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Robert Pinn

Former Admissions Officer

  • Market Development Manager, Americas | Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)

  • Former Application Evaluation, MBA Admissions | Stanford University Graduate School of Business (GSB)

  • Former Director of Admissions & Alumni Engagement, Security Studies Program | Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service

  • Former Assistant Director of Admissions and Alumni Engagement | Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service

 

  • MA International Relations: US Foreign Policy & National Security | American University

  • BA German & European Studies with Dutch | University of Nottingham

Mia Tabayoyong

Graduate Coach

  • MS General Counseling Psychology | Mount Saint Mary’s University
  • BA Psychology, Minor in Applied Developmental Psychology | University of California, Los Angeles

James Konopack

Graduate Coach

  • PhD Kinesiology, Emphasis in Exercise Psychology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • EdM Counseling | Boston University
  • BA Psychology | Cornell University

Kenny Nguyen

Graduate Coach

  • BS Business Administration (Haas School of Business) | University of California, Berkeley
  • BS Environmental Economics & Policy (College of Natural Resources) | University of California, Berkeley

Henrique Ferreira

Graduate Coach

  • MicroMasters Data, Economics, and Design of Policy | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • BA Global Studies | University of California, Berkeley

Alexandra Sanchez Rolon

Graduate Coach

  • PhD in Africana Studies | University of Pennsylvania
  • MA in Africana Studies | University of Pennsylvania
  • BA in Double Major in Psychology and Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies | Duke University

Heather Downs

Graduate Coach

  • Director of Academic Operations | University of Virginia
  • Interim Assistant Director, Leadership and Involvement | University of California Berkeley
  • Facilitator of Academic Advising | University of Northern Colorado
  • MS Student Affairs in Higher Education | Colorado State University
  • BS Environmental Engineering | University of Florida

Hanna McCuistion

Graduate Coach

  • MS Molecular and Cellular Biology | University of the Republic of Uruguay
  • BA Human Evolutionary Biology | Harvard University

Yuanyuan Xu

Graduate Coach

  • MEd Education Leadership, Harvard University
  • MA, Education, New York University
  • BA, Fine Arts, Bard College
  • BA, Economics, Bard College

Lauren Ma

Graduate Coach

  • BA in Screenwriting, Chapman University

  • MBA with a focus on Entertainment Management, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Ha’åni San Nicolas

Graduate Coach

  • PhD Political Science | University of Hawaiʻi
  • BA Ethnic Studies | University of California
  • BS General Biology | University of California

Chad Austein

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Director of Graduate Admissions and Graduate Student Services | Kean University

  • Former School of Continuing Education – Assistant Director, Admissions and Recruitment | Columbia University

  • Former Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions | The City College of New York – CUNY

  • Former Associate Director of Admissions | Solomon Schechter Day School of Nassau County

  • Former Coordinator of Admissions and Recruitment | Columbia University, School of Nursing

  • Former  Assistant Director of Admissions | University of Hartford, Office of Admissions

  • MA Education, Concentration in Higher Education & Student Affairs Administration | University of Connecticut

  • BA Politics and Government | University of Hartford

Alison Lawrence

Graduate Coach

  • MBA Healthcare Management & Strategy | University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School
  • MSPH Health Policy & Analysis | University of North Carolina – School of Global Public Health
  • BS InformaCon Systems & Management | University of Virginia – The McInCre School of Commerce

Ting Dong

Graduate Coach

  • BA Computer Science | Syracuse University
  • MS Applied Mathematics | Northwestern University
  • MS Financial Engineering | Columbia University

Victor Ticllacuri

Graduate Coach

  • BSC in Biomedical Engineering | Pontifical Catholic University & Cayetano Heredia University
  • MSE in Biomedical Engineering |Johns Hopkins University 

Diana Flores

Former Admissions Officer

  • Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admission | Wellesley College
  • Former Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admission | Babson College 
  • BA, Sociology and Latin American Studies, Bates College

Bo Quinn

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Admission Application Review Committee Member | Stanford University
  • PhD Computer Science | Stanford University
  • BSc Computer Science (Minor: Chinese) | University of Notre Dame

Stacie Linsky

Former Admissions Officer

  • Admissions Advisor | Cornell Law School
  • Former Seasonal Admissions Reader | University Of Florida
  • JD, University of Florida

Dimple Patel

Former Admissions Officer

Former Associate Dean-Office of Admissions | University of Minnesota Medical School-Twin Cities Campus

Former Director-Office of Admissions | University of Colorado School of Medicine

Former Senior Associate Director-Office of Admissions and Financial Aid | Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago

Former Associate Director-Office of Admissions and Financial Aid | Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago

  • PhD Education and Human Resource Studies, Higher Education Leadership Specialization | Colorado State University

  • MS Education, College Student Personnel Administration | Illinois State University

  • BS Social Science, Interdisciplinary Studies (Environmental Policy) | Michigan State University

Arlene Mbonu

Graduate Coach

  • PhD Social Welfare | Stony Brook University, Stony Brook
  • Masters Social Policy | SUNY Empire State, Saratoga Springs
  • BA | Cornell University

Dr. David Vasquez

Former Admissions Officer

  • Director of Admissions & Records | Allan Hancock College
  • Former Director of Admissions & Records | Victor Valley College
  • Former Assistant Director of Admissions | University of Southern California Gould School of Law
  • Former Graduate Admissions Coordinator |  University of California, Santa Barbara Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Doctor of Education | University of New England
  • Master’s Degree in Public Policy & Administration | California State University, Long Beach
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice | California State University, Dominguez Hills

Jensine Andresen

Graduate Coach

  • PhD Philosophy and Religion | Harvard University
  • MS Philosophy and Religion | Harvard University
  • MA Social Anthropology | Columbia University
  • BSE Civil Engineering | Princeton University

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