Annette McLaughlin

Director, Career Center

About Annette

Annette McLaughlin is the Director of the Fordham Career Center for Cura Personalis and brings 25 years of experience in coaching, corporate recruiting, leadership training, career advice, and strategy consulting to her role. Prior to this, she founded Career Coach-360; a coaching, training, and consulting firm. She is an experienced speaker and facilitator whose career advice and job market insights have been quoted in Forbes.com, Inc.com, Westchester Magazine, WFUV, and Higher Education newsletters.

Annette began her management career at Spherion, a global recruiting and consulting firm, where she rose to Director of Global Accounts and Training and Development, and Partnership Director for the Goldman Sachs account. She later worked as Vice President of Talent-Coaching and Outplacement for The Response Companies recruitment firm. Her international experience includes business development and training, and executive coaching for a leading executive search firm in Japan.

Annette is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, holds an MBA in Personnel and Employee Relations from Georgia State University, and is a Leadership Westchester 2012 alumna. She is an active community volunteer for education, health, lacrosse, innovation, and women’s leadership initiatives that focus on her personal mission “to educate, encourage and empower others to hear options, feel valued and see a better future.”