HARVARD SUMMER INSTITUTE ON COLLEGE ADMISSIONS 2018 FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES

Mary Ellen Auriemma Executive Director, State and District Partnerships New Regional Office The College Board Waltham, MA 02451 [email protected]

Mary Ellen Seavey Auriemma is the Executive Director of State & District Partnerships for the New England Regional Office of the College Board. In her role, Mary Ellen works to ensure the College Board’s partnerships with K12 school districts and State Departments of Education across New England achieve their goals of college and career readiness for all students. Since joining the College Board in January 2005, Mary Ellen has supported educational leaders at the school, district, and state levels – from Maine to Hawaii – with data analysis, strategic planning, and policy implementation.

Prior to joining the College Board in 2005, Mary Ellen taught high school social studies, including AP Government & Politics and AP US History, and served as Department Chair in the Northwest R-1 School District, House Springs, MO. In addition, Mary Ellen served as an AP Exam reader and earned certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in Social Studies-History. Mary Ellen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Villanova University, a Master of Education in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and a Master of Science in Educational Leadership from the University of St. Francis.

Mary A. Barrows Senior Director, Learning Strategies and Student Success , MA 02115 [email protected]

Mary Barrows, M.Ed., C.A.G.S., is the Senior Director for Learning Strategies and Student Success at Northeastern University. She is responsible for ensuring the access, integration and inclusion of students with disabilities into curricular and co-curricular university programs and services, providing oversight to the Disability Resource Center, the Learning Disabilities Program and Student Athletic Support Services. Previously she was the Director of the Learning Disabilities Program. Additionally, she is a member of the Documentation Review Committee, dedicated to the evaluation and interpretation of disability documentation with the purpose of determining reasonable accommodations. She has also served as Chairperson for the summer orientation/transition-to-college program offered through Northeastern’s Disability Resource Center. As a founding member of this committee, she has presented this model at the AHEAD annual conference in 2010 and 2011. In her many years of experience, Mary has developed a strong interest in collaborating with faculty and staff to raise awareness of diverse learning styles. Mary holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree from in special education as well as post graduate training in psycho-educational/neuropsychological assessment and in management leadership. She was recently awarded a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in e-learning and instructional design.

Recent presentations include: “Beyond Accommodations: Strategies for College Students with LD and AD(H)D” at the 36th and 38th Annual AHEAD Conference in 2013 and 2015 and at the Postsecondary Training Institute in 2013, as well as “A Dynamic Roadmap: Navigating the Evolving Documentation standards under the ADAAA” at the 35th Annual AHEAD Conference in 2012, and “New Student Orientation: A nuts and bolts orientation model for DSS departments and their students” presented at the AHEAD national conference in 2010 and 2011. She is co-author, along with Jennifer Newton, M.A.T., M.S. and Emily (Estep) Collins, M.Ed. of Beyond Accommodations: Strategies for College Students with LD and AD(H)D, a manual for disability providers published by AHEAD. Presently, co-author of “Beyond Transitions: An Interactive Workbook for College-Bound Students with LD and AD(H)D,” a guide for students, parents and disability providers published by the Association on Higher Education and Disability. She also serves as a collaborative member for Dana Farber Cancer Institute’s college night and Boston Children’s Hospital, Department of Endocrinology’s college transition programs. Both initiatives provide transition and college information for students with chronic disorders.

Susan Bartzak-Graham Project Director, Student Services University of Boston Boston, MA 02125 [email protected]

Tarik Bell Education Manager Red Hook Initiative Brooklyn, NY [email protected]

Tarik Bell is currently the Manager of Educational Programs and Partnerships for the Red Hook Initiative. He has been a part of the RHI team since 2016. Tarik is dedicated to creating equitable spaces that encourage youth of color to reach their full potential by providing culturally relevant programming, teaching youth advocacy skills and building partnerships for access to post-secondary opportunities. His education background coupled with his passion for impactful youth services gives him the skills to build the College Access Pipeline beginning with middle school programming and supporting youth up to 24 years old. He provides positive and uplifting educational, emotional and social programming to promote ​ academic curiosity, post-secondary readiness and knowledge of self. He believes that students are capable of reaching all of their individual goals and that it is our job as educators to provide them with all of the tools they need to become successful.

Martin Bonilla Director of College Counseling The College Preparatory School Oakland, CA 94618 [email protected]

B.S., Economics, concentration in Organizational Behavior, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1991

In July of 2006, Martin assumed the duties of Director of College Counseling at The College Preparatory School in Oakland, CA. The College Preparatory School (CPS) is a coeducational, independent day school. The school's purpose is to prepare students for productive, ethical lives in college and beyond through a challenging and stimulating education in an atmosphere of consideration, trust, and mutual responsibility. From 2002-2006, Martin served as Director of College Counseling at the Ransom Everglades School in Miami. Prior to arriving in Miami, Martin was the Director of College counseling at the Saint Mark’s School of Texas, an independent, all–boys school in Dallas. He previously spent eight years as Senior Regional Director of Admission at the University of Pennsylvania. His duties included chairing admission selection committees as well as the recruitment of international students, underrepresented students, and student athletes.

David Coleman President and CEO The College Board

David grew up in a family of educators. He went to public school in New York City before enrolling at Yale University. At Yale, he taught reading to high school students from low-income families and started Branch, an innovative community service program for inner-city students in New Haven, Conn. Based on the success of Branch, David received a Rhodes Scholarship, which he used to study English literature at the University of Oxford and classical educational philosophy at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. He returned to the U.S. to work at McKinsey & Company for five years, where he led much of the firm’s pro bono work in education.

With a team of educators, David founded the Grow Network, an organization committed to making assessment results truly useful for teachers, parents and students. McGraw-Hill acquired the Grow Network in 2005.

In 2007, David left McGraw-Hill and cofounded Student Achievement Partners, a nonprofit that assembles educators and researchers to design actions based on evidence to improve student outcomes. Student Achievement Partners played a leading role in developing the Common Core State Standards in math and literacy. David left Student Achievement Partners in the fall of 2012 to become ​ president of the College Board. ​ David was named to the 2013 TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in ​ ​ the world. He has been recognized as one of the POLITICO 50 in 2014, TIME Magazine’s “11 Education ​ Activists for 2011,” and he was one of the NewSchools Venture Fund Change Agents of the Year for ​ 2012.

Robin Coyne Guidance Counselor Josiah Quincy Upper School Boston, MA 02116 [email protected]

Angela Cyrus, PhD, PCC Consultant, Executive Leader Development [email protected]

Angela is President of The Cyrus Group, LLC, a practice committed to developing transformational leaders who can effectively navigate the complexities of today’s work demands. A former Navy Captain, Angela bridges her real-world leadership experience with doctoral education in Public Administration and leadership studies to effectively serve individual and organizational clients.

Angela has taught, facilitated and coached in graduate and leadership programs such as Center for Creative Leadership, Georgetown University’s US-China Business Training Center, Strayer University’s Masters of Public Administration, University of Maryland’s Executive MBA, the Federal Executive Institute’s Leadership for a Democratic Society, National Leadership Institute and Under Armour’s Peak Performance program. She taught leadership theory at the US Naval Academy and is serving her 7th year as a Distinguished Faculty member of the Harvard Summer Institute on College Admissions.

Angela is a graduate of the Extraordinary Leader Course at University of Virginia, Center for Creative Leadership’s Leader Development Program and the Executive Leadership Coaching Certificate Program at Georgetown University. Her doctoral studies in Public Administration at Old Dominion University included directed research in Industrial Organizational Psychology where she focused on leadership in the public sector. She attained her master’s in Information Systems at Naval Postgraduate School, after completing her undergraduate degree in Computer Science at Mississippi State University. Angela is certified by International Coach Federation to coach executives and she also holds certifications in Hogan Leadership Forecast Series, Workplace Big 5, Organization Workshops, Conflict Dynamics Profile, and the Center for Creative Leadership Benchmark Assessment Suite. She currently coaches executives around Myers Briggs Type Indicator, DiSC, Emotional Intelligence, 360° Leader Assessments, Career Leader, Strengths Deployment Inventories and StrengthFinders. Angela delivered a highly successful Transformational Leadership Workshop Series to leaders at VA Debt Management Center and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and has supported senior executives from myriad federal agencies. She has also provided leader development programs to Fannie Mae, Raytheon, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Public Service Enterprise Group of New Jersey, Baltimore Urban Housing and Development, Navy Medical Service Corps Annual Symposium, Booz Allen Hamilton and multiple professional development conferences.

While in the Navy, Angela held several positions in higher education administration, including Vice Dean/Director of Admissions at the U.S. Naval Academy, where upon retirement from the military, she was named Associate Dean for College Enrollment and Strategic Initiatives. Prior to that, she was Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs and then Director of College Operations at the U.S. Joint Forces Staff College, a division of the National Defense University. Her military career specialization was Installation Management, a designation akin to city management, where she oversaw military base operations. One of Angela’s career highlights while serving in command leading a recruiting team of more than 300 people, located in 52 recruiting stations spread among five states, to achieve Navy Recruiting District of the Year.

Suzanne Day Senior Director of Federal Relations [email protected]

Suzanne Day is Senior Director of Federal Relations for Harvard University in Washington, D.C. focusing on higher education, tax, budget, and student aid related issues. Suzanne joined Harvard Public Affairs and Communications in June 2000 and serves as a part of the department’s senior staff. She manages the University’s DC-based federal relations office and oversees strategic advocacy and policy-engagement. Before coming to Harvard, Suzanne was Democratic staff director of the Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions for ranking member, Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT). Her primary responsibilities included all legislative issues related to education, Head Start and family and medical leave as well as coordinating children’s policy issues overall. Suzanne was with Senator Dodd for over nine years and worked in the Senate for a total of 14 years, including service with Senators Spark Matsunaga and Tom Eagleton. Suzanne is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, California and was raised in Guam.

Anne M. De Luca Associate Dean, Admissions and Financial Aid Recruitment Harvard College Cambridge, MA 02138 [email protected]

Anne De Luca serves as Associate Dean, Admissions and Financial Aid Recruitment for Harvard College, where she has worked since August 2016. In that role she coordinates communications and on- and off-campus outreach to prospective and admitted students, as well as communications for currently enrolled Harvard College students who receive financial aid. Prior to her time at Harvard, Anne served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Admissions and Enrollment at the University of California Berkeley. In that role the offices of Undergraduate Admissions, Financial Aid and Scholarships, the Office of the Registrar, and an administrative services one-stop shop were part of her Enrollment Management portfolio.

She has 25 years of experience working in higher education, including time spent in admissions and advising roles at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and the University of Arizona. A first-generation college student, Anne holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in interdisciplinary studies, and a Ph.D. in higher education administration, both from the University of Arizona. Her doctoral research focused on the institutional factors that help or hinder retention of African American, Native American and Chicanx students at predominantly white research universities in the United States.

Grace Cheng Dodge Director of Admission Wellesley, MA 02481 [email protected]

Grace Cheng Dodge is the former Director of Admission at Wellesley College. Prior to joining Wellesley in 2015, she was an Associate Director of Admissions at Harvard College, having first joined the Harvard Admissions Office in 2002. From 2009-2012, she took a professional leave to spend three years as a math teacher, college counselor, and Director of College Counseling at the Taipei American School in Taipei, Taiwan. In Asia, Grace also presented to lower school and middle school communities on topics such as developing the whole child and mastering the building blocks to being a successful student in an American high school system. She has been a presenter at the EARCOS (East Asia Regional Council of Schools) Teachers' Conference on the subject of college application essay writing, and she has also presented at NACAC and regional and national College Board Forums. Grace has been a College Board Overseas Schools Program traveler to western Europe for the past three years and she has also just completed a year as Chair-Elect of the Board Regional Council but will now be leaving the region. Grace will return to the Taipei American School immediately following the conclusion of this week to do college counseling and to assume the position of Deputy Head of School starting in 2019.

Grace is a 1997 graduate of Harvard College with a cum laude degree in applied mathematics. She holds an MS in accounting and MBA from Northeastern University and is completing her Ed.D. this summer from Northeastern. Prior to entering the field of higher education, she was employed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and she remains a licensed CPA in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Almost seen on Season 4 of MasterChef, Grace enjoys cooking and teaching adult education cooking classes.

Sally Donahue Griffin Director of Financial Aid and Senior Admissions Officer Harvard College Cambridge, MA 02138 [email protected]

Ms. Donahue has held a number of positions at Harvard University over the past thirty- five years, and since January of 2000 has been the Director of Financial Aid and Senior Admissions Officer at Harvard College. Previous positions have included serving as Director of Financial Aid first at the Kennedy School of Government, and then at the Law School, and from 1998 through early 2000 directing the Law School’s Office of Career Services. Her earlier tenure in the College Admissions and Financial Aid Office spanned a six year period in the early 1980’s, before which she worked briefly at Cornell University, from where she graduated with an A.B. in English Literature in 1975.

Ms. Donahue has been an active member of a number of national and regional financial aid committees; she has in the past served as chair of the College Board’s Financial Aid Standards and Services st Committee; a member of their Task Force on Admissions in the 21 ​ Century, a member of the College ​ Scholarship Council of the College Board; as chair of the National Committee on Graduate and Professional School Financial Aid; and as a member of the National Association of Financial Aid Administrators’ Reauthorization Task Force. At Harvard, she has also served on a number of committees, including the Financial Aid and Admissions Committees of both the Law School and the College; the Law School Faculty Committee on Placement, and their Administrative Board. She is a member of the Board of Directors for Harvard Student Agencies, and has also weathered the college admissions process with her two children, now well beyond their college years.

Stephanie Fernandez Assistant Dean, College of Science and Mathematics University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, MA 02125 [email protected]

Stephanie Fernandez brings over 10 years of higher education policy, research, academic assessment and administration experience. In her academic administrative roles, Stephanie has been working to increase access and persistence in higher education for minoritized populations including Latino through federally and state-funded grant programs. Currently, she serves as an Assistant Dean for the College of Science and Math at University of Massachusetts Boston where she works with projects related to student and faculty participation and success. Her research focuses on the role of participation and achievement of minoritized populations in STEM, role of public policy and its impact on Latinos student success and completion, and the historical context of higher education. She has also worked with several nationally recognized higher education scholars and policy organizations on developing policy briefs on the implications of existing policies for the success of Latina/o students.

William R. Fitzsimmons Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Harvard College Cambridge, MA 02138 [email protected]

Bachelor, Master’s and Doctoral degrees: Harvard University Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid at Harvard College since 1986; Executive Director of the Harvard College Fund 1984–86; Director of Admissions at Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges 1975–1984 (Assistant and Associate Director of Admissions 1972–75; Acting Dean of Admissions 1981–82); Lecturer, Department of Psychology and Social Relations, Harvard University 1973–74; Assistant Professor of Sociology, Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA 1970–72; Instructor, Harvard University Extension 1976–78; Resident Proctor and Freshman Advisor 1968–70; Former Staff Assistant, Office of the Harvard Governing Board; Former Trustee of the College Board; Member National Association for College Admissions Counseling; various research projects, publications, and professional activities on issues related to Admissions and Financial Aid.

Nathan Fry Senior Associate Director of Athletics Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 [email protected]

Nathan Fry has been on staff at Harvard since 2003, when he joined the department as Director of Compliance. He was subsequently promoted to Assistant Director of Athletics in 2005, Associate Director of Athletics in 2008, and Senior Associate Director of Athletics in 2014.

Fry serves as the primary sport administrator for men’s and women’s , men’s and women’s soccer, and men’s and women’s . Additionally, Fry oversees the admissions and recruitment process for athletics, the compliance department, academic integration, and campus relations. He created the Crimson Captains Leadership Program in 2007, worked in partnership with the Dean of the Faculty to establish the Faculty Fellows Program in 2008, and established the Assistant Coach Development Fund in 2011. He recently launched the Athlete Peer Advising Program in partnership with the Advising Programs Office.

In addition to his responsibilities with athletics, Fry lives in-residence at Harvard as a Resident Fellow in Pforzheimer House, providing academic and social guidance to Harvard upperclassmen. Fry is the ‘founding father’ of the Polar Beer Brew Club in Pforzheimer House, is a member of the Board of Freshman Advisers at Harvard and works with several student life committees at Harvard, including the Administrative Board, the Student Advisory Board, the Campus Community Collaborative with the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services, and the Class Scheduling Committee. He is a member of the prestigious Christian/Segal Traveling Fellowship Prize selection committee and the Shaw Summer Traveling Fellowship selection committee at the Office of Career Services at Harvard. Fry also serves on the Local Emergency Management Team at Harvard College.

Fry earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Southern Indiana in 1999 and completed a Master's degree in sports administration at the University of Southern Mississippi in 2001. He was the featured speaker at the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series at the University of Southern Indiana, and was the featured alumnus for the 2014 Alumni Spotlight Series at Southern Miss. He previously served as an Assistant Director with the Council of Ivy Group Presidents, from 2001 until his appointment at Harvard in 2003.

Fry and his wife, Michele, reside on Faculty Row on Harvard’s campus with their four children.

Eric J. Furda Dean of Admissions University of Pennsylvania [email protected]

Eric J. Furda, a 1987 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, has served as Penn's Dean of Admissions since 2008. Dean Furda has served as a higher education administrator for nearly three decades with 25 years of experience in admissions, including the position of Executive Director of Admissions at Columbia University in the City of New York from 1995 until 2004. He was appointed as the inaugural Vice President for Alumni Relations at Columbia University, a position he held from 2004-2008. Dean Furda earned a Master's degree from Teachers College Columbia University. While a student at Penn he was a four-year letterman on the varsity lightweight football team and was captain and MVP his senior year. Over his career, Dean Furda has served on or led committees for The Ivy League and the Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE). He was previously on the Board of Directors for The Common Application and has served as Chair of the Board. He is currently a member of the scholarship selection committee for The Lenfest Foundation, based in Philadelphia. Dean Furda also hosts a show on college selection called The Process on SIRIUSXM Radio. Furda recently received the A. Philip Randolph Award for Diversity and Inclusion from student leadership at Penn.

Ara B. Gershengorn University Attorney, Lecturer on Law Harvard University, Office of the General Counsel Cambridge, MA 02138 [email protected]

Ara Beth Gershengorn is an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at Harvard University, where she manages complex litigation involving the university in federal and state court and provides advice to Harvard College and graduate schools regarding a wide range of issues. Ara is also a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. Before joining Harvard, Ara was a Partner in the Boston office of Foley Hoag LLP, where she represented clients in connection with complex disputes and internal and government investigations. Following her graduation from law school, Ara was a law clerk for the Honorable Amalya L. Kearse on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and then joined the U.S. Department of Justice through the Honors Program. As an attorney on the Appellate Staff of the Civil Division, Ara briefed and argued constitutional and statutory cases in federal courts of appeals across the country. She then served as a federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia. Ara is a graduate of Columbia Law School where she served as an editor of the Columbia Law Review, and she is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College.

Jacqueline Giordano Senior Director, Higher Education Services The College Board New England Regional Office Waltham, MA 02451 [email protected]

In her role at the College Board, Jacki leads a team working with colleges and universities in the east to help manage enrollment goals. She is a partner with her K-12 colleagues in the regions to promote educational opportunity for students. Jacki was a key player in the reinvigoration of the Financial Aid Institute and works with the Enrollment Leadership Academy and The New Chief Enrollment Officer Seminar.

Prior to joining the College Board, Jacki held a number of related positions across the region, including VP for Enrollment at Newbury College, and Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Admission at . She also held admission roles at Bentley University. Jacki has served on the Board of Trustees for Babson College, and is a past president of the Babson College Alumni Association. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Communication from Babson College and a Master of Education degree in Higher Education Administration from Boston College.

Anesha Grant Associate Director of College Admissions SEO Scholars New York, NY [email protected]

Anesha Grant is the Associate Director of College Admissions at SEO Scholars, a college access and success organization in New York City. At SEO, Anesha oversees the college advising process for all 12th ​ grade Scholars. She develops systems and partnerships to ensure 100% of students are admitted to competitive four-year colleges across the nation. Under her leadership, SEO Scholars has successfully supported over 700 12th grade students in submitting nearly 14,000 college applications and garnering over $10 million in scholarships annually at their matriculating colleges and universities.

Prior to SEO, Anesha served as an Education Pioneers Fellow, supporting the grant-making efforts for the Foundation for Newark’s Future. She also coordinated college success programs at the Harlem Children’s Zone College Success Office and consulted with The Future Project in its early development of college prep support.

A native New Yorker and a graduate of Harvard College, Anesha holds an Ed.M. degree in Education Policy and Management from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Jill Green Senior Director, Case Management The College Board New York, NY 10028 [email protected]

Jill Green serves as a Senior Director in the College Board’s Services for Students with Disabilities. This office is responsible for ensuring that students with disabilities are provided accommodations on College Board tests, including the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT and Advanced Placement tests. Prior to the joining the College Board, she worked as Senior Attorney for the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, where she investigated issues relating to Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act in schools and colleges.

Rachelle Hernandez Senior Vice Provost for Enrollment Management University of Texas at Austin [email protected]

Rachelle Hernandez serves as Senior Vice Provost for Enrollment Management at the University of Texas at Austin. Her portfolio includes the offices of admissions, enrollment analytics, financial aid, registrar, student success initiatives, and the college-to-career initiative. Ms. Hernandez is establishing and implementing student-centered policies and practices designed to improve access, affordability and student success. Her initiatives include the development of a new One-Stop Center to help students better access resources from across campus, the launch of a new financial aid program, Texas Advance Commitment, to provide additional resources to students with family incomes up to $100,000, coordination of a new First-Generation initiative to help these students engage and navigate campus, and a new Center for Career Exploration and Development.

Ms. Hernandez has worked in admissions and enrollment management for over 20 years. She served as the Associate Vice Provost for Enrollment Management and Director of Admissions at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities before her move to UT Austin. Over the course of two decades, she developed a strong track record for implementing strategic programs and initiatives that support the achievement of student-centered goals. In her work at the University of Minnesota she led the creation of an enrollment management framework that engaged units and colleges across campus, resulting in the development of a coordinated campus-wide effort for new student enrollment and student success.

Ms. Hernandez is a frequent national speaker on admissions and access, student recruitment, enrollment management, and student access. She has served the higher education community in various professional association leadership roles and currently serves as co-director of the National Association for College Admission Counseling Chief Enrollment Management Officer Seminar and as a member of the SAT advisory committee, the ACT Higher Education Council, and the Access and Diversity Collaborative Advisory Council.

Ms. Hernandez holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

Kedra Ishop Vice Provost for Enrollment Management The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109 [email protected]

Kedra Ishop, PhD, is the first vice provost for enrollment management at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, reporting to the provost. She is a nationally-recognized expert and speaker on issues in higher education admissions and enrollment, serving on multiple national and international committees and advisory boards related to diversity, affordability, assessment, admissions, and enrollment. With responsibility at U-M for undergraduate admissions, financial aid, new student programs, and the registrar, Dr. Ishop leads a strategic enrollment management practice tied to the U-M enrollment vision. She holds three degrees from UT-Austin, where she began her career in admissions: a B.A. in sociology, a Master of Education in higher education administration, and a Ph.D. in education administration.

Stacey Kostell Vice President for Enrollment Management University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 [email protected]

Kostell joined the University as Vice President for Enrollment Management on September 2, 2014. At the University of Vermont, Kostell oversees Undergraduate Admissions, Student Financial Services, the Registrar, Office of International Education, ROTC, and retention. She also provides vision and leadership to campus-wide marketing efforts. Since joining the University of Vermont, she has increased the quality and selectivity of the first year class, and increased transfer and international enrollment.

Prior to UVM, she served as Assistant Provost for Enrollment Management at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (the “University of Illinois”). At the University of Illinois, Kostell provided leadership to four units of the Enrollment Management group: undergraduate admissions, student financial assistance, registrar, and marketing and communications. She led successful efforts to nearly double applications and significantly enhance the quality and diversity of the applicant pool.

Before joining the University of Illinois, she held admissions leadership positions at Arizona State University and Purdue University. Kostell received her B.A. in Communications from Indiana State University and her M.A. in Higher Education Administration from Ball State University.

Jessica L. Marinaccio Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid Columbia University New York, NY 10027 [email protected]

Jessica Marinaccio has served as Dean of Undergraduate Admissions for Columbia College and The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University since 2004 and in 2012, she was named as Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid. Prior to this appointment Ms. Marinaccio served as Director of Admissions at Columbia, joining the office in 1999. Ms. Marinaccio has also worked in the undergraduate admissions offices of both the and . She received her bachelor’s degree in English and American Literature from Harvard College and a master’s degree in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She also taught English in the Boston area prior to beginning her admissions career.

Victoria Marzilli Director of Communication and Outreach Harvard College Admissions & Financial Aid Cambridge, MA 02138 [email protected]

Victoria Marzilli is the director of communications and outreach for the Harvard College Admissions & Financial Aid Office. In her current role, she leads the Office’s digital communications strategy, especially as it applies to recruiting prospective students, as well as overseeing the day-to-day communications from the office. She joined the office in 2014 as the manager of digital recruitment, in which capacity she worked for three years before moving into the director role. Prior to Harvard, Victoria worked at Oxfam America as their digital specialist, creating social media and digital campaigns to further the mission of eradicating hunger and poverty and responding to humanitarian disasters. Her ten-year career has been focused on crafting effective mission-driven communications strategies. Victoria is a graduate of Boston College with a concentration in Management and Marketing and a minor in French.

Col. Deborah McDonald Director of Admissions United States Military Academy West Point, NY 10996 [email protected]

Colonel Deborah J. McDonald was appointed by President George W. Bush as a Professor of the United States Military Academy and the fifth Director of Admissions on August 1, 2008.

Col. McDonald, a native of Newport, R.I., held the position of Deputy Director of Admissions for the United States Military Academy at West Point from March 2004 through September 2007 and became the Acting Director October 1, 2007.

Upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1985, Col. McDonald was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Transportation Corps. Col. McDonald has served in a wide variety of field assignments, first as a platoon leader in the 471st Light Truck Company, then as an assistant S2/3 at the ​ 47th Combat Support Battalion, both at Fort Sill, OK. After completing the Transportation Officers ​ Advanced Course, she served as the Combat Support Battalion Adjutant before assuming command of the 104th Medium Truck Company at Fort Devens, MA., where she deployed as a separate company in ​ support of Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Her company provided long-haul transportation, primarily hauling water, ammunition, and food in support of XVIII Airborne Corps Operations in theater. Upon completion of her command, she spent four years at Fort Campbell, KY., as the 101st Corps ​ Support Group Transportation Officer, Brigade S-4, and an Inspector General on the 101st Airborne ​ Division (AASLT). She was the battalion Executive Officer and battalion S-3 of the 58th Transportation ​ Battalion at Fort Leonard Wood, MO., and is on her second assignment with the Admissions Office at West Point.

In addition to her Bachelor of Science degree from West Point, Col. McDonald holds a Master’s Degree in Information Management from Oklahoma City University. Her military education includes the Transportation Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Master Fitness Course, the Combined Arms Staff 3 Services School (CAS )​ , the Army Inspector General Course, the Army Operations Research and Systems ​ Analysis Course, and the United States Army Command and General Staff College.

Col. McDonald’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Army Achievement Medal, the Meritorious Unit Citation, the National Defense Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the South West Asia Medal with three Bronze Stars, the Army Service Ribbon, the Saudi Arabian/Kuwaiti Liberation Medal, the Air Assault Badge, and the Parachutist Badge.

Col. McDonald is married to her West Point classmate, Lt. Col. (retired) Dr. Kenneth McDonald. He is currently assigned to the Systems Engineering Department as an Associate Professor and is the Engineering Management Program Director. The couple has two children.

Matthew L. McGann Director of Admissions Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139 [email protected]

S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.Ed. Northeastern University Ed.D. Northeastern University

Matt McGann is Director of Admissions at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. An admissions professional since the turn of the millennium, Dr. McGann has been a global voice on the topics of access and enrollment, including at the Biennial International Baccalaureate World Heads Conference in Sevilla, Spain; at the Hotchkiss Symposium on International Admission in Lakeville, Connecticut; and for the US State Department's EducationUSA group in Mexico City, Mexico; Helsinki, Finland; San Juan, Costa Rica; and Colombo, Sri Lanka. He received his bachelor’s degree from MIT and his master’s degree and from Northeastern University.

Jon McGee Vice President of Planning and Public Affairs College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University Collegeville, MN 56321 [email protected]

Jon McGee is Vice President for Planning and Public Affairs at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University in Minnesota. He serves on the cabinet of both colleges and is responsible for research and analysis in support of enrollment and budget decision-making, state and federal government relations, and strategic planning. He has worked in higher education research and policy for 26 years. Prior to joining the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University in 1999, he worked as a budget analyst with Minnesota’s Department of Finance and as Vice President for Research and Policy Development with the Minnesota Private College Council.

McGee is a frequently invited speaker nationally on demographic trends, the economics of higher education, and the intersection of mission, market, and institutional values. His book, Breakpoint: The ​ Changing Marketplace for Higher Education (published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in ​ November 2015), examines key forces of disruption in higher education and offers a framework to colleges and universities for addressing those issues. His new book, Dear Parents: A Field Guide to ​ College Preparation (to be published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in October 2018), provides ​ parents with insights and guidance about the value of college, educational preparation for college, college fit, finance, college choice, and the emotional process of transitioning to a new family and parental reality as children leave for college. McGee serves as a trustee of the College Board and is past-chair of the College Board’s College Scholarship Service/Financial Aid Assembly Council.

McGee is a 1984 graduate of Saint John’s University and lives in Cold Spring, Minnesota – a small town with a real hardware store, a small craft brewery, and a great bakery – with his wife and their four children. In fall 2015, he and his wife began 12 consecutive years of undergraduate tuition payments.

Benjamin C. McNamee Student Services Specialist for the College of Management University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, MA 02125 [email protected]

Ben McNamee is a Student Services Specialist for the College of Management at the University of Massachusetts Boston. In his role he provides academic advising support to Management and IT students. Ben also coordinates the TRAIL program which is a learning community designed specifically for Transfer students, internally and externally.

Maria Mendoza College Counselor G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School Miami, FL 33185 [email protected]

For the past 27 years, Maria Mendoza has served as college and career advisor at Miami-Dade County Public School District in Miami, Florida, the fourth largest district in the nation. She is currently a member of the Student Services Leadership Team at the district level, training and mentoring new college advisors for future roles as such. In addition, Mrs. Mendoza has been featured regularly as a guest expert on Univision and Telemundo television networks discussing the college admission process along with insights into financial preparations for post-secondary education. These broadcasts focus on spreading awareness to a diverse community of Spanish-speaking students and parents at the local and national level.

Mrs. Mendoza believes that her truest accomplishments are those of the students themselves. During her career, Mrs. Mendoza has assisted over 25,000 students in preparing for higher education, which she considers to be her greatest accomplishment.

Cal Mosley Vice President for Admissions and Financial Aid College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University PO Box 7155 Collegeville, MN 56321 [email protected]

B.A., Pacific University, (OR); M.Ed., (MA) Ed.D. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy, Harvard University

Cal has worked in higher education over 40 years. Prior to his current position, he has held posts at Pacific University (Assistant Dean of Admission), Harvard College (Associate Director of Admission), the Kennedy School of Government (Associate Dean for Academic Programs), Hamline University in Minnesota (Vice President for University Admissions and Financial Aid), and the College of St. Catherine (Special Assistant to the President). Presently, Cal is the Vice President for two Catholic colleges in Minnesota—The College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University. Cal has also been a higher education consultant for over 25 years.

Amee Naik Senior Director of High School Programs Breakthrough Greater Boston Cambridge, MA 02238 [email protected]

Amee started at Breakthrough Greater Boston in 2009 as the College Access Coordinator, working to support high school juniors and seniors as they navigated the college search and application process. As the Senior Director of High School Programs, she oversees high school programming at Breakthrough’s Cambridge and Dorchester campuses and ensures that the organization works with families, teachers, and guidance counselors to provide all BTGB high school students with the supports and resources needed to succeed throughout high school and ultimately enroll in a 4-year college or university. Prior to joining the Breakthrough team, Amee was an Assistant Director of Admissions for her alma mater, Washington University in St. Louis. She has also received her M.A. in child and adolescent development from .

Lucerito Ortiz Senior Manager, Data and Impact UnidosUS California Regional Office , CA [email protected]

Lucerito Ortiz, daughter of immigrant parents from Guatemala and Mexico, has always been passionate about issues of educational access and equity. She currently serves as the Senior Manager of Data and Impact for UnidosUS’s Education component, developing data collection strategies to better measure and communicate UnidosUS’s work and impact. Lucerito previously served as UnidosUS’s Escalera Manager, overseeing Escalera: Taking Steps to Success, a national college and career readiness program supporting Latino students across the country. Prior to joining UnidosUS, Lucerito was a Senior Admissions Officer at Harvard College, where she Co-Directed the Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program and the Tour Guide Program. She also served as an Education Pioneers Fellow and Consultant at The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems, conducting research and analysis on leadership development and human capital strategy. Lucerito holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Studies with a minor in Psychology from Harvard College, and a master’s in Education Policy and Management from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Logan Powell Dean of Admission Providence, RI 02912 [email protected]

Logan Powell is the Marilyn and Charles H. Doebler IV Dean of Admission at Brown University He is responsible for the identification, recruitment, and selection of all undergraduates seeking entrance to Brown. Powell reports to Provost Richard M. Locke.

Powell works closely with students, faculty, staff and alumni to capture and convey to potential students and their families Brown’s distinctive approach to education, research and service. He partners with University leaders—including the dean of the College, dean of financial aid, vice president for campus life and student services, the provost and the president—to develop, implement and communicate admission priorities. He also serves as Brown’s representative for a number of professional organizations and committees, including the Ivy League Deans of Admission, the Consortium on Financing Higher Education, Admissions Deans Committee, and the College Board.

Prior to joining Brown, Powell served as the director of admission at . There, Powell was responsible for the overall office management and operations, supervising a team of 40 and directing a comprehensive student application review process. He led strategic planning to inform policy development regarding issues such as early action and standardized testing requirements, and partnered with colleagues in financial aid to develop strategies for low-income student outreach and enrollment. He also served on the Education Access Committee, dedicated to enhancing access and opportunity for low-income and first-generation students at Princeton. Powell worked closely with Princeton’s athletic department and has been a Princeton Faculty Athletic Fellow, serving as an advisor to student athletes. Previously, he served as senior associate dean of admission at and senior admission officer at Harvard. He earned his master’s in education from Harvard, with an emphasis in higher education, and a bachelor of arts from Bowdoin.

Matthew T. Proto Vice President and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Colby College Waterville, ME 04901 [email protected]

Vice President and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Matthew T. Proto oversees all aspects of enrollment for Colby College. Prior to joining the Colby community in May 2015 he served as assistant dean of admissions at Stanford University. Proto has benefited from working in multiple admissions roles, having served as director of scholar selection for the Morehead-Cain Scholars program, associate director of admission and college counseling at Choate Rosemary Hall, and assistant director of admission at Yale University. A graduate of Yale University, Proto earned a master of liberal studies degree at Wesleyan University and a doctorate in educational leadership at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Jeremiah Quinlan Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid Yale University New Haven, CT 06510 [email protected]

As Dean of Undergraduate Admissions & Financial Aid, Jeremiah is responsible for Yale’s outreach efforts to high-achieving students around the world, the College’s selection, recruitment, and financial aid processes, development of admissions and financial aid policy and practices, and the advancement of Yale’s position as a global leader in affordability and .

Jeremiah has served in a variety of roles in the Yale Admissions office since 2003. As the Director of Outreach and Recruitment, he led Yale’s efforts to attract high-achieving low income students and overhauled the admissions office’s yield activities. As Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Jeremiah served as the senior member of the admissions committee responsible for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) recruitment.

In July 2013, Jeremiah was appointed Dean of Undergraduate Admissions. Jeremiah worked to diversify the applicant pool and increase the diversity in each first-year class of approximately 1,370 students in preparation for enrolling the first class of approximately 1,570 in fall of 2017. Compared with the first-year class that began at Yale fall 2013, the class that began in fall 2017 includes nearly 100 more Pell-eligible students, and 100 more first-generation college students. The percentage of first-year students who are US Citizens or Permanent Residents who identify as a member of a minority racial or ethnic group has increased from 36% to 48%. The first-year class that began in fall 2017 includes the largest number of African American, Hispanic/Latinx, and Asian American students to enroll in a class at Yale, as well as the highest representation of these groups within a Yale class.

In August 2017 Jeremiah’s portfolio grew to include oversight of the new Yale Office of Undergraduate Financial Aid. Dean Quinlan works closely with the Provost and Dean of Yale College to establish effective financial aid policies, practices, and communications strategies. With the Yale College Financial Aid Working Group Jeremiah has developed several policy enhancements that have benefited all students receiving aid, while significantly reducing financial expectations for students from families with the greatest financial need.

From 2011 to 2013, Jeremiah also served as the inaugural Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid at Yale-NUS College, the first in Singapore. As the second staff member in the Yale-NUS’s history, Jeremiah assembled a highly functioning staff of admissions professionals, designed a holistic admissions process from scratch, implemented a global outreach and recruitment strategy, and oversaw the administration of financial aid. In its first admissions cycle, Yale-NUS attracted over 11,400 applications from over 130 countries and welcomed a class with an academic profile similar to the most competitive liberal arts colleges around the world.

In addition to his responsibilities as Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Jeremiah is a member of the senior management team of Yale College and has chaired the searches for the Dean of Student Affairs and the Director of Undergraduate Financial Aid for Yale College. Jeremiah is a fellow of Franklin College at Yale and has served as a College Advisor for first- and second-year students since 2003. He also serves on the College Board’s advisory group for the redesigned SAT and is a member of the Board of Directors of The Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success.

Jeremiah graduated magna cum laude from Yale with a B.A. in History. More recently, he received his M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, majoring in Marketing, Finance, and Social Enterprise.

F. Duane Quinn Financial Aid Specialist Consultant: Higher Education Assistance Group Wellesley, MA [email protected]

B.S. and M.A., University of Rhode Island ® F. Duane Quinn was the Special Assistant to the President for American Student Assistance (ASA )​ , a ​ national guarantor of student loans located in Boston, MA. In this position he promoted ASA’s “Student Success” activities which advance student financial literacy, retention, loan repayment and default prevention. For the prior twenty years, however, he was employed as a financial aid administrator at a variety of institutions, among them: , Brandeis University, and . He has been a staff member of the Harvard Institute on College Admissions since 1989. He had also served as a resident faculty member at the Summer Financial Aid Institute sponsored by the New England Regional Office of The College Board. He has held a number of elected and appointed positions with both the Massachusetts and Eastern associations of Student Financial Aid Administrators (MASFAA / EASFAA), and has acted on the advisory boards of numerous organizations advocating student aid. He is the recipient of the Charles “Jack” Sheehan Distinguished Service Award (MASFAA) and the Mapping-Your Future Excellence Award. Since his retirement he recently served as Interim Director of Financial Services at Wellesley College and as Interim Director of Financial Aid at Law School.

Janet Lavin Rapelye Dean of Admission Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544-0430 [email protected]

Janet Lavin Rapelye was appointed Dean of Admission at Princeton University, July 1, 2003. As Princeton’s Dean of Admission, Rapelye serves on the President's Cabinet and holds responsibility for articulating the University’s mission to prospective students and their parents, working closely with all University constituencies and a 40-person staff.

Dean Rapelye served as Dean of Admission for 12 years at Wellesley College. She joined Wellesley College in 1991 from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, where she was Associate Director of Admissions. Earlier she worked in the admissions offices at Stanford University and . She was certified by the Vermont Board of Education and taught high school English in a rural public school in the Northeast Kingdom.

She is a graduate of Williams College and holds a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University.

Dean Rapelye serves on the Board of Directors of the Common Application. She is a member of the College Board and the National Association of College Admissions Counseling. She is past chair of the New England Regional Council of the College Board. She has served on the Board of The Principia Corporation and on the Board of Trustees of the College Board. She is a member of the Corporation of the Noble and Greenough School where she is also an alumna.

Aaron Ribaudo-Smith Guidance Counselor College & Career Center Lowell High School [email protected]

BA in Psychology, Curry College M.Ed in School Counseling, UMass Boston ● College Counseling Certification Degree, UCLA ● Admissions Counselor & Assistant Director of Admissions at Curry College ● Assistant Director of Admissions at UMass Lowell ● Guidance Counselor in the College and Career Center at Lowell High School ● College Counselor at Campus Bound ● Contact and Consultant for the Learning Disabilities Association of Massachusetts

Aaron worked in higher education from 2004 through 2015, has been on the secondary education side now since 2015, and has worked as a College Counselor for Campus Bound since 2009. Aaron is often actively sought out by many schools and organizations to speak during College Panel, College Access events, or regional and national conference workshops; giving him the opportunity to speak about the college search process in many different capacities and in front of hundreds of different audiences. Aaron enjoys helping all students find the college/university that is the right fit for them. Aaron said this about his approach to counseling: “I believe deep down in my heart that there is a college/university for any student willing to learn. Helping students and their families navigate the college search process is something I truly enjoy. The college search process can be daunting. My role is to help the student understand what they are looking for in a college/university, assist in creating a plan to make the process manageable, less stressful, and to get it all done in a time frame that works for them and their family. My goal with every student is to make the process fun and enjoyable. Once they get their acceptance letters I enjoy celebrating right along with them, it’s why I love what I do!”

Greg Roberts Dean of Admission University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 [email protected]

Greg W. Roberts was appointed Dean of Undergraduate Admission at the University of Virginia in 2009. Dean Roberts served as the Associate Dean of Admission at UVA from 2003-09. Prior to arriving in Charlottesville, Greg served as the Associate Director of Admission at Georgetown University and as the Assistant Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at Emory University. He has over twenty years of experience in the field and holds a B.A. in History and an M.A. in Education from Wake Forest University.

As Virginia’s Dean of Admission, Roberts serves on the President’s Committee on Financial Aid, the President’s Athletic Advisory Committee, and is a University Legislative Advisor for the Virginia General Assembly. In 2006, he co-authored the first guaranteed admission agreement for transfer admission between the University and the Virginia Community College System and he served as a member of the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia for six years. Dean Roberts is the past chair of the Admission Practices committee for the Potomac and Chesapeake Association of College Admission Counseling and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Common Application. He is a member of the University of Cambridge U.S. Higher Education Advisory Committee and serves on the selection committee for the Robert Byrd Scholarship and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Scholarship.

Stuart Schmill Dean of Admissions and Student Financial Services Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139 [email protected]

Stuart Schmill is dean of admissions and student financial services for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Schmill’s career began at MIT began in 1982 when he enrolled at the university as a freshman. Following his graduation in 1986 with a degree in mechanical engineering, Schmill spent a year working as a project engineer at General Motors before returning to his alma mater in a professional role. During his long tenure at MIT, Schmill has served the Institute in a variety of positions, including Director of Crew; Director of Parent, Student, and Young Alumni Programs in the Alumni Association; Director of MIT's Educational Council; and Senior Associate Director of Admissions. Schmill joined the admissions office in 2002 and was appointed Dean in 2008. In 2016, Schmill added Student Financial Services to his portfolio. Schmill has been honored with the MIT Dean for Undergraduate Education Infinite Mile Award for Leadership and the MIT Alumni Association Harold E. Lobdell '17 Distinguished Service Award, and was named Coach of the Year in the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges, the most competitive rowing league in the country. Schmill has been a speaker at admissions conferences around the world, and serves on advisory boards for a variety of organizations, including the College Board, Cambridge Assessment, Khan Academy, and the Reimagining College Access project. Schmill received the S.B. degree in mechanical engineering from MIT in 1986.

Richard H. Shaw Dean of Undergraduate Admissions & Financial Aid Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 [email protected]

B.A., History, Dartmouth; M.A., Education and Certification in Guidance and Counseling, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Richard H. Shaw has been at Stanford as Dean of Admission and Financial Aid for over ten years. Previously he served at Yale in the same role, 1993 – 2005; as Director of Admissions at the University of Michigan from 1988 to 1993; Associate Director of Admissions and Records at the University of California-Berkeley from 1983 to 1988 and in various admission and residence positions at the University of Colorado-Boulder from 1972 to 1981. He is a member of—and has served in leadership positions for—several national admission groups. Dean Shaw is married to Delphine Red Shirt, Ph.D., a lecturer at Stanford and has three children in California.

Emily Singer Director, Office of College Success City of Cambridge [email protected]

Emily Singer is the Director of the Office of College Success for the City of Cambridge, MA. She oversees the Cambridge College Success Initiative (CSI), a collaboration of city, public school, non-profit, public housing and higher education partners focused on increasing degree attainment of low-income, first-generation students from Cambridge. Prior to this role, she served as a program manager and success coach for a non-profit partner in the Success Boston Initiative, and managed a college access program for Boston Public School students in grades 7-12. Emily has a Bachelors in Anthropology and Masters in Teaching English as a Second Language from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and a Masters in Counseling with School Guidance Certification from Lesley University.

Rod Skinner Director of College Counseling Milton Academy Milton, MA 02186 [email protected]

A.B., English, Harvard College, 1976; Ed.M., Harvard University, 1980; Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1977–1980.

Rod has just completed his eighteenth year at Milton Academy. Part of a team of five counselors, he shares responsibility for counseling 190 seniors. In his 35+ years in secondary education, Rod has worked at schools in Boston, Connecticut, California, and Florida. During those years he has coached football, wrestling, , and soccer; sponsored on-campus singing groups; run dormitories; chaired curriculum committees; taught English, European history and ethics; organized Special Olympics basketball tournaments; written on educational matters for alumni magazines and other journals; and served, at various times, as Upper School Principal, Dean of Students, and faculty trustee. Rod has also chaired the NACAC and NEACAC Admission Practices Committees and has served on the board and the executive committee of the Common Application. While in Florida, he directed the SACAC Summer Institute for Secondary School Counselors. Presently, Rod teaches on the faculty of the Harvard Summer Institute on College Admissions, chairs the oversight committee and advisory board of the Mountain School in Vershire, Vermont, and serves as a board member at Boston Collegiate Charter School in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Timothy J. Smith Associate Director for Recruitment Programs and Senior Admissions Officer Harvard College Cambridge, MA 02138 [email protected]

As the Associate Director for Recruitment Programs and Senior Admissions Officer, Tim helps oversee recruitment efforts at Harvard College. He works closely with the Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program, the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative, the Harvard First Generation Program, the Harvard College Connection, the Undergraduate Admissions Council and the Tour Guide Program. Additionally, he coordinates yield events for the College, including the admitted student program. Tim is a graduate of Harvard College and Northeastern Law School.

Joy St. John Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Wellesley College Wellesley, MA 02481 [email protected]

Joy St. John joined the Wellesley Admission Office in 2010 as its director, and became the Dean of Admission and Financial Aid in May 2015. She has spent the last twenty years dedicated to issues of access and diversity in college admission and higher education. Joy holds an A.B. from Stanford University and a J.D. from UCLA School of Law. Prior to coming to Wellesley she worked at Occidental College, The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, California, Tufts University, and .

Amy Staffier Director of Financial Aid Simmons College Boston, MA

Amy is the Director of Financial Aid at Simmons College in Boston where she serves their undergraduate, graduate and online students. Prior to Simmons, she spent 21 years working in the Admissions and Financial Aid office at Harvard College, most recently as the Associate Director of Financial Aid, Admissions Officer and University Director of the Federal Workstudy program. Amy firmly believes in sharing the knowledge she has. She has spent the last 18 years volunteering her time helping families navigate the financial aid process through presentations at local high schools, FAFSA Day workshops and simply sitting down one on one to personally walk them through applying for aid and comparing offers.