Our Team: Career Development

Direction. Decisions. Satisfaction.

Your relationship with Career Vision begins with a refreshing contact with real people who are the best in the field and love what they do. Career Vision is comprised of a group of people with multi-disciplinary skills: Psychology, Counseling, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Human Resources, and Workforce Development and Education, to name a few.

We are fortunate to have attracted a team of professionals with demonstrated experience and excellence in these fields. Their diverse backgrounds enable us to examine career development issues from multiple points of view, which helps us dig deeper into the nature of work-related decisions. Our staff members all have advanced degrees and a minimum of seven years work experience—many have much more experience than that to offer.

More importantly, Career Vision has attracted professionals who are committed to our model of self-discovery and self-development. They truly put the “care” in career.

Staff Bios

Peg Hendershot, Director of Career Vision. Peg is our lead advocate for Career Literacy and joined Career Vision in 1992. She provides significant leadership for our team, orchestrating a wide scope of activities that promote Career Literacy and assist our growing client population. Peg facilitates a strategic direction for our program and services development, outreach, research and publications. She also has extensive experience assisting students and adults from 16 to 72 years old with assessment and career decisions.

Peg has a 20-year track record in workforce issues and community involvement. These responsibilities included board positions with DuPage County Workforce Development, the Illinois School Counselors Academy, and Education-to-Careers. Her prior work experience includes program development and management, training, and career development for educational districts, consortiums and graduate student education. She has a Masters in Adult Education with a concentration in Career Development from National-Louis University and a BA from Northern Illinois University.

Paula Kosin, Marketing Manager and part-time Career Consultant. Since 2002, Paula has developed and coordinated a variety of communications and presentations that create awareness of Career Vision's services and deepen our ongoing relationships with clients and their families. She is also our relationship manager for colleges and alumni associations. Paula's prior experience includes 20 years in career consulting, training, and communications for Fortune 500 corporations like Citibank and at Syracuse University. Paula earned an MS in College Student Personnel Services from Western Illinois University and a BS in Journalism from Northern Illinois University. In addition, she has completed additional graduate work in both Counseling and Human Resources Management and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor.

Sue Simpson, Regional Outreach Manager. Sue joined Career Vision in 2005 to establish and develop partnerships with schools, businesses and organizations that are committed to providing the best career and college major planning resources for students and parents. She has over 20 years of business development and consulting experience bringing best practice software solutions to the healthcare industry to improve people's lives. In the spirit of improving lives and as a benefit to Career Vision's partners, Sue coordinates a variety of free Career Literacy presentations with high schools and organizations to help parents guide their children's career and educational choices. Sue earned a BA in Communications from the University of Colorado.

Kevin Field, Assessment Systems Manager and part-time Career Consultant. Kevin has had a leadership role in the development of the computerized version of the Ball Aptitude Battery and Career Vision's other online assessments. He also works to align our technology and business operations with clients' ongoing needs, including an increasing web presence. Kevin is relationship manager for educational consultants and related professionals. Since 1999, Kevin has contributed to our research efforts, presenting results at national conferences. Kevin's professional experience prior to obtaining his doctorate included 6 years in commercial banking, most recently at LaSalle Bank. He obtained his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Minnesota, his MBA from DePaul University, and his BS in Business at Indiana University.

Nancy Ryan Krane, Career Consultant. For over 10 years, Nancy has used her career assessment and consulting experience to assist students and adults, including working at the University of Illinois-Chicago. She has an extensive background in vocational research, authoring numerous professional publications and presentations. It was a significant honor for her to be asked to be co-author for the chapter titled "Ability Assessment in Career Counseling" in the graduate-level textbook, Career Development and Counseling: Putting Theory and Research to Work, edited by S.D. Brown and R. W. Lent (2005). Nancy holds both a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology with a minor in Applied Psychological Measurement and an MA in Community Counseling from Loyola University Chicago. Her BA is in Psychology from Benedictine University. Nancy is also a Licensed Professional Counselor.

Laurie Mattera, Career Consultant. Laurie’s expertise as a clinician, researcher, educator and supervisor enhances her work with Career Vision clients. Her previous experience includes eight years in the broadcasting industry; an externship at Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL, in neuropsychology; working as a counselor in private practice; and an adjunct faculty position at Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL. Her background also includes a pre-doctoral internship at the VA Medical Center in North Chicago, assisting veterans with unemployment and workforce re-entry issues. Laurie has also co-authored several publications and professional presentations on career choice and development. She earned a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and a M.Ed. in Community Counseling from Loyola University Chicago. Her BA is in Broadcast Communications. Laurie is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist.

Mary Hanney, Career Consultant. Mary has 10 years of experience in the career counseling of students and adults, working in Career Services at DePaul University and Elgin Community College in Elgin, Illinois, as well as a national career consulting firm. She also has 15 years experience at Xerox Corporation in human resources, management, sales/marketing, and operations. Mary holds an M.Ed. in Counseling from Northern Illinois University, an MBA from DePaul University and a BA in Psychology from Northern Illinois University. Mary is also a Licensed Professional Counselor

Linda Augé, Assessment Services Coordinator. Linda ensures that the inquiry, scheduling and assessment process for our clients and their families is a comfortable, fun and positive experience - adjectives usually not associated with the word "testing"! She also implements test scoring, career portfolio development and alumni follow-up processes and coordinates our confidential record retention procedures. Linda joined the Ball Foundation in 1984 (just before Career Vision was created) to assist with our second longitudinal research program. Earlier, she spent ten years in the airline industry in a variety of roles including trainer and international in-flight supervisor.

Berny Hebard, Administrative Assistant. Berny is our front-line ambassador, representing Career Vision and welcoming visitors, clients, and callers to our office. She coordinates key marketing, outreach and client services activities that increase awareness of our Career Literacy mission and promotes the services we offer. Berny began with the foundation in 1988, providing support to our researchers. She majored in Education at Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois.

Susan Horodeck, Graphic Designer. Susan is central to our ability to design and produce all marketing and advertising pieces that support our outreach efforts, our website, and our internal design projects. Susan also expertly handles inquiries about our services. She earned a Certificate of Desktop Publishing at the College of DuPage and completed coursework at Kendall School of Design in Michigan. Susan joined Career Vision in May 1999.