Office of Admissions & Financial Aid

Meet the Team

Your Admissions Counselor will be your primary point of contact for anything you might need as you work through the application process.

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Admissions Office

Camden Pulliam

Vice President of Enrollment Management
cpulliam@mbts.edu

(816) 414-3734

Interesting fact: I have become famous because my name is regularly used in Garmin ads.

Hayden Summerhill

Director of Admissions
hsummerhill@mbts.edu

(816) 414-3789

Interesting fact: I have never drunk a whole cup of coffee

Laura Campbell

Executive Assistant to the VP of Enrollment Management
lcampbell@mbts.edu

Interesting fact: I’ve put a brand new roof on a house myself

Grace Sutton

Office Coordinator
gsutton@mbts.edu

(816) 414-3733

Interesting fact: I have played a Bösendorfer grand piano (a piano with 7 extra keys)

Nathaniel Brown

Senior Recruiter
nbrown@mbts.edu

(816) 414-3653

Interesting fact: When I was in 3rd grade, I authored a picture book titled Bobby and the Big Strawberry. It ended up winning Best Illustrated in a Reading Rainbow Contest, so I got to meet LeVar Burton. Yeah, I definitely peaked in elementary school.

Mary Rippee

First Impressions Manager
mpierce@mbts.edu

(816) 414-3737

Interesting fact: I have been skydiving and scuba diving.

Mindy Akright

Director of Doctoral Admissions
makright@mbts.edu

(816) 414-3755

Interesting fact: I have the distinction of having parked my van on my own leg.

Spencer VanSickle

Admissions Recruiter
svansickle@mbts.edu

(816) 414-3897

Interesting fact: I’ve been on Mongolian TV.

Anna Patterson

Application Coordinator
apatterson2@mbts.edu

(816) 414-3757

Interesting fact: As a true late-90s kid, I rocked a bowl cut.

Spurgeon College Admissions Team

Harrison Lang

Enrollment Management Representative
collegeadmissions@mbts.edu

(816) 414-3859

Interesting fact: Lydia’s mom said that I had great hair.

Tiara Pérez

Spurgeon College Admissions Rep
collegeadmissions@mbts.edu

(816) 414-3859

Interesting fact: Earned a bronze medal at a national youth archery competition.

Marisol Espinoza

Spurgeon College Admissions Rep
collegeadmissions@mbts.edu

(816) 414-3859

Interesting Fact: From my school’s entire 7th grade class I was selected and awarded to attend a special STEM summer program with the society of women in STEM

Carsten Kates