Strategic Enrollment Planning Consultants

Our consultants for Strategic Enrollment Planning have extensive on-campus experience as enrollment managers. They offer data-informed strategies based on the experiences at their own campuses as well as the hundreds of institutions they have advised as consultants.

Jim Hundrieser, PhD
Associate Vice President, Noel-Levitz
Dr. Jim Hundrieser offers more than 20 years of experience in higher education. His enrollment management expertise covers strategic enrollment planning, student recruitment, student retention, strategic planning, assessment, and campus organization. In addition to his on-campus experience as an enrollment manager, he has consulted with more than 40 campuses. Full bio »

Wendy Beckemeyer
Vice President of Enrollment Management, Chatham University (PA)
Wendy Beckemeyer is a senior associate consultant with more than 20 years of experience in enrollment management. In addition to her current position, she has served at Alfred University, Colby-Sawyer College, Cottey College and California Lutheran University. Each of her prior institutions experienced record enrollment and decreasing discount rates. Full bio »

Brian Dalton, PhD
Senior Vice President for Enrollment Management, Mercer University (GA)
Brian Dalton, a senior associate consultant, offers more than 15 years of higher education experience in leadership, strategic planning, marketing, admissions, orientation, financial aid, academic program and curriculum development, first-year programs, non-traditional programming, and higher education innovation. Full bio »

Kathy Fitzgerald
Vice President for Enrollment Management, Paul Smith's College (NY)
Kathy Fitzgerald offers experience in strategic planning for student recruitment, institutional marketing, and public relations for higher education. Previously she served as vice president for marketing and enrollment management at The Sage Colleges (NY), helping those campuses significantly increase their academic profile. Full bio »

Michael Frantz
Vice President of Enrollment, Robert Morris University (PA)
Michael Frantz offers more than 20 years of experience in campus admissions, recruitment, financial aid planning, marketing, and enrollment consulting. Prior to his current position, he helped Wilkes University (PA) double enrollment, increase net revenue, lower discounting, and double the ethnic diversity of the student body. Full bio »

Brian Ralph
Vice President for Enrollment Management, Queens University of Charlotte (NC)
Brian Ralph, a senior associate consultant, specializes in strategic enrollment planning, recruitment and admissions processes, marketing and promotions strategies, and marketing communications. At his current campus, his oversees traditional undergraduate admissions, graduate admissions and student services, student financial services, residence life, student activities, athletics, and multi-cultural affairs. Full bio »

Lydia Voigt, PhD
Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Loyola University New Orleans (LA)
With more than three decades of experiences as an academic and administrator, Dr. Lydia Voigt offers expertise in student retention, strategic planning, accreditation, and campus data management. Full bio »

Joyce Kinkead
Associate Vice President for Research, Utah State University
Joyce Kinkead is an acclaimed academic and administrator with 30 years of experience in higher education. She offers extensive expertise in the areas of student recruitment, retention, financial aid, academic advising, institutional research, academic planning and assessment, and classroom instruction. Full bio »

Dan David García
Vice President for Enrollment Management, West Texas A&M University
As a senior associate consultant, Dan García has extensive experience in enrollment management and campus communications and marketing. Prior to his current position, he served as associate vice chancellor for enrollment services at the University of Washington Tacoma. Full bio »

Joseph Watts
Associate Consultant, Noel-Levitz
Joseph Watts has more than 30 years of experience in higher education, including strategic enrollment planning for state systems. He has held enrollment management positions at Appalachian State University (NC) and the University of North Carolina System. Full bio »

David Trites
Senior Associate Consultant, Noel-Levitz
A 20-year veteran of higher education, Dr. David Trites offers expertise in assessing organizational effectiveness, applying Baldrige approaches to continuous improvement, as well as increasing student success and retention. His campus experience includes serving as dean of Student Services at Alexandria Technical College (MN). Full bio »

Douglas Christiansen, PhD
Vice Provost for Enrollment and Dean of Admissions, Vanderbilt University (TN)
Dr. Douglas Christiansen has consulted with more than 120 campuses on strategic enrollment planning, student recruitment, and financial aid management. He previously served in enrollment management positions at Purdue University (IN) and the University of Utah. Full bio »

Marilyn Crone
Senior Vice President for Enrollment Advancement, Trinity Western University (British Columbia)
Marilyn Crone offers a decade of experience in higher education, serving three private institutions in the United States and Canada. She has managed a broad range of enrollment issues, including student recruitment, student retention, financial aid, and marketing and communications. Full bio »

Brenda Williams, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Consultant, Noel-Levitz
With more than 35 years of experience in higher education, Dr. Brenda Williams offers clients a wealth of insights on effective retention strategy. She helps campuses strengthen student retention planning, academic instruction, academic support services, and the role of faculty in student retention and success. She recently served at the University of New Haven (CT) as associate provost and professor of English and education. Full bio »

Laura McPhie Oliveira, PhD
Vice President for Enrollment Management, Salve Regina University (RI)
Dr. Laura McPhie Oliveira offers 25 years of admissions, marketing and financial aid experience and a proven track record for getting results. She has consulted on more than 20 campuses nationwide. Full bio »

Terry Whittum
Vice President for Enrollment Management, Jacksonville University (FL)
A senior associate consultant for Noel-Levitz, Terry Whittum has more than 20 years of experience as a higher education professional. He has extensive experience with student recruitment, admissions, enrollment, marketing, adult education, distance learning, and retention. Full bio »