About Delsie Phillips

Delsie Phillips , Consulting Director, focusEDU. Delsie joined focusEDU in 2017 after an exemplary career of 30+ years as an enrollment management leader with expertise and acclaim in the admissions area.

Delsie has significant experience working in enrollment management, including dean of admission and financial aid at Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, and Vice President for Enrollment Management at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. Her experience also includes two years with the College Board’s higher education services unit in the Middle States Regional Office in Philadelphia.

Delsie earned her Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. She later earned a Master of Arts in student personal services in higher education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Her first admission position was at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Delsie lives in Fishkill, New York. She has a daughter and son-in-law who reside in the same area.

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