Experience

Mullen High School

• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• College Counselor

  • Aug 2018 - Present



The Bolles School

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• College Counselor

  • Aug 2015 - Jun 2018

  • Provide college counseling and academic advising to caseload of approximately fifty seniors, plus an additional fifty juniors each spring semester. Assist students in creating college lists which are academically appropriate and fit their interests, and provide guidance regarding issues of college affordability and the financial aid process. • Write letters of recommendation, review college essays, and advise students in all other aspects of the college application process • Maintain relationships with college admission representatives, including hosting colleges during on-campus high school visits and visiting colleges across the country • Assist in implementation of a theory-based decision-making model into the four-year college counseling curriculum • Researched and implemented new high school visit scheduling system and student aptitude, interest, and career fit resource



Davidson College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Assistant Dean of Admission and Financial Aid

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2015

  • Oversee the Visit Team, providing direction and feedback for the overnight, tour guide, and daily visit programs, and direct supervision for two full time staff members (Visit Coordinator and Front Desk Receptionist)• Serve on a three person team to implement and maintain Slate, a CRM system. Primary focus on the technical components of all on- and off-campus events and the application reading process. Instituted best practices and created training documentation for workflow processes in order to fully utilize the CRM. • Hire, train, and supervise 6 Summer Admission Ambassadors and 8 Senior Admission Fellow interns each year. Provide appropriate professional development opportunities for each student group.• Travel approximately 8 weeks each year to portions of the Southeast, Midwest, and Pacific Northwest, representing Davidson at high schools, college fairs, and other regional recruitment programs• Serve on selection committees for three first year student scholarships and one upper class student scholarship• Educate and counsel prospective students and families on Davidson, its admission and financial aid programs, and the value of a liberal arts education through informal email and phone contact and formal information sessions• Serve as the primary reader for approximately 350 applications each year, with two years of experience leading a small admission committee team• Serve as the admission liaison to the Division I wrestling and golf teams, and the ROTC program• Coordinated and implemented all social and new media efforts for the office, including Twitter, a Google Maps Essay project, and a weekly podcast series. Advised the office on the use of Facebook, Flickr, blogs, and mobile applications• Active member of a variety of project teams, including the Senior Strategy team, Multicultural team, Data team, Travel team, and Communications team

• Assistant Dean of Admission and Financial Aid

  • Jul 2010 - Jun 2013

  • Serve on a three person team to implement and maintain Slate, a CRM system. Primary focus on the technical components of all on- and off-campus events and the application reading process. Instituted best practices and created training documentation for workflow processes in order to fully utilize the CRM. • Hire, train, and supervise 6 Summer Admission Ambassadors and 8 Senior Admission Fellow interns each year. Provide appropriate professional development opportunities for each student group.• Travel approximately 8 weeks each year to portions of the Southeast, Midwest, and Pacific Northwest, representing Davidson at high schools, college fairs, and other regional recruitment programs• Serve on selection committees for three first year student scholarships and one upper class student scholarship• Educate and counsel prospective students and families on Davidson, its admission and financial aid programs, and the value of a liberal arts education through informal email and phone contact and formal information sessions• Serve as the primary reader for approximately 350 applications each year, with two years of experience leading a small admission committee team• Serve as the admission liaison to the Division I wrestling and golf teams, and the ROTC program• Coordinated and implemented all social and new media efforts for the office, including Twitter, a Google Maps Essay project, and a weekly podcast series. Advised the office on the use of Facebook, Flickr, blogs, and mobile applications• Co-coordinated all aspects of the overnight program, including the recruitment and retention of student hosts • Assisted in the implementation of OnBase, Davidson’s first online reading and document management system• Active member of a variety of project teams, including the Data team, Travel team, and Communications team

• Admission Counselor

  • Aug 2009 - Jul 2010

  • Travel approximately 8 weeks each year to portions of the Southeast and Midwest, representing Davidson at high schools, college fairs, and other regional recruitment programs• Educate and counsel prospective students and families on Davidson, its admission and financial aid programs, and the value of a liberal arts education through informal email and phone contact and formal information sessions• Serve as the primary reader for approximately 350 applications each year• Coordinated and implemented all social and new media efforts for the office, including Twitter, a Google Maps Essay project, and a weekly podcast series. Advised the office on the use of Facebook, Flickr, blogs, and mobile applications• Co-coordinated all aspects of the overnight program, including the recruitment and retention of student hosts



Hanover College

• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Admission Counselor

  • Sep 2008 - Aug 2009

  • Counseled domestic students from eleven states and most international locations on the admission process, educated students and families about the institution’s financial assistance process and their individual aid packages • Represented Hanover at high schools and college fairs throughout three states over the course of nine weeks • Read applications and made initial admission recommendations for approximately 500 applicants • Facilitated the admission committee, ran weekly reports to ensure consistency, provided additional structure to the existing process • Assisted with coordination and implementation of scholarship weekends and large visit events, conducted individual interviews on a weekly basis as part of the campus visit experience • Assisted in the creation of an enrollment and retention e-communication plan utilizing third party software



Miami University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Admission Counselor

  • Aug 2006 - May 2008

  Served as an admission counselor (presented info sessions, counseled prospective students and families over the phone and in person, read and recommended decisions for applications, etc.); co-coordinator for Bridges, an overnight recruitment event for prospective students; a coordinator for the Multicultural Leadership Program, a week long pre-college program. Served as an admission counselor (presented info sessions, counseled prospective students and families over the phone and in person, read and recommended decisions for applications, etc.); co-coordinator for Bridges, an overnight recruitment event for prospective students; a coordinator for the Multicultural Leadership Program, a week long pre-college program.