Christine Cruzvergara

Christine leads Handshake’s partnerships with the higher educationcommunity, which includes 18 million students from 1,400+ educationalinstitutions. A nationally recognized change agent and expert onstrategies to drive equitable student career success, she is regularlyreferenced in media, such as WSJ, CNBC, Forbes, Fortune, and Inside Higher Education.Prior to Handshake, Christine was the Associate Provost for CareerEducation at Wellesley College, where she received the 2017 CareerServices Excellence Award from the National Association of Collegesand Employers (NACE) and the 2017 Innovation Award from Eduventures. She has also held senior level positions and board roles at George Mason University, Georgetown University, The George Washington University, NACE, and the American College Personnel Association (ACPA).