Magan Taylor
Co-Founder, Career Acceleration Advisory

Advisor | Personal Brand Strategy & Marketing | MBA, Entrepreneurship

Magan advises students at the Leeds School of Business, where she designs and delivers career readiness programming at scale and works directly with students navigating internships and early career decisions in real time.

She brings over a decade of experience operating at the intersection of product, partnerships, and go-to-market strategy across organizations including Under Armour, MyFitnessPal, and agencies within WPP. Across these roles, she built and led cross-functional teams, managed multimillion-dollar revenue portfolios, and worked directly with enterprise clients to define positioning, partnerships, and growth strategy.

Her work has consistently focused on how value is translated into signal—how products, partnerships, and people are positioned so they are clearly understood. She has led initiatives spanning business development, product strategy, and marketing, often in high-growth environments where ambiguity is high and clarity is key.

In her roles, Magan has evaluated candidates, shaped hiring decisions, and built teams where the difference between being overlooked and being selected came down to how clearly someone could communicate their impact.

At C2A, Magan focuses on how students present themselves before the first conversation—resume, LinkedIn, and overall positioning—so strong candidates are recognized quickly and clearly in a selective market.

“Strong candidates don’t usually have an experience problem—they have a positioning problem.”

Stacey Harrison
Co-Founder, Career Acceleration Advisory

Advisor | Market-Aligned Narrative & Positioning | PCC-Certified Coach

Stacey advises students at the Leeds School of Business and works with professionals navigating transitions and high-stakes decisions through her coaching practice, Star Power Coaching.

Her career spans media, leadership development, and enterprise strategy, with a focus on how people understand and communicate their experience to move toward what comes next.

She began as a writer and producer in television, contributing to series including Home Improvement, Full House, and All-American Girl. She later developed award-winning leadership programs for Fortune 500 organizations at Ninth House Network, collaborating with thinkers such as Ken Blanchard, Peter Senge, Clifton Taulbert, and Tom Peters.

She went on to hold executive roles at Comcast, Lumen Technologies, and The Denver Post / Digital First Media, leading strategy and transformation across product, technology, and operations.

At C2A, Stacey helps students connect their experience to what hiring managers are actually evaluating, strengthening how they position, communicate, and perform so they are understood, taken seriously, and selected.

She is trained in group facilitation through the Way of Council method and has applied this work in businesses, nonprofits, and Los Angeles Juvenile Hall.

“What changes outcomes is not just what you have done. It is how clearly you can show where you fit and why it matters.”

Leigh Monserrate
Co-Founder, Career Acceleration Advisory

Advisor | Client Engagement & Human Depth | MBA, Finance

Leigh advises students at the Leeds School of Business, where she works closely with students navigating interviews, networking, and early career decision-making.

She brings more than 20 years of experience leading client strategy, enterprise growth, and high-stakes relationships across organizations including Gartner (formerly CEB), where she managed strategic accounts representing over $100M in revenue and worked directly with Fortune 500 executives to influence decision-making, retention, and long-term partnership strategy.

Her career has centered on how decisions actually get made in complex environments—where multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and real constraints shape outcomes. She has led large teams, coached senior leaders, and built systems that translate insight into action, consistently operating in roles where trust, communication, and the ability to connect ideas in real time determine success.

Across her work in advisory, SaaS, and client success leadership, she has seen firsthand that strong ideas and strong candidates are not enough on their own—what matters is how effectively they are communicated, how trust is built, and how alignment is created in the moment.

At C2A, Leigh focuses on what happens in the moments that matter—how students communicate, how they build trust, and how they create momentum in interviews and networking conversations.

“Most candidates don’t lose opportunities on paper—they lose them in the conversation.”