Judy Anderson is the Director of Career Readiness in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. She has spent her career working with young adults both on the college campus and in businesses. Her expertise is in the area of young adult development and emerging adulthood. She has been a consultant and speaker in her own company Emerging Advantage as well as in roles in higher education. Currently, she is directing an important effort in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota to provide 13,000 students with an understanding of how their liberal arts education prepares them for future success. Her background includes an MA in College Student Development from the University of Iowa, as well as experience in entry-level talent development which uniquely positions her to shape a critical conversation about how graduates with a liberal arts background are essential to meeting the current workforce needs in the state of Minnesota and in the nation.

As the Director of Experiential Education, Urszula Zalewski oversees experiential education initiatives including successful implementation of experiential learning opportunities including internships, student employment initiatives and community outreach programs. Urszula brings her expertise in career readiness, employer relations, assessment and has raised more than $1Million in grants to support capacity building in experiential education & community engagement.

She is a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service, the Sister Margaret Ann Landry Lifetime Achievement Advising Award, Excellence in Service to Students Award, Peter Baigent Leadership Award and serves on the Board of Directors for SEE and Response Crisis Center. Just recently, Urszula was recognized with the 2023 Forage Experiential Educator Award. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics, and MBA from the University of Economics in Krakow, Poland and Master of Science in Management and Policy from Stony Brook University.