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.
Admissions OfficeSpurgeon CollegeMastersAsian StudiesFinancial Aid Office
Admissions Office
Hayden Summerhill
Vice President of Enrollment Management
[email protected]
(816) 414-3789
Interesting fact: I have never drunk a whole cup of coffee
Mary Rippee
Director of Admissions
[email protected]
(816) 414-3737
Interesting fact: I have been skydiving and scuba diving.
Kayla Jones
Executive Assistant to the VP of Enrollment Management
[email protected]
Interesting fact: I grew up on a farm and used to raise sheep!
Mallory McAllister
Office Coordinator
[email protected]
(816) 414-3733
Interesting fact: I once traveled to 15 national parks in 10 days
Carsten Kates
Admissions Recruiter
[email protected]
(816) 414-8853
Interesting fact: I won a poetry slam contest in 7th grade.
Marisol Espinoza
Applications Coordinator
(816) 414-3757
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
Mindy Akright
Director of Doctoral Admissions
[email protected]
(816) 414-3755
Interesting fact: I have the distinction of having parked my van on my own leg.
Spencer VanSickle
Admissions Recruiter
[email protected]
(816) 414-3897
Interesting fact: I’ve been on Mongolian TV.
Spurgeon College Admissions Team
Harrison Lang
Enrollment Management Representative
[email protected]
(816) 414-3859
Interesting fact: Lydia’s mom said that I had great hair.
Eliot Chance
Spurgeon College Admissions Rep
[email protected]
(816) 414-3859
Interesting fact: I have never had Arby’s.
James Renshaw
Masters Admissions Rep
[email protected]
(816) 414-3865
Interesting Fact: I know how to solve the triangle game at Cracker Barrel.
Michael Adams
Spurgeon College Admissions Rep
[email protected]
(816) 414-3859
Interesting Fact: I can hold a cup of coffee in each hand at the same time.
Masters Admissions Team
Sierra Dodson
Masters Admissions Rep
[email protected]
(816) 414-3859
Interesting Fact: I can celebrate Christmas at any time of year and not be ashamed!
Asian Studies Admissions Team
Minjae Kwon
Director of Korean Graduate Studies
[email protected]
(816) 414-3786
Interesting fact: I am a Barista – I can make any type of coffee you can imagine.
Financial Aid Office
Daniel Tanner
Director of Financial Aid
[email protected]
(816) 414-3819
Interesting fact: My team won the Texas state golf tournament my senior year of high school.
Kenny Cecil
Financial Aid Counselor
[email protected]
(816) 414-3881
Interesting fact: I once secretly ran a “write-in” campaign for Student Government for a friend at my large university. I won him the election and he had to decline the position of Student Senator.
Anna Stewart
Financial Aid Coordinator, Military Education Liaison
[email protected]
(816) 414-3719
Interesting Fact: I have true perfect pitch.
Jackson Edwards
Financial Aid Processor
(816) 414-3747
Interesting Fact: I am directly related King Henry VIII.