Zinch Board of Advisors
These folks make sure we stay on the right track.
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Doodie Meyer
Former President of NACAC
Bio
Doodie Meyer is vice president of business development for the Howard Design Group,
Inc., of Princeton and President of Meyer Educational Consultants, an educational
firm offering college admission counseling. Doodie was; Director of Admission at
Trinity University, TX. Vice President of Peterson's Guides, Inc. and President
of the National Association for College Admission Counseling. She now serves on
the board of the YWCA Princeton and is on many other community committees in Princeton
and Trenton, NJ.
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Landis Fryer
Former Admissions Officer, Dartmouth College
Bio
Landis Fryer worked in the Dartmouth College Office of Admissions from 1999-2002
where he was an Assistant Director and a member of ABAFAOILSS. He worked extensively
on student of color recruitment. The year following, he worked at A Better Chance,
a non-profit organization that helps place students of color in private boarding
schools. From 2004 - 2006, Landis worked in the Northwestern University Undergraduate
Office of Admissions where he was the co-chair of the African American Recruitment
team. Since 2006, Landis has been a Manager of Education Consulting at College Coach
helping families understand and work through the college admissions process.
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Michaela Daniel
College Placement Coordinator, Breakthrough New York
Bio
Michaela Daniel has worked in education since graduating from Harvard University
in 2003. Michaela taught 6th and 8th grade English and assisted with high school
admissions at Pace Academy/Middle School 118 in the Bronx for her first three years
out of college. Currently, she is Placement and High School Program Director at
Breakthrough New York, a non-profit academic enrichment program serving middle and
high school students in all five boroughs of New York City. At Breakthrough, Michaela
advises 8th grade students and families on private, boarding, and selective public
school admissions, guides high school juniors and seniors through the college admissions
process, and runs a mentoring program for freshmen to help them transition into
high school. Before coming to Breakthrough, Michaela did publicity and editorial
work at The New Press, a non-profit publishing company run in the public interest.
Michaela has lived in New York off and on for 7 years, but she is originally from
Bethesda, Maryland. She will start the MBA Program at Yale's School of Management
this August.
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Dean Jacoby
Associate Director of College Counseling, Albuquerque Academy
Bio
Before his death in 1893, Chief Manuelito, an important leader of the Navajo people
said, "My grandchild, education is the ladder. Tell our people to take it." Dean
Jacoby has spent his professional life at various rungs on the educational ladder
either as an admissions officer at Bates College—the first college in the country
to be completely test optional—to stints as a college counselor at five different
high schools. During the summer, Dean has spent the past several years volunteering
with College Horizons, a residential college preparatory program for Native American
and Alaska/Pacific Island Natives. Educated at Bates College through the beneficence
of his grandparents, Dean is fascinated by the issues and trends in selective college
admissions and dedicated to the ideals of access and equity. Dean sees Zinch as
an important player in broadening the discussion of how college admission offices
can evaluate talent and future success in college.
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Mary Booker
Director of Financial Aid, Gustavus Adolphus
Bio
Currently the Director of Financial Aid for Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter,
MN, I have enjoyed a 13 year career in Admissions and Financial Aid. Prior work
experience includes Admission Counselor/Coordinator of Multicultural Recruitment
at Gustavus; Associate Director of Financial Aid at Oberlin College and Dartmouth
College. I have a MS Degree in Ethnic Studies/Higher Education Administration from
Minnesota State University-Mankato and a Bachelor's Degree from Gustavus Adolphus.
I am actively involved in the state financial aid organization as well as serve
as a member of the Financial Aid Planning Committee for the Midwest Regional College
Board.
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Brad Ward
Electronic Communication Coordinator, Butler University
Bio
Brad Ward has been working in the Higher Education setting for 5 years, starting
as a student assistant in the Marketing Department at the University of Illinois
at Springfield. As a student in 2003, he created a personal website with photos,
forums, and videos for both current and prospective students, which was later used
as a primary recruitment tool by the University. The site averaged nearly 29,000
page views per month over its 2 year span. After graduation, he served as the Marketing
and Recruitment Specialist at UIS for 1 1/2 years. He has now been at Butler University
for the past year, serving as the Electronic Communication Coordinator in the Office
of Admission. His work is heavily focused in social media / social networking, email,
and usability testing. He oversees the Butler Bloggers and BUForums and is the co-creator
of http://www.bloghighed.org/,
a site that aggregates many popular higher education blogs. He also blogs at http://www.squaredpeg.com.
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Paul Holzer
Former Director of Latino Youth Center
Bio
Paul Holzer is the former Director of Higher Education at the Latin American Youth
Center – a leading youth development agency in Washington, DC – where he directed
a TRiO Upward Bound program and 3 other college prepatory programs targeting "first-generation"
students. Now studying at the Yale School of Management, Paul is focusing on social
enterprise and leadership development, and is currently planning Yale's 4th annual
Education Leadership Conference. He has presented both regionally and nationally
on innovation within youth development programs and on effective methods for preparing
Hispanic youth for college. Before working at the Latin American Youth Center, Paul
was a founding board member of the YouthBuild Public Charter School, Washington
DC's only bilingual vocational school, and a board member of the New Futures DC
Scholarship Program. With both American and Ecuadorian heritage, Paul has a special
interest in how underrepresented minority youth become more powerful stakeholders
in the American system of education. Paul earned a Bachelors of Arts and Secondary
Teaching Certification from Dartmouth College in 2000.
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