Adapt, Evolve, Thrive: Navigating Layoffs and Redefining Success
Friday, March 22, 2024 | 12 noon – 1:00 p.m. EDT | Zoom Webinar
Layoffs are tough. How can you get through it, stronger than ever? Join us to hear from 3 alumnae on their layoff journeys. From their stories and conversations, you’ll take away both tools for tactical actions and self-discovery. We’ll cover:
🌟 The inner work it takes to thrive
💵 Finances during uncertainty
⌨️ Planning for the future
👟 Taking your next steps
🤝 Networking
… and more!
Questions? Contact us at alumnicareer@cornell.edu.
Featuring:
Sara Roccisano ENG '02
Some could argue Sara was top of her game with the 20+ year renewable energy and finance career she built for herself in New York City after graduating from Cornell – including her time on Wall Street in investment banking and private equity for over a decade and as an early entrant into the field of renewable energy. In doing so Sara closed over $12 billion worth of projects, deals, and advisory mandates across the renewable energy spectrum and in energy and infrastructure. However, during her tenure, Sara lost her job several times - some for extended periods of time – forcing her to navigate the landscape in trying to find herself a new opportunity. In 2022, she decided to actively walk away from her career and life she knew in New York City and has transformed herself into an International Public Speaker, Travel Storyteller, and Author with the first of her trilogy of travel adventure memoirs set to be released in 2024. She is the founder of the award-winning travel inspiration company, Embolden Adventures.
Moderated by:
Shelby Holland A&S '18
Shelby Holland is passionate about bringing people together through inclusive storytelling and aims to spread joy in all that she does. She is a thoughtful, determined, and flexible leader with proven relationship management and strategic analysis skills.
After graduating from Cornell University with a Liberal Arts degree in History and a Film minor, she started her career at Morgan Stanley as a Wealth Management Rotational Analyst. After a few years, she joined Netflix as a Content Strategy and Analysis Associate to get closer to her passion for the entertainment industry. In this role, she partnered with creative executives and developed programming strategies. To cultivate her creative side, she runs an entertainment review podcast with her sister called Sisters Who Watch where they give diverse perspectives on content and recently monitored press coverage for the 40th Sundance Film Festival.
In her spare time, Shelby enjoys watching sports and almost everything else that graces her TV screen, checking places off her travel bucket list, and spending quality time with family and friends. She is from Westchester County, NY and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
Check out her website to learn more: www.shelbyholland.com.
Laura Holland ILR '22
Laura Holland is a recent graduate of Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations with a Bachelor of Science and minors in Inequality Studies and Law and Society. Upon graduation, she worked as a Legal Policy Specialist at Google. Currently, Laura works as a Paralegal Specialist at the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice. In March 2023, she co-founded the podcast Sisters Who Watch LLC.
Laura is interested in social impact law, government, film, and music. She has produced political campaign videos, mentored young athletes, managed intramural sports teams, and researched bail reform in New York State. With her ambition for social justice and empathetic nature, Laura aims to mitigate systemic inequality through reforming legal practices, writing progressive policy, and filmmaking that brings awareness to social injustices.