Admissions Director Q&A
Clear Admit’s exclusive interviews with admissions directors at the world’s leading MBA programs.
Published: November 16, 2021
Admissions Director Q&A: Soojin Kwon of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business
We continue to deliver insights into MBA admissions with our Admissions Director Q&A series. This week, we are excited to welcome Soojin Kwon, Managing Director of Full-Time MBA Admissions and Program at Michigan Ross. Soojin Kwon, Managing Director for Full-time MBA Admissions and Program at Michigan Ross Soojin has led MBA Admissions since 2006 and, since 2016, also oversees the MBA Program, which includes student experience and academic advising. Before joining Ross, Soojin was a Manager in Deloitte’s Strategy and Operations practice. Prior to consulting, she served as a Presidential Management Fellow,
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Published: November 9, 2021
Admissions Director Q&A: Deirdre M Kane of The University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business
Deirdre Kane, Director of Admissions, Full-Time MBA & Dual Degree programs at the University of Georgia This edition of our Admissions Director Q&A series takes us to the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. Deirdre Kane, the Director of Admissions for the Full-Time MBA & Dual Degree programs at Terry College, joins us to discuss the ins and outs of MBA admissions. Deirdre earned her bachelor’s in English literature with minors in French and women’s studies from Drew University, a master’s in English literature from the University of Maryland,
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Published: October 27, 2021
Admissions Director Q&A: Eric Askins of Berkeley’s Haas School of Business
Eric Askins, Executive Director of Full-Time MBA Admissions at Berkeley Haas School of Business In this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A series, we learn the ins and outs of admissions at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. Eric Askins, Executive Director of Admissions, leads the admissions and enrollment efforts at Berkeley Haas. Eric has spent over a decade in higher education with a mission of advancing access and opportunity. At Haas, he partners with students, faculty and staff to recruit a diverse student body. Read on for Eric’s answers
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Published: October 19, 2021
Admissions Director Q&A: Shari Hubert of the Duke Fuqua School of Business
Shari Hubert, Associate Dean of Admissions at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business We continue our Admissions Director Q&A series with Shari Hubert, Associate Dean of Admissions at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Hubert oversees recruitment and admissions for Fuqua’s Daytime MBA, Weekend Executive MBA, Global Executive MBA, and four Specialty Masters’ Degree Programs. Prior to Fuqua, Hubert was in charge of admissions for the Full-time and Evening MBA programs at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. She has extensive experience in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors.
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Published: October 13, 2021
Admissions Director Q&A: Lisa Rios of NYU Stern School of Business
Lisa Rios, Assistant Dean, NYU Stern MBA Admissions In this Admissions Director Q&A, we hear from Lisa Rios, Assistant Dean of NYU Stern MBA Admissions. As a member of the Admissions team since 2008, she has evaluated nearly 50,000 Full-time MBA applications and seen nearly 5,000 new full-time students start their MBA journey. Lisa has also coordinated the Admissions team’s systems & operations, customer service, event planning, recruiting and marketing. Prior to Stern, Lisa worked in industry at JP Morgan Chase and Liz Claiborne. She earned her MA in Higher
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Published: October 6, 2021
Admissions Director Q&A: Emily Haydon of Northwestern Kellogg
Emily Haydon, Interim Assistant Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, Northwestern Kellogg We roll right along with our Admissions Director Q&A series by welcoming Emily Haydon, Interim Assistant Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid for the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, to chat about the leading b-school. She leads the Admissions and Financial Aid teams for the Full-Time, Executive and Evening & Weekend MBA programs. Prior to Kellogg, Emily spent three years as Director of Admissions at Northwestern College, three years in supply chain management at Target and eight years as
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Published: October 5, 2021
Admissions Director Q&A: Amber Janke of The University of Washington Foster School of Business
Amber Janke, Director of MBA Admissions (Full-time MBA and Evening MBA) at Washington Foster School of Business Rolling along with our Admissions Director Q&A series, we hear from Amber Janke, Director of Full-time and Evening MBA Admissions at the Foster School of Business of the University of Washington. Amber has pursued a career in higher education for the past 15+ years, working with faculty and student affairs at universities in California and New York before moving into her passion – admissions. Janke obtained a Masters in Higher Education Administration at New York University and spent 10
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Published: September 29, 2021
Admissions Director Q&A: Bailey McChesney of Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Business
Bailey McChesney, Director of MBA Admissions at Vanderbilt Owen We continue with our Admissions Director Q&A series with Bailey McChesney, the Director of MBA Admissions at Vanderbilt Owen. McChesney manages the application evaluation process and the incoming student onboarding experience. She oversees a team of experienced application evaluators and the MBA Recruiting & Admissions Fellows. Prior to her current role, she enjoyed traveling and recruiting students to join the Vanderbilt MBA program and serving as the Owen Orientation Chair. Read on for her insights into the Vanderbilt Owen MBA program, what to expect
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Published: September 28, 2021
Admissions Director Q&A: Donna Swinford of Chicago Booth
Associate Dean for Student Recruitment and Admissions, MBA Programs at Chicago Booth We are excited to discuss MBA admissions at Chicago Booth with the Associate Dean for Student Recruitment and Admissions, Donna Swinford, in this Admissions Director Q&A. Swinford has been at Booth since 1997 and joined the office of Admissions in 2005. It’s safe to say she’s seen the admissions process at Booth from pretty much every angle possible over the course of her tenure. She has served in several roles, including head of Operations and Evaluation, before transitioning to her current position at
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Published: September 20, 2021
Admissions Director Q&A: Rebecca Mallen-Churchill of ASU Carey
Rebecca Mallen-Churchill, Director of Graduate Student Recruitment, ASU W.P. Carey School of Business Get the dish on MBA admissions at ASU W. P. Carey School of Business, as Rebecca Mallen-Churchill, Director of Graduate Student Recruitment, shares what you need to know about getting into the MBA program in our latest Admissions Director Q&A. Mallen-Churchill graduated from ASU in 2005; while earning her degree in theatre and Italian, she also discovered her love for higher education while working for the Graduate Admissions office. After gaining work experience in the hospitality industry and traveling the
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Published: September 15, 2021
Admissions Director Q&A: Maria Pineda of the UMD Smith School of Business
Maria Pineda, Senior Director of Admissions at The University of Maryland We head to College Park, MD, for this installment of our Admissions Director Q&A series to learn all about the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Maria Pineda has been with UMD Smith for 15 years. As the Senior Director of Admissions, Maria manages the recruiting efforts for Full Time MBA and Specialty Master’s Programs. Read on for her insights into the admissions process, what to expect during the interview, and more. Clear Admit: What is the one aspect
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Published: September 13, 2021
Admissions Director Q&A: Rodrigo Malta of the Texas McCombs School of Business
Rodrigo Malta, Managing Director of MBA Marketing, Recruiting, & Admissions at McCombs School of Business Rodrigo Malta, Managing Director of MBA Marketing, Recruiting & Admissions at the Texas McCombs School of Business, walks us through the highlights and admissions process in this edition of our MBA Admissions Director Q&A series. Rodrigo, originally from Brazil, says one of his proudest moments was becoming a US citizen in 2008, which was the same year he joined Texas McCombs as the Associate Director of MBA Admissions, Lead Diversity Recruiter for the
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Published: September 8, 2021
Admissions Director Q&A: Anna Farrus of IMD Business School
Anna Farrus, Director of MBA Recruitment & Admissions at IMD In this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A series, we take a trip to Switzerland to learn all about IMD from Anna Farrus, the Director of MBA Recruitment and Admissions there. Anna has a long history in the management education space, beginning at IESE in Barcelona, which is also her hometown. She then led the admissions team at Oxford Saïd Business School for nearly 12 years. Anna has been heading up admissions at IMD since 2018. Read on for her insights into the
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Published: September 6, 2021
Admissions Director Q&A: Charlotte Russell-Green of Cambridge Judge Business School
The Head of MBA Recruitment and Admissions at Cambridge Judge Business School, Charlotte Russell-Green, joins us for the latest edition of our Admissions Director Q&A series. Charlotte Russell-Green, Head of MBA Recruitment and Admissions at Cambridge Judge Business School After training in Drama and Theatre at Goldsmiths in London, Charlotte joined the marketing field after graduation. She has accumulated nearly 10 years of experience in the MBA market. She began her MBA career at QS, managing marketing for the World MBA Tour events in North America. For roughly the past seven years, she
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Published: August 25, 2021
Admissions Director Q&A: Dawna Levenson of MIT Sloan
In the latest edition of our Admissions Director Q&A series, the Assistant Dean of Admissions at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Dawna Levenson, joins us to discuss all things MIT. Dawna Levenson, Assistant Dean of Admissions, MIT Sloan School of Management As the leader of the admissions team, Dawna holds responsibility for all recruiting, evaluation, conversion and marketing activities in support of the MBA, Sloan Fellows MBA, Master of Finance (MFin), Master of Business Analytics, and Master of Science in Management Studies programs. Prior to this role, Dawna was the Director of Admissions for
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Published: August 3, 2021
Admissions Director Q&A: Kirsten Moss of Stanford GSB
Get the inside scoop on MBA admissions at Stanford GSB, as Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions & Financial Aid, Kirsten Moss, shares everything you need to know about getting into the leading business school in our latest Admissions Director Q&A. Kirsten Moss, Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, Stanford GSB Prior to Stanford GSB, Kirsten held roles in leadership coaching, consulting, admissions and more. In addition to being an executive coach for senior executives in various sectors, she had worked as a consultant for Egon Zehnder, developing tools to assess leadership potential. Earlier in her
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Admissions Director Q&A: Chad Losee of Harvard Business School
Are you applying to Harvard Business School (HBS) this year? Then you won’t want to miss this latest installment of our Admissions Director Q&A series as we welcome Chad Losee, the Managing Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid at HBS. His team is responsible for recruiting, evaluating, and yielding a class of about 930 HBS students each year. In addition, Losee’s team oversees a need-based financial aid program that deploys more than $40 million in scholarships for HBS students. Chad Losee, Managing Director, MBA Admissions and Financial Aid at HBS Losee earned
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Admissions Director Q&A: Blair Mannix of The Wharton School
Blair Mannix, Director of Admissions at the Wharton School We are rolling along with our Admissions Director Q&A series and are thrilled to welcome Blair Mannix, Director of Admissions for The Wharton School. Blair has a rich history in higher education, working at Penn since 2008 and specifically in admissions at Wharton for nearly a decade. She has an undergraduate degree from Saint Joseph’s University and a master’s degree from Penn’s Graduate School of Education, where she studied Early Decision programs at selective universities. In this interview, Blair talks about: The life of an MBA application at
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Admissions Director Q&A: Emily French Thomas of Columbia Business School
Emily Thomas, Director of Admissions, Columbia Business School We are excited to kick off our annual Admissions Director Q&A series, in which MBA admissions directors shed light on their program’s application process, essays and more. To start the 2021-2022 round of exclusive Q&As, we welcome Columbia Business School’s Director of Admissions Emily French Thomas. Emily has been a proud member of the Columbia Business School community since 2008. She joined Columbia as part of the Academic and Student affairs team in the Executive MBA program, and now leads recruiting for EMBA, MBA and Deferred Enrollment programs on
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Published: October 4, 2020
Admissions Director Q&A: Shelly Heinrich of Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
The associate dean of MBA admissions and director of marketing at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, Shelly Heinrich, joins us for this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A. 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 its execution. Read on for her insights into the greatest feature of the McDonough MBA program, the
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Published: September 21, 2020
Admissions Director Q&A: Eddie Asbie of Cornell University’s S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management
Eddie Asbie, Interim Executive Director of Admissions & Financial Aid at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, has spent the past 16 years of his professional career in higher education, primarily within the admissions field. He has called Ithaca and Johnson home over the last eight years and enjoys making an impact in the community. Eddie’s responsibilities have included helping develop the One-Year and Two-Year Residential MBA programs, along with recruiting the underrepresented population, U.S. Military and dual degree candidates. Read on for his insights into the leading MBA program in
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Published: August 31, 2020
Admissions Director Q&A: Dibyendu Bose of the Indian School of Business
Located in Hyderabad, India, one of the larger urban areas in India, and in Mohali, India, the Indian School of Business offers an accelerated, one-year Post-Graduate Program in Management (PGP). An ISB alumnus and MIT Sloan Fellow, Dibyendu Bose is the Director of Admissions & Financial Aid (AFA) at ISB. He also heads the Office of Alumni Engagement and works closely with Dean Rajendra Srivastava in driving different strategic initiatives. Read on the learn more from Bose about ISB’s PGP, the best way to respond to the ISB essay questions, and more.
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Published: August 30, 2020
Admissions Director Q&A: Luke Peña of the Dartmouth Tuck School of Business
Luke Peña is the Executive Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Luke still vividly remembers the highs and lows of applying to business school 11 years ago. He cares deeply about reducing stress and anxiety for business school applicants, and regularly provides updates for applicants on the Tuck360 blog as part of The Tuck team’s commitment to transparency and accessibility. He shares more below—including how you can guarantee an interview—so read on for his insights in this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A series. Clear Admit: What is the one aspect of your program
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Published: August 26, 2020
Admissions Director Q&A: Benoit Banchereau of HEC Paris
Benoit Banchereau has been working for HEC Paris for 5 years, first as director of marketing and admissions for the MBA program and now as executive director of marketing and admissions for the MBA programs (MBA, EMBA and Trium). He previously worked as marketing, communications and business development director for AT Kearney, Standard&Poors and Freshfields. He joined us for this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A series, providing insights into MBA admissions, the interview process and more.
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Published: August 24, 2020
Admissions Director Q&A: Kirsten Moss of the Stanford Graduate School of Business
If Stanford GSB is on your list of target business schools, be sure to read this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A series with the Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, Kirsten Moss. Prior to her current role at Stanford, Kirsten developed tools to assess leadership potential as a consultant with Egon Zehnder. Earlier in her career, she was the Director of Career Services and the Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at Harvard Business School. Kirsten has an AB in economics, government, and sociology from Harvard College and an
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