Scott Harris

 

Scott Harris - Professional Summary:    A resourceful energetic leader with the ability to take-on challenged projects, operations and groups. Adept at creating clear rules and objectives and following them through to completion. Able to create motivated teams and systems that optimize people, processes, quality and results. Proven success in recruiting, goal setting, communicating and developing key relationships.

 

 

Scott Harris - Professional Experience: 

DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ADMISSIONS
LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE OF SEATTLE
SAYBROOK GRADUATE SCHOOL AND RESEARCH CENTER
KENMORE, WA 2005 - Present

• I have consistently met or exceeded all admissions and enrollment objectives which resulted in the creation of the first ever wait list for accepted applicants;
• Enlarged minority student representation within the degree programs from an average 15-20% to 34%.
• Updated and expanded prospective student contact communication plan and schedule;
• Supervise and evaluate admissions staff performance and recommend personnel actions for assigned positions, including training and professional development opportunities;
• Responsible for the overall management of the marketing team composed of individuals from multiple departments;
• Responsible for projecting and managing both the Admissions and Marketing department budgets; and for providing accurate Admissions projections crucial to fiscal planning;
• Develop short term and long-range organizational promotion and marketing plans;
• Refined and restructured the current open house/information session format and increased the number of locations where it is conducted, which resulted in an overall larger number of prospects attending for each event;
• Serve as a member of Presidents Leadership Council;
• Responsible for expressing and representing LIOS' fundamental educational and philosophical principles in recruiting candidates for the Institute's programs;
• Develop and deliver recruitment presentations to civic organizations, businesses, and other local organizations; and represent the college at local, regional, and national college fairs;
• Responsible for oversight, update and conversion of the old admissions student database into a new improved version;

ACADEMIC & ADMISSIONS ADVISOR
City University - Vancouver, WA 2001 - 2005

• Admissions Advisor for prospective Associate, Bachelors, and Graduate degree seeking students for the School of Business and for the School of Human Services and Applied Behavioral Science.
• Develop and implement marketing and recruitment strategies targeting local community colleges, employers, tradeshows, and other networking events in the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area.
• Managed and coordinated academic advising function for 240+ students involving detailed planning of course mapping, scheduling, registration, and petitioning.
• Founding member of Community Higher Education Consortium (C-HEC), which organizes education fairs for its members with private employers in the Portland, OR metropolitan region.
• Performed both undergraduate and graduate level transcript review and evaluation of student experience/data for potential Prior Learning Assessment credit.
• Responsible for all aspects of student retention and new student recruitment.
• Conduct new student orientations for online and campus students.

PERSONAL BANKER
US Bank, Portland, OR 1999 - 2001

• Responsible for assessing and handling customers banking needs, obtaining and processing customer/account information and selling bank deposit and loan products and services.
• Actively developed new business and expanded existing customer relationships.
• Responsible for consumer loan originating and closing, deposit, account opening, safe deposit and branch opening/closing procedures.
• Played key role in increasing branch deposits by $1.1 million for year 2000.

 

 

 

Scott Harris - Education:  MBA, City University of Seattle, Bellevue, WA 2001
BS, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 1993

 

 

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