Slate.org Ambassadors

Tanya Aydelott is an Associate Director of College Counseling at Kent Denver School in Denver, CO. She was previously an Upper School Dean at the Kinkaid School in TX, and before that worked in the admissions offices of Williams College, Oberlin College, and Swarthmore College. She has an MA in Anthropology and Education from Teachers College Columbia University, and an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Cassandra is a former teacher and adolescent therapist, and has been working as a school counselor since 2019. She is starting her third year at New Trier High School after working at William Fremd High School for a few years.

Damien Bracey has been a school counselor at Valley Vista High School for the past 18 years. Before this role, he spent 7 years teaching and coaching at the middle school level. He is passionate about helping students explore their post-secondary options and has previously served as the president of the Rocky Mountain Association for College Admission Counseling. Outside of his professional life, he is married to his college sweetheart, and has two wonderful children—one is a sophomore in college, and the other is in 6th grade. In his spare time, he enjoys sports and movies that go BOOM!

Annie Bundren is the Assistant Director of College Advising at St. Joseph’s Academy in St. Louis, Missouri. Prior to joining the high school side, Annie worked in college admissions at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. During her time at UMKC, she served as an Assistant Director and assisted in their Slate implementation, territory recruitment, campus visits and events, and new student orientation.

Diane Campbell has been a professional school and college counselor for over 18 years. She is also the current Director of College Counseling at Liberty Common High School in Ft. Collins, CO. She is past Professional Development Chair for RMACAC. She is current Co-Director for KOO (keeping options open) in Colorado, where she provides training in professional development for high school counselors.

Hassan Casanova is an Assistant Director of College Counseling at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami, Florida. Before joining Belen in 2021, he worked as an admissions officer at the University of Florida. He began his career in college counseling in Denver, Colorado, where he worked as a College Counselor. Hassan earned his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Florida. Hassan is a self-proclaimed data nerd who enjoys crunching numbers for fun.

David is the College/Career Counselor at Boise High School, is on the PNACAC Executive Board, is the chair for the Boise NACAC College Fair, and is an AP Coordinator Consultant for College Board. Other professional activities include being on the Counselor Advisory Board for the University of Utah and for Bates College; he was a reader for National Merit and has served on CB's Western Regional Council as well as presented at PNACAC, NACAC, and CB Forum.

Todd has worked as the Director of College Counseling at 'Iolani School in Honolulu since 2003. He is a past-president of Hawai‘i ACAC and an advocate for increased transparency in the college admissions process. He has worked in college admissions at Carleton College and the University of California, Davis. He earned a B.A. from Carleton College and M.Ed from the University of Hawai‘i, Manoa.

After recruiting the first co-educational class at Rosemont College and serving as an Associate Dean of Admissions at the University of Pennsylvania, Lara jumped over to the proverbial other side of the desk at The Episcopal Academy. Besides geeking out over all things college admissions, she loves all things Philly, backpacking through national parks (19 visited so far!), listening to audiobooks on 1.7 speed, and sharing the hilarious antics of her 4 and 1 year old daughters.

Joshua will be starting his 21st year as a college counselor and currently serves as the Co-Director of College Counseling at Awty International School in Houston, TX.

Kate Jacobson is an Associate Director of College Counseling at McDonogh School in Owings Mills, MD. Before this role, she was an Associate Dean of Admission at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA. Kate began her career in the admission world as a College Adviser with the College Advising Corp, a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting underserved students as they navigate the college process; she herself is a first generation college graduate! Kate loves to read, support all Baltimore sports teams and go for walks on McDonogh's beautiful campus with her fiancé and their English Cream golden retriever puppy, Griffey.

Mallory LaPlant is beginning her fifth year as the College & Career Counselor at St. John Vianney High School in St. Louis, Missouri. Before moving to St. Louis and transitioning to this position, Mallory worked in college admissions, orientation, and new student programs at Murray State University in Murray, KY and The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL for nine years. She earned her B.S. & M.S. from Murray State University. She is excited for this opportunity!

Ingrid Loveras is currently the Director of College Counseling at the Connelly School of the Holy Child in Potomac, Maryland. She brings over a decade of experience in education across various sectors, including public, independent, and higher education. Her journey began as a bilingual elementary school teacher with Teach for America, followed by her role as a founding fifth-grade ESL teacher at KIPP CONNECT. Before Field, Ingrid served as the Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions and represented Sarah Lawrence College as its dedicated advocate in DC for four years. Ingrid is a first-generation college graduate from Sarah Lawrence College. She has also contributed her expertise as EMERGE's Academic Program Manager and College Counselor. This Houston-based community organization guides students from underserved backgrounds toward applying and attending top-tier universities across the nation.

Dana joined the Ranney School College Office in 2019. Prior to this she has spent more than 20 years in college admissions, serving as Director of Admissions at Marymount University and Ursinus College, Associate Director of Admissions at Lafayette College, and in the admissions departments of University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Seton Hall University. She earned her B.A. at Gettysburg College and an M.A. at Seton Hall University.

Sarah has been a school counselor at Radnor High School since 2014 and was excited to become a dedicated College & Career Counselor in 2023. Prior to Radnor, Sarah worked at the Shipley School as Upper School Math Teacher and Grade-Level Dean. Sarah earned her B.A. from Colgate University and her M.S. Ed. from the University of Pennsylvania. In her free time, Sarah enjoys crafting with her five-year-old daughter, learning about all things dinosaur with her three-year-old son, and trying new recipes for her friends and family.

Currently serving as Harlem Village Academies’ Managing Director of College Programs, Inbar began her journey in education as a classroom teacher in Miami-Dade County Public Schools over a decade ago. She’s taught, coached, built, and led students, teachers, and programs, driving improved postsecondary outcomes across public and charter school settings. She is an avid reader, runner, and podcast consumer and can get very nerdy, very quickly. She holds in MSEd from Johns Hopkins, a MA in Social-Organizational Psychology from Teachers College, and a BA in Urban Studies from Barnard College. She’s thrilled to join the Slate.org Ambassador team this year!

Judith Stahl has been counseling students in the college process for the past 13 years in both public and independent schools. She is a Past President of the Michigan Association of College Admission Counselors (MACAC), has chaired Communications and College Fair Committees, was recognized with a Rising Star Award, and is the current Chair of the Admission Practices Committee. At the national level (NACAC), Judith has served as Chair of the Rising Star Committee as well as on the Affiliate President's Council as part of her Presidential term. She has visited over 135 campuses across the world and has served on multiple college advisory boards.

After working on the admission side for 14 years, including co-leading the Slate implementation for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at Columbia University, David made the switch to school counseling as Associate Director of College Counseling at George School in Newtown, PA. Since 2018, he has served as the Director of College Counseling in Pittsburgh, PA where they use Slate.org as much as possible for data and decision tracking, and has presented on Slate.org at two Slate Innovation Summits.

Philip is currently Co-Director of College Counseling at Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland. He is the former Associate Director of Admissions & Financial Aid at Muhlenberg College where he was part of the Slate implementation team!

Janet is in her fourth year as Director of College Counseling at Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, TN, having served in college counseling offices at two other independent female-serving institutions in the Baltimore, MD area for almost two decades previously. She is a member of the faculty for the NACAC Pre-Conference workshop on leading a dynamic college counseling office, coordinator of the International Coalition of Girls Schools College Counseling Forum, former Chair of the Data Trends and Analytics Committee for the Association of College Counseling in Independent Schools, and a former member of the Current Trends and Future Issues Committee for PCACAC.

Hannah Wolff is a College Counselor at Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, Maryland, and also works as an admission reader for the University of California at Berkeley. She has worked in college counseling for 14 years, including time in Fairfax County Public Schools at the College and Career Specialist at West Springfield High School and Langley High School in Virginia.