PIP SANDERS

WORK EXPERIENCE

2011-2015                      Stanford Undergraduate Admissions Office          Stanford, CA

Seasonal Admissions Reader.  Read and vetted thousands of undergraduate college applications from students in China, Europe, the Middle East, India, Korea, and across the United States, including California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois and New York.

1998-2000, 2011-2013     Mindshare Marketing                                       Palo Alto, CA

President.  Ran independent consulting practice to assist high-tech startups and software firms in Silicon Valley with product marketing and strategic project work.  Clients included Advent, Intuit, Macromedia, eCircles and Netscape.

2008                              Laufer Green Isaac                                         Los Angeles, CA

Account Manager.  Managed senior accounts for social marketing agency.  Counseled the Soros Foundation on how to expand marketing access to grantees.  Managed legacy writing project for the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation.

2001-2002                      Reach Out and Read                                              Miami, FL

Project Coordinator.  Expanded nationwide literacy program from 1 to 10 health care clinics in underserved communities in Miami.  Trained physicians, nurses and staff on how to expand early childhood literacy awareness.

1995-1998                      Advent Software                                         San Francisco, CA

Product Manager.  Managed product positioning, release schedules and marketing strategy for company’s top-selling Axys software. Increased sales in target market of nation’s premier independent financial advisors by 150%.

1992-1995                      Swiss Bank Corporation                                        Chicago, IL

Division Business Manager.  Managed $20,000,000 operating budget for global Information Technology department of 50 software engineers in Chicago, London and Switzerland.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Harvard Admissions Alumni Interviewer, 17 years.  Interviewed high school seniors applying to Harvard from Florida, Chicago, Athens and San Francisco.

Associate Member, Independent Educational Consultants Association.  Executive Board Member, Common Ground Parent Education Series. Board Member, Girls Middle School PTA.  Board member, Stanford University Women’s Club.  Advisory Member, Congregation Beth Am Teen Task Force.

Teaching Fellow, Athens College.  Taught high school English at Greece’s leading college preparatory school.

Managing Editor, Let’s Go Travel Guides.  Student Board Member, Harvard Student Agencies.  Student Assistant, Harvard Admissions Office.  First generation Harvard graduate of blue-collar Greek immigrants.

EDUCATION 

1994-1995           Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University   Evanston, IL

Completed courses in Accounting, Management and Organizational Behavior before quitting MBA program to work in Silicon Valley.

1986-1990           Harvard College, Harvard University                            Cambridge, MA

B.A. in Government, cum laude.  Junior semester at University of London, Queen Mary College.

INTERESTS 

Speak fluent Greek and French, proficient in Spanish.  Lived abroad three years.  Traveled extensively in Europe, Asia and the U.S. Enjoy tennis and reading.