Kristen Gallo (she/her/hers) is the Executive Director for Career Services. In this role she provides strategic vision and planning for the career development team serving all Temple Owls, acts as liaison between the career center and career development within colleges and schools, and informs university leadership about career development needs. Before this role, Kristen spent seven years working with the cooperative education program at Drexel University and continues to have a strong passion for work-integrated learning in higher education. Kristen holds an Ed.D from Drexel University, with a research focus on the changing nature of work and impact of work-integrated learning programs on entrepreneurship students. Outside of her work at Temple, Kristen can be found spending time with her husband and daughter, playing with the family dog (Max), listening to a podcast, supporting local restaurants, or crafting a new macrame project.