School Q&A

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,… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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.… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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,… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

Career workshops, mock interviews, industry connections, recruiting relationships—these are just a few of the services that the Career Center team offers to enable HEC Paris students pursue their dream career paths. Seventy-two percent of students in the MBA Class of 2019 secured their post-MBA positions through school-facilitated opportunities such as on-campus recruitment, the HEC Paris… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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.… Read more