Dean of Enrollment Management

The Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville), one of the nation’s top co-educational boarding and day schools for students in grades nine through twelve, seeks a strategic and collaborative Dean of Enrollment Management (Dean) to foster a data-driven culture and shape a compelling vision for the School’s enrollment management strategy. With applications regularly exceeding 2,400 for 260 seats, Lawrenceville is considered among the most selective and prestigious secondary schools in the country. As the School’s chief enrollment officer and a key member of the senior leadership team, the Dean will strengthen all stages of the enrollment management cycle at Lawrenceville and collaborate with leaders across the school community to ensure a cohesive delivery of the mission of the School, which through House and Harkness, challenges a diverse community of promising young people to lead lives of learning, integrity, and high purpose, inspiring the best in each to seek the best for all.

Lawrenceville’s legacy and appeal have endured since its founding in 1810. Its prime location, situated on the I-95 corridor and within an hour from two major East Coast metropolises, attracts a uniquely diverse community of boarding and day students, who comprise 70 and 30 percent of the student body, respectively. Lawrenceville’s student body totals 820, more than 55 percent of whom are students of color and 16 percent of whom are international, hailing from 30 different countries. Its scholarship aid budget of $16.9 million, of which 58 percent is endowed, allows 31 percent of students to receive generous, grant-based packages, which meet the full demonstrated needs of admitted students’ families.

Reporting to the Head of School, Stephen S. Murray, and serving as a key member of his senior staff, the next Dean will provide strategic leadership to the School’s enrollment operation, employing a keen understanding of how and where enrollment management impacts and connects to all other campus departments and offices. This individual will foster the continued development of a talented team, support the brand and value proposition of the Lawrenceville experience, and integrate data-informed decision-making into the Admission and Scholarship Aid Offices. With a depth of knowledge in full-cycle enrollment management, the ideal candidate must possess a proven track record of success in creating highly effective and forward-looking marketing and enrollment strategies, along with experience leading a large and sophisticated team. The successful candidate must possess a deep appreciation for the mission, history, and values of Lawrenceville; the participatory citizenship that comes with joining a boarding school community; and the conviction that diversity, inclusion, and well-being are at the heart of the community which Lawrenceville aspires to be.

All inquiries, nominations, referrals, and applications (resumes and letters of interest) should be sent electronically and in confidence below. 

Carrie Alexander is leading this search with Diana Carmona and Marlyn Desire.

The Lawrenceville School is a diverse and inclusive community and makes all employment decisions without regard for an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, national origin, nationality, sex, pregnancy, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, physical or mental disability (including AIDS and HIV related illness), genetic information, refusal to provide genetic information, refusal to submit to genetic testing, ancestry, familial status, marital status, domestic partnership status, civil union status, atypical cellular or blood trait, military service, application for military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. The Lawrenceville School will also provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals in accordance with applicable law.