Meet your Career Professional

Tabatha Carney is the director of Graduate Business Career Services. She leads graduate career services programming, employer relations, professional development courses, and graduation employment reporting. She has over 20 years of experience as a career development professional. Prior to the past nine years at Iowa State, she served in higher education development roles, teaching, corporate recruitment, management, marketing, business ownership, and training and development. She has a master of science in administration – organizational leadership from the University of South Dakota and a bachelor of science degree from Iowa State University.

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Sarah Van Vark is a career services and admissions specialist for the Graduate Business Career Services programs. She has 13 years of experience in higher education and over six years of recruitment experience. In her current role she assists graduate students with the admissions process and post-graduation outcomes, as well as teaches a professional development course. Prior to that, She worked as a career coordinator in the Ivy Undergraduate Business Career Services office for 12 years. She also has six years of experience working as a corporate recruiter in the financial services industry.

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Upamanyu (Neil) Sinha is the business project data analyst for the Graduate Business Career and Recruitment Services at Iowa State University’s Ivy College of Business. He leads strategic initiatives in recruitment, employer engagement, and outcome reporting. With prior roles at Texas Instruments, Dell, and Workiva, Neil brings over four years of industry experience in engineering and product management. He holds an MBA in business analytics, a master’s in finance, and a master’s in electrical engineering. Neil’s data-driven focus helps shape programs that boost graduate student success and align with evolving industry needs.