Conversation with Dan Saavedra

New to enrollment management? You aren't alone! Cassie Jo Cunningham, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Salem College shares her experience on being new to this unique career and what she has learned so far.

What is the thread that connects all the work we do? Between the admissions office to student success to alumni involvement, be the person that starts connections on a campus. Let’s talk about it with Stephanie Chipman the Vice President of External Relations at Illinois College. Sometimes changing the culture structure can be tough, but that shouldn’t stop us from trying.

With conference season upon us, hear from four professionals that have leaned into leadership. Featured on the program is: Julio Mata - Director of College Counseling at Francis Parker School  Lacey Patterson - Assistant Director and Texas Regional Representative at University of Iowa Sheldon Tawata - Outreach Coordinator at Kapiolani Community College Sean Kennedy - Co Director of College Counseling at Ravenscroft School

Pull up a chair and join me while I talk to Hillen Grasen Jr., Dean of Admission at Franklin and Marshall College  in Lancaster, Pennsylvania about leading people through good personal preparation and when it comes to the expectation in transition - its not perfection.

Pull up a chair because in this episode we talking to Dr. Mardell Maxwell, Executive Director at University of Houston. He calls on all of us to think about what is the gap that we stand in and how do we show up in leadership.

Not only are you going to want to grab a chair but grab a pen, our guest is Hope Krutz - President of Enroll360 at EAB. We are going to dive into questions like "are we doing strategic things or tactical things" - "what is a one way door or a two way door" - "are you a deep end person or shallow end person". Its a great episode, lets get started!

This episodes guest is Anne Kremer - Senior Director, Client Success Leader at Carnegie as we talk about the power of saying yes, and that you also give yourself the grace to say no. 

The conversation with Dan Saavedra, President and Founder of StriveScan, starts with a high school mentorship and ends with a founder of a company that many of us are using everyday in our work.

Joining me is Cassy Tefft de Muñoz, Executive Director of Enrollment Initiatives at Michigan Technological University. We talk about spontaneous adaptability, attention to detail, gen z, gen zoom. Lets get started!

Pull up a chair! Joining us to kickoff season 2 of Elevating Admission Voices is DJ Menifee, Vice President for Enrollment at Susquehanna University, as we talk about approaching everything with a purpose, committing to self reflection and the value of being your authentic self.