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Graham Rosby

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Assistant Director of Admissions | University of Chicago
  • MA | Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • AB | The University of Chicago

Joshua Ward

Graduate Coach

  • MD | Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine
  • BA Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Performing and Media Arts | Cornell University

Shannon Julian

Graduate Coach

  • MBA Major: Technology Analytics & Strategy | The Wharton School and The Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania
  • Master of International Studies (Dual-Degree), Focus: East Asia and China | The Wharton School and The Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania
  • BA Economics | Princeton University

Megan Di Russo

Graduate Coach

  • PhD Criminology and Justice Policy | Northeastern University
  • BA Degree in Sociology Honors & Minor in Justice and Law/ Notation in Cultural Rhetoric | Stanford University

Kathryn “Mei” Leebron

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Admission Counselor I, CVE Team | Rice University
  • Former Temporary Admission Marketing Specialist, MarCom Team | Rice University
  • BA Visual and Dramatic Arts | Rice University

Julianne Reynolds

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Graduate Admissions Reader | Columbia University, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Bachelor of Arts in Music, Oklahoma City University

Aviva Diamond

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Seasonal Application Reader | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Office of Admissions
  • Former Seasonal Application Reader | Carnegie Mellon University, Office of Undergraduate Admissions
  • Former Application Pre-Reader | Carnegie Mellon University, Office of Undergraduate Admissions
  • PhD Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Stony Brook University
  • MS Health Care Policy and Management | Carnegie Mellon University
  • BA Double Major in Neuroscience and Religion | Oberlin College

Catherine Trusky

Graduate Coach

  • Currently completing MA, English (Writing and Rhetoric Studies), Northeastern University
  • BA English Language and Literature | Dartmouth College

Laura Gomez Merchan

Graduate Coach

  • Doctor in Medicine | Ponce Health Sciences University
  • MS Epidemiology | Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
  • BA Molecular Cellular Biology, Immunology & Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease | University of California, Berkeley

Adriana Diaz-Granados

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Assistant Director of Admissions | Johns Hopkins University
  • Senior Admissions Consultant | Solomon Admissions Consulting
  • Former Chief of Staff to the Dean of Admissions| Georgetown University
  • Former Admissions Officer | Georgetown University
  • BA Communication & Information Technology Major: Information Communication Technology | Florida State University

Madeleine Finley

Graduate Coach

  • MFA in Painting and Drawing | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • BFA in Painting and Drawing | School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Shawna-Kaye Lester

Graduate Coach

  • MPH Health Policy and Management | Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
  • MS Journalism | Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
  • BS Biological Chemistry and Spanish | Bates College

Victoria Wiet

Graduate Coach

  • PhD English and Comparative Literature | Columbia University
  • MA English and Comparative Literature | Columbia University
  • BA English, Women’s and Gender Studies | Brandeis University

Allison Kurthy

Former Admissions Officer

  • Academic Advisor & Transfer/Internal Admissions Coordinator | University at Buffalo Honors College
  • Honors College Program Manager, Northeastern University Former
  • Seasonal Admissions Reader | Cornell University, College of Human Ecology
  • MS Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration | Canisius College
  • BS Psychology | Nazareth College of Rochester

Francesca Dasso

Graduate Coach

  • MFA Documentary Media | Toronto Metropolitan University
  • Double Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Development Studies | Brown University

John McMahon

Graduate Coach

  • Master of Science in Educational Administration | University of Notre Dame
  • Master of Education | University of Notre Dame
  • Bachelor of Arts | University of Notre Dame

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

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

  • 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

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