Paul R Gagnon

Graduate Career Coach

Graduate Career and Professional Development Office

Paul received an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, MA in Public Policy from Trinity College, and AS in Turf Management and BS in Plant and Soil Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Paul’s career is four careers rolled into one. The first 10 years were devoted to learning everything about the golf industry, which included holding positions of Assistant Greens Keeper and Assistant Golf Pro. After his time in Malaysia participating in the U.S. Peace Corps, he earned his MBA and then went on to work for 14 years in strategic planning, financial research and analysis, new business development, mergers and acquisitions and product marketing with three Fortune 500 international agribusiness, food, beverage and agri-genetics organizations. Since that time and over the past 25 years, he diversified into roles in higher education where he designed curricula for and taught numerous college courses in entrepreneurship, business and management, advised executives of small businesses, counseled students on career management, helped launch Wesleyan University’s Social Entrepreneurship Center and even served as the Interim Associate Dean at Central Connecticut State University, School of Business. Paul’s most recent higher education experience was at the UConn Center for Career Development as a Career Counselor where he primarily served students and alumni from the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, School of Nursing and School of Pharmacy. Connect with Paul on LinkedIn