College Staff
Jonny Nicholson, Director of College Counseling, has spent much of his professional career in college admissions at the secondary and post-secondary level. He has served in the admissions offices of Kenyon College, Vanderbilt University, Sewanee and American University and as Associate Director of College Counseling and house counselor at Phillips Academy and college counselor, registrar and teacher at The Field School in Washington, DC. Jonny played college football and served as an assistant football coach at his alma mater as well as four varsity level sports. Jonny is a graduate of Kenyon College and holds an M.Ed. from Vanderbilt University.
Chandra Joos deKoven, associate director, has been a college admission officer at Brandeis, Cornell and Miami Universities. During her ten years at Cornell, Chandra worked with special populations (international, transfer and underrepresented students) and also began her relationship with Breck as the university’s Midwest recruitment coordinator. She is a native of New Hampshire who received her BA in political science and history from the University of Vermont.
Craig Dodson, associate director, holds an M.A. and B.A. from the University of St. Thomas. Craig was the associate director of admission at La Salle University in Philadelphia as well as the associate director of admission at the Community College of Philadelphia and a senior admission and financial aid counselor at the University of St. Thomas. A native of Minnesota, Craig moved to Philadelphia to pursue elite level rowing, a sport he began at St. Thomas, before retiring and returning to the Twin Cities. In addition to counseling, Craig is also the coordinator of May Program at Breck.
Nancy Dohr, administrative assistant, says that her job is to deal with "four p's" (paper, processes, procedures and phones) so that the counselors can deal with the fifth "p": the people. She interacts with students, parents, counselors and representatives of both colleges and testing agencies. Nancy has a bachelors degree from the University of Wisconsin.
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