Allison Burkhart
Vice President of Enrollment, Marketing, and Student Success at Colorado Christian University - College of Adult & Graduate Studies- Claim this Profile
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Brandy McCall, MBA
Allison is an amazing leader. While serving along side Allison as Assistant Director, she proved to be a great leader, mentor, and coach. She is highly motivated, full of integrity, and extremely strategic in helping to improve and streamline processes. She has aided in growing an online department from five (5) to twenty-five (25), and has spearheaded several projects to increase productivity, efficiency, and personal growth for her staff. While under her leadership, I was promoted to Regional Enrollment Director. It is with the skills that she taught that I was able to see success. She is truly a one of a kind leader who would do amazing things anywhere she goes. It goes without saying that I would highly recommend Allison Sievers, as she has the ability to drive results and success!
Erin Henry
I worked with Allison as a Regional Director of Admissions. Allison was one of the top Director of Admissions in the company. She was a strong leader that delivered results through motivating her employees. She developed Representatives that went on to be Directors of Admissions and future leaders. She has a strong work ethic and created partnerships with other departments on campus through team building and communication. I highly recommend Allison to any organization.
Brandy McCall, MBA
Allison is an amazing leader. While serving along side Allison as Assistant Director, she proved to be a great leader, mentor, and coach. She is highly motivated, full of integrity, and extremely strategic in helping to improve and streamline processes. She has aided in growing an online department from five (5) to twenty-five (25), and has spearheaded several projects to increase productivity, efficiency, and personal growth for her staff. While under her leadership, I was promoted to Regional Enrollment Director. It is with the skills that she taught that I was able to see success. She is truly a one of a kind leader who would do amazing things anywhere she goes. It goes without saying that I would highly recommend Allison Sievers, as she has the ability to drive results and success!
Erin Henry
I worked with Allison as a Regional Director of Admissions. Allison was one of the top Director of Admissions in the company. She was a strong leader that delivered results through motivating her employees. She developed Representatives that went on to be Directors of Admissions and future leaders. She has a strong work ethic and created partnerships with other departments on campus through team building and communication. I highly recommend Allison to any organization.
Brandy McCall, MBA
Allison is an amazing leader. While serving along side Allison as Assistant Director, she proved to be a great leader, mentor, and coach. She is highly motivated, full of integrity, and extremely strategic in helping to improve and streamline processes. She has aided in growing an online department from five (5) to twenty-five (25), and has spearheaded several projects to increase productivity, efficiency, and personal growth for her staff. While under her leadership, I was promoted to Regional Enrollment Director. It is with the skills that she taught that I was able to see success. She is truly a one of a kind leader who would do amazing things anywhere she goes. It goes without saying that I would highly recommend Allison Sievers, as she has the ability to drive results and success!
Erin Henry
I worked with Allison as a Regional Director of Admissions. Allison was one of the top Director of Admissions in the company. She was a strong leader that delivered results through motivating her employees. She developed Representatives that went on to be Directors of Admissions and future leaders. She has a strong work ethic and created partnerships with other departments on campus through team building and communication. I highly recommend Allison to any organization.
Brandy McCall, MBA
Allison is an amazing leader. While serving along side Allison as Assistant Director, she proved to be a great leader, mentor, and coach. She is highly motivated, full of integrity, and extremely strategic in helping to improve and streamline processes. She has aided in growing an online department from five (5) to twenty-five (25), and has spearheaded several projects to increase productivity, efficiency, and personal growth for her staff. While under her leadership, I was promoted to Regional Enrollment Director. It is with the skills that she taught that I was able to see success. She is truly a one of a kind leader who would do amazing things anywhere she goes. It goes without saying that I would highly recommend Allison Sievers, as she has the ability to drive results and success!
Erin Henry
I worked with Allison as a Regional Director of Admissions. Allison was one of the top Director of Admissions in the company. She was a strong leader that delivered results through motivating her employees. She developed Representatives that went on to be Directors of Admissions and future leaders. She has a strong work ethic and created partnerships with other departments on campus through team building and communication. I highly recommend Allison to any organization.
Credentials
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Customer Experience Build & Execution Certification Test
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Customer Experience Design Certification Test
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Customer Insights & Analytics Certification Test
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Customer Journey Management Certification Test
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Customer Strategy Certification Test
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Earned Growth and Customer Economics Certification Test
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Winning Through Customer Experience
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Experience
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Colorado Christian University - College of Adult & Graduate Studies
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Vice President of Enrollment, Marketing, and Student Success
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Oct 2015 - Present
Lead the implementation of a new organizational structure for the College of Adult and Graduate Studies Enrollment development division and directed the efforts of the recruiting, admissions, and marketing functions through the use of new enrollment strategies, technology and data. These efforts resulted in record setting growth for the university at 37.4% new student enrollment over prior year!
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Senior Regional Enrollment Director - Global Enrollment Center
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Aug 2012 - Oct 2015
Senior Director of Enrollment for the College of Adult and Graduate Studies (CAGS) online division, which makes up over 50% of the CCU CAGS Enrollment staff (direct supervisor to over 40 employees), lead share, new enrollment and current student populations --- which is currently at record breaking numbers of over 5500 students, and steadily growing. Reports directly to the VP. Lead the successful growth (direct hiring, training, and daily operations management) of the Online Enrollment… Show more Senior Director of Enrollment for the College of Adult and Graduate Studies (CAGS) online division, which makes up over 50% of the CCU CAGS Enrollment staff (direct supervisor to over 40 employees), lead share, new enrollment and current student populations --- which is currently at record breaking numbers of over 5500 students, and steadily growing. Reports directly to the VP. Lead the successful growth (direct hiring, training, and daily operations management) of the Online Enrollment Counselor division from a team of 4 in 2010, to a team of over 40 in 2015. Business development and management of all territories outside of the state of Colorado--- the rest of the nation and all international populations. Management and leadership responsibility for talent selection, comprehensive training, nurturing of team, development of integrated data analytics, establishing policies and standard operating procedures, creation and implementing of reporting requests with the collaboration of IT department leaders, directing and managing the overall effectiveness within the context of the University’s mission, vision, strategic objectives, policies and resources. Responsible for continuing to develop business plans and budgets associated with approved strategic plans and projects, including local marketing, course scheduling and event planning, including initiating business plans aligning with growth strategies.
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Assistant Regional Enrollment Director
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Apr 2010 - Aug 2012
Developed and conducted complete trainings program for Enrollment Counselors teams. Assisted Enrollment Counselors in the development of their telephone techniques, interviewing skills, overcoming obstacles and closing abilities. Assisted the Regional Enrollment Director in the direct management of all Enrollment Counselors for the Global Enrollment Center. Created new policy and procedure documentation for the department, as the newest department in the Enrollment and Marketing division. With… Show more Developed and conducted complete trainings program for Enrollment Counselors teams. Assisted Enrollment Counselors in the development of their telephone techniques, interviewing skills, overcoming obstacles and closing abilities. Assisted the Regional Enrollment Director in the direct management of all Enrollment Counselors for the Global Enrollment Center. Created new policy and procedure documentation for the department, as the newest department in the Enrollment and Marketing division. With a key strategic focus on increasing lead to start conversion rates, successfully aided in increasing the conversion rate of the online department by 3.2% over a two year period, resulting in 60% growth over the last four years. Responsible for converting potential students throughout the process of interviewing, follow up and registration in the effort to achieve new student growth objectives. Assisted prospective students in completing the submission of application documents. Participated with incoming call rotation and outbound follow up of prospective student leads. Assisting students through process of registration and financial aid; as well as understanding their first course and online shell interactions. Developed referral leads through current and prospective students.
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Cambridge College
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Chile
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Primary and Secondary Education
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Director of Admissions
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Jul 2006 - Apr 2008
Directly supervised all employees in the Local Admissions Department. Direct hiring and training of Enrollment Counselors. Assisted Enrollment Counselor division in closing sales and maintaining and tracking the enrollment. Delivered the budgeted number of enrollments and starts on weekly, monthly, yearly basis. Maintained all admissions records, reports and military/scholarship programs. Interaction with advertising and marketing sources and lead vendors. Worked with outside agencies to foster… Show more Directly supervised all employees in the Local Admissions Department. Direct hiring and training of Enrollment Counselors. Assisted Enrollment Counselor division in closing sales and maintaining and tracking the enrollment. Delivered the budgeted number of enrollments and starts on weekly, monthly, yearly basis. Maintained all admissions records, reports and military/scholarship programs. Interaction with advertising and marketing sources and lead vendors. Worked with outside agencies to foster utilization of High-Tech Institute as an educational alternative for their clients through the Agency Representative. Hosted Agency Events, Job Fairs, Orientations and Open House Events on a weekly/monthly basis. Ensured ethical and legal procedures are adhered to by accreditation policies. Resolved student complaints as they pertain to Admission problems or procedures. Awarded multiple awards for enrollment achievements, creativity and Best Director of the Year.
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Assistant Director of Admissions/ Admissions Representative
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May 2005 - Jul 2006
Intake of incoming phone calls and schedule interview appointments with prospective students. Kept accurate records of leads and activities; developed referral lead sources. Completed student interviews, assessments and enrollment paperwork. Maintained contact with future and current students. Conducted weekly training for Local Admission Representatives. Conversion rate – 20%.
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Education
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2011 - 2013
Colorado Christian University
Master’s Degee; MBA, Business Administration & Corporate Training -
2008 - 2010
University of Phoenix-Colorado Campus
Bachelor of Science, Management and Human Services -
Metropolitan State College of Denver
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