According to a Columbia Business School (CBS) spokesperson, long-time admissions director Linda Meehan is retiring from her post this week. Meehan joined the CBS staff in 1993 and served as director of admissions through fall 2009, when CBS appointed Mary Miller as the school’s new admissions director as part of a move to combine admissions for the MBA and EMBA programs. Meehan stayed on for the past year, focusing more of her attention on alumni affairs, but she has now decided to retire.
The news comes on the heels of several other changes among the staff at top MBA programs around the country. At the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, veteran Admissions Director Rose Martinelli announced her own departure last month. She left to become assistant vice president of enrollment for the University of Chicago, and Kurt Ahlm from the admissions office has taken over as director of admissions and financial aid.
Meanwhile, at the Haas School of Management at the University of California at Berkeley, Peter Johnson is leaving his post as admissions director in mid-August, a post he’s held for the past decade. Johnson heads to Europe, where he has accepted a position as vice president of student services at Central European University in Budapest. In his stead, Stephanie Fujii will assume the head admissions role. A Haas graduate, she has worked in the school’s admissions office for the past five years and as senior associate admissions director for the past three.
Finally, there have been some shifts at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. There, J.J. Cutler, who signed on as director of admissions in early 2009, has been promoted to deputy vice dean with oversight of both admissions and career services. Ankur Kunar, meanwhile, will serve as deputy director of admissions for the MBA program. Like Cutler, Kunar is herself a Wharton graduate.
