Rebecca Bernardo-Hartley is the Marketing & Communications Manager at The Wolf School. With a background in video and photography, Rebecca discovered her love for digital marketing early in her career and returned to school to complete her master's in Digital Marketing & Design at Brandeis University. With over 7 years of school marketing experience, Rebecca is passionate about showcasing each school's unique story through marketing.

Angela Brown is the senior enrollment insights leader for K-12 at Niche, a platform where 27 million students and families researched schools in 2021. In this role she is on a mission to help K–12 marketing, communications, and admissions leaders make their lives easier and elevate their roles in schools.

Alex Brosowsky is an experienced teacher, learning specialist, independent school leader, and father of a child with special needs. He earned an MSED in Special Education from Hunter College and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Educational Leadership and Management from Northeastern University.

Alex writes, hosts webinars, and speaks at schools and professional associations across the country. He has been featured in Rock Climbing Magazine, appeared in Mastering Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu the 8 DVD Set, and once walked from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

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Aubrey Bursch is passionate about supporting small and independent schools to increase enrollment, retention, and revenue. As the daughter of lifelong educators and the mom of two independent school students, she combines her passion for schools with her 20+ years of marketing and development experience to help schools identify and implement high ROI initiatives. Aubrey co-hosts the Mindful School Marketing podcast, leads free Small School Leaders monthly meet-ups, facilitates the Small School Solutions professional development program, hosts the Small School Leaders monthly Power Hour, and speaks nationwide.

Brooke Carroll, Ph.D. is the Principal Consultant and Coach at Acies Strategies, supporting small schools in leadership development, board development, strategic thinking and planning, and head search. Dr. Carroll holds a doctorate in educational psychology and has over 25 years of experience leading schools and nonprofits. She has served on eight school and non-profit boards in various roles. Prior to consulting and coaching, Dr. Carroll was Head of School for nine years at Seneca Academy, an International Baccalaureate World School.

Dr. Carroll combines her experience and expertise in education, leadership, and therapy to listen carefully to individuals and groups in order to support personal as well as systemic health and growth. Dr. Carroll recognizes the importance of acknowledging her own social identifiers, personal journey, and reflections on racial justice in our society in order to respond to, support, and respect the diversity of clients with whom she engages. She specializes in addressing the unique challenges and opportunities of small and new schools and nonprofits.

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Governing The Small School, strategies for boards: by E. Brooke Carroll, PhD

Tara Claeys is the founder of Design TLC – a professional website agency for small schools. She’s passionate about helping organizations provide enriching experiences for children by creating a great first impression online.

The owner of Cursive Content, Emily Cretella is a strategic storyteller and content marketer who helps schools tell powerful stories that attract dream families, increase inquiries and enrollment, strengthen communities, and grow school influence.

www.cursivecontent.com

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Based in Denver, Jamie heads up the USA operations for K–12 technology provider Digistorm. With over 20 years of experience in a variety of customer-facing roles, he’s spent the past 5 in the education industry. Jamie helps schools both in the USA and abroad to implement technology that helps them reach their enrollment growth and community engagement goals. He’s passionate about all things school admissions, and the way technology unlocks an extra pair of hands for already stretched admissions teams. When he’s not out connecting with schools, you’ll often find him trying his luck on the Colorado ski slopes (with mixed success!).

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Susie has more than fifteen years of verifiable success in driving organizational growth in student recruitment including the design, planning, coordinating, implementing, and managing of all admissions processes. She has also developed enrollment policies and procedures, marketing directives, and strategic initiatives to support the achievement of enrollment targets within international and multicultural environments.

She has worked with leading schools and universities around the world. She serves on the national board of Educate Plus, as well as delivers the Data Analysis and Application component of their Advanced Practitioner Training program.

She is an avid reader, loves sports, and recently completed her first half-marathon. When she is not working, you will find her spending time with family, or snuggled up to her two dogs Alaska (Siberian husky), and Lizzy (Yorkshire terrier).

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Jill Goodman is a consultant for independent and private schools with over 20 years of experience working with organizational leaders. She specializes in helping schools forward their mission through advancement-related qualitative research, strategic visioning, leadership mentoring, and development capacity-building. 

Jill is well known for her presentations on educational advancement, leadership, and constituency relations, that have been well received by audiences across the country. She is a frequent podcast guest, blogger, and author.  She can be reached at jillgoodmanconsulting.com.

Andrea’s passion is helping schools recognize their daily awesomeness and sharing that story with the world. She’s built a team that celebrates hundreds of schools across the country! #SocialSchool4EDU provides full social media management, offers an intensive Social Media Bootcamp, and runs a vibrant online community that provides ongoing professional development for school social media champions.

Rebecca is the founder of Pleasantly Aggressive Coaching & Consulting where she empowers women to take control of their leadership journey and ditch the habits holding them back. Rebecca combines a background in social research with 20 years of sales, marketing, communications, and school leadership to create a transformational experience for her clients. Through one-on-one coaching, leadership cohorts, and speaking engagements, she delivers enthusiasm and expertise to her audiences. In her role as a consultant, she works with organizations to eliminate barriers, reduce biases, and create more inclusive spaces for all women. Rebecca is also the host of the Confidently You: Women in Leadership Podcast.

Jesse Meadow, co-founder and managing director of Schoolcraft Digital. Since 2020, he has been helping schools reach their prospective parents using long-term, multichannel digital marketing strategies, and tactics.

Monzo Media Productions founder, Joe Monzo, discovered his passion for telling stories through video and film back at his own independent school in 2005 and launched in 2016. Creating compelling videos and effective video strategies for independent schools has been an incredible ride and one that hits home for him. Joe and his team take a lot of pride in sharing the stories and value that schools create for families and students.

Timo leads the marketing team at Digistorm, a software company that specializes in K-12 schools. Unlike most tech marketers, he believes in the power of building brands around the people they're meant to serve, and then using a mix of traditional and digital channels to connect with the audience. Professionally he's worked both as a solo marketer and within larger marketing teams in the travel, technology, and now the education space. He lives in what's known as the ‘Sunshine State’: Queensland, Australia, which helps explain why he's a firm believer that there's enough sunshine in the world for all of us.

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Brendan Schneider is the founder and CEO of SchneiderB Media, a digital marketing agency for schools that focuses on increasing inquiries through his Fractional Digital Marketer program and his SEO software, SEO Coach. He is one of the leaders in the field for teaching on and knowledge about inbound marketing for schools. Brendan is also the founder of The MarCom Society, a community created exclusively for Marketing and Communication (MarCom) Professionals at schools.

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Trevor Waddington is the Founder and Principal at Truth Tree. He is the leading expert on school digital marketing, routinely keynotes and presents at regional, national, and international independent school events. Trevor began his career in the classroom, teaching social students. He then moved into admission and marketing, spending 17 years wearing director hats while helping his schools design their enrollment through his advanced recruitment and retention strategies.

www.truthtree.com

Angie has spent the last decade helping schools identify their enrollment marketing challenges in order to develop and execute a strategic campaign designed to achieve their goals. With a knack for digital strategy and analytics, Angie has helped over 250 colleges, universities, and K12 schools with result-driven digital marketing solutions. When not working with schools and staying up to date on the latest Google changes, Angie can be found spending time with her friends and family (especially her kids and chickens!) and enjoying all that her wonderful home state of Massachusetts has to offer.

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Patricia Weinzapfel travels the nation helping school districts improve their school-home communication practices. Patricia served 10 years as the Executive Director of Family Engagement for Indiana's third-largest school district. She holds two degrees in journalism from Northwestern University and spent 15 years in television news. Patricia has combined her two careers; education and journalism, to bring a fresh, unique perspective to the intersection of family engagement and school-home communications.

Contact Information
Website: www.patriciaweinzapfel.com
Book: Closing the Loop A Powerful and Practical Guide to School-Home Communication.
Twitter: @pfwindy
LinkedIn: Patricia Weinzapfel