Harvard Summer Institute on College Admissions

 

Bridget Belgiovine

Director of Athletics and Chair, Department of Physical Education and Recreation
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481

Bridget has served as the Director of Athletics and Chair of the Department of Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics (PERA) since 2006. Her role includes oversight of all facets of an academic department that serves 2,300 Wellesley students including 14 NCAA Division III varsity sports, a required Physical Education program, and a recreation program with events ranging from Dorm Crew, camping and skiing trips, aerobics and Pilates classes, to fun runs. Belgiovine’s mission is to fully integrate the department and its programs into the life of students, stressing the importance of fitness, health and athletics competition in a strong liberal arts education for women.

Bridget previously served as NCAA Director of Division III. In that role, she was instrumental in the governance of Division III collegiate athletics and earned a national reputation as a visionary, energetic, and effective leader. She also served six years as a highly regarded Director of Athletics at the University of Wisconsin–LaCrosse. During her tenure, UW–LaCrosse was recognized five times as the conference program with the highest GPA of its student-athletes and four times as the All-Sports recipient for the most successful program within the Wisconsin Conference. Belgiovine began her career as a physical education and health teacher and field hockey coach at the high school level before becoming Assistant Athletic Director/Assistant Professor at Springfield College.

Her commitment to education and leadership is etched in several organizations. She is currently President of the Alumni Association and a member of the Board of Trustees at Springfield College. She is past president of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators and currently serves on its Education Committee. She served on the board of directors for the Collegiate Woman Sports Award, the executive committee of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and the Directors Cup Committee, and helped establish the Collegiate Events and Facilities Management Association (CEFMA). Her involvement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is extensive, including representation on the Championships Committee, Management Council, and Executive Committee serving as vice-president for Division III. In 1990 she was Games Director of the Massachusetts Special Olympics and in 2001 coordinated opening ceremonies for the World Police and Fire Games hosted in Indiana. She received a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow in 1993, YWCA Outstanding Woman in Sport tribute in 1995, High School Hall of Fame award in 2002, NACWAA Administrator of the Year in 2003, Springfield College Distinguished Alumna Award in 2007 and the Claire Van Ummersen Leadership Award in 2010. In 1998 she was honored with an endowed scholarship in her name awarded annually to a graduate student in sports administration at the University of Wisconsin–LaCrosse.

 

R. Joseph Bellavance, Jr.

Senior Director, Higher Education Services
The College Board
New England Regional Office
1601 Trapelo Road, Suite 12
Waltham, MA 02451

Joe Bellavance is the Senior Director of Higher Education Services for the New England College Board. Prior to joining the College Board in September 2008, Joe spent 19 years in enrollment positions, most recently as Vice President of Enrollment and Marketing at Regis College.

Joe received his undergraduate degree in Communications Arts & Sciences from Lyndon State College (VT) in 1986. He completed his master’s degree in administration from St. Michael’s College (VT) in 1997 where he researched and published his graduate thesis: “Transitional Issues Affecting Persistency Rates Among First-Generation Students in the Vermont State College System.”

During his twenty-year career, Joe has assisted thousands of students in the transition from high school to college and has written several articles on the process. His work, “A Dean’s Apology” and “Swimming in A Multicultural Sea,” both were published in newspapers nationwide. Joe has presented at numerous regional and national conferences for NEACAC, PACAC, NACAC, and the College Board.

 

Martin Bonilla

Director of College Counseling
The College Preparatory School
6100 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94618

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.

 

Joe Boston

Director
Center for Community and Learning Partnerships
Wentworth Institute
Boston, MA 02115

Joe Boston is currently the Director of the Center for Community & Learning Partnerships at Wentworth Institute of Technology. As Director, he oversees and supports the Center’s Service–Learning, College Access, and Civic Engagement initiatives.

Prior to Wentworth, he was the Director of Boston Public School Partnerships at Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, where he worked to find students for a College Readiness/Dual Enrollment Program. In doing so, he worked with headmasters, guidance counselors, and curriculum advisors at each partner high school to ensure coordination of student schedules and that progress was being made. In addition, he led college-success seminars, and meetings at students’ schools focused on providing a type of orientation and graduation support. He acted as an advisor to the students and met with them regularly to discuss their college experience—academically and socially.

The Dual Enrollment program is managed by Joe, who is well suited for the position, as he spent 10 years with Cambridge College, including six years as an Associate Director of Enrollment Services. He was the Director of The Ritop School for Mobile Electronics in Watertown, MA, and a private independent vocational school. Mr. Boston has been very active in reaching out to the Boston Public Schools and building partnerships with these schools and their leaders, working towards the common goal of helping students reap the benefits that come from a good education. He is also on the planning committee for the College Board’s Dream Deferred conference, member of Boston STEM Council, and a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Workforce Development Committee Member.

 

Arlene Wesley Cash

Vice President for Enrollment Management
Spelman College
350 Spelman Lane SW, Box 2025
Atlanta, GA 30314

B.A. English and Philosophy, Keuka College
M.A. Philosophy, Kent State University

Arlene Wesley Cash was invited to be Spelman College’s inaugural Vice President for Enrollment Management in July 2003, where she leads the College’s efforts in recruitment, retention and outcomes through the offices of admission, orientation services, student financial services, continuing education, career planning and development and the office of the registrar. She accepted this position after serving as the Dean of Enrollment at the University of Arkansas–Fayetteville for 4 years.

Prior to her work in Arkansas, Cash was the Associate Dean of Enrollment and Director of Admissions at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, the Associate Director of Admissions at Boston University, the Associate Dean of Admissions at Brandeis University, and the Assistant Dean for Graduate Recruitment at Kent State University. During her 30 year career in higher education, she has aligned herself in support of and service to a number of TRIO Programs, including the Graduate and Professional Opportunities Program (now known as the McNair Fellows Program), Talent Search, Upward Bound, and Bridge programs. As well, she has worked with the Residence Life programs at Kent State University, Brandeis University, and Wellesley College. A recipient of the 2007 NEOA (New England Education Opportunities Association) Achiever Award, Arlene has served on a number of advisory committees and boards working to assist students, counselors, organizations and colleges in their efforts to improve college access and the college-going rate of first generation students. She is an active member of the NACAC and serves as co-director of their CHIEF Enrollment Managers seminar and was an assembly delegate and regional officer in the New England and Southern Regions of the College Board where she is in her 3rd year on the CSSAC and AACRAO. Having provided commentary on the state of college admissions on NPR and PBS, and in a number of print publications, she is known to have a passion for the profession.

 

Captain Angela Cyrus

Director/Vice Dean of Admissions
United States Naval Academy

Captain Cyrus is Director of Admissions at the United States Naval Academy. She is from Columbus, Mississippi and attended Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. In May, 1984 she was commissioned a Fleet Support Officer in the Unrestricted Line and is qualified in Installation Management, with a subspecialty in Information Systems. She earned her undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Mississippi State University, her Master of Science degree in Information Management Systems from the Naval Postgraduate School, and her Ph.D. in Public Administration from Old Dominion University.

Throughout her career, Captain Cyrus has been privileged to experience a broad spectrum of Navy Fleet operations. She has had abbreviated underway periods on several aircraft carriers, including the USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CV 69) when it deployed with the Navy's first contingent of female Sailors to be assigned to a combatant ship. She was underway for several days on the Ballistic Missile Submarine, USS FLORIDA (SSBN 728); arrived in the well decks of Amphibious Assault Ships via Landing Craft Air Cushion vehicles; and landed on carriers at sea via Carrier Onboard Delivery (C-2) aircraft.

With full appreciation of the operational capability she supported, Captain Cyrus amassed her own expertise in Installation Management and Base Operations Support. Her leadership assignments toward that end were in Port Operations, Facilities and Engineering, Supply Management, Public Affairs and Bachelor Housing. In one of her department head tours, she served as Director, Counseling and Assistance Center in Keflavik, Iceland. Captain Cyrus oversaw all installation management and functional support areas of Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown in her role as base Executive Officer.

Her major staff and Command Group positions include Flag Secretary and Executive Officer of Enlisted Personnel to Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command; Flag Secretary to President, Board of Inspection and Survey; Executive Assistant to Director, Shore Activities, U.S. Fleet Forces Command; and Deputy to Political Advisor, U.S. Joint Forces Command and NATO Allied Command Transformation. She went on Special Detail to Secretary of Defense in support of the NATO Defense Ministerial hosted by the United States.

Captain Cyrus commanded one of the Navy’s largest Recruiting Districts headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. Her district included 52 Officer and Enlisted, Active and Reserve Recruiting Stations, spread among five states and Washington D.C. Under her leadership, the command earned Recruiting District of the Year. Prior to reporting to the Naval Academy, she served at the Joint Forces Staff College, first as Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs and then as Director of College Operations.

Her personal decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (3 awards), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (3 awards) and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (4 awards).

 

Jennifer Coulter Desjarlais

Dean of Admission and Financial Aid
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA

B.A. International Relations and Spanish, Simmons College
M.Ed. Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, University of Vermont

Ms. Desjarlais joined Wellesley in 1999 from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she was Associate Director of Admission/Coordinator of Admission Marketing since 1994. She was also responsible for coordinating international admission at Smith. Earlier she was Associate Director of Admission at Simmons College where she began as Assistant Director in 1986.

As Wellesley’s Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, Ms. Desjarlais was responsible for developing a new division of 33 staff members to oversee admission and student financial services functions. She led organizational review and restructuring effort to align the departments of Admission and Student Financial Services into a new reporting structure, with a focus on strategic planning, professional development and cross-training of staff, improved customer service, and streamlining of operational functions. As a member of the President’s Senior Staff, Ms. Desjarlais advises the institutional leadership team and Board of Trustees on issues of policy and strategy related to outreach, admission and financial aid.

Ms. Desjarlais is a member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) and of The College Board. She has served as Chair of the SAT Advisory Committee of the College Board, as an Assembly Delegate for NACAC, and was a Member of the Governing Board of the New England Association for College Admission Counseling from 1998–2001.

 

Georgette R. DeVeres

Associate Vice President of Admissions and Financial Aid
Claremont McKenna College
890 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711

Georgette DeVeres is the associate vice president of admission and financial aid at Claremont McKenna College, where she joined the staff in 1983. In her position, she works to assist the college in its mission to educate its students for thoughtful and productive lives and responsible leadership in business and government.

Before being named to associate vice president, DeVeres served as director of financial aid, associate dean of admission and financial aid. Her career in higher education spans more than 30 years and encompasses responsibilities in college admissions and financial aid, marketing, and enrollment management. She has been employed at public and private institutions, from small to large. At Claremont McKenna College she is directly involved in developing institutional policies and procedures that impacts both the recruitment and enrollment management decision process.

She is a frequent presenter at workshops and conferences and has given admission and financial aid presentations locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

The recipient of numerous awards for her longstanding advocacy of student financial aid, DeVeres has been honored for distinguished service by the Western Assembly College Board, the Western Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (WASFAA) and California Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (CASFAA), which presented her with its President’s Award. Additionally, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) honored her with its Regional Leadership Award.

 

Sally Donahue

Director of Financial Aid
Harvard College
86 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Ms. Donahue has held a number of positions at Harvard University over the past thirty 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 Committee; a member of their Task Force on Admissions in the 21st 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; as a member of the National Association of Financial Aid Administrators’ Reauthorization Task Force and the Massachusetts Education Financing Authority’s Advisory Committee. 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 recently retired as a member of the Board of Directors for Harvard Student Agencies, and has served as Class Agent for the Class of 1971 at Milton Academy. She has also weathered the college admissions process with her two children, now well beyond their college years.

 

William R. Fitzsimmons

Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
Harvard College
86 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degrees: Harvard University

 

Edward M. Gillis

Dean of Enrollment Management
University of Miami
P.O. Box 248025
Coral Gables, FL 33124–4616

B.S. Boston College
M.Ed. Suffolk University

Ed is the Dean of Enrollment Management at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, where he has responsibility for admission, financial assistance, student employment, market research, e-communication, and retention. Ed has over 40 years of experience in enrollment management at four different institutions. He started at the University of Miami in 1992 as Director of Admission. Prior to coming to the University of Miami, he was Director of Admission at Bentley University in Massachusetts and served as President of the New England Association of College Admissions Counselors. He also served as an advisory board member of the College Information Exchange, which organized recruitment tours in South and Central America, as well as Mexico. He has been involved in direct mail and student search consulting for a number of years.

 

Eric Hoover

Senior Writer, Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Washington, DC 20037

Eric Hoover, a senior writer at the Chronicle of Higher Education, has covered college admissions since 2001. His writing about education has also appeared in the New York Times, Washington Monthly, and Washington Post’s Book World. His work has been recognized by the Education Writers Association, the Mensa Research and Education Foundation, and the Virginia Press Association. He is the author of “Head Count,” the Chronicle’s admissions blog.

 

Kedra Ishop

Vice Provost and Director of Admissions
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78713

Dr. Ishop serves as Vice Provost and Director of Admissions at UT Austin. Her responsibilities include oversight of the graduate, undergraduate, and international admissions offices.

Kedra began her admissions career as a student ambassador in 1994 while an undergraduate at The University of Texas at Austin. Since that time, she has served as an Admissions Counselor and Assistant Director both in Austin and in the UT Austin - Houston and Dallas regional offices. She returned to campus as Associate Director in 2003 and in 2009 was named Vice Provost and Director of Admissions.

Dr. Ishop has served the higher education community through participation in several state and national groups including the Texas Association of College Admissions Counselors (TACAC), the College Board Access and Diversity Collaborative, Dipont Education Management Group, International Baccalaureate North America, and others. Similarly she has presented and served with others at state and national conferences.

 

Robert W. Iuliano

Vice President and General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
Harvard University
Massachusetts Hall
Cambridge, MA 02138

A.B. Harvard College 1983;
J.D. University of Virginia 1986

 

Carol Lunkenheimer

Former Dean of Undergraduate Admission
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60204–3060

B.A. Scripps College
M.A. Cornell University

Carol Lunkenheimer graduated from Scripps College in Claremont, California with a B.A. degree in American Studies and received an M.A. in Guidance and Student Personnel Administration from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. She was employed in college admission and financial aid for 37 years and retired in July 2007.

Carol began her admission career at the State University of New York (SUNY–Cortland and SUNY–Brockport) and became Director of Admission at Northwestern University in 1984. She was made Dean of Admission in 2001. She has been a long standing member of NACAC, IACAC, AACRAO, and the College Board.

Carol served on the National Merit Scholarship Selection Committee, the Presidential Scholars Selection Committee, as a member of the Executive Committee for the Midwest Region of the College Board, and on many IACAC committees and College Board advisory groups.

She was a faculty member at the TEACH seminar for high school counselors for thirteen summers, served a three-year term on the TOEFL Policy Council, and was co-chair of local arrangements for the 2004 College Board National Forum.

Since retiring, Carol has consulted for the U. S. State Department and the College Board in eastern Europe, continued to evaluate admission applications for Northwestern University as a part-time reader, and presented workshops at local high schools. She also sits on two advisory committees for scholarship groups in the Chicago area.

 

Judith Block McLaughlin

Director, Higher Education Program
Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Gutman Library
435 Appian Way
Cambridge, MA 02138

A.B., summa cum laudeSociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A.T. and Ed.D.Harvard University

Judith Block McLaughlin is Educational Chair for the Harvard Seminar for New Presidents, Senior Lecturer on Education and Director of the Master's Program in Higher Education at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.

Previously, she has served as a Research Associate in the Harvard University Department of Sociology, Executive Director of the National Academy of Education, Dean of Student Affairs at two colleges, and a high school teacher. She has published journal articles on presidential searches, the college presidency, and higher education governance and frequently consults with college and university governing boards, presidents, and senior administrators. She is editor of Leadership Amid Controversy: Presidential Perspectives (Jossey–Bass, 2004); The New College President: Leadership Transitions (Jossey–Bass, 1996); is co–author of Choosing A College President (Princeton University Press, 1990), with David Riesman, and An Education of Value (Cambridge University Press, 1985), with Marvin Lazerson and Bruce McPherson.

 

Liliana Mickle

Special Assistant to the Vice Provost, Academic Support Services and Undergraduate Studies
University of Massachusetts–Boston
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125

Liliana Mickle was appointed in 2010 as Special Assistant to the Vice Provost with responsibilities for retention. Formerly Ms. Mickle served as Director of Undergraduate Admissions at UMass Boston. In this role, she was responsibility for bringing in the undergraduate class and the budget to support this effort. Ms. Mickle has been involved in higher education for 28 years serving on various community boards, associations, and the College Board Regional Council. Ms. Mickle is a graduate of University of Massachusetts Boston where she received a bachelor’s in computer science and a Master’s of Education in Instructional Design, and is currently a candidate in the higher education doctoral program.

 

James S. Miller

Dean of Admission
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912

B.A. Brown University
M.A. Communications, Michigan State University

Jim Miller became Dean of Admission at Brown University in September of 2005. He and his 40-person staff are responsible for recruiting and admitting a diverse, first-year class of approximately 1485 students from an applicant pool of more than 20,000. Prior to his position at Brown, Miller was Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine from 2001–2005.

Miller is also the former Director of Financial Aid at Harvard College, a position he held for 17 years.

From 1999–2000 Miller was the Director of Capital Gifts at Brown University where he oversaw the University’s fundraising efforts among its top prospects, with a particular focus on raising financial aid funds.

 

Cal Mosley

Vice President for Admissions and Financial Aid
College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University
PO Box 2000
Collegeville, MN 56321

B.A. Pacific University (OR)
M.Ed. Springfield College (MA)
Ed.D. 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). Cal has also been a higher education consultant for over 20 years.

 

Gloria Mueller

Former Coordinator of College Counseling, Glenbrook South High School

B.A. History, Loyola University, Chicago
M.Ed. Guidance and Counseling, Loyola University, Chicago
Sixty additional hours in guidance and counseling, addictions and college counseling.

Gloria has worked as a generalist counselor and a dean of students at the high school level, most recently at Glenbrook South High School, a suburban public high school of 2700 students, with 97% pursuing post–secondary education. She served for 17 years as the Coordinator of College Counseling where her responsibilities included meeting with students and families, teaming with the other ten counselors regarding college counseling issues, serving as a member of the administrative council at Glenbrook South High School, and coordinating the day and evening programs which centered around post-high school planning and college counseling. Since retiring in 2009, Gloria as done some consulting work with Glenbrook South High School, spent part of the spring of 2011 as the interim college counselor at Deerfield High School in suburban Chicago, and for the 2011-12 school year, she has been a consultant to the college counseling program at Grand Rapids Christian High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Gloria has been a long–standing member of NACAC, IACAC, and the College Board and has served on many committees. Gloria served as chair of the Midwest College Board Regional Council and on the College Board’s National Guidance and Admission Assembly Council.

 

Amee Naik

High School Program Director
Breakthrough Greater Boston
PO Box 381486
Cambridge, MA 02238

B.A. Washington University, St. Louis
M.A.Tufts University

Amee Naik is the High School Program Director for Breakthrough Greater Boston, an educational non-profit organization committed to improving educational equity by inspiring excitement for learning, creating paths to college, and promoting careers in education. As the High School Program Director, Amee supports all 9th-12th graders that participated in Breakthrough's middle school academic enrichment program by working with families, guidance counselors, and other area organizations to provide students with the supports and resources needed to succeed throughout high school and ultimately matriculate to college.

Prior to joining the Breakthrough team, Amee spent three years as an Assistant Director of Admissions for Washington University in St. Louis. She received her B.A. in psychology from Washington University and M.A. in child development from Tufts University.

 

F. Duane Quinn

Financial Aid Specialist
Former Special Assistant to the President
American Student Assistance (ASA)
100 Cambridge St., Suite 1600
Boston, MA 02114–2518

B.S. and M.A. University of Rhode Island

F. Duane Quinn is formerly 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: Clark University, Brandeis University, and Lesley University. He has been a resident staff member of the Harvard Institute on College Admissions since 1989. He also serves 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. He is currently acting as Interim Director of Financial Services at Wellesley College.

 

Janet Lavin Rapelye

Dean of Admission
Princeton University
110 West College, Box 430
Princeton, NJ 08544-0430

A.B. Williams College
M.A. Social Sciences in Education, Stanford University

Janet Lavin Rapelye was appointed Dean of Admission at Princeton University, July 1, 2003.

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 was an admissions counselor at Stanford University and served as Assistant Director of Admissions at Williams College. She was certified by the Vermont Board of Education and taught in a rural public school in the Northeast Kingdom.

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 is a member of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors as well as a member of the College Board. She is also a 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.

 

Greg W. Roberts

Dean of Admission
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22094

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.

Dean Roberts has traveled on behalf of the College Board and the U.S. Department of State to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, and Nepal to discuss admission issues and recently represented the University of Virginia at the International Conference on Higher Education in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

 

Louise H. Russell

Former Director, The Accessible Education Office
Harvard University

From 1991-2010 Louise H. Russell, M.A., served as Director of the Accessible Education Office at Harvard University where she oversaw services and accommodations for students with physical, learning and mental health disabilities in the College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Division of Engineering Sciences. Prior to coming to Harvard, she worked at three Harvard–affiliated hospitals, two of which in ombudsperson roles. Louise received her Masters in Dispute Resolution, her thesis being “Students With Disabilities in Post Secondary Education: When There is Conflict.” She works closely with The College Board and Educational Testing Service on matters related to test integrity and fairness for students with disabilities and has been a member of the committees which developed national documentation guidelines for learning disabilities, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, medical conditions, and psychiatric disorders. She has been a board member of the Beaver Country Day School, Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and AHEAD (Association on Higher Education and Disability).

 

Stuart Schmill

Dean of Admissions
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139

S.B. Mechanical Engineering, MIT

Stuart Schmill is dean of admissions for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Schmill’s career 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, was appointed Interim Director in 2007, and Dean in 2008. 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 has served as trustee, founder, or advisor to a variety of organizations, including the College Board, University of Cambridge International Examinations, Wayland-Weston Rowing Association, To The Water, Inc., and the Mandela Town Hall Health Spot.

 

Richard H. Shaw

Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid
Stanford University
355 Galvez Street
Stanford, CA 94305

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

Richard H. Shaw began his tenure as Stanford's Dean of Admission and Financial Aid September 1, 2005. Upon his appointment, Stanford Provost John Etchemendy said, "Rick Shaw offers proven experience in several areas of vital importance to Stanford, including creating a diverse student body. He also knows the challenges involved in selective admissions, in making the case for the liberal arts and for ensuring that higher education is accessible to everyone." Dean Shaw led Yale's undergraduate admissions and financial aid office from 1993 — 2005. Prior to joining Yale, Shaw served 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, including the College Board, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, Consortium on Financing Higher Education and National Association of College Admissions Counselors. Dean Shaw returned to the west with his wife Delphine Red Shirt (who is working on her Ph.D. at the University of Arizona) and two children, Megan and Kirsten.

 

Stephen Singer

Former Director of College Counseling
Horace Mann School
Bronx, NY 10471

B.A. Columbia College

Stephen has worked as a writer and newspaper editor for ten years and has been involved with college admissions, academic and career advising, and college counseling for over 35 years.

1974-1985   Columbia College, Columbia University—Athletic Liaison, Undergraduate Admissions; Alumni Affairs and Development liaison

1985-2010   Director of College Counseling, Horace Mann School; teacher, senior English Electives; retired from College Counseling, 2010

2010-present   Horace Mann School, Senior English (1/4 time), Alumni Relations (1/2 time); Board of Directors, Urban Assembly Schools, NYC; Consultant, College Match LA,(community based organization); consult on occasion, Heckscher Foundation

 

Rod Skinner

Director of College Counseling
Milton Academy
170 Centre Street
Milton, MA 02186

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

Rod has been an English teacher for 25 years, a College Counselor for 23 years, a Dean of Students for 6 years, and an Upper School Principal for 2 years. He is currently Director of College Counseling at Milton Academy, where he just finished his thirteenth year. Part of a team of four counselors, he shares responsibility for counseling 180 seniors. In his 30+ years in secondary education, Rod has worked at schools in Boston, Connecticut, California, and Florida. During those years he has coached football, wrestling, lacrosse, and soccer, sponsored on-campus singing groups, run dormitories, chaired curriculum committees, taught European history and ethics, organized Special Olympics basketball tournaments, written on educational matters for alumni magazines and other journals, and served as a faculty trustee. Rod has also chaired the NACAC and NEACAC Admission Practices Committees. 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 of the Mountain School in Vershire, Vermont, and serves as a board member at Boston Collegiate Charter School in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

 

Theodore L. Spencer

Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force, Retired
Associate Vice Provost and
Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions
The University of Michigan
515 E. Jefferson, 1220 SAB
Ann Arbor, MI 48109–1316

B.S. Political Science, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
M.S. Sociology, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA

Ted Spencer is Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Michigan. He is co-chair of the Enrollment Working Group, the body that manages undergraduate enrollment numbers, and oversees all functions related to the undergraduate admissions procedures, including processing, implementing, advising, developing, maintaining, funding, recruiting, admitting and enrolling students who reflect the socioeconomic and racial diversity of the State of Michigan and the nation.

Prior to his responsibilities at Michigan, he was an Associate Director of Admissions at the USAF Academy. After graduating from Tennessee State University, he received his commission through the AFROTC program and entered the intelligence career field. He has served in a variety of locations such as: Barksdale AFB, Louisiana; Tripoli, Libya; Paris, France; Omaha, Nebraska; and Tan Son Nhut, Saigon.

In the professional arena, Ted has served as a member of the Secondary School Committee of the Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (MACRO). He has also served as a Legislative Representative and a member of the ACT Executive Counsel, Midwest Region, of the Michigan Association of College Admissions Counselors (MACAC).

Ted’s community service involvement has included membership in Rotary International, and he has been on the Board of Directors of both the Ann Arbor Community Center and the Ann Arbor Junior League.

Ted has given presentations at numerous professional conferences and has written several articles on the college admissions process. He garnered the John B. Muir Editors Award, given by the National Association of College Admissions Counseling (NACAC) for an article published in the Association’s Journal entitled “Why Admission Directors are Social Engineers.”

In the fall of 2001, Ted was featured as a hero in the article entitled “Point Man on Diversity Defense” in the College Board Review (Issue No. 194, fall 2001). Ted also served as a College Board Trustee from 2002-2006, and was awarded the Midwest Regional Assembly’s Distinguished Service Award in February 2008 “in recognition of the service and leadership he has provided to the College Board and to education in the Midwest.”

In September 2008, he was selected as the recipient of the Gayle C. Wilson Award for “outstanding leadership and devotion to counseling and assisting students in attaining their educational goals” by the National Association for College Admission Counseling.

 

Dean K. Whitla

Harvard University
613 Larsen Hall, Appian Way
Cambridge, MA 02138

B.S., M.A., Ph.D. University of Nebraska
Post Doctorate, Harvard University

Dean Whitla is an emeritus Harvard administrator and faculty member. He is the founder and former director of Harvard Summer Institute.

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