CEA CAPA Enrollment Services Leadership Directory
Enrollment Services Leadership Team
Jodi Melichar
Jodi is responsible for the strategic oversight and management of the Enrollment and Advising Department. She joined the CEA CAPA team in 2006, as the Manager of US Program Services.
Since joining CEA CAPA, she has held a variety of leadership roles including Director of Pre-departure Services, and Vice President of Global Program Services. Prior to joining CAPA, Jodi worked for STA Travel serving as a manager for The George Washington University and Boston University branch offices. In addition to this, she spent four years leading tours in India, Nepal, and Vietnam for Intrepid Travel, an Australian-based adventure travel company. Through her studies in India as well as her own travel, and experience as an international tour leader, she learned firsthand the importance of thorough advising and pre-departure preparation to set the framework for a culturally rich and safe time abroad.
Gina Mahfood
As Senior Director of Enrollment, Gina delivers continuous support and guidance across the entire enrollment team. Knowing that our CEA CAPA students and staff come first, Gina brings talent and drive to provide superior assistance and leadership within this organization. Gina has been working in education for over 15 years, with experience in admissions and enrollment, learning and educational development, and industrial and organizational improvements. Gina also took her passion for education a step further by co-authoring and designing a college textbook, which is used at colleges across the United States.
Gina earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Washington and Jefferson College in 2003 and began her admissions and enrollment career in 2006 back in Pittsburgh, PA. Since then, Gina relocated to Phoenix, AZ and earned a Master of Science degree in Psychology with an emphasis on Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Grand Canyon University. She remains a member of the Psi Chi International Honor Society.
Gina recognizes the value of higher education and encourages all potential students she meets to pursue their educational goals and dreams!
Libby Lauze
Libby has over 20 years of experience in international education. She has held a variety of positions with with a focus on admissions, enrollment and predeparture services, including Director of Enrollment, at CIEE. Most recently she managed an organization that recruited and placed young, foreign professionals in U.S. internships to build practical career skills. Libby is a graduate of Middlebury College with a degree in Russian. She did her own study abroad in Moscow, Russia. In her free time she enjoys relaxing at the beach or in the mountains with her family.
Andrew Solem
Iliana Gonzalez
Kayla McGuire
It has been years and Kayla is still just as in love with Sevilla as the day she stood across the river overlooking the city on her first day. Her yearlong experience as a student through CEA CAPA transformed my life—now, working for the Enrollment department, she comes to work each day prepared and excited to aid her students in making their experience abroad the best it can be.
Kayla grew up close to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and earned her bachelor’s degree in Languages and Cultures with a Spanish concentration from West Chester University. While in college, she got the opportunity to study at the Universidad de Sevilla in Seville, Spain through CEA CAPA’s program! She was incredibly lucky to get to visit most of Spain while abroad, as well as Italy, France, Portugal, Africa, and Greece. Travel has remained a constant passion of hers—she's been back to Sevilla every year since she's left, and she hope to explore South America very soon!
Outside of work, Kayla likes to sing and listen to live music! She reads every day, and spends time with her friends and family as much as she can.
Rachel Long
Rachel works closely with institutional partners to develop customized marketing strategies to support study abroad promotion and recruitment on-campus. She works closely across all departments at CEA CAPA to support the overall marketing strategy. Rachel also manages the marketing systems used by CEA CAPA.
Since joining CEA CAPA in 2017, she has held a variety of roles including Admissions Advisor, Program Manager, and CAPA Community Administrator. Rachel studied and interned abroad on the CEA CAPA London program, which led her to a career in international education. She also has experience working in higher education admissions from her time as an Admissions and Communications Specialist at Boston University School of Law. Rachel earned a bachelor's degree in Public Relations from the State University of New York at Oswego.
Tristin Collins
Tristin's main duties include supervision of the Admissions Counselors team and internal review of all incoming applications and processes. In this role, she also has the pleasure of training new staff members, identifying any gaps in enrollment, finding new or creative solutions to challenges, and regularly working with colleagues on cross-departmental projects to get our students abroad as smoothly as possible.
Tristin obtained her bachelor’s degree in Organizational Communication with a minor in Psychology at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Go Bobcats! She did not study abroad herself, which is why she strongly believes in the importance of taking advantage of this opportunity when it comes to personal growth. Traveling is slowly becoming one of her leading passions in life because of this. Fun Fact: Her first plane ride (and vacation) was to Costa Rica in 2016 to visit two friends who were on an internship abroad program!
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