Tuck Pathfinders will expose you to a broad range of career options and help you chart a path consistent with your strengths and interests. With an emphasis on “big picture” thinking and planning, you can expect to:
Pathfinders will also introduce you to the many resources available at the Dartmouth Center for Career Design (DCCD), from career coaching to free headshots.
MODULE 1: LIFE BEYOND COLLEGE
Leverage your unique strengths, learn professional communication, and apply how to present your skills while navigating the job market.
MODULE 2: LIFE SKILLS
Practice helpful negotiation tools, build an authentic personal brand, and harness the power of storytelling to connect and influence.
MODULE 3: BIG PICTURE
Understand diverse leadership approaches and envision a purpose-driven life.
MODULE 4: INVESTING IN YOURSELF
Develop your financial knowledge, personal decision-making ability, and creative mindset to build a fulfilling career.
MODULE 5: PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Learn business etiquette and how to build meaningful connections within the Dartmouth Alumni network.
Nov 9 | 2:00–6:00 p.m.
Jan 11 | 2:00–7:00 p.m.
Feb 15 | 2:00–6:00 p.m.
Mar 8 | 2:00–6:15 p.m.
Apr 26 | 2:00–5:45 p.m.
Application Deadline: October 24, 2025
INFO SESSIONS
Sep 22, Oct 1, Oct 14
More information and registration links will be posted soon.
Tuck School of Business: Clinical Professor of Business Administration
Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Aram Donigian served in the U.S. Army for 21 years as an infantry and public-affairs officer, deploying three times to Afghanistan. Donigian cofounded the West Point Negotiation Project and is the coauthor of several articles on negotiation within the military context. Donigian currently teaches the Negotiations course at Tuck and works closely with the Tuck Business Bridge Program.
Tuck School of Business: Bakala Professor of Business Administration
Joseph Gerakos studies markets for financial services and is currently conducting research on competition in the audit market and the performance of the asset management industry. He teaches Managerial Accounting.
Thayer School of Engineering: Associate Professor of Engineering
Eugene Korsunskiy is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth College, where he teaches courses on human-centered design. Prior to arriving at Dartmouth, he taught at Stanford University's d.school, where he helped to develop the "Designing Your Life" curriculum. Eugene is Co-Director of the Design Initiative at Dartmouth (DIAD), and the Executive Director of the Future of Design in Higher Education (FDHE), a global community of educators dedicated to creating and sharing best practices in design pedagogy. Eugene was the 2020 recipient of the Woodhouse Excellence in Teaching Award at Dartmouth, and the 2018 recipient of Dartmouth's Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching. He has also received a Fast Company Innovation by Design Award, and has been a speaker at several TEDx events and the Aspen Ideas Festival. Eugene has an MFA in Design from Stanford University and a BA in Art & Art History from Williams College.
Tuck School of Business: Clinical Professor of Business Administration; Faculty Director, Center for Health Care
Dr. Lindsey Leininger specializes in data-driven health policy, with a focus on the health care safety net and community health. She has a longstanding interest in publicly funded health insurance programs, with related research spanning quality measurement, risk segmentation, and program evaluation. Her community health work focuses on health education and promotion initiatives. Highlights include leading an award-winning crisis communication campaign during the COVID-19 pandemic; designing and delivering a nationally recognized curriculum for public benefits navigators; and leading the data and research efforts for a home-visiting program for high-risk pregnant women in Wisconsin. At Tuck she teaches courses on data-driven decision-making in the health sector. She also serves as Faculty Director for the Center for Health Care. Prior to Tuck, Lindsey spent a decade designing and leading research and technical assistance projects for Medicaid agencies, both as an academic and as a think-tank researcher. She holds a PhD in health policy from the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy.
Tuck School of Business: Assistant Professor of Business Administration; Wei-Chung Bradford Hu T’89 Faculty Fellow
Sonya Mishra is an assistant professor of management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Her research investigates how diversity operates within various forms of hierarchy (e.g., power, status) to shape social perceptions and, ultimately, the workplace outcomes of underrepresented individuals. Her research has been published in outlets such as Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Drawing on her expertise in organizational diversity, Mishra is responsible for designing and teaching the MBA elective Leading Diverse Organizations. In addition to research and teaching, Mishra consults with global organizations that are committed to addressing issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Prior to obtaining her PhD from University of California’s Haas School of Business, Mishra studied finance at Georgetown University and worked in investment banking.
Dartmouth College: Senior Lecturer of Economics
Tuck School of Business: Clinical Professor of Business Administration; Faculty Director, Center for Business, Government & Society
Faculty Director, Tuck Pathfinders
Charlie Wheelan D’88 is the faculty director for Tuck’s Center for Business, Government & Society. Prior to joining the Tuck faculty, he was a senior lecturer and policy fellow at Dartmouth’s Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. He teaches courses related to business and public policy. The winner of the 2020 Dean of the Faculty Teaching Award, he was also selected by the Dartmouth classes of 2011 and 2020 to be their Class Day speaker and has been recognized in the Aegis as one of Dartmouth’s ten best professors by six other graduating classes.
Prior to coming to Dartmouth, Wheelan taught at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, where he also earned his Ph.D. Wheelan’s most recent book is Write for Your Life: A Guide to Clear and Purposeful Writing and Presentations, which was published in 2022. Wheelan is the author of the “naked books”: Naked Money, Naked Statistics, and Naked Economics. In 2023, Naked Economics was named by Princeton finance professor Burton Malkiel in the Wall Street Journal as the best business book of all time. Wheelan is also the author of The Centrist Manifesto and the founder and chair of Unite America, a movement of Democrats, Republicans, and independents working to foster a more representative and functional government.
Marketing
Conwell Worthington III is an experienced educator with over 20 years in executive arts management coupled with faculty positions in marketing at both Babson College and Bentley University.
Prior to transitioning into academia, Worthington served as an executive in arts management. Worthington acted as the Associate General Manager at The Huntington Theatre Company and the Theater Manager at the Charles Playhouse, both in Boston, MA. Career production highlights include management positions on shows nationally and internationally: Broadway (Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays, Boeing Boeing and 33 Variations); international engagements (Australia and Canada); national tours (The Lion King, Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays, and The Book of Mormon); and regional theatre (The Laramie Project, Sister Act: The Musical, Fences, Purlie, Ray Charles Live! and Blue). Worthington also acted as Worldwide Associate to the Production Supervisor for The Lion King, helping coordinate productions in China and the Netherlands. Worthington served as Associate Producer on In a Booth at Chasens at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Currently he is working as a management consultant for The Obsidian Theatre Festival in Detroit, MI and J&B Theatricals in California.
Alumni guests will be announced soon.
Tuck School of Business: Clinical Professor of Business Administration
Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Aram Donigian served in the U.S. Army for 21 years as an infantry and public-affairs officer, deploying three times to Afghanistan. Donigian cofounded the West Point Negotiation Project and is the coauthor of several articles on negotiation within the military context. Donigian currently teaches the Negotiations course at Tuck and works closely with the Tuck Business Bridge Program.
Tuck School of Business: Bakala Professor of Business Administration
Joseph Gerakos studies markets for financial services and is currently conducting research on competition in the audit market and the performance of the asset management industry. He teaches Managerial Accounting.
Thayer School of Engineering: Associate Professor of Engineering
Eugene Korsunskiy is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth College, where he teaches courses on human-centered design. Prior to arriving at Dartmouth, he taught at Stanford University's d.school, where he helped to develop the "Designing Your Life" curriculum. Eugene is Co-Director of the Design Initiative at Dartmouth (DIAD), and the Executive Director of the Future of Design in Higher Education (FDHE), a global community of educators dedicated to creating and sharing best practices in design pedagogy. Eugene was the 2020 recipient of the Woodhouse Excellence in Teaching Award at Dartmouth, and the 2018 recipient of Dartmouth's Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching. He has also received a Fast Company Innovation by Design Award, and has been a speaker at several TEDx events and the Aspen Ideas Festival. Eugene has an MFA in Design from Stanford University and a BA in Art & Art History from Williams College.
Tuck School of Business: Clinical Professor of Business Administration; Faculty Director, Center for Health Care
Dr. Lindsey Leininger specializes in data-driven health policy, with a focus on the health care safety net and community health. She has a longstanding interest in publicly funded health insurance programs, with related research spanning quality measurement, risk segmentation, and program evaluation. Her community health work focuses on health education and promotion initiatives. Highlights include leading an award-winning crisis communication campaign during the COVID-19 pandemic; designing and delivering a nationally recognized curriculum for public benefits navigators; and leading the data and research efforts for a home-visiting program for high-risk pregnant women in Wisconsin. At Tuck she teaches courses on data-driven decision-making in the health sector. She also serves as Faculty Director for the Center for Health Care. Prior to Tuck, Lindsey spent a decade designing and leading research and technical assistance projects for Medicaid agencies, both as an academic and as a think-tank researcher. She holds a PhD in health policy from the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy.
Tuck School of Business: Assistant Professor of Business Administration; Wei-Chung Bradford Hu T’89 Faculty Fellow
Sonya Mishra is an assistant professor of management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Her research investigates how diversity operates within various forms of hierarchy (e.g., power, status) to shape social perceptions and, ultimately, the workplace outcomes of underrepresented individuals. Her research has been published in outlets such as Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Drawing on her expertise in organizational diversity, Mishra is responsible for designing and teaching the MBA elective Leading Diverse Organizations. In addition to research and teaching, Mishra consults with global organizations that are committed to addressing issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Prior to obtaining her PhD from University of California’s Haas School of Business, Mishra studied finance at Georgetown University and worked in investment banking.
Dartmouth College: Senior Lecturer of Economics
Tuck School of Business: Clinical Professor of Business Administration; Faculty Director, Center for Business, Government & Society
Faculty Director, Tuck Pathfinders
Charlie Wheelan D’88 is the faculty director for Tuck’s Center for Business, Government & Society. Prior to joining the Tuck faculty, he was a senior lecturer and policy fellow at Dartmouth’s Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. He teaches courses related to business and public policy. The winner of the 2020 Dean of the Faculty Teaching Award, he was also selected by the Dartmouth classes of 2011 and 2020 to be their Class Day speaker and has been recognized in the Aegis as one of Dartmouth’s ten best professors by six other graduating classes.
Prior to coming to Dartmouth, Wheelan taught at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, where he also earned his Ph.D. Wheelan’s most recent book is Write for Your Life: A Guide to Clear and Purposeful Writing and Presentations, which was published in 2022. Wheelan is the author of the “naked books”: Naked Money, Naked Statistics, and Naked Economics. In 2023, Naked Economics was named by Princeton finance professor Burton Malkiel in the Wall Street Journal as the best business book of all time. Wheelan is also the author of The Centrist Manifesto and the founder and chair of Unite America, a movement of Democrats, Republicans, and independents working to foster a more representative and functional government.
Marketing
Conwell Worthington III is an experienced educator with over 20 years in executive arts management coupled with faculty positions in marketing at both Babson College and Bentley University.
Prior to transitioning into academia, Worthington served as an executive in arts management. Worthington acted as the Associate General Manager at The Huntington Theatre Company and the Theater Manager at the Charles Playhouse, both in Boston, MA. Career production highlights include management positions on shows nationally and internationally: Broadway (Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays, Boeing Boeing and 33 Variations); international engagements (Australia and Canada); national tours (The Lion King, Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays, and The Book of Mormon); and regional theatre (The Laramie Project, Sister Act: The Musical, Fences, Purlie, Ray Charles Live! and Blue). Worthington also acted as Worldwide Associate to the Production Supervisor for The Lion King, helping coordinate productions in China and the Netherlands. Worthington served as Associate Producer on In a Booth at Chasens at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Currently he is working as a management consultant for The Obsidian Theatre Festival in Detroit, MI and J&B Theatricals in California.
