Susan Gottheil
Susan Gottheil has over 28 years of leadership experience in the Canadian post-secondary sector. Ms. Gottheil spent 10 years teaching in a Quebec Cegep (community college) before moving into administrative positions at Carleton University in Ottawa working as Equity Coordinator, Assistant VP (Student & Academic Services), and Associate VP (Enrolment Management). Ms Gottheil currently serves as Associate VP Enrolment Management at Mount Royal University (Alberta) where she has helped the institution transition from a college to a university and roll out new undergraduate degree programs. She is continuing to lead an enrolment planning effort that has resulted in increased enrolments every fall.
Susan’s expertise includes institutional strategic planning, business process and policy reviews, integrated marketing and communications, and employment and educational equity (including working with Aboriginal communities). She has inspired, managed and led cross-functional staff and faculty teams to dramatically increase student enrolment and retention, improve student service delivery and student support programs, and enhance student success at each of the institutions she has worked with.
Over the past few years Susan has collaborated with Clayton Smith on the emergence and implementation of enrolment management in Canada. They have presented workshops at a number of professional conferences in the U.S. and across Canada, published articles, and organized two Canadian Enrolment Management Summits.
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