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Through her many professional roles at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, Mary has served as an important resource to students, faculty, and corporate partners for almost forty years.

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With her outgoing personality, Mary plays an integral role in the lives of every Quad Education applicant she works with, and she often builds relationships that last far longer than the typical advising experience. After teaching for more than 16 years as an educator, her graduate studies brought her to Columbia University, where she began a career in student services that would include senior positions in admissions, financial aid, athletics, academic advising and career services, and corporate outreach.

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Early in her career, Mary served at Columbia as the Associate Director of Athletics and then as the Director of Financial Aid. Her vast experience in both undergraduate and graduate school admissions includes positions as the Director of Admissions for the School of Education, Nursing and the Arts at New York University; the Director of Admissions, Columbia School of Nursing, and the Associate Director of Admissions for MBA Programs at the Columbia School of Business.

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Mary spent many years at the Columbia School of Business, where she also served as Assistant Dean of Student Affairs for MBA Academic Advising and as the Corporate Director for Executive Education Programs. In 2000, Mary moved back to one of her alma maters, the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she spent 12 years as Director of Career Services for both undergraduate and graduate students at the Leeds School of Business and an additional six years as Manager for Corporate Outreach and Student Engagement for Burridge Center for Finance.

Finally, in 2014, while still working part-time at CU Boulder, Mary accepted a 3-year assignment as Director of Colorado Mountain College in Buena Vista, CO.

Patrick is a Columbia University graduate with a background in admissions, product marketing, sustainable development, and creative production. He has managed global teams focused on innovation at EY (Ernst & Young), and product marketing at high-growth start-ups Transfix and Dialpad.

Patrick is a firm believer in continuous learning and bringing improvisation and fun into the creative process. He has worked with student entrepreneurs as a mentor for Silicon Valley Bank’s Trek program, launched as a founding mentor for the Broadway Tech Accelerator, and currently hosts Product Talk, a weekly podcast interviewing senior product leaders globally.

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He grew up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and was the valedictorian of his small public high school. He is extremely passionate about narrative crafting, resume building, and school selection.

Rohan is a graduate of Columbia University with a degree in biology.  He completed his MD and MBA from the Tufts University School of Medicine's combined program. He completed his residency at Weill Cornell where he served as Chief Resident in anesthesiology. Rohan is one of Quad Education's leading admissions experts.

Rohan has a wide range of experiences across undergraduate and graduate admissions consulting from his time reviewing applications and interviewing candidates at Columbia to serving as an appointed voting member of the admissions committee at the Tufts School of Medicine. He has interviewed numerous candidates, gained extensive training on application review, and adjudicated on hundreds of applications. For the last 3+ years, he has worked with dozens of students as a private admissions consultant and has helped clients from all backgrounds get into their top choices including UPenn, Hopkins, Columbia, and Stanford.

Prior to entering medical school, Rohan worked as a media producer and is the former president of the Columbia University debate team, giving him over 10 years of experience in mock interviewing, strategic positioning, and persuasive writing.

Sena is a graduate of Columbia University and has been on the admissions teams at her alma mater, Columbia University and Barnard College. During her time in admissions, Sena was responsible for interviewing prospective students, participating in initiatives such as the Columbia admissions blog to promote the school’s thought leadership among prospective candidates, and being an admissions ambassador for Columbia. During this time, she evaluated candidates and made recommendations on who to admit.

Sena learned how admissions offices want to see passion reflected in applicants’ documents through her time in admissions. She also developed a solid understanding of how much each facet of the college application – test scores, written application documents, recommendation letters, and extracurricular activities – matters.

Sena has an extremely diverse background and can relate to students from different walks of life. In addition to her admissions experience, Sena has worked as a researcher at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC. Additionally, she is also a gifted writer. Sena has worked as a journalist at Hurriyet Newspaper of Turkey and has a publication that received a prize in fiction at New York Book Festival in 2011. In her free time, Sena enjoys reading, reformer pilates, writing, singing, traveling, taking drama classes, and acting in local film and TV productions.