Experience

MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE)

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Department Community and Equity Officer

  • Dec 2020 - Present



The Ohio State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mid-Atlantic Regional Recruitment Manager

  • Jul 2016 - Dec 2020

  I manage (remotely) the undergraduate territory markets of Baltimore, MD; Northern Virginia; Philadelphia, PA; Wilmington, DE and Washington, DC. I actively coordinate the conversion of 13,000 high school prospects through the college application process. I conduct presentations for audiences ranging from 1-500+ and serve as local contact for parents, students, counselors, teachers and alumni volunteers. I work to build positive relationships with 200+ high schools, community based organizations and educational advocacy groups as it relates to college admission, college affordability and college access. Show less



The SEED School of Maryland

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Admissions & College Counseling

  • Jul 2014 - Jan 2016

  As Director of Admissions I served as a senior member of the management team. I developed and managed student admissions policy and processes for one of only three public boarding schools in the United States. I oversaw all aspects of enrollment management to include: identification, recruitment, selection, and enrollment for the institution. I cultivated positive relationships with 80+ elementary schools, parent organizations and local community organizations while managing three professionals and one AmeriCorps staff member while managing an annual budget of $325,000. As Director of Guidance & College Counseling I oversaw the college admission process for all students. I advised and supported students and families with personalized college counseling. I created a college curriculum from scratch. This included: policy, and strategy for students and their parents’ grades 6-12; and implementationof the first College Boot Camp (A one-week college prep course for rising seniors that included three days of college visits). Show less



Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) / Johns Hopkins Undergraduate Admissions

• Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Senior Program Manager & Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions

  • Sep 2011 - Jul 2014

  Senior Program Mamager I directed all aspects of CTY Scholars program which included: managing a budget of $1.1M annually; directly supervising CTY Scholars Educational Advisors, senior staff who were based in Baltimore (4 staff) and Los Angeles (3 staff); and worked closely with CTY development staff to assure compliance with donor requirements, steward existing donors, and new efforts to attract new funding. Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions I served as a senior member of the admissions staff and managed budgets in excess of $200,000. I oversaw the policy creation and execution of undergraduate applicants to the university. Additionally, I managed aspects of recruitment, selection and yield for the third largest territory (New Jersey and Delaware). I worked closely with faculty and staff across the university to ensure admitted underrepresented minority students were academically and socially successful. I collaborated in the creation and implementation of marketing and communications efforts for multicultural messaging. As well, I managed external relationships that led to new application pipelines for low income and underrepresented minority students. Show less



Miami University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Director of Admission/Coordinator of Outreach & Multicultural

  • Jul 2008 - Aug 2011

  I served as a senior member of the Admission staff and as a member of the Director’s Senior Advisory Board. I lead the multicultural (MC) staff and developed admission and yield policies for the university. Additionally, I partnered with the Gates Millennium Scholars Program to conduct application workshops; Built a database of over 1000 educational community based organizations; and Worked closely with the Director of Student Retention and Office Diversity Affairs to ensure the seamless transition of enrolling students. Show less



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Minority Recruitment

  • Jul 2005 - Jul 2008

  I created, implemented and managed the first year recruitment plan and activities for URM and low-income students. I leveraged university programs to remove barriers and ensure individual student success throughout the Institute, which included work with Institutional Research to create “Predictors of Success and Resilience” to be used as part student admission selection criteria. I collaborated to create new multi-platformed national marketing strategies and materials aimed at URM markets. I was the author of one of the first college blogs: The Nance Effect designed to address questions of URM applicants and their parents Show less



Cornell University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions & Associate Director of Student Services

  • Jan 2001 - Jul 2005

  Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions Planned and executed long-range diversity recruitment strategies for the College of Agricultural & Life Sciences (CALS) at Cornell University. This included: conducting college/university information sessions and application workshops; reviewing and evaluating the academic qualifications of 900+ freshmen and transfer student applications annually; and reviewing/updating community college articulation agreements. Associate Director of Student Services Planned and executed long-range diversity recruitment strategies for the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) at Cornell University. I successfully multi-tasked in a large decentralized non-traditional higher educational organization. I served on several intra-university programs such as, Minority Open House Weekend, Multicultural Visitation Program and Pre-Freshman Summer Program. I conducted a Communications Audit and instituted a new multi-tiered mailings and communications matrix. I created the ILR Minority Alumni advisory group that helped raise funds for minority initiatives and advise the Dean on diversity issues as it relates to the Capital Campaign. This lead to $200,000.00 in gifts from the ILR Dean’s Alumni Advisory Council for diversity initiatives. Additionally I collaborated with ILR Alumni Affairs and Development Office to secure $45,000 in corporate gifts for URM admissions and retention programs. Show less