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Meet the College Counseling Staff
| Terry Giffen, MBA's Director of College
Counseling, came to Nashville in 2002 from
TASIS, The
American School in England,
where he served as
Assistant Headmaster, Dean of Admission, and Head of the Upper Schoool from
2000 to
2002. Prior to that he had been the Director of College Counseling at
Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut for the
previous eleven years. A graduate of Allegheny College,
where he earned a
Bachelor's Degree in English and Master's Degree in Education, Terry began
his career as an English teacher and coach (football and wrestling) in
northeastern Ohio. He held similar
positions at The Kiski School in Pennsylvania where
also became the
Director of College Counseling and Testing.
Following that appointment, he returned to his alma mater and served as
Associate Dean of Admissions and was later named Dean of Admissions at Coe College
in Iowa.
Terry is a
member of NACAC (The National Association oaf College Admission
Counselors), CEEB (The College Entrance Examination Board), and the
Counselors' Advisory Board for U.S. News
and
World Report's Annual College Ranking Issue. Additionally, he has
served as a consultant to several other independent schools both here and
abroad. |
Dick Klausner,
MBA '73, Associate Director of College Counseling, returned to his alma
mater in 1996 to teach English and coach soccer. Prior to that, he served
as the Chair of the English Department and Head Soccer Coach at Aspen Country Day School from
1978 to 1986 and at the Francis Parker School in San Diego where he held similar roles. A graduate
of Vanderbilt University, Dick earned his Master's Degree
in Comparative Literature at the University of California at Irvine. He is also a member
of NACAC, NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America), and
the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English). |
Rosanne Nutkis,
Office Manager, joined the College Counseling team at MBA in July of
2004. The mother of two current MBA students (Jeffery '10 and James '07)
and one daughter (Jennifer SCA '06), Rosanne is a native of Kearny, New Jersey,
and earned her undergraduate degree in Computer Science from St. Peter's
College. Prior to her work at MBA, Rosanne has served as a systems analyst,
and most recently was employed at another Nashville area independent
school. |
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