Ashby Manson, MBA

As an Assistant Director for MBA Admissions at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business, my primary responsibilities included: - Recruit, admit, yield, and retain progressively higher quality prospective students to the MBA program; review applications for admission, interview applicants, and meet with prospective students and visitors to campus; serve as an Admissions Adviser - Engage alumni and students in the recruitment process; manage alumni and student partner relationships; utilize Salesforce to track attendance, build reports, and send invitations and thank you emails to alumni - Manage a team of 8 Student Ambassadors, as well as their recruitment and selection process, training and development, and overall strategy - Support my Director in executing external partnership and corporate outreach, as well as building and executing events both domestically and internationally - Represent the MBA Program for national and international student recruitment events (e.g. Asia, Latin America); travel and attend McDonough recruitment events and interview candidates in selected cities throughout the world

As a Manager for Revenue Support leading Training and Onboarding, my primary responsibilities included: - Onboarded all new Associates on a monthly basis; supported the onboarding of new Directors - Executed the associate training sign-off process, including grading, tracking progress, and evaluating next steps for development - Developed a custom curriculum for all Associates to continue their professional development; created and ran ongoing training sessions; established a 6-month professional development course for senior-level Associates - Participated in staffing projections, candidate selection interviews, new hire interviews, and other recruitment efforts - Coached all Associates one-on-one in areas like sales skill development, written communication, and sales and account management best practices - Oversaw and tracked associate engagement, progress, and performance for their first 90 days - Orchestrated all logistics prior to and during the onboarding and training process, including management of schedules, calendars, rosters, and all necessary technology platforms

As a Senior Associate in Account Management on the Higher Education team, I worked in collaboration with 5 Directors to foster additional partnerships and support new revenue generations. Through my outreach, I expressed Hanover’s impact and mission to University- and College-level academic leaders. My primary responsibilities included: - Supporting multiple team members in outreach efforts to over 300 higher education partners - Collaborating with team members to hit and surpass quarterly revenue goals by coordinating crucial conversations with partners and assisting with contract renewal - Enhancing market research and higher education industry knowledge by attending client calls and meetings - Engaging in targeted outreach to administrators - Communicating Hanover’s value in addressing key issues and market trends across higher education - Coordinating development logistics to establish new and additional partnerships *Promoted to Senior Associate after hitting specific quantitative and qualitative metrics in business building, leadership & mentorship, service & firm citizenship, and thought leadership & innovation.*

As a Development Associate on the Higher Education team, I served as the first point of contact when engaging with University- and College-level academic leaders. Working in collaboration with 3 Directors, I uncovered key business challenges and presented research-based solutions. My primary responsibilities included: - Engaging in targeted outreach to administrators - Communicating Hanover’s value in addressing key issues and market trends across post-secondary education - Spearheading outreach campaigns to connect senior executives with Hanover’s thought leaders - Coordinating development logistics to establish new partnerships

As the Case Manager, I was responsible for guiding the 21-and-under recipients through the process of applying for a prosthetic hairpiece by reviewing and analyzing their request. I also represented the organization in written and oral communications with the recipients, contractors, and health-care providers. In between the application and reapplication processes, I maintained vigilant contact with the children and their families. As a liaison, I communicated with the various manufacturing companies through the development of the synthetic wigs and the custom-made, vacuum-seal hair prostheses. After a family has applied, I worked to establish contact with the referring doctors, so that we can continue to work with them, if they have children with long-term or permanent hair loss in the future.

I was in charge of recruiting, interviewing, training, scheduling, and supervising volunteers locally and nationally, while drawing on the talents and abilities of the individual volunteers. I acted as the liaison between the volunteer portion of the organization and the staff. A large portion of the position involves providing information to salons and organizations around the world who wish to assist us in achieving the mission of the organization and helping them to register as individuals and groups and prepare for and hold fundraisers on behalf of Locks of Love. I also prepared the incoming monetary donations once separated from the hair donations. Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. We meet a unique need for children by using donated hair to create the highest quality hair prosthetics. Most of the children helped by Locks of Love have lost their hair due to a medical condition called alopecia areata, which has no known cause or cure. The prostheses we provide help to restore their self-esteem and their confidence, enabling them to face the world and their peers.

I taught 2nd through 10th grade children various visual and performing arts and oversaw students ages 6 through 14 projects and activities as a program leader in the extended day program.

I updated student records using multiple programs, helped to edit and document various travel documents, and corresponded with individuals through e-mail and other medias while maintaining my position as a full-time student.

Assisted in the production of a Global Research Documentary

Collected and organized demographic data concerning the health industry. Creation of and research for a short video exhibition on food pyramids and the health industry. http://www.vis-res.com

I double majored in International Relations, focusing on Western Europe, and Eastern Religious Studies. I also completed coursework pertaining to Statistics, Sociology, Personal Finance, and Psychology.

Preparation for the Certified Associate of Project Management certificate and the Project Management Professional exam in order to better prepare for the field of project management.