Shun Robertson

Experience

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  Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University

  Apr 2003 - Jul 2006

  Assistant Director for Recruitment and Admissions

  Recruited students for undergraduate and graduate healthcare programs through extensive traveling, admissions counseling, and presentations. Advised students and evaluated applications and transcripts for transfer into programs.

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  University of South Carolina

  Jul 2006 - Oct 2007

  Admissions Coordinator

  Served as the primary liaison for prospective medical school students. Provided policy and research support on issues of diversity, including access, success, and equity in higher education.

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  SC Technical College System

  Oct 2007 - Nov 2011

  Policy Analyst

  Advised the System Office Executive Staff, Presidents’ Council, and State Board on educational, economic and workforce development, state and federal policy, and governance issues and objectives. Provided grant development support and technical assistance to two-year colleges applying for federal, state, and philanthropic grants.

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  MDC

  Dec 2011 - Mar 2016

  Program Director

  Served as the lead project director for the Alabama Community College System project, successfully executing a proposal to the lead the System in a strategic visioning process. Provided senior-level program direction and technical assistance for Partners for Postsecondary Success, an initiative to build community partnerships that significantly raise the number of low-income youth and young adults completing postsecondary credentials relevant to living wage work.

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  Jobs for the Future

  Mar 2016 - Mar 2017

  Program Director

  Managed policy development strategies for a national network of states working on deep community college system reform. Led the postsecondary state policy team’s knowledge management and development efforts, documenting progress across and in our states.

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  University of North Carolina System

  Mar 2017 - now

  Actively engage with leaders across the education pipeline to strengthen student achievement and improve college readiness and student success. Direct college access and readiness programs, including GEAR UP North Carolina, and contribute to other System Office initiatives focused on college access. Foster collaborative student success efforts with the North Carolina Community College System. Research and develop detailed policy analysis on key P20 issues of importance to the University of North Carolina System using latest data and available empirical research. Serve as staff lead for the UNC Board of Governors Racial Equity Task Force. Show less Lead the UNC Student Success Innovation Lab, a System initiative that provides grants to university practitioners to implement promising student success strategies and enlists faculty members from within the UNC System to conduct rigorous evaluation of those strategies; raised $4 million in philanthropic support for this effort. Research and develop policy guidance on higher education issues of importance to the University of North Carolina using latest data and available empirical research. Grant writer and PI for NC’s $25.7 million federal GEAR UP grant. Show less

  • Interim Senior Vice President for Strategy and Policy

    Aug 2024 - now

  • Vice President for Access and Success Strategy

    Jan 2022 - Aug 2024

  • Senior Associate Vice President for P20 Policy and Programs

    Nov 2019 - Dec 2021

  • Assistant Vice President for Policy Development and Analysis

    Mar 2017 - Nov 2019