Vicky Phillips, Founder
Chief Online Education AnalystVicky Phillips, tagged by US News as "for 20 years the leading consumer advocate for online college students," has been researching online college programs since 1989, when she designed America’s first online counseling center for distance learners on America Online. In 1998, she authored the first print guide to accredited online master’s degree programs:
The Princeton Review's Best Distance Learning Graduate Schools. Today, she serves as Chief Online Education Analyst, helping develop the Get Educated online college ranking system—a system that helps consumers compare and rank more than 3,000 accredited online degrees on dimensions ranging from college affordability to brand reputation and student satisfaction. Her classic articles on online education’s transformative influence on higher ed have appeared in
Salon.com,
CNN/The Industry Standard, and
Nation’s Business, among other media. Her ideas and writings have helped define online learning as a viable option for a new generation of “older” adult college students—many of whom will only study online. Her expert insights and futuristic trend analysis of distance learning have been chronicled in the Wall Street Journal, Time, Fortune, CBS News, Forbes, and The New York Times.
Cindy Yager, Technology OfficerCindy Yager oversees the technology infrastructure at Get Educated. Previous to joining Get Educated, Cindy served as founding coordinator of the Computer Learning Center for Business and Industry Training at Ivy Tech State College in Bloomington, Indiana. Yager has also worked in the Information Technology department at Saint Michael’s College, in Vermont, where she developed and taught computer application classes for the Emerging Technology Center.
Tammy McPike, Director of OperationsA seasoned veteran in the field of office operations and account management, Tammy oversees billing and promotional placements for Get Educated and keeps the company’s internal fiscal and client billing operations humming along.
Melissa Eubank, Director of Information ServicesA graduate of Indiana State University, with a degree in sociology with a minor in psychology, Melissa oversees Get Educated’s national surveys of affordable online college degrees. Her diligence and patient help make sure that all accredited colleges which offer online degrees or career certificates get accurately profiled in the Get Educated online college ranking systems and surveys. (No small job!)
Dee Stewart, Account Executive
National Online Media ConsultantAn honors graduate of Purdue University with a background in audiology, speech and psychology, Dee enjoys helping university clients create individualized media plans that effectively communicate their unique educational promise and brand identity in the online sector. A creative listener with a flair for design and client care, Dee previously worked as a design and product consultant with California Closets and Designing Spaces. Dee, who is located in the Cincinnati area, has also worked as an account executive in the mortgage and finance industries.
Jess Wisloski, Managing EditorJess Wisloski is a proud Vermonter who moved back to the region after 11 years working as a journalist in New York City. She majored in film and television at the Tisch School of the Arts, and double-majored in journalism at NYU. Since 2001, she's worked at the Village Voice, the New York Times, and the New York Daily News, has freelanced for various news weeklies, and is the former local editor for potential Scarsdale Patch and the New York City editor for Yahoo. She is passionate about working online, and likes taking part in the ever-expanding digital revolution. She also loves her dog and snowboarding.
Lorna Collier, Contributing EditorLorna Collier has been a writer and editor for more than 20 years, with specialties in education, technology, business and health. She has written for a variety of publications and websites, including the Chicago Tribune, Smithsonian magazine, MSN.com's Encarta, T.H.E. Journal, the NCTE Council Chronicle (National Council of Teachers of English member magazine), CNN.com, Knight-Ridder, Smart Computing, and many others. She holds a bachelor's degree in English, with a minor in journalism,
magna cum laude, from Northern Illinois University.
Kayleigh Gilbert, Internet Marketing SpecialistKayleigh, a graduate of St. Michael's College, Vermont, holds a bachelors degree in Political Science with a minor in Journalism and Mass Communications. She returns to Get Educated after a highly successful summer internship in 2010 as an Internet Marketing Intern. Kayleigh specializes in web development, social media, and organic search engine optimization and managed the development and optimization of the online education blog and new Get Educated TV video content. Kayleigh is a world traveler and photographer whose sojourns to date have taken her to Africa and India where she created a website for a youth anti-AIDS organization and volunteered at the Missionaries of Charity.
