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Dana Warshauer came to the Rivers College Counseling Office from the University of Miami, where she spent six years in the admissions office, following a brief stint as director of parent relations. Dana chaired and ran Miami’s college counselor conference, has been a presenter at the annual national conference of college admissions officers, and has presented annually to high school panels on case studies in college admissions. Dana was also Miami’s admissions office’s liaison to their athletic program. Previously, Dana worked as a program coordinator for Suffolk University Law School’s Office of Graduate and International Programs and for the Cohen Foundation as international coordinator and counselor for the Israeli Leadership Council. Dana has a BA in international relations from the University of Miami.

Ian Watson brings a record of counseling in a variety of settings to the Rivers College Counseling Office. Prior to joining Rivers, he was director of college counseling for Campus Bound, leading a team of 30 counselors in New England and California in their work with students and families in the application process. Ian has also served as associate director of college counseling at Crystal Springs Uplands School in Hillsborough, CA, and as a college counselor at Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School, in St. Louis, MO. Ian worked on the other side of the desk as a senior assistant director of admission at Wheaton College, where he also coached the tennis team. Ian was a member of the Common Application’s counselor advisory board. He has a BA in English literature and an MA in English and creative writing from the University of Colorado.