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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

➤ Creating, developing and executing short-/long-range strategic recruitment goals and initiatives designed to advance global enrollment, while providing effective leadership and project management to meet new student enrollment targets.➤ Designing and implementing data-driven marketing, recruitment, and yield strategies for U.S. and foreign based degree programs to enroll a highly talented, diverse class of graduate students in early career, mid-career, and PhD programs.➤ Utilizing internal and external data to develop and adjust the international engagement and marketing strategy, and supervising the key functions of evaluation, operations, global outreach, and class selection.➤ Serving as a key ambassador with multiple constituencies for the School of Advanced International Studies' programs, effectively engaging students, faculty, staff, and alumni in the overall student recruitment and yield strategy and approach.➤ Resourcefully recruiting quality applicants for full-time and part-time graduate programs, while consistently achieving FTE enrollment goals for Master's and Doctoral programs for over a decade.➤ Generating extensive networks with the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs peer schools through joint recruitment efforts in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America.➤ Establishing a SAIS underrepresented alumni working group that supports the school with recruitment, mentoring, and fundraising activities.➤ Creating a web-based alumni referral system that generates 40-50 highly qualified prospective leads per year.➤ Launching diversity recruitment outreach activities between The Johns Hopkins University Admissions Director's Working Group and Historically Black Colleges and Universities and minority serving institutions in the Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC regions.

Washington, Dc, Us

➤ Managed SAIS admissions and recruitment while working to meet annual goals, including establishing a series of international enrollment plans and agendas that were easily understood and executable.➤ Oversaw a global territory and managed the processing and evaluation of approximately 1,400 applications for the Washington, D.C., Bologna, Italy, and Nanjing China campuses, working in coordination with graduate admissions leadership.➤ Organized a fall "Taster Lecture" series for prospects, giving an introduction to faculty who informed and engaged them in critical international relations issues, with sessions generating 20-40 prospective students.➤ Developed virtual information sessions which were utilized in both the pre-applicant and yield phases of the admissions process, successfully generating 20-30 prospects in the Fall sessions.➤ Successfully established third-party enrollment partnerships and implemented programs that aligned School programs with appropriate international channels and markets.➤ Coordinated with the Marketing and Communications team to establish communication programs and marketing flows for international student enrollments.

Washington, Dc, Us

➤ Provided strategic leadership and effective management of the Office of Admissions and its 3 full-time staff members along with graduate student employees, as well as coordinated admissions procedures for D.C., Bologna, Italy, and Nanjing, China campuses.➤ Managed a $250K operational budget, while also collaborating with the Office of Marketing & Communications on the design and production of marketing publications including general and degree specific brochures.➤ Oversaw admissions processing including direct assessment of admissions applications, as well as worked closely with internal administrative and academic stakeholders and numerous external constituents to support a comprehensive approach to enrollment management.➤ Developed strategies to engage prospects via social media, and provided online and offline content that helped generate applications and subsequently increased yield on admissions offers.

Director of Marketing & Admissions, Executive MBA Programs – Columbia University, New York, NY – 2004 to 2009Vice President of Diversity Recruiting – Morgan Stanley, New York, NY – 2003 to 2004Associate Director, MBA Admissions – Columbia University, New York, NY – 1999 to 2002Assistant Director of Admissions – Bentley University, Waltham, MA – 1992 to 1996Assistant Director of Admissions – Canisius College, Buffalo, NY – 1989 to 1992

Master Of Arts - Ma, Higher Education Administration

Master Of Education - Med, Policy, Planning, And Administration

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, International Relations And History