on Career Day.
Each January, alumni return to their alma mater – some traveling from Baton Rouge – to provide the students with practical advice about their various careers. This year, 35 alumni presented on 27 different careers. Also, Chris Hannan ’00 spoke to the 8th, 9th, and 10th graders about career paths in general, using his own journey as an example. Hannan practices law with the New Orleans office of the Baker Donelson law firm and, at the same time, is an award-winning poet. A new offering this year for the juniors and seniors was Non-Profit Management with Gerald Duhon ’85 and William Stoudt ’07 presenting. Popular career presentations were Accounting, Business, Engineering, and Finance. Alumni look to give back to Jesuit in various ways. Their participation in Career Day is one of the more meaningful ways of reconnecting and giving back for the benefit of today’s students.
Profession |
Speaker |
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Accounting |
Joe Barnett ’94 |
Corporate Controller – Consolidated Grain and Barge Enterprises |
Advertising and Public Relations |
Rick Redmann ’85 |
Director of Marketing – Peoples Health |
Architecture, Construction Management |
Peter Spera ’98 / |
Spera: Project Architect – Manning Architects / |
Aviation |
Mark Haley ’00 |
737 First Officer – United Airlines |
Banking |
Jim Incaprera ’78 |
Internal Audit & Quality Control Manager – Crescent Bank & Trust
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Business – Contemporary Entrepreneurship |
Jeremy Mancheski ’90 |
Principal – OutSolve, LLC |
Computers – IT – project management, programming, business systems, software development |
Jeff Serpas ’00 |
Software Apprenticeship Leader – GE Capital |
Computers – Gaming, Web Design, Digital Media |
Evan Smith ’00 |
Co-Founder & Creative Director – Pixel Dash Studios |
Culinary Arts & Restaurant Management |
Nick Lama ’00 |
Chef/Owner – Restaurant AVO (new) |
Dentistry |
Dr. Eric Macaluso ’94 |
Orthodontist – Brown Family Orthodontics |
Education |
Ben Moscona ’94 / |
Moscona: Principal – Bridgedale Elementary School / |
Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical |
David Boyd ’87 / |
Boyd: civil engineer / |
Engineering, Petroleum & Chemical |
Mark Browning ’97 |
Engineer – LA Dept. of Natural Resources |
Film Industry |
Henry Griffin ’87 |
Filmmaker, screen writer, artist in residence – UNO |
Careers in Finance Wealth Management Financial Advisor |
Nick Danna ’94 |
Partner & Financial Advisor, ADG Wealth Management |
Journalism – Broadcast & Print |
Jeff Hamburger ’90 / |
Hamburger: News Executive Producer, WGNO TV / |
Law |
Jeffrey Hufft ’99 / |
Hufft: Felony Trial Attorney – Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office / |
Medicine |
Dr. Granville Morse ’89 / |
Morse: Medical Director/Partner |
Military |
Pat Huete ’84 |
Commanding officer, Tulane Naval ROTC Unit – US Navy |
Ministry |
Fr. John Brown, S.J. |
Teacher, priest – Jesuit High School |
Music |
Eric Heigle ’02 / |
Heigle: Independent musician, engineer, producer / |
Non-Profit Management |
Gerald Duhon ’85 / |
Duhon: Dir. of philanthropy, Second Harvest Food Bank / |
Pharmacy |
Eugene Landry ’97 |
Pharmacist – Ochsner Clinic Foundation |
Physical Therapy |
Robert Hughes ’91 |
Program director – RehabCare |
Psychiatry |
Jeff Rouse, M.D.’92 |
Orleans Parish Coroner |
Sports Administration |
Kyle Huber ’09 / |
Huber: Asst. director of marketing-LSU Athletics / |
Career Talk to 8th, 9th, & 10th grades |
Chris Hannan ’00 |
Associate – Baker Donelson |
Galleries
Career Day, Jan. 28, 2015
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Joe Barnett '94 with Fr. Raymond Fitzgerald, S.J. '76
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Jeremy Mancheski '90, Jeff Hamburger '90, Rick Redmann '85, Gerald Duhon '85, and Jesuit admissions director Brett Hanemann '85.
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Thirty-five alumni returned to Carrollton and Banks to talk about their careers with today's Blue Jays.
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Jeremy Mancheski '90, Business
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Matt Barbier ’03 and Eric Heigle ’02, Music
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Kyle Huber '09 and Richie Weaver, Sports Administration and Information
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Pat Huete '84, Military
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Orleans Parish coroner Jeff Rouse, M.D. '92, spoke to students about psychiatry.
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Robbie Hughes '91, Physical Therapy
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Jimmy Courtenay '99 and Jeffrey Hufft '99, Law
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Eugene Landry '97, Pharmacy
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Nick Danna '84, Finance
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William Stoudt '97 and Gerald Duhon '85, Non-profit Managment
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Henry Griffin '87, Film Industry
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Joe Barnett '94, Accounting
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Rick Redmann '85, Advertising and Marketing
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Peter Spera '98, Architect, and Ryan Gootee '91, Construction Management
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Jeff Hamburger '90 and Ramon Antonio Vargas '05, Journalism
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Mark Haley '00, Aviation
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Jim Incaprera '78, Banking
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Dr. Will Newman '93 and Dr. Granville Morse '89, Medicine
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Jeff Serpas '00, Computers/Software Development
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Tony Moschella '87, Mechanical Engineering
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David Boyd '87, Civil Engineering
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Mark Browning ’97, Petroleum engineering
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Nick Lama '00, Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management
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Chris Hannan '00 spoke about career paths to the 8th, 9th, and 10th grades.