MANAGEMENT TEAM

FOUNDERS

The founders of Clear Admit have used their extensive admissions experience to form the best admissions consulting team in the field.

ELIOT INGRAM, Co-Founder
Eliot Ingram has spent over eight years in the field of MBA admissions. In 1994, Mr. Ingram helped launch MBA Multi-App and Law Multi-App, which quickly became the leading software for applying to business schools and law schools. In his senior management role, Mr. Ingram built strong relationships with admissions officers at the top 50 business schools and top 50 law schools in the US. He also gained exposure to tens of thousands of MBA and law applicants which allowed him to develop a strong understanding of the admissions process from both sides of the marketplace.

Mr. Ingram left Multi-App in order to complete an MBA from the Wharton School. After graduating from Wharton in 1999, Mr. Ingram formed a consulting firm advising early stage technology companies on their marketing and business development strategies. In late 2001, Mr. Ingram co-founded Clear Admit with Graham Richmond. For the past six years at Clear Admit, Mr. Ingram’s combination of admissions expertise, marketing experience and editing skills has enabled him to help hundreds of applicants to gain admission to top MBA programs

Mr. Ingram holds a BA in Economics & Political Science from Swarthmore College and an MBA from the Wharton School.

GRAHAM RICHMOND, Co-Founder
Graham Richmond has spent over ten years in the field of MBA admissions. He began his career in the mid 1990’s with MCS Multi-App, an educational software startup offering application software products to business school applicants and admissions officers. In his role as Vice President of Marketing and Operations for the company, Mr. Richmond built industry alliances with organizations like Business Week and the Princeton Review, and assisted tens of thousands of MBA applicants.

Mr. Richmond left his post at MCS Multi-App to pursue an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. While there, he worked as a student admissions officer. In this capacity, he reviewed and rated hundreds of applications and attended weekly admissions committee decision meetings. Upon graduation from Wharton, he joined the Wharton Admissions Committee and helped to redesign the school’s admissions process while representing the program at conferences and forums in the United States and Europe.

After leaving the Wharton admissions office, Graham Richmond co-founded Clear Admit with Mr. Ingram. Clear Admit has since helped thousands of MBA applicants find success in the MBA admissions process - earning a reputation as the leader in the admissions consulting field. Mr. Richmond has subsequently been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Chronicle of Higher Education and Business Week and he has also been invited to moderate discussions on several MBA-admissions themed web sites.

Mr. Richmond holds a BA in Art History from Swarthmore College and an MBA from the Wharton School.

SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADMISSIONS COUNSELORS

KEVIN CHEN
Kevin Chen holds Masters degrees from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a BA in Political Science from Princeton University. He comes to Clear Admit with five years of experience helping international applicants gain admission to the world's leading MBA programs.

An expert on personal branding, Mr. Chen draws on his years of strategy and marketing experience in advising his clients. In his most recent post, Mr. Chen developed international marketing partnerships for the National Basketball Association. Prior to working for the NBA, Mr. Chen held the posts of Director of Sales and Marketing for the real estate development and investment firm Longview Investments, Director of Market Research for strategy consulting firm the Blueframe Group, and Senior Associate for McKinsey & Company. Mr. Chen also brings writing skills developed over his years as a Senior Correspondent for Reuters, the world’s largest news agency, covering stories in Greater China. Mr. Chen translates his branding and marketing experience and deep familiarity with a wide range of industries into tailored admissions strategies for MBA applicants of all backgrounds. He is fluent in Mandarin and Taiwanese.

BRETT HABER
Brett Haber received a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Yale University and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. She was a member of the admissions committee for several years after receiving her MBA, evaluating thousands of applications, conducting applicant interviews, and helping to promote ties within the Wharton alumni community.

In addition to her time in admissions, Ms. Haber brings years of experience as an international consultant to the Clear Admit team. This background enables Ms. Haber to help consultants and others who are concerned that they might not stand out from other applicants to identify those aspects of their experiences which truly make them unique.

DEENA MAEROWITZ
Deena Maerowitz is a former Associate Director of Admissions at Columbia Business School, where, in addition to reviewing applications, conducting interviews and participating in admissions decisions, she oversaw the website for prospective students and initiated an online discussion thread that is still in wide use today. Both of these channels for outreach to applicants provide information to those interested in the program and help them to foster relationships with current students. Since leaving CBS, she has worked as an independent consultant advising individuals applying to MBA and undergraduate programs on all elements of the admissions process.

Ms. Maerowitz has worked in the education space since 1997. Prior to her work at Columbia, she served as legislative counsel for a member of Congress, where she focused on education issues, and served as the staff representative for the Congressional Children's Caucus. In addition, she acted as the Deputy Director of the Children's Defense Fund from 2000-2002. She holds a Juris Doctorate and a Masters in Social Work, both from the University of Connecticut, and graduated magna cum laude from Mount Holyoke College.

STACEY OYLER
Stacey Oyler served as Assistant Director of Admissions at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth from 2003 to 2005, during which time she read applications, conducted interviews and participated directly in admissions decisions. Leading the school's recruiting initiatives for women, she increased enrollment of female MBA students by 19%. She also oversaw the waitlist process and provided feedback and coaching to candidates who were not granted admission.

Prior to her work at Tuck, Ms. Oyler led a regional office for a national recruiting firm and was responsible for all aspects of the business. Upon leaving Tuck, she joined McKinsey & Company, where she led all West Coast recruiting efforts for advanced degree and MBA candidates. Ms. Oyler holds a BA in Political Science from California Polytechnic State University.

HILARY RICE
Hilary Rice received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Swarthmore College. She began her career on the admissions committees of two of the nation’s most selective colleges (Swarthmore and Bates), during which time she read and evaluated applications, conducted over one thousand interviews, and managed alumni interviewing and campus visit programs.

For the last two years, Ms. Rice has worked closely with MBA applicants to the world’s leading business schools. In addition to her work with applicants, she is a leading member of the Clear Admit School Guide production team and collaborates on the Clear Admit blog.

ALEX BROWN (on sabbatical 2008-2009)
Before joining Clear Admit, Mr. Brown served as the Senior Associate Director of Admissions of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. During his seven-year tenure at Wharton’s MBA admissions office, Mr. Brown played a decisive role in selecting candidates for the MBA program and promoted a feeling of community among past, present and prospective students.

In addition to his knowledge of the Wharton admissions process, Mr. Brown has interacted extensively with admissions officers from other top schools. In recent years, these interactions have been supplemented by his role as a teacher for GMAC’s professional development program and a speaker at meetings of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the National Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals.

Mr. Brown holds an MBA from the University of Delaware, on whose admissions committee he also served. His many years of service to the MBA admissions space has given him an unparalleled grasp of admissions strategies, which he now uses to guide our clients.

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