➤ Providing comprehensive leadership and vision for one of the nation’s premier circus schools, serving over 1,000 students annually while leading the creation and implementation of annual operating plans.➤ Communicating short-, medium-, and long-term objectives while working with staff to ensure effective execution and timely accomplishment of goals.➤ Stewarding resources and ensuring long term fiscal viability by setting the strategic direction in partnership with the Board of Directors and the Artistic Director.➤ Skillfully handling office records and documentation, evaluating financial reports and bank reconciliations, generating end-of-year projections and annual audits, and managing vendor relationship and banking needs.➤ Owning all aspects of administration, including marketing, financial management, ticket sales/box office management, fund raising, public/community relations, human resources, and adherence to the established artistic mission and strategic plan.➤ Serving as chief spokesperson, while working together with the Artistic Directors and Board Chair to provide a high degree of community and visibility, establishing, and strengthening partnerships.➤ Directly managing talent funnel, comprising 70+ paid employees, faculty, and volunteers, as well as maintaining a climate that retains, and motivates staff while attracting international circus talent.➤ Overseeing all aspect of fundraising and project management, including meeting all fundraising goals through strategic coordination with the Board Chair and Artistic Director, leading to a 61% increase in fundraising.➤ Collaborating with the Board and staff to source grants, sponsorships, individual donations, and in-kind gifts, resulting in quadrupling grant funding in 3 years.➤ Leading a comprehensive, organization-wide effort to create a multi-faceted anti-racism strategic plan that encompassed all aspects of the organization's operations, policies, and culture.

➤ Served in an executive role with P&L responsibility of 200+ employees nationwide, while governing the company's full student enrollment portfolio consisting of more than 150 online and on-ground academic programs across eight universities.➤ Collaborated with academic presidents to maximize their enrollment revenue through program consulting, marketing, brand enhancements, and through data-driven services designed to integrate with their existing campus systems.➤ Ensured differentiation in the market through developing an enterprise growth approach, supporting the creation of an in-house marketing agency, creating a culture of coaching and transparency that increased employee retention.➤ Collaborated with an in-house team to create a best-in-class CRM system to model existing data while providing communication optimizations that guided students through the enrollment and student lifecycle while measuring propensity to enroll, persist and graduate.

➤ Oversaw undergraduate and graduate admissions, college visitor center and enrollment marketing,➤ Effectively provided visionary, innovative leadership in developing a comprehensive enrollment management strategy that led to significant enrollment growth leading to Columbia becoming Illinois' largest importer of out-of-state students.➤ Worked closely with the CFO to manage a budget of +$9.5M, with direct revenue generation responsibility, and worked closely with Academic Deans, university leaders, and external constituents to develop/enhance valuable partnerships.➤ Built a staff structure that included 3 Directors and their direct reports, for a total of 70 FTE, and leveraged best practices to ensure unified execution and effective engagement, administrative oversight, and operational direction.➤ Helped shape the institution's academic profile and grew awareness, resulting in the biannual 1-Day Open House drawing a crowd of thousands and growth of 500% over 5 years.➤ Built an annual class of +3K new students through direct response and lead acquisition strategies, traditional/social media, outbound communications, SEM and mobile development, international recruitment, and CRM management.➤ Ensured alignment with the University's strategic goals and objectives for all operational aspects of Enrollment Services.➤ Successfully transitioned to a paperless office that year-round processes more than 15K student applications, including portfolios, transcripts, and other material, increasing efficiency and productivity by 46%.➤ Worked in close coordination with college PR team and outside firm as a key press representative of the school,

➤ Strategically led Columbia's graduate and undergraduate admissions divisions, spanning all aspects of enrollment marketing, and implemented a repositioning strategy that moved the College from regional to national status.➤ Changed the quality of the student body by dramatically increasing academic preparedness, and improved the College's position as the nation's most diverse private arts college.➤ Identified and developed mutually beneficial partnerships, including with Art Schools Network, Young Chicago's Authors' Louder Than a Bomb Poetry Festival, and Youth Speaks Brave New Voices.➤ Developed and implemented a highly successful student service culture that delivered a welcoming atmosphere, value-focused messaging, and personalized counseling that promoted fit and transparency.➤ Identified and developed metrics to assess effectiveness of initiatives, including utilization of predictive models, while quantifying ROI on recruitment investments and developing a College-wide market research agenda.➤ Successfully developed mutually beneficial and institutional relationships that expanded diversity, as well as created new predictable enrollment feeders to the college.

Director of Admissions – Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL – 2002 to 2005Assistant Director of Admissions – Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL – 1999 to 2002Campus Manager & Program Representative – Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA – 1996 to 1999Co-Founder – Young Tongues Theatre Co., Boston, MA – 1996 to 1998L.E.A.D. Program Representative – Institute for Professional Development, Quincy, MA – 1996 to 1998