Heather (Abramson) Krasna

Current

Director of Career Services, Evans School of Public Affairs at University of Washington

Past

Freelance Writer at Intern Bridge
Internship Coordinator/Assistant Director at Baruch College, CUNY
Freelance writer at Jobpostings Magazine

Instructor at New School University--Eugene Lang College
Founder at Career Counseling for Creatives (Sole Proprietorship)
Internship Program Developer at Brooklyn College
Associate Director of Development at National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)
Intern at Support Center for Nonprofit Management

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Education

Dale Carnegie Training
New York University
New School University

University of Michigan

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Heather (Abramson) Krasna’s Summary

Eleven years in higher education career services, with a true passion for helping people launch satisfying careers. Master of Science in Nonprofit Management; Certificate in Adult Career Planning & Development; Certificate in Organizational Development.

Proven expertise in employer relations, career coaching, workshop design, outcomes measurement, resume writing and interview preparation, grant writing (successfully raising a total of $820k), public speaking, and large-scale event planning and management.

Creator of "Crafting an Excellent Internship Program" workshop for employers; founder of Univ. of Washington/Evans School's Call to Serve program, and co-founder of Baruch College's Wall Street Careers Program. Additional experience in nonprofit management, organizational development, and as a musician.

Heather (Abramson) Krasna’s Specialties:

Career development, public affairs, nonprofit management, federal government hiring, internships, music industry, early career development, career transitioning, mid-career professionals, careers for creative people, investment banking/financial services industry, organizational development, resume writing, job search skills training, employer and client relations, college recruiting.

Heather (Abramson) Krasna’s Experience

Director of Career Services, Evans School of Public Affairs

University of Washington

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

May 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

Serve as a career consultant to 400+ students from top-ranked MPA program, with interests in government, nonprofit management, international development, policy analysis, environmental policy, etc.
Successfully wrote Call to Serve grant, given to only 5 universities in the nation, to promote federal careers.
Build strong relationships with local, national, and international employers, including elected officials and agency heads.
Provide leadership and direction, strategic planning and evaluation of the career services provided to Evans School students. Supervise one professional career coach.
Selected to present workshop on internship hiring at Washington State Nonprofit Leadership Conference; served on planning committee for ASPA Public Sector Job Fair; designed and conducted public workshop, "Making the Most of the Idealist Nonprofit Job Fair”; produced workshop on Social Networking/Web 2.0; launched first-ever career services blog; and taught a one-credit “Navigating the MPA Job Market” course.
Freelance Writer

Intern Bridge

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Education Management industry)

April 2008 — May 2008 (2 months)

Wrote a whitepaper article on Targeting the Right Colleges for Internship Recruiting: http://www.internbridge.com/white_papers
Internship Coordinator/Assistant Director

Baruch College, CUNY

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

November 2001 — May 2008 (6 years 7 months)

Provided one-on-one resume reviews, career coaching, and interview practice to up to 30 students per week, in the most diverse college in the nation.
Increased reported internship placements from 450 to 1400/year.
Developed relationships with employers; supervised posting of 3,000+ internship listings and on-campus interviews for 40+ companies/year; increased participation at Internship Fair from 36 to 58 employers (and up to 900 students).
Sent targeted emails, built relationships with 45+ faculty, and performed class visits, greatly increasing students' internships applications.
Created first-ever survey of students' internship evaluations.
Spearheaded new mentoring program and solicited over 150 new alumni mentors.
Co-created focused program to increase students’ placement in investment banking positions; raised $25,000 in grant support.
Created new workshop, “Crafting an Excellent Internship Program,” and taught to over 50 employers, raising $3,850.
Trained entire staff on new NACELink database.
Freelance writer

Jobpostings Magazine

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)

Wrote published articles on "Top Diversity Internship Programs," "Handling a Difficult Internship," and "Facebook: Friend or Foe," for an international publication read by over 2 million students every year.
Instructor

New School University--Eugene Lang College

(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

September 2002 — June 2003 (10 months)

Taught Academic Internship Program course for students working in internships in nonprofit organizations; developed a syllabus for the course that is still in use.
Founder
Career Counseling for Creatives (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

October 2000 — October 2001 (1 year 1 month)

Provided individual career coaching to over 50 creative individuals (artists, actors, musicians, writers, etc.) in career transition, including how to balance building an income with maintaining an artistic vision.
Internship Program Developer

Brooklyn College

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

1998 — 2001 (3 years )

Performed research to increase data about program outcomes and effectiveness.
Provided internship workshops and individual counseling for students.
Wrote grant proposals that raised over $500,000 for internship program and stipends to students with unpaid internships.
Associate Director of Development

National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Higher Education industry)

August 1997 — October 1998 (1 year 3 months)

Trained staff and Board in solicitation; provided fundraising technical assistance to local chapters; created fundraising reference materials which are still in use.
Created first-ever three-year interdepartmental fundraising plan, greatly improving efficiency.
Developed pool of 250 prospects with NCJW affiliations. Raised over $250,000 in new money.
Created acknowledgments system which reduced turnaround time by a month.
Intern

Support Center for Nonprofit Management

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Higher Education industry)

1996 — 1997 (1 year )

Assisted with organizing conferences and events for clients.
Performed extensive market research and surveys of client satisfaction; data were utilized to revamp marketing techniques.
Co-wrote grant proposals which raised over $70,000.

Heather (Abramson) Krasna’s Education

Dale Carnegie Training

2008 — 2008

Dale Carnegie Training, New York City and Seattle
Graduated from 3-day "Strictly Business" training, Jan. 2008, and product endorsement/train-the-trainer training. Won Human Relations Award.
Tandem-taught a 12-week modified version of Dale Carnegie Course: Effective Communications & Human Relations to a class of 18 college students at Baruch College.
Took 12-week Dale Carnegie Course: Effective Communications & Human Relations in Seattle; won both Human Relations Award and Outstanding Performance (Inspirational Talk).
New York University

Certificate , Adult Career Planning & Development , 1999 — 2000

Courses included:
Fundamentals of Career Management: Counseling Skills and Techniques, Using Career Assessment in Professional Practice, Techniques for Helping Clients Get Jobs, Internet-Based Job Searching, Generational Differences in Career Advisement, etc.
New School University

Master of Science , Nonprofit Management/Organizational Development , 1995 — 1997

Coursework included: Management and Organizational Behavior, Theory and Practice of Nonprofit Management, Fundraising and Development, Financial Management in Nonprofit Organizations, Advanced Seminar in Nonprofit Management, Economics, Statistics/Quantitative Methods, Policy Analysis, Urban Policy Analysis, Organizational Assessment and Diagnosis, Laboratory in Issue Analysis, Foundations of Organizational Change, Group Processes, Facilitation and Intervention, Organizational Change Interventions: Theory, Design and Implementation

Activities and Societies:

Received Certificate in Organizational Development.
Received Nonprofit Management Award for top three students in Program.
Worked as Teaching Assistant in Micro-Economics.
University of Michigan

Bachelor of Arts , Anthropology , 1991 — 1995

Coursework included: Climate & Geology, Sociology, Economics, European & American Ethnomusicology, Philosophy, Psychology, US History, Psychology of Social Movements, Introduction to Comparative Politics, Religions of East & South Asia, Women's Studies, Primate Behavior, Social Psychology, Music and Ritual, Comparative Religion, Archeology of Early Humans, Behavioral Biology of Women, Sociolinguistics, Anthropology of North American Indians, Honors Thesis.

Activities and Societies:

Graduated with High Honors, Phi Beta Kappa; president of 30-member student housing cooperative and served on Board of Directors of multi-million dollar cooperative housing organization.
Performed anthropological fieldwork in Israel for honors thesis.
Awarded John B. Angell Scholarship in recognition of two or more terms of all A's.
Member of Benjamin Franklin Society (Honors Program).

Additional Information

Heather (Abramson) Krasna’s Interests:

Professionally published songwriter; received foundation grant for publication of music as well as two songwriting awards. Former columnist for "Career Corner" in Baruch's student newspaper, the Ticker. WORKSHOPS: Internships 101: How to Best Utilize Interns, at Support Center for Nonprofit Management and Baruch; panelist, New York Association for Volunteer Administration Conference; presenter, City University of New York Student Development & Enrollment Management Conferences: topics included Career Counseling for Creative Students, Utilizing Technology in the Career Center, and in April 2008, Web 2.0/Facebook, Linkedin, and Interactive Media and Career Counseling; presented to Law School Marketing Subcommittee of Univ. of Washington on Facebook as marketing tool for college students, Fall 2008; presenter and workshop designer: Making the Most of the Idealist Nonprofit Job Fair, fall 2008

Heather (Abramson) Krasna’s Groups:

National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE), NYSCEEA; volunteer for Inroads training workshops; former member, Career Counselors Consortium of NY, Network of Music Career Development Officers (NETMCDO), Fellowship of Intentional Communities; former board member, WBAI-FM, PMN; webmaster, Peoples' Voice Cafe; CDNY, Internship-NET Messiah College Listserve; committee founder and chair, Internship Coordinators' Group of City University of New York