Meet Our Staff
Martin Black
Assistant Dean of Career Development
781-736-3362
mblack@brandeis.edu
Adam Motenko
Assistant Director of Career Development
781-736-3938
amotenko@brandeis.edu
ABOUT US
MARTIN BLACK, Assistant Dean of Career Development
Martin works with Heller staff to design career-related out-reach to the School’s three main client groups – students, employers and alumni; provides periodic reports and statistics on the Heller student employment picture; sets the calendar for on and off-campus career events; manages external partnerships with employers and peer policy schools; and evaluates and builds office resources in response to evolving student needs. He advises students across all careers interests.
Prior to joining Heller, Martin spent ten years in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College of Public Policy & Management where he directed the Career office and college-wide outreach to government, healthcare, and NGO partners. Originally from New York where he also pursued his graduate studies (New York University, ABD in German Area Studies), Martin worked for over a decade for NYC-based nonprofits, private companies and universities as a teacher, translator, cross-cultural trainer and program manager in international workforce development programs, including the US State Department’s Congress-Bundestag Young Professional Exchange, and the Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship for future leaders in public policy, economics, law and business.
ADAM MOTENKO, Assistant Director of Career Development
Adam Motenko is the Assistant Director of Career Development at the Heller School. Adam’s experience spans the non-profit, public and private sectors as a consultant, trainer and administrator in career development and conflict resolution. He has coached hundreds of clients on career and job-search strategies including career transitions, resume and cover letter writing, networking, interviewing and negotiations. Adam also worked closely with pioneers in the field of alternative dispute resolution at Harvard’s Program on Negotiation, and has provided negotiation and mediation training to local universities and Fortune 500 companies in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He holds a Bachelor degree in Peace Studies, Philosophy and Religion from Goucher College and studied Multiculturalism and Social Change in South Africa with the School for International Training. Adam is also a certified professional resume writer (CPRW), certified Myers-Briggs practitioner (MBTI), and certified mediator (Harvard Mediation Program).