Meet the Team
Our team is a diverse group of highly experienced professionals with wide-ranging expertise in student recruitment, enrollment, academic success, edtech, risk management, administration, and operations. The majority of our staff are professionals of color—with many earning degrees from HBCUs—and half of our team members were the first in their families to graduate from college. We believe this combination of lived experiences, both personal and professional, affords a unique perspective from which to approach our work.
James Runcie
CEO and Co-Founder of Ed Advancement
Wayne Cummings
SVP, Chief Technology Officer
William Leith
Managing Director
Robin S. Minor
SVP, Institutional Partnerships & Engagement
Annie Reznik
Chief of Staff
Matt Sessa
Chief Operating Officer
Whorn Adams
Data and B.I. Architect
Sherill Anderson, Ed.D.
Director, Partnership Engagement and Transformation Management
Monica Ballinas
Program Associate, Research
Cory Boone
Associate Director, Project Lead
Tonia Brown
Executive Associate
Julian Capel, Ed.D.
Director, Partner Development
Isabelle Cayo
Associate Director, Partnership Engagement and Transformation Management
Nick Cheng
Vice President, Technology Hub
Zalika Coleman
Coordinator, Special Projects
Kariny Contreras Nuñez
Compliance Officer
Jason Dodge, Ed.D.
Associate Vice President, Services & Solutions
Dwight Doughty
Associate Director, Project Lead
Shawnike Harden
Manager, Human Resources and Talent Acquisition
Nara Lee
Senior Financial Officer
Eileen Lin
Senior Partnerships Officer
Cecilia Marshall
Chief Advancement Officer
Lacy McDowell
Director of Technology Solutions and Support
Anne Monroe, Ph.D.
Vice President, Partner Development
Lesley Morris
Project Operations Manager
Aquafie Munroe
Business Manager
Diane Nguyen
Associate Director, Project Lead
Charrita D. Quimby, Ph.D.
Vice President, Partnerships and Engagement
Kenneth Rubenstein
Technical Support Analyst
Alton Russell
Associate Director, Partnership Engagement and Program Development
Amanda Schaffer, Ed.D.
Associate Director, Partnerships & Engagement
Lynsey Steele
Grants Manager
Brian Thompson
Associate Director, Project Lead
Ka’rin Thornburg, Ph.D.
Vice President, Services and Solutions
Josh Turner
Data Architect
Victoria Walker
Director, Partnership Engagement and Program Development
Tiffany Wilson
Director, Institutional Partnerships and Engagement StrategyAdvisory Board
Our advisory board includes nationally recognized leaders with demonstrated success in increasing access to higher education for underrepresented students. Their unique perspectives on a vast scope of higher education issues helps them to not only keep their finger on the pulse of current trends, but also to guide the industry forward in innovative ways.
John Barnhill
Florida State University
Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management
Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management
Douglas Christiansen, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Vice Provost for University Enrollment Affairs & Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
Vice Provost for University Enrollment Affairs & Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
Barbara Gill
University of Maryland
Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management
Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management
Ingrid Hayes
Spelman College
Senior Vice President for Enrollment Management
Senior Vice President for Enrollment Management
Kedra Ishop, PhD
University of Southern California
Vice President, Enrollment Management
Vice President, Enrollment Management
Joseph Montgomery
North Carolina A&T State University
Interim Associate Vice Provost for Enrollment Management
Interim Associate Vice Provost for Enrollment Management
Jim Nondorf
University of Chicago
Vice President, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
Vice President, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
Matt Proto
Colby College
Vice President, Dean of Admissions
Vice President, Dean of Admissions
Francisco Valines
Florida International University
Director of Financial Aid
Director of Financial Aid
Our Network
Our network also includes organizations who, like us, value the important role of colleges and universities, like HBCUs, in advancing socioeconomic mobility for historically underrepresented students.
Careers at Ed Advancement
We are always seeking skilled, resourceful and dedicated individuals to help us advance and amplify the powerful work of our partner institutions. Working at Ed Advancement means joining a team of mission-driven professionals who are committed to working collaboratively with these institutions on large-scale projects that help them serve their students. To be a part of these efforts, please explore our opportunities below.