Faculty Advisors

Jeffery Bernel, CEO & Chairman of Unitek Solutions, Bernel Investments, and American Rubber Products Corporation

Lee Svete, Notre Dame's Director of Career Services






Jeffery Bernel, CEO & Chairman of Unitek Solutions, Bernel Investments, and American Rubber Products Corporation

2008 Notre Dame Entrepreneurship Society Dinner with the CEO Series

Co-Founder of the Notre Dame Gigot Center of Entrepreneurial Studies

Distinguished Notre Dame Alumni Award Recipient

Not only is Jeff Bernel the chairman of UniTek Sealing Solutions, the founder of Bernel Investments, the former CEO of American Rubber Products, a Professional Specialist in the Mendoza College of Business, and a world-class entrepreneur, he is also the advisor and a valued friend of the Notre Dame Entrepreneurship Society. He'll be one of the marquee names of the CEO Dinner Series in the 2009 Academic Year.

Why Entrepreneurship Society?

"I was very impressed with the meeting last night and feel encouraged that entrepreneurship is alive and well at Notre Dame. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help. Prof. Jim Davis and I were the original founders of the Gigot Center, so I have a lot of personal equity in the movement.

Lee Svete, Notre Dame's Director of Career Services

Lee Svete, Notre Dame's Director of Career Services, is the College's new Director of Career Development. He is responsible for the overall MBA career development strategy and operation, which includes the MBA and Executive MBA programs as well as the Masters in Accountancy program. Svete will continue as ND's Career Center Director, and is integrating the University's and the College's placement teams.

"The innovations that Lee and his team have developed include City Tours, an aggressive job lead generation program (focused on small, mid-sized growth firms), and leveraging the joint power of career services programs at top universities around the country," said Associate Dean Joe Urbany. "Lee's team has also been instrumental in the ND NetWorks initiatives (see this article), which builds relationships with alumni in targeted cities and high-growth industries."

Since arriving at Notre Dame in July 1999, Svete and his staff at the Notre Dame Career Center improved the number and prestige of student placements across the university, both in internships and jobs. This year, he was the first recipient of the newly-established College of Arts and Letters Award of Appreciation. The award honors "an outstanding colleague outside the college whose work adds immeasurably to the college and enriches its life." Before coming to Notre Dame, Svete was Director of Career Services at Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y.

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Did you know?

  • 85% of Members desire an opportunity to have dinner with the CEO..
  • 88% of Members cherish the opportunity of listening to presentations by accomplished executives about their entrepreneurial and leadership experiences.

Getting To Know

Michael Streit

Role:
Vice President of Social Entrepreneurship Consulting
Hometown:
Crystal Lake, Illinois
Major:
Economics and Political Science
Contact:
mstreit@nd.edu
Employment:
Global Economics and Policy Intern with the Department of Commerce in Washington D.C.

Why Entrepreneurship Society?

"On a fateful Thursday evening in the computer cluster at Hesburgh Library, Michael's friend Vijen Patel dragged him from there to the Entrepreneurship Society's first meeting. The rest was history. .I believe that the entrepreneurial spirit is incredibly powerful. Entrepreneurship, to me, means stepping away from the traditional ways of doing things. Entrepreneurship means looking at problems creatively, and doing things in ways that no one has ever thought of before. It means taking charge, calling the shots, and answering to no man. This feeling of responsibility for one's own actions and limitless way of looking at how to solve problems is something that transcends business. I was drawn to the Entrepreneurship Society because I felt that the projects and the opportunities to learn did an amazing job of enhancing one's career prospects and developing an innovative mindset."