Maeve Richard has been named assistant dean and director of the Stanford Graduate School of Business’ Career Management Center. She has served as a career adviser since July 2013.
Before working in career services, Richard had a career in finance at for profit and nonprofit companies in several different industries, including apparel, banking, education, investment management, and technology. She has served as the chief financial and operating officer of The Stupski Foundation, chief financial officer for Arteris Inc., vice president and treasurer for McAfee Inc., and vice president at J.P. Morgan. She has also held management positions at Levi Strauss & Co. and Sun Microsystems.
Garth Saloner, the Phillip H. Knight Professor and Dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business, believes that Richard’s extensive industry experience is an asset for Stanford’s Career Management Center. He said “we are delighted to have someone with Maeve’s depth of industry experience at the helm of our Career Management Center. As someone who made successful pivots in her own career, she is uniquely equipped to guide students to find their professional path in new and fulfilling ways.”
In her new post, Richard plans to determine ways to improve the breath and quality of information about the implications of career choices, career paths, and lifetime earnings so that Stanford students will be able to make informed choices about their futures. She also plans to expand the center’s support for alumni who are interested in changing careers. She says: “the goal is to enable our students–as well as alumni–to make the highest-quality career decisions and to equip them wisely at pivotal points in their professional lives.”