Revisit Our Session From July 8th
Standardized Tests, Applications & EQ Skills ~ Private School Admissions

Shane Feldman

Founder - Count Me In

Recognized by The White House, Prime Minister of Canada, and United Nations, Shane Feldman delivers inspiring and actionable keynotes on  connection, community building, and
leadership.
An award-winning speaker for students, teachers, and caring adults, Shane has been featured by LARRY KING, DR. OZ, FORBES, PEOPLE MAGAZINE, and his documentary TV series follows his work mentoring teens. Shane has spoken for Google, Microsoft, and Disney,
and he has keynoted the National Conferences for Family Career Community Leaders of America, Future Business Leaders of America, Distributive Education Clubs of America, and the National School Boards Association.

Michelle Dittmer

Founder - Canadian Gap Year Association

Michelle is an educator and youth advocate that has taught grades 4 through College, developed International Service-Learning Programs, nurtured Educational Partnerships with school boards from coast to coast, and developed youth policy. 

Having a finger on the pulse of the needs of young learners, combining their need for experiential learning and developing reflective and values-aligned practices, she founded the Canadian Gap Year Association to raise the profile of gap year as a solution to mental health, lack of clarity, and the skill gap.

Karena de Souza

Founder - Tilt The Future

Karena de Souza is a strategist, mindset coach and futurist. She saw a particular opportunity to support other parents & educators help their own GenZ students. She offers a perspective that blends her corporate experience from a career on Wall Street, running a small business and now as a solopreneur with "Tilt the Future." She
shares strategy tools that allow major Fortune 500 organization to stay responsive in an
uncertain world. Her philosophy is that these are the life-skills that we should equip every teen to face the various decisions in their future. She teaches scenario planning as a framework to help young adults at any stage, any age.

Jacqueline Green

Founder - International Great Parenting Simplified movement.

Since 2010, Jacqueline has interviewed over 150 of the world’s top parenting-related educators. Over 35,000 parents have joined her community, from over 101 countries. She’s been a parenting coach, educator and popular speaker for 20 years, specializing in helping moms of school aged kids with issues that include:
- overwhelm, procrastination, stress, anxiety and depression (theirs and their children’s)
-  issues with isolation and lack of a village to support one’s parenting
- co-parenting challenges for married couples as well as in single parenting

Dr. Michael Leatch

Member - College of Psychologists & Ontario College of Teachers

Dr. Michael Leatch is a Psychologist and Certified Teacher. He worked at Crescent School in Toronto for 15 years as a teacher, administrator and was the founding Director of Student Services.

Prior to Crescent Dr. Leatch worked for the TDSB as a special education teacher. Since 2013, Dr. Leatch has been in private practice consulting with organizations, students and families. His areas of current student focus include assessment, elementary and secondary school choice consideration, admission consultation as well as preparing students for postsecondary education.

Laura Murgatroyd

Admission Associate - Pickering College

Laura Murgatroyd's favourite part of the day is sharing Pickering College’s engaging programs and supportive community with students and their families. After earning her BA at Bishop’s University, Laura worked in advertising in Toronto before moving to Scotland for her PGCE from Strathclyde University.  

She has spent the past 20 years in the independent school sector, gaining experience as a middle school teacher, communications manager, and admissions professional.  

Jared Lo

Student - UTS

Jaden Lo currently attends the University of Toronto Schools (Grade 11). He has worked with Prepskills since his application to UTS in Grade 6. Fitting in is no easy feat... as an avid participant in many extracurricular activities and volunteer work, Jaden would be thrilled to answer any of your questions in the webinar!

Suzanne Tyson

Founder and CEO of HigherEdPoints

Suzanne has held roles in several educational publishing companies, the loyalty industry and a scholarship matching company. In 2013, Suzanne combined all of her previous career experience to conceive, develop and launch HigherEdPoints.com, the only company in the world to enable the conversion of existing loyalty points into funds for higher education.

Her efforts with HigherEdPoints have directly assisted students and parents’ funding over $2,000,000 in tuition payments and student loan repayments. Recognizing that it takes a village to raise a mind™ and indeed a village to fund an education, Suzanne created the Ways to Pay for School seminar to provide students and families with information on all available sources of funding, before, during and after post-secondary.

Patti MacDonald

Executive Director, Canadian Accredited Independent Schools

Patti MacDonald became the Executive Director of the Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS) in August 2017.

CAIS pursues continuous whole school improvement in its 90+ member schools through accreditation, exemplary leadership development, research and data collection, and national collaborative initiatives. As ED, she develops and implements the Association’s strategic direction and ensures the value and relevance of the CAIS accreditation process and other programs.

David McBride

Vice Principal - Enrollment Management at Upper Canada College

Dave works with an amazing team in the Admission Office, to ensure UCC is full great boys who are up to the challenge of
making a difference and becoming their best selves. He lives on campus and enjoys seeing the boarding students on a regular basis and calling them his neighbors.

Prior to UCC, Dave spent 18 years working at his alma mater – Bishop’s University. He held roles that ran the spectrum of Advancement, Admissions, Communications, Alumni Relations and Development.

Kimberley Langen

CEO and Co-founder of Spirit of Math Schools®

Kimberley has over thirty years of diverse experience in the education industry as a teacher, head of academics, international speaker and consultant for both public and private sectors.

Her passion creating high quality programs for students led Kim to develop Spirit of Math®, Canada’s largest after-school math enrichment program also in U.S.A. and Pakistan, as well as the Releasing the Genius® series of workbooks, teacher training and parent workshops. 

Kimberley has been recognized for her global impact on instilling confidence and releasing the genius in every child.

Christina Cormier

Associate Director of Admission - MCPHS

Before working for MCPHS I worked as a high school teacher and completed a master’s in education administration while working in many departments including orientation, residence life and alumni relations. 

I chose to come work at MCPHS because of its location and commitment to career and global education. My favorite part of the job is traveling all over North America to connect with alumni and students interested in building opportunities in healthcare. Boston is a great city with endless opportunities in the Longwood Medical Area.  

I look forward to working with students in their admission process and want to answer any and all questions you have about MCPHS University.

Dr. Nicki Charles

Director of Summer Session at Northwestern University

Before joining Northwestern, Nicki created and directed the Pre College program and International Field Studies for high school students at Duke University since 2006.  While directing the high school programs, Nicki has presented extensively to students and parents in the area of college preparation for international students worldwide.

Prior to working in the university environment, Nicki served as a school counselor in international schools for 16 years, and has lived and worked in Italy, the Czech Republic, Italy, Finland, Egypt and the United States.

Meredith Lombardi

Associate Director, Outreach & Education: Common App

Meredith Lombardi is the Associate Director of Outreach and Education at Common App. As part of the Access & Equity team, Meredith engages with students and the counseling community to ensure Common App resources are relevant and support college access initiatives. Meredith previously worked as a high school counselor in Washington, DC and Georgia and is a graduate of Emory University (BBA) and The University of Maryland, College Park (M.Ed.).

Nicole Funderburk

Director of International Recruitment & Marketing for Southern Utah University

Nicole currently works with a team of individuals to coordinate the recruitment and marketing efforts focused on connecting students from around the world with the opportunities at SUU. She is proud of the campus diversity with students from 63 different countries!  Nicole loves to help others realize SUU's unique location; most people don’t understand how incredible it is to live in Cedar City.