Region 1 – The Northeast United States

Venecia Harrison-Sanders

Vice President, Region 1 Northeast
Northeastern University
v.harrison@northeastern.edu

About Venecia

Vanecia Harrison-Sanders is the Associate Director of Graduate Co-op in the College of Science at Northeastern University where she manages the Co-op Process for Graduate Programs and serves as the Faculty Experience Coordinator for PhD students. She has a diverse career background with over 15 years of experience in Cooperative Education and Career Development along with 10 years of experience in the private sector, state, and local government.

Prior to working at Northeastern, Vanecia worked at Merrimack College in North Andover, MA as the Associate Director of the Career Development Office and Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA, where she held positions in the Career Development Office as a Co-op Coordinator, Career Planning Coordinator and as the Assistant Director. She has worked with Engineering, Science, Technology, Design/Build and Liberal Arts students.

Vanecia has a master’s degree in Human Resource Management from Emmanuel College and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Framingham State University. Vanecia understands the importance of “work experience” as she has held various positions that ranged from manufacturing to customer service, which she believes served as the building blocks, leading her to where she currently stands in her career.

Vanecia greatly enjoys supporting students while they discover their passion, through experiential opportunities and helping students find their niche’. Vanecia has served on various committees with CEIA, the Professional Development Committee, the Internship Award Committee and she has presented at CEIA’s Annual Conferences.