Career Day

Makayla has over 16 years of experience within the construction industry. She began her career as a project assistant for a mechanical contractor. During this time, she took classes towards her Construction Management Certificate Classes at the UC Davis Extension Campus. In 2015, Makayla made the move to Mark III and is currently the director of preconstruction for the manufacturing innovation segment of the company. She is skilled in growing contractor relationships, virtual construction and manufacturing efforts, in addition to delivering projects on-time and within budget.

Helen Pierson is the CEO of Medic Ambulance Service Inc., with 34 years in the industry. She’s part of the second generation of the family that founded the company in 1979 in Solano County. The company has since expanded to include a significant footprint in Sacramento County.

Pierson focuses first on the Medic Ambulance team’s ability to serve people who need first-responder care. That’s evident by the various accolades Medic and members of the Medic team have garnered over the years.

Kristin Dills is a Sr. Mechanical Engineer with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, a MAS in Medical Device Engineering from UCSD, and over 10 years of experience with the entire product development cycle. She is part of teams that create and produce products from conception and R&D all the way through to final packaging in manufacturing. She has been fascinated with medical applications of mechanical engineering since before leaving high school and loves to problem solve and create.

Allison graduated from St. Francis in 2017 and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with minors in Ecology & Environmental Sciences and Pre-Law, from Dominican University of California in 2020. She is currently earning her Masters of Public Policy and Administration at Sac State. Allison is a Legislative Aide for Assemblymember Rodriguez and covers Energy, Water, Natural Resources, Transportation, and Housing issues for her office, among others. Allison is an amateur road cyclist, avid reader, enthusiastic baker, and has a serious case of wanderlust.

I have been working professionally since 2018. I started at Loyola Marymount University, moved into tech sales in San Francisco, was a remote Executive assistant to a CEO, worked as a recruiting coordinator and now work in person at AMPAC in human resources.

Theresa Wiebold graduated from St. Francis in 2008 and went on to graduate from Gonzaga University and was commissioned as a Military Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Army. After serving and deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Theresa went back to school to obtain her Master’s degree in Cybersecurity from George Washington University and pivoted to a career at Cisco in the Security & Trust Organization. Theresa manages a program that conducts penetration testing for internal Cisco clients, strengthening product security and enabling go-to-market efforts.

I represent public and private clients in various natural resource matters. Before becoming an environmental attorney, I was a litigator at the Childrens Law Center of California where I protected the interests of foster care children. I received my law degree from McGeorge School of Law in 2020 and my bachelors in liberal arts from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo in 2013.

After graduating from St. Francis, I went on to earn a bachelor of science degree from UC Davis in Cognitive Science, the study of the mind and brain. For the past two years, I have worked as a medical assistant in a family medicine office preparing to apply to graduate school to become a Physician Assistant (PA). I was recently accepted to Touro University and will shortly be starting my career as a PA.

After two years at Gonzaga University, I transferred to UCD where I completed my Psychology degree in the summer of 1970. I then moved to NC where my husband attended Duke graduate school in PT. I worked for the university on a cancer research project. The first of my 4 children was born there. I became a full time mom and volunteer for the next 17 years. I returned to college life at CSUS where I obtained my BSN in 1999. I had a practice in pediatrics with Sutter for 15 years.

I have worked as a 911 dispatcher for coming up on 10 years. I have my bachelor’s degree in nutrition from Sac State. I love to travel; I’ve been to 34 states and 10 countries. I use my degree to prioritize my well-being working in such a fast-paced, high-stakes job.

After graduating from Saint Francis, I completed a bachelor’s degree in Animal Science at the University of Minnesota, then moved on to UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine for my doctorate degree. Today I have the pleasure to treat the medical and surgical conditions of a diverse group of animal species from small domestic animals to large farm animals and even some wildlife. No day is ever the same! I’m looking forward to helping students learn if a career in vet med is for them!

Amalia is a dentist turned non profit professional. After operating her own business and practicing dentistry for seventeen years, she decided to follow her passion and jumped into the Nonprofit fundraising world.