Stevie Eberle is Assistant Dean of the BioSci Careers at Stanford University where they and their team support the academic, personal, career, and profession needs of MD/PhD students and postdoctoral trainees in the biosciences and technology fields. Within this position, they teach immersive, sector-specific courses; oversee the graduate IDP program; and build individualized connection opportunities between the Stanford community and alumni and employer partners. 

Stevie began their tenure at the Stanford School of Medicine in 2008 when the career community was still nascent. In this role, they created new curriculum and resources for all biosciences trainees to explore and define paths toward their preferred careers of choice. Prior to that, Stevie was part of Stanford’s central Career Development Center (now Stanford Career Education), counseling and developing career programming for graduate students and postdocs from various disciplines across campus. They previously held adjunct faculty positions within the University of San Francisco’s Marriage and Family Counseling program and the Stanford Graduate School of Education. 

Stevie wrote for Inside Higher Education and is a Reviewer for both the Journal of Frontiers in Higher Education and the Journal of College and Character. Additional contributions to the field include: co-writing a text book chapter, presenting at national and international conferences, membership on the Graduate Career Consortium’s (GCC) Diversity Committee, and holding the elected positions of Chair and Vice Chair of the National Postdoctoral Association’s Board of Directors. Stevie consults on team development and executive coaching within companies and organizations globally and is a certified Strengths executive coach. They hold an M.Ed. in Community Agency Counseling, and a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology, both from Ohio University. They completed the Interpersonal Dynamics program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business as well.

Highlights from Stevie’s 25 + year career include a TEDx-style talk, Thinking With Your Heart, at the Global Innovation Summit; participation in the inaugural TIME Healthcare conference; and presenting during Nobel Week in Sweden in 2019. They have never regretted following their passion of Psychology, despite its circuitous route. When not working, Stevie is either SCUBA diving, teaching Yoga, playing the drums, or walking Hans the Keeshond.

Bill Lindstaedt is a career counselor who has been helping scientists and engineers launch successful careers for 30 years.  From 2001-2023, he supported the career development needs of PhD students, postdocs and their faculty mentors at UCSF, ultimately serving as the university’s Assistant Vice Chancellor for Career Advancement from 2014-2023.  While at UCSF, Bill co-authored Science’s “myIDP”, a web-based career development tool which has been used by more than 350,000 scientists and is recommended by dozens of graduate and postdoctoral programs around the country.  Now retired from UCSF, he serves as co-Investigator on an NIH-funded initiative to build STEM PhD professional development resources across institutions.  Additionally, he serves as a contracted career consultant with the Academic Programs Office at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and with Emory University’s Office of Postdoctoral Education.  

Linda Louie is the Career Development Program Manager in the Lab Directorate’s Career Pathways Office. In this role, she offers coaching and programs to facilitate the educational, professional, and personal success of postdoctoral, early- and mid-career researchers. Linda is passionate about cultivating inclusive spaces for learning and mentorship. Before joining the Lab, Linda led career development programs for researchers at UCSF and UC Berkeley. She holds degrees in language and literature from Cornell University (BA) and UC Berkeley (PhD), where she taught French and conducted qualitative research on curriculum development. Outside of work, Linda enjoys hiking, cooking, reading mystery novels, and building Legos with her two sons.

Naledi Saul is the Director of the UCSF Office of Career and Professional Development. She has over 25 years of experience teaching trainees and professionals in the biomedical sciences strategies to navigate their careers and work relationships skillfully. Naledi is also a Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation grant aimed at teaching research mentors effective people management skills designed to positively impact productivity, morale, and well-being, which are the basis of healthy, high-functioning teams. Her work has earned her the UCSF Chancellor's Award for Exceptional University Management and the Chancellor's Award for Diversity-Advancement of Women Leaders.

Before joining UCSF, Naledi served as Assistant Dean of Students at Amherst College and Assistant Director of the Career Development Center at Mount Holyoke College. She holds a Master of Public Management from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Spelman College.