Chelsie Whitelock

Associate Partner & Practice Operations at Buffkin Baker

Chelsie Whitelock serves as a Principal where she is a key member of the Higher Education Practice. Chelsie, offering 16 years of experience in Higher Education, joined the firm from Vanderbilt University where she had several roles, including overseeing the Chancellor’s Faculty Fellows Program, managing the administrative staff of the Faculty Senate Office, and leading the recruitment of staff within Academic Affairs.​ Additionally, she is an AIRS Certified Diversity and Inclusion Recruiter (CDR). Utilizing the AIRS search techniques enables our recruiters to locate diverse candidate pools using a variety of resources, including the internet.​

Prior to Vanderbilt, Chelsie was the Faculty Recruitment Manager in the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley. In this role, she was responsible for the recruitment process for all faculty hires within the Haas School of Business, overseeing the full life-cycle recruitment process and onboarding of new faculty members.

Chelsie graduated from Robert Morris University with a degree in Business Administration and Management.