This week, we're excited to announce that we’ve hired Kat Kiick as an assistant director of college counseling in our Los Angeles office. She’ll be working closely with Arun to grow and run their network of offices in Los Angeles.
Who is Kat?
Kat began her career in education with Eureka Review, a CA test prep company that, like Collegewise, is now a part of the The Princeton Review family. Kat’s role at Eureka was to pretty much do anything and everything to run the business. After bringing Eureka in, The Princeton Review had the good sense to snatch Kat up to work in their local LA office. We’re incredibly lucky that Arun and Paul are just convincing enough to get her to jump over to the Collegewise side.
Why did we choose Kat?
We’re adding 10-14 Collegewise counselors to the Los Angeles market this year. It’s not going to be easy for Arun to find, hire, and lead all of them. And one of the things we’ve learned as we’ve grown across the country with The Princeton Review is just how complex running a network of offices can be. Yes, we have to do our very best college counseling all the time. But we also have to set up speaking engagements, reply to inquiries from families and schools, pitch sessions to conferences, and make sure each office is running smoothly and effectively. Arun is as good as any college counselor I’ve ever met. But he knew he’d need help from someone who can attack a long, varied and challenging to-do list, then keep going until all the items are checked off. Kat is that person.
Kat gets things done. She doesn’t need to have three meetings and a conference call to make a decision. She sees what needs to happen and then takes care of things. Our offices, our counselors and our Collegewise families will benefit every day from having her with us.
Ready to get started
On Kat’s first day with Collegewise last week, Arun arrived to find that she had not only beaten him to the office, but also that her car’s license plate read, “Katmobyl.” Yep, she’s got style, too. And Arun finally fulfills his lifelong dream of working alongside a super hero.
Kat, welcome to Collegewise. And thanks to Arun for the co-writing assist on this post.