{"id":24312,"date":"2022-02-11T14:03:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T19:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/alumni\/?page_id=24312"},"modified":"2026-02-19T12:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:04:49","slug":"alumni-professional-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/alumni\/alumni-professional-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Professional Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bates Office of Alumni Engagement is excited to provide alumni learning opportunities to enhance their professional development at any stage of their careers. Find recommendations for career coaches from within our alumni network, tune in for virtual trainings, and connect with current students and fellow alumni through several forms of career services and volunteer opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Career Coaches<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Bates offers recommended Career Coaches as a resource to help alumni in the exploration of career development. Coaches provide discounted fee-based services. Rate details are available through the coaches and may vary by services sought, market, and other factors. Coaches offer services in-person or virtually. When first contacting a coach, please be sure to mention that you are a Bates College alum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The coaches are not employees, agents, or representatives of Bates College, and should you choose to establish any relationship with a coach or to retain the services of a coach, Bates College<\/em> will not be a party to such resulting relationship. Please be advised that Bates College<\/em> makes no representation as to the training, credentials, or conduct of any coach, nor does Bates College<\/em> make any representation about the nature of the services such coach may provide to you or the results of such services. Fees may be incurred for certain services, please familiarize yourself with these.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Anne Keenan Shields \u201980, P\u201918<\/h3>
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Anne Keenan Shields ’80, P’18<\/strong>
Lighthouse Career Coaching
<\/em>https:\/\/lighthousecareerassociates.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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After graduating from Bates, Anne began her career in higher education, working with students and alumni. Anne has 30+ years of experience, having run the career programs at Bowdoin, Carleton, Davidson, and Carnegie Mellon. She has consulted for peer colleges and teaches career coaching through the Institute of Life Coach Training. She earned her MS and holds BCC and ACC coaching certifications; Anne is a \u201cDesigning Your Life\u201d trained coach. She founded Lighthouse Career Coaching as an encore career. She and her husband Ron live in western New York and have two grown sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Anne\u2019s coaching:
<\/strong>Straight lines in careers are rare. You get to choose, change your interests, your mind, and change directions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a coach, I help clients think outside of the box by showing how they might reconfigure their unique skills, experiences, and values to design a career that might not present itself as a defined path or a ladder. The result is a life and work that represents their whole self, focusing on what most matters to them, their purposeful work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more or make an appointment contact: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n