Elise Eslinger

Experience

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  Carleton College

  Jan 1993 - Jan 2007

  I directed the Alumni Admissions recruitment program involving the coordination of over 700 alumni volunteers serving 30,000 prospective students to advance Carleton and its mission. This involved training alumni representatives and ensuring reliable flow of information between the Admissions Office and volunteers who were conducting interviews, representing Carleton at college fairs, and hosting events for prospective students and their parents. Prospective students contacted by these volunteers were 50% more likely to apply for admission in 2002 and 2003. Served as primary liaison to a ten-member alumni board, coordinating and expanding an active volunteer structure. Show less

  • Special Assistant to the President for Planning and Administration, Carleton College

    Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  • Senior Assistant Dean of Admissions & Director of the Alumni Admissions Program

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  • Director of the Alumni Admissions Program in the Admissions Office

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2003

  • Associate Director of the Alumni Annual Fund

    Jan 1997 - Jan 1999

  • Director of Stewardship in the Development Office

    Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  • Hall Director in the Office of Residential Life

    Jan 1994 - Jan 1996

  • Projects Assistant in the Office of College Relations

    Jan 1993 - Jan 1995
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  Carleton College

  Aug 2007 - now

  As Vice President in the President's Office, I coordinate Board planning and engagement; oversee operations for Institutional Research and Assessment and the Summer Liberal Arts Institute; serve as Adviser to the College’s diversity and inclusion efforts; facilitate and enhance senior staff communication and collaboration; and serve as the primary adviser to the President. As Associate VP and Chief of Staff in the President's Office at Carleton College, I developed Board and shared governance planning and coordination and represented senior leadership in communications efforts, strategic planning, accreditation initiatives, senior-level searches, and fundraising planning. I provided talent management and coordinated office operations and departmental fiscal oversight to support and amplify the work of two successive presidents.

  • Vice President

    Jan 2017 - now

  • Associate VP and Chief of Staff in the President's Office

    Aug 2007 - Dec 2016
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  Northwestern University

  Sept 2014 - Jun 2015

  American Council on Higher Education Fellow 2014-15

  I was one of 30 ACE Fellows, a selective program to build leadership in American higher education. I utilized this opportunity to expand the depth and breadth of my higher education experience through connections with senior leaders; immersion in a university whose size and culture differed from my own; engagement with cohort colleagues to grapple with higher education issues; case study learning through in-depth school visits; and consideration of how best to apply my leadership talents.