While pursuing her graduate studies, Gina co-founded The CollegeBound Network, a business that's helped millions of learners connect with educational institutions. With over 20 years experience in student recruitment and marketing, Gina continues to play an integral role in the CollegeBound Network's success story.

Over the years Gina has successfully juggled motherhood (mother of three daughters), a successful career, and community involvement -- ranging from Girl Scout Leader to PTA Advocate to various officer positions in Italian-American organizations.

Her most recent worthy cause is launching ReachStudentsOnline.org, a site she hopes will raise awareness of the benefits, protocol, and efficiencies of online recruitment.

Gina also enjoys yoga, Pilates, writing, cooking, entertaining and party planning in her spare time. She mostly enjoys breaking bread with family and friends!

CampusExplorer.com is dedicated to assisting students, parents and counselors find the information and support needed while researching and applying to post secondary schools throughout the United States.

Slavonia brings with him two decades of experience producing with diverse teams and marketing ideas successfully. As VP of Business Development at Rent.com from 2001-2007, Slavonia was responsible for making the site the most visited Internet Listing Site online, hosting 50mm visitors annually. In addition to consumer acquisition, Slavonia directed Rent's strategic partnerships, including those with Bank of America, Experian, Monster and Yahoo!. He also conceived and led the development of a proprietary lead generation business called GigaMoves.com, which matches consumers in need of professional moving services with qualified, insured movers. GigaMoves today powers eBay Motor's vehicle shipping platform and became the first collaborative effort between Rent and eBay.

Slavonia holds a B.A. in Broadcast Communication Arts from San Francisco State University.

Prior to St. John's University, Pinnola was employed at various advertising agencies in New York City, working with notable accounts from Verizon and the United States Coast Guard, to the Office of the National Drug Control Policy (O.N.D.C.P.) and Dassault Falcon Jet.

Pinnola has been recognized with the Case Award for an Out-Of-Home advertising campaign for St. John's University (2004) and the St. John's University Vincentian Community Award (2003).

's University, to strengthen his marketing efforts in the Office of Marketing and Communications at St. John's.

Pierce is keenly familiar with the ins and outs of admissions recruitment and retention. More importantly, he's kept up with the ever-evolving industry and changing landscape of college recruitment and marketing, and knows how to overcome new challenges, maximize budgets, and bring schools and students together.

Kelley has a vast knowledge of Cost Per Lead and Pay-per-Click student lead generation programs, as well as a strong foundation in utilizing strategic marketing techniques, including direct mail, e-mail marketing, print and broadcast advertising, database management and public relations.

Kelley also created a proprietary student marketing system that provides client schools with a predictable and systematic flow of student leads to the right admissions representative at the right campus in “real time.”

Prior to launching ESM, Kelley gained extensive experience as a marketing professional as well as a strong background in working within the education sector. In his capacity as both an entrepreneur and working with such institutions as Boston University, he helped generate millions in revenue for various entities.

He holds a B.S. in Marketing from Boston College.

Buckley is an active member of numerous professional associations, including NACAC, NYSACAC and The College Board. He has served on the Executive Board for NYSACAC as membership chair and also as a New York delegate to NACAC national assembly. For three years, Buckley was a member of the faculty at NYSACAC's Summer Institute. From 1994-2001, John served on the Executive Board of the National Catholic College Admission Association including a term as Association President (1999-2000).

In both 2005 and 2007, he represented Fordham on the local arrangements committee for The College Board National Forum, most recently serving as co-chair of the Scholarship Committee.

Buckley is a frequent speaker at panels and programs related to the college search process. He has often presented at state and national conferences on a wide variety of admissions and enrollment topics.

Celia provides the primary leadership for strategy and development of advertising campaigns that drive the marketing efforts for the Online Education division at this for-profit education company. These efforts translate to 5 million+ qualified student inquires annually. She has a strong focus on using technology to enhance inquiry quality, conversion rates, and customer retention.

Celia holds a B.S. in Anthropology from the University of Iowa, and has won numerous industry awards for direct response creative development.