Wendy Kilgore

As a senior consultant with more than 13 years of pertinent experience in higher education administration and international consultation, Dr. Wendy Kilgore has developed her strengths in the areas of recruitment, admissions, financial aid, academic advisement, curriculum support, registration, records, veterans’ education services, technology, organizational restructuring, student-centric business practice development, policy development and managing comprehensive collaboration to support enrollment efforts.

Prior to her full-time work with AACRAO Consulting, Dr. Kilgore most recently served as state dean of enrollment services for the Colorado Community College system, and the director of admissions and registrar for the Pima County Community College district. Her professional and consulting experience spans a wide array of institutions, including large public universities, small private colleges, small private faith based colleges, private for-profit institutions, technical colleges, a large two-year multi-campus community college district, and a state community college system consisting of 13 independent colleges. Dr. Kilgore is active professionally at the national level, having presented at enrollment management and student affairs conferences.

Her strategic consulting experience has included: registrar and admission office reviews; business process analysis, mapping and re-engineering; policy reviews; student service division mission; values and goals development; recommendations for organizational restructuring; technology requirements assessment and documentation, project charter and plan development and SEM plan development.

She earned her PhD in Higher Education, specializing in organization administration and program evaluation methodology from the University of Arizona, and holds M.Ed. and B.S. degrees from Arizona State University. She is a National Community College Hispanic Council fellow.