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 StudiesSpanish StudiesFinancial Aid Office
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
Spurgeon College Admissions Rep
collegeadmissions@mbts.edu
(816) 414-3859
Interesting Fact: I won a poetry slam contest in 7th grade.
Masters Admissions Team
Lydia Dean
Masters Admissions Rep
mastersadmissions@mbts.edu
(816) 414-3865
Interesting fact: I can walk 4 miles in 40 minutes.
James Renshaw
Masters Admissions Rep
mastersadmissions@mbts.edu
(816) 414-3865
Interesting Fact: I am a 3X Arkansas basketball State Champion
Michael Adams
Masters Admissions Rep
mastersadmissions@mbts.edu
(816) 414-3865
Interesting Fact: I can hold a cup of coffee in each hand at the same time.
Asian Studies Admissions Team
Minjae Kwon
Director of Korean Graduate Studies
mkwon@mbts.edu
(816) 414-3786
Interesting fact: I am a Barista – I can make any type of coffee you can imagine.
June Kim
Korean Doctoral Admissions
jkim2@mbts.edu
(816) 414-3754
Interesting fact: My husband and I were both drummers when we first met.
Spanish Studies Admissions Team
Financial Aid Office
Daniel Tanner
Assistant Director of Financial Aid
dtanner@mbts.edu
(816) 414-3819
Interesting fact: My team won the Texas state golf tournament my senior year of high school.
Michaela Classen
Financial Aid Counselor
mclassen@mbts.edu
(816) 414-3881
Interesting fact: I have synesthesia, which means my mind sees letters and numbers in their own colors. Ask me the color of your name!
Anna Stewart
Military Education Liaison
military@mbts.edu
Interesting Fact: I have true perfect pitch.
Jackson Edwards
Enrollment Management Assistant
financialaid@mbts.edu
Interesting Fact: When I went to Peru, I went to a steakhouse and ate guinea pig.