In this MBA podcast episode, we welcome special guest Shelly Heinrich, the associate dean of MBA admissions and director of marketing at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Heinrich leads the MBA Admissions team in both its marketing and operational strategy to build awareness, recruit, yield, and retain the Full-time and Flex MBA programs. She also develops the integrated marketing strategy for the team and manages the internal marketing team and external marketing firm in the execution of its initiatives.
During her 5.5 year tenure at McDonough, she has served as Director and then Assistant Dean before being named Associate Dean. Most recently under her leadership, the team enrolled a Full-time MBA class with the highest GMAT in the program’s history, and enrolled a Flex MBA Part-time Program class increasing the percentage of underrepresented minorities from 9 percent to 21 percent.
Heinrich is a senior marketing professional with over 15 years of experience in the higher education, corporate, and nonprofit sectors. Her responsibilities have included marketing, recruitment, business development, event planning, and public relations. With experience in five business schools, Heinrich brings a strong and tested knowledge of the business school industry and changing market trends.
Heinrich received an Executive MBA from the Georgetown McDonough School of Business, a Master of Education from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas Christian University. She also completed a certificate of marketing from Georgetown University and currently serves as Vice President of Communications for her local PTA and is on the 2020 GMAC Annual Conference Advisory Board.
She joins us to talk about the location of an MBA program and how it may impact a student while studying, while learning outside of the classroom, while job/internship hunting and while working in the long term.
Topics covered include:
- Hotspot regions/cities, such as NYC for finance
- How D.C. has evolved in the past 10-15 years and what it means for McDonough students
- If location is overrated or if MBA programs risk getting pigeonholed based on their location
…and more.
This podcast episode is brought to you by Georgetown McDonough School of Business.
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