Kathy Dawley

As Managing Director of Partner Success, Kathy oversees a portion of the EAB undergraduate enrollment services portfolio managing a team of Strategic Leaders and Financial Aid Principals in pursuit of partner retention and revenue growth resulting from long-term relationships and enrollment health. She is devoted to connectedness across EAB, focusing on any possible integrations, alignments, and synergies across the firm to benefit partners.

Before joining EAB in 2016, Kathy served as President of Maguire Associates for 17 years, working with higher education boards, presidents, leadership councils, and departmental teams to plan and achieve their strategic and operational goals.

Kathy holds a B.A. from Regis College (MA), where she has served as a member of the Board of Trustees for 8 years. Among the first in her family to attend college, she spends a lot of time befriending and supporting first-generation college students.