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Up Next Consulting will provide you with an overview to learn what it’s like to work in the industry: what skills are necessary, what kinds of consulting exist, current trends, and how to enter the field. 

Participating alumni will share insight and advice on how to leverage your liberal arts education, what career progression looks like, and how to pick the right firm. 

Through morning one-on-one resume reviews/coffee chats, a mid-day panel and afternoon workshops - including case interview prep - you will learn about what makes someone a good consultant, and how your Middlebury experiences can help position you to get there. 

All students are welcome, all majors and all class years.
 

This event was on Friday, April 21, 2023.

Schedule for Friday, April 21

9:00-11:30 am - One-on-one resume reviews/coffee with alumni 

  • David Ball ‘22, Consultant at Oliver Wyman
  • Cameron ‘Cam’ McClearn ‘87, Principal at Monitor Deloitte Consulting
  • Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Kelley Sohn ’09, Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services at The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)
  • Isabel Lindsay ‘19, Senior Consultant at Bain & Company
  • Caroline McCammond ‘20, Senior Associate at Strategy&, (part of the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) network)
  • Karina Toy ‘17, Senior Manager at Kearney

12:30-1:30 pm - Panel Discussion

A Conversation With:

  • Cameron ‘Cam’ McClearn ‘87, Principal at Monitor Deloitte Consulting
  • Karina Toy ‘17, Senior Manager at Kearney
  • Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Kelley Sohn ’09, Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services at The Center for Effective Philanthropy
  • Caroline McCammond ‘20, Senior Associate at Strategy&, (part of the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) network)
  • David Ball ‘22, Consultant at Oliver Wyman

2:00-2:45 pm - Case Interview Prep Workshop (Axinn 229)

Come to this session to learn all the tips and tricks about how to succeed in this important part of the consulting recruiting process.

3:00-3:45 pm - Addressing Climate Change as a Management Consultant (Axinn 229)

Students will learn how consulting firms are helping companies to develop business strategies aligned with sustainability priorities and reduce their impact on the planet. We’ll do a quick sustainability 101, share a real life client example, and then use the rest of the time to answer questions. Presented by Karina Toy ‘17 from Kearney.

Stay tuned…more to come…


Alumni Guests

David Ball '22

David Ball ‘22

Consultant at Oliver Wyman

David was an Economics major at Middlebury College and started at Oliver Wyman this past July. Since starting at Oliver Wyman, he has worked for several different clients in the Energy & Natural Resources practice and is currently working on a strategy and operations project for a cleaning company.

Gillinda James '21

Gillinda James ‘21

Associate at Boston Consulting Group

Gillinda is an Associate in the New Jersey office of BCG with 2 years of strategy consulting experience. Her focus to date has been in the Healthcare/Biopharma space and she has experience in Quality Operations, Quality Risk, CAR-T cell therapy operation, and other topics. Before joining BCG, Gillinda majored in Economics and Spanish at Middlebury with a focus in economic development in Latin American & the Caribbean.

Liz Kelley Sohn '09

Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Kelley Sohn ‘09

Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services at The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)

Liz Kelley Sohn, Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services, leads the creation and presentation of assessment insights for CEP’s clients. Previously, Liz worked at CEP from 2010 – 2013. Prior to rejoining CEP in 2022, Liz worked in healthcare as an analytic manager at Kaiser Permanente, where she delivered reporting and analyses to help clinicians provide exceptional care to patients. Her professional experience also includes consulting and evaluation for philanthropic, nonprofit, and government clients. Liz holds a Master’s in Health Science from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Middlebury College. Outside of work, Liz enjoys exploring the outdoors with her family and playing ultimate frisbee.

Isabel Lindsay '19

Isabel Lindsay ‘19

Senior Consultant at Bain & Company

Isabel is a Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Company with 3+ years of experience in strategy consulting. Beyond client work, Isabel is involved in experienced hiring at Bain New York and serves on the Associate Board of READ Alliance. At Middlebury, she studied behavioral economics and computer science, spending her time outside the classroom leading the Middlebury Consulting Group.

Connect with Isabel on Midd2Midd

Caroline McCammond '20

Caroline McCammond ‘20

Senior Associate at Strategy&, (part of the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) network)

Caroline is a Senior Associate at Strategy&, PwC’s strategy consulting arm, and a member of the Pharma Life Sciences and Medical Technology team. Her project work focuses on market growth, commercial effectiveness, digital health blueprinting, business model transformation, and product development across the life sciences industry. At Middlebury, Caroline majored in Biology and managed the field hockey and lacrosse teams.

Cam McClearn '87

Cameron ‘Cam’ McClearn ‘87

Principal at Monitor Deloitte Consulting

Cam is a Partner at Deloitte Consulting and member of the Life Sciences and Healthcare Strategy Practice. He has over 20 years of corporate, business unit and commercial strategy experience in the United States, Europe and Asia. He works with senior executives in the Bio-Pharmaceutical industry to develop corporate and commercial strategies that drive business growth.

Karina Toy '17

Karina Toy ‘17

Senior Manager at Kearney

Karina graduated with a degree in International Politics and Economics and a passion for renewable energy; and since joining Kearney in 2017, is proud to have evolved her passion into unique expertise in helping clients to set net zero targets and reduce their Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.

Connect with Karina on Midd2Midd.