our team

Rebecca Martin - Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Rebecca Martin, founder of California based dear jane…, a career advisement company..., believes that people can succeed in landing the “perfect” job if they can first identify what is right for them.

As a corporate recruiter in Silicon Valley in the ’90s, Rebecca saw firsthand the personal and professional disorientation of thousands of workers displaced when the tech bubble burst. From this unique vantage point, Rebecca analyzed corporate clients’ hiring processes; job applicants’ resume-writing abilities and interviewing skills; and hiring managers’ practices and procedures.

By 2002, Rebecca had identified a pivotal factor in the success — or failure — of an individual in his or her chosen career: the ability to articulate a personal vision.

In 2004 Rebecca launched dear jane… with a proprietary career advisement program that includes career assessment, resume writing, interviewing methodologies, and compensation and other negotiations and much more.

Today, dear jane… develops and delivers career management training classes, workshops, seminars, and coaching to Fortune 1000 companies as well as individuals throughout the United States. Since its inception, dear jane… has enjoyed a 98% success rate in coaching clients through career transitions, successful interviewing, salary negotiations, and the like.

Rebecca’s speaking engagements take her to college career centers, job search work groups, professional association meetings, job fairs, Employment Development Department offices, and One-Stop Career Centers. She is an official Trainer for the US Government Employment Development Department (EDD).

A USC graduate with a B.S. in Business Administration, Rebecca has written and published the booklet "83 Tips on How to Successfully Work with Corporate and External Recruiters.” She belongs to the Women’s National Book Association. She has recently appeared as a Career Consultant to the View from the Bay San Francisco’s ABC afternoon show.

Susan Letendre – Chief Administrative Officer

Susan Letendre, a co-founder, oversees all areas of Administration for the career services firm of dear jane… She serves as a centralized administrative resource and link between the CEO, other dear jane… executives, department directors, and other entities to facilitate outcomes consistent with the overall vision of dear jane… Susan is helping dear jane… to expand into new markets, extend core capabilities and fortify the organizational structure to achieve operational excellence.

With a chemistry and life science background Susan has held Senior Technologist postions and managed Quality Assurance organizations. She recently left Lawrence Livermore Labs after a successful career working within the Chemistry, Material & Life Sciences and Environmental Radiochemistry Divisions where she oversaw the areas of operations, quality assurance and technology.

Susan joined dear jane in 2007 and has successfully used the experience of working for a large government institution to bring a keen eye for detail and processes to bear on the day to day activities of dear jane… Her creativity, professionalism, enthusiasm and team spirit exemplifies dear jane… and it’s vision that “leading clients to success by helping them to achieve their job-related goals, all the while encouraging them to set the bar higher contributes to a brighter, more prosperous workforce, ultimately creating stronger economies and communities for all.”

Susan attended Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. She and her husband have traveled the globe and they enjoy scuba diving and back packing. Susan loves the arts and theater and volunteers at the Bankhand Theater and the Livermore Heritage Guild which satisfies her passion for social responsibility, service and giving back to the community.

Brian Beckon – Corporate Counsel

Brian is an 18-year veteran attorney who formerly served as general counsel for RSF Social Finance. Before that, he was corporate counsel for Sybase, Inc. and Catellus Development Corporation. He has also served as attorney/editor with Bancroft-Whitney and later with LawRoom.com.

Brian began his career as an associate with the law firm of Gaw, Van Male, Smith & Myers. He earned his J.D. from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, and his B.A. from Messiah College in Grantham, Pa. Currently, he resides in Condcord, Calif. with his wife and three children.