AC24 Sessions and Speakers

Jan Abernathy
The Browning School
Chief Communications Officer
The Empathy Gap: Helping Faculty Prioritize the Parent Experience

Josie AG Shapiro
Park Day School
Chief Enrollment and Admission Officer
From Pay What You Wish to No Soup For You! A Look at Financial Aid Policies

Vinita Ahuja
Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital
Chief Strategy and Operations Officer
Lauren Allen
EMA
Assessment Specialist
SSAT Item Writing Workshop

Dana Anselmi
St. Paul's School
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
New Best Practices for Holistic Assessment as Required SSATs Creep Back

Joseph E. Aoun
Joseph E. Aoun
Northeastern University
President
Keynote

Rohan Arjun
Rohan Arjun
Friends Select School
Director of Enrollment Management and Financial Aid
Anti-Bias Workshop
Live Podcast Recording: The Evolution of Strategic Enrollment Management
Transformative Change Through a DEIJB Lens

Ryan Armstrong
Baylor School
Director of Admission & Enrollment
New Best Practices for Holistic Assessment as Required SSATs Creep Back

Kate Auger-Campbell
Independent School Management
Executive Director, Sales & Marketing
From Manager to Mentor: Building Future Enrollment Leaders
Empowering Enrollment Leaders: Cultivating a Culture of Collaboration

Miles Bailey
Westminster School
Dean of Admissions
Beyond One - How Cross Collaboration Can Increase Your Enrollment

Christine Baker
Christine Baker
The Baker Group Carney, Sandoe & Associates
President and Founder
From the Top: New Heads of School Panel Discussion

Laurel Baker Tew
Viewpoint School
Assistant Head of School for Enrollment
Strategic School Leadership: Uniting Enrollment and Finance Leaders

Juli Baldwin
Parish Episcopal School
Director of Financial Assistance
Promoting Belonging through Supplemental Support

Eric Barber
Walnut Hill School for the Arts
Head of School
From the Top: New Heads of School Panel Discussion

Schaeffer Barnhardt
Western Reserve Academy
Interim Director of Enrollment
We've got concern! We've got care!
Tales and Truths

Jeff Beaton
Choate Rosemary Hall
Chief Enrollment Manager
Re-thinking the Interview

Susanna Beckwith
McMillan Education
Educational Consultant
We're All In This Together!

Ajla Bilajbegovic
Montcrest School
Director of Advancement
Elevating Relationship in the Enrollment Experience

Benjamin Bingman-Tennant
A Better Chance
Chief Program Officer
EMA DEIJ Think Tank - Working With Nonprofits to Achieve Enrollment Goals

Jessica Bliss
Harpeth Hall
Director of Marketing and Communications
Are you ready for the new deciders?

Stephanie Boulay
Noble and Greenough School
Director of Financial Aid
From Pay What You Wish to No Soup For You! A Look at Financial Aid Policies

Geoffrey Bowman
Saddle River Day School
Director of Admissions
Achieving Enrollment Success as a T.E.A.M.

Leslie Bray
The Langley School
Associate Director of Admission & Financial Aid
Creating a Successful Student Ambassador Program

Aaron Brazelton
Alabama School of Cyber Technology & Engineering
Director of Admissions & Advancement
Ensuring Legally Defensible Enrollment Strategies

Kate Breslin
The Field School
Director of Middle School Admission
Defining Your School's Culture Through the Enrollment Process

Frankie Brown
SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL
Melissa Browne
Concord Academy
Admissions Counselor
From Gatekeeping to Student Seeking

Eric Brunt
Mary Institute & St. Louis Country Day School (MICDS)
Director of Enrollment Management
Feeders of Dreams: If You Build It, They Will Come

Kerry Bryan
Mary Institute & St. Louis Country Day School (MICDS)
Associate Director of Admission - Middle School
Feeders of Dreams: If You Build It, They Will Come

Teebie Bunn Saunders
Saunders Education Consulting
Secondary School Admission Consultant
Help me, Help you. Navigating the admitted-student decision window.

Valerie Burke
The Hotchkiss School
Director of Admission Operations
JP Burlington
Millbrook School
Director of Strategic Recruitment & Financial Aid
Beyond One - How Cross Collaboration Can Increase Your Enrollment

Brooke Buttari
The Lawrenceville School
Director of Donor Relations & Stewardship
Rethinking Stewardship of Named Scholarships

Steven Casey
Punahou School
Director of Financial Aid and Associate Director of Admissions
Financial Aid Policy

Kathy Cheng
Phillips Exeter Academy
Associate Director of Admissions
Leading from the Middle

Matt Clemmens
Clemmens Consulting
Principal Consultant
Using Power BI to Make Informed Data Decisions

Lee Coffin
Dartmouth College
Vice President and Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid
Higher Ed Panel

Scott Conklin
Episcopal HS
Director of Admissions
It's Admissions Season and You Have a Crisis

Ray Cross
St. Andrew’s School - Rhode Island
Director of Community, Equity, and Belonging
Anti-Bias Workshop

Tracy Dansker
Riverdale Country School
Director of Middle and Upper School Admission
See For Yourself: Authentic Experiences in the Admissions Process

Jim Daughdrill
EMA
National Director of Membership & Business Development
The Ride to Independent Schools: Families Tell Us about Their Journey

Amy deBorst
Greenhill School
Director of Financial Aid
Promoting Belonging through Supplemental Support

Kevin DeCusatis
Moravian Academy
Director of Admissions - Historic Downtown Campus
The Critical Importance of Transition Events for Healthy Enrollment

Scott Delleville
Finalsite
Team Leader - Finalsite Enrollment
Oh the Places You’ll Go - International Enrollment Reflections

Melinda DeMaria
The Lovett School
Head of Enrollment Management
Strategic Evolution: Tackling K-12 Admissions in the Wake of Supreme Court Changes

Ray Diffley
Founder RD3 Education & Advising Center & Director of Character Education @SNF (Shang NancyFriends) Global Education Group
Founder @RD3 Education & Director of Character Education & Senior Adviser for SNF
How China Recruitment Will Change in the Election Year?

Dianne Domenech-Burgos
Phillips Academy
Chief of Staff & Asst Head of School for Strategic Planning
Strategists: New Leaders for Independent Schools

Deborah Don
The Langley School
Director of Admission & Financial Aid
Creating a Successful Student Ambassador Program

Matti Donkor
mdonkor@exeter.edu
Director of Admissions
Creative and Strategic Outreach

Caroline Doswell
Admission Testing Solutions
Executive Director
Your Early Childhood Assessment Solution: Admission Testing Solutions Live Assessment Demo

Christina Dotchin
EMA
Vice President, Member Relations
Live Podcast Recording: The Evolution of Strategic Enrollment Management

Cortney Dowdle
RabunGap-Nacoochee School
Director of Admission
Oh the Places You’ll Go - International Enrollment Reflections

Kelly Dun
Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child (Summit, NJ)
Director of Enrollment Management and Financial Aid
Mission-Driven Marketing: 10 Ways to Leverage Your School’s Values to Attract Best-Fit Families

James Eberhart
Chadwick School
Director of Financial Aid & Associate Director of Admission
Tools & Strategies for Better Dashboards, without a Advanced Degree!
Come and Build a Pipeline Dashboard!

Heather Eckert
Eckert Education Group
Founder & Managing Partner
Help me, Help you. Navigating the admitted-student decision window.

Bernetta Edmondson
Woodward Academy
School Engagement Coordinator PK-6
Marketing Magic: A-Z Enrollment Strategies

Laurie Ehrlich
Thrive Hive
Co-Founder & Marketing Strategist
AI...Friend or Foe?

Tyler Fereira
Francis Parker School (CA)
Director of Admissions and Financial Assistance
Are You Seeing What We Are Seeing? Panel Discussion of FA Data & Trends

Ciera Field
Mary Institute & St. Louis Country Day School (MICDS)
Associate Director of Admission - Tuition Assistance
From Pay What You Wish to No Soup For You! A Look at Financial Aid Policies

Kevin Folan
Providence Country Day School
Head of School
What 100 Heads of School Reveal About the Independent School Business Model

Darnetta Forteau
St. Philip's School and Community Center
Director of Admission & Enrollment Management
Building a Weighted Rubric

Katie Fotofili
The Madeira School
Director of Financial Aid, Associate Director of Enrollment Management
Creative and Strategic Outreach

Polly Fredlund
Westover School
Head of School
From the Top: New Heads of School Panel Discussion

Cari Freer
Munich International School e.V.
Marketing Manager
Design Experiential Marketing to Support Your Mobile Families

John Gentile
Oakwood School
Assistant Head of School for Community Engagement and Belonging
Live Podcast Recording: The Evolution of Strategic Enrollment Management
Transformative Change Through a DEIJB Lens