Camille Heenan, Esq.
After moving to Orange County in 2012, she served as the Director for Student and Alumni Relations and later as the Associate Director of Career Development at Whittier Law School. She also worked in the Career Development Office at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. She was most recently Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at Fowler School of Law and was also Director of Career Services at Fowler School of Law in 2022. She received her B.S. from Virginia Tech and her J.D. from William and Mary Law School summa cum laude.
Kristen Spada O'Brien, Esq.
Throughout her career, Kristen practiced at national, mid-size, and boutique law firms defending Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and individuals in practice areas including employment litigation, commercial litigation, OSHA compliance, white collar criminal defense, and government investigations. Kristen also worked as a volunteer law clerk with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office while at UCLA Law. Kristen serves as the 2025 Immediate Past President of the Orange County Area Legal Recruitment Association (OCALRA). She is actively involved in the Orange County Bar Association, including serving as Chair of the Editorial Advisory Committee for the Orange County Lawyer Magazine and serving as a committee member on the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee.
Kimberly Vater
Kimberly Vater was born and raised in New Jersey, where she established her career in specialty retail. After relocating to Southern California, she pivoted her passion for bookselling into higher education, serving as the Bookstore Director at the University of California, Irvine. She then spent several years with Follett Higher Education Group, where she advanced into senior leadership roles overseeing multiple campus store operations, including Chapman University. She successfully launched new retail locations, led high-performing teams, and focused on enhancing campus partnerships and cultivating relationships.
She has extensive experience across university environments, having worked in the Event Operations Department at Chapman, in addition to the Registrar’s Office and Career Services Office in the Fowler School of Law. Now serving as the Program Manager, she provides support for CSO programming, maintains the online job board, oversees and executes interview programs, and conducts employer outreach to increase job postings, recruitment, and hiring activity for students and alumni. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and is currently pursuing a Master of Legal Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.