The Faces Behind Our Success

Meet Our Team

Kelly Britt
Former Stanford Head of Admissions

Lifelong Learner and Global Citizen who loves helping people develop, connect, engage, and most of all, feel empowered in the learning process.

Elizabeth Heaton
Ex Admissions Officer, University of Pennsylvania

As a former regional director of admissions at the University of Pennsylvania, she has reviewed more than 1,300 applications a year,.

Tony Gomez
Admissions Carnegie Mellon University

Currently working with Carnegie Mellon University – Tepper School of Business as Senior associate Director – Masters Admissions leading recruitment efforts.

Shawn Felton
Ex Cornell Admissions Officer

Mr. Felton is a Former Executive Director and Deputy Chief Admissions Officer at Cornell University. He is an experienced Higher Education Admissions leader.

Dr. Andreas Kallmuenzer
Advisor in Education and Research

Prof. Dr. Andreas Kallmuenzer, offers extensive expertise in educational mentorship, holding a PhD in Business Management.

Colin Crooks Industry Expert - Business Management

Colin Crooks MBE is a seasoned social entrepreneur, lecturer, and business coach with extensive experience in launching and managing small businesses.

We are a leading education consulting firm with students in more than 20 countries

Kelly Britt
Former Stanford Head of Admissions

Lifelong Learner and Global Citizen who loves helping people develop, connect, engage, and most of all, feel empowered in the learning process, be it for academic, professional, cultural, travel or personal enrichment. Her story travels across industries, learners, continents and languages. But one thing remains – a genuine passion for guiding, improving and humanizing the education experience for a global impact, by driving individuals and organizations to build sustainable communities, break down barriers and expand communications.

Assist teens & young adults in building competencies to stand out from the masses – through strategic positioning to build competitive application candidacy, devising school lists, developing compelling essay content (that gets read), creating signature/passion projects, extracurricular enhancement planning, gaining admission to top tier/choice institutions & programs, curriculum mapping, interview preparation, time management & moral support to prepare for the college journey (undergraduate & graduate admissions).

Elizabeth Heaton

Ex Admissions Officer, University of Pennsylvania

As a former regional director of admissions at the University of Pennsylvania, she has reviewed more than 1,300 applications a year, advocated for those students in selection committee, evaluated potential athletic recruits as an athletics liaison, and oversaw the university’s portfolio of admissions publications. She also served as second chair in the selection committee for Penn’s interdisciplinary Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology, and made final admit decisions as a university selection committee chair.

Prior to joining Penn, she worked as a public relations professional and served for a decade as a member of the Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in English from Cornell University and is a member of the National Association of College Admissions Counseling. She is a past member of the Pennsylvania Association of College Admissions Counseling.

Tony Gomez

Currently working with Carnegie Mellon University – Tepper School of Business as Senior associate Director – Masters Admissions leading recruitment efforts for the full-time MBA program with a focus on special populations and external partner relationships

Experienced higher education practitioner with a demonstrated history of working in international education, undergraduate, and graduate admissions. Skilled in recruitment, program management, program marketing, cross-cultural communication, translation, public speaking. Master of Education focused in Higher Education from Penn State University.

Shawn Felton

Mr. Felton is a Former Executive Director and Deputy Chief Admissions Officer at Cornell University

He is an experienced Higher Education Admissions leader and strategist with a demonstrative and successful history of working in a variety of roles and capacities within the higher education industry. He is a strong administrative professional skilled in Admissions and Enrollment Leadership, Diversity Admissions, International Admissions, International Education, College Admissions Counseling, Academic Advising, Educational Planning, and Career Counseling.

Mr. Felton has a distinguished academic background with prior experience at Cornell University and the University of Virginia, as Director Admissions, where he developed deep expertise in college admissions.

Andreas Kallmuenzer

Prof. Dr. Andreas Kallmuenzer, offers extensive expertise in educational mentorship, holding a PhD in Business Management. Dr. Kallmuenzer mentors our tutors and spearheads the development of modern, effective learning strategies, ensuring our students gain the skills they need to excel.

Originally from Germany, Prof. Dr. Kallmuenzer has been a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management at Excelia Business School in La Rochelle, France, since 2019. He earned his PhD in Business Management from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and has conducted research at numerous prestigious international institutions, including the University of Southern California (USA), Jönköping International Business School (Sweden), the University of Queensland Business School (Australia), Bali Tourism Polytechnic University (Indonesia), the University of Cadiz, and the University Jaume I (both in Spain). Andreas also serves as Co-Editor at the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Associate Editor at the Review of Managerial Science.
 
His decade of success as an educator has equipped him to tailor programs to individual students’ needs. Andreas is committed to making every tutoring experience exceptional, and is highly regarded by clients for his responsive, effective problem-solving and communication skills.

Colin Crooks

Colin Crooks MBE is a seasoned social entrepreneur, lecturer, and business coach with extensive experience in launching and managing small businesses.

He has successfully led five award-winning social enterprises, collectively employing over 1,000 long-term unemployed individuals. One of these ventures, Green-Works, earned the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development. In 2012, Colin published his first book, “How to Make a Million Jobs: A Charter for Social Enterprise,” which inspired the creation of Tree Shepherd, a social enterprise that has trained and supported hundreds of disadvantaged individuals in starting their own businesses. In 2019, Colin was honored with an MBE for his services to disadvantaged people and the environment. He currently supports multiple micro and small businesses as a business coach, delivers the UK government’s Help to Grow program, hosts the business podcast “Stressing Values,” and is working on his second book, which aims to help small businesses grow with less stress.