Experience

Far Hills Country Day School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Director of Secondary School Placement & History Teacher

  • Aug 2015 - Present

  Working directly with students and families on secondary school placement and teaching 6th, 7th and, 8th-grade history. Working directly with students and families on secondary school placement and teaching 6th, 7th and, 8th-grade history.



The Wight Foundation

• United States
• Education Administration Programs

• College Placement Advisor

  • Jul 2011 - Jul 2015

  Manage all aspects of the college search and application process for junior and senior Wight Foundation Scholars. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to, planning, coordinating, and executing a regional six-college summer tour as well as hosting summer and school-year application workshops on the Common Application, essay writing, and interviewing. Develop and maintain working relationships and partnerships with colleges, universities and college counseling offices at Wight Foundation network boarding schools. Counsel families during the financial aid application process including providing hands-on support to families completing the FAFSA and the CSS Profile. Provide scholars and families information on external scholarships as well as fly-in visitation programs at colleges and universities. Coordinate summer internship, travel, and academic opportunities for all Scholars grades 9-12. Direct the College Scholars Program, which includes coordinating biannual College Scholars Seminars, providing academic and career planning support, grant distribution, record keeping and summer opportunity support. Represent the Wight Foundation at regional and national professional development conferences held by NACAC, NJACAC, and the College Board.



Purnell School

• United States
• Primary/Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• History Teacher

  • Jul 1995 - Jun 2011

  Past teacher of US History, America in the 1960s, Constitutional Law, Russian History, Model Congress and Model United Nations.

• Department Chair: History

  • Jul 2002 - Jun 2008