Region 5 – The Southwest United States

Celeste Lindell

Vice President, Region 5- Southwest
Texas Christian University
c.lindell@tcu.edu

About Celeste

Celeste Lindell began her career in marketing and sales at Sea World of Florida and continued working in the hospitality industry for over 20 years at companies like Universal Orlando Resort, General Electric, and Interval International until she moved to Texas in 2008. In her first career services role, she served as the Career Services Director at Northwood University – Texas Campus.

She joined the career center team at Texas Christian University in June of 2014, where she focuses on employer development as an assistant director. She has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Central Florida with a minor in Computer Science, a Master of Business Administration from Northwood University, and a Master Of Liberal Arts from Texas Christian University.

Celeste is past president, vice president, and conference chair of the Texas Cooperative Education and Internship Association (TxCEIA) and currently serves as the historian for the association. Celeste has also been a member of CEIA for the past 7 years. And she served on the board of the HR Southwest Conference as the college relations director and student engagement committee member.

She and her husband live in Grand Prairie, Texas and have twin daughters, one teaches 3rd grade and the other recently entered the PhD program in chemistry at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

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Region 5 Committee Members

Elisa DeFord, Texas State University
Marleen Arboleda, Enterprise Mobility