Mike Drish

Mike Drish currently serves as the Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Vanderbilt University since May 2023. Prior experience includes roles as the Director of First-Year Admissions at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 2020 to 2023, Deputy Director of Undergraduate Admission at UCLA from 2015 to 2020, and Director of Admissions Recruitment and Outreach at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2013 to 2015. Earlier positions include Senior Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Northeastern University (2012-2013), Senior Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Vanderbilt University (2006-2012), and Assistant Director of Admissions at Purdue University (2002-2006). Mike Drish holds an M.Ed. in Organizational Leadership from Vanderbilt University (2009-2011) and a B.A. in History from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (1998-2002).