Future College Parent Podcast

Future College Parent Podcast


Latest Episodes

The Next Great Step – Beth Hendler-Grunt
July 12, 2022

The guest of episode twelve is Ms. Beth Hendler-Grunt, President of Next Great Step where her sole focus is to help college graduates land the job they deserve. In this episode we discuss the concepts

Grad Skool Already?
June 29, 2022

The guest of episode eleven is Mr. Andy Crawford, Acting Associate Director, Undergraduate & Graduate Admission Operations at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. In this episode we discuss

It takes the community – Robert Beach
June 14, 2022

The guest of episode ten is Mr. Robert Beach, School Counselor and Student Equity Action Committee Co-Sponsor at Lockport Township High School in Lockport, Illinois. Robert has a large number of stude

Parent Moves – Matthew Brownstein
June 01, 2022

The guest of episode nine highlights Matthew Brownstein, Assistant Principal at an elementary school - including grades kindergarten through 8th grade, in Queens, NY! In this episode we discuss how p

College does not have to be a debt sentence – Denise Thomas
May 18, 2022

I present to you the guest of episode eight, Ms. Denise Thomas, Chief Executive Officer and Debt Free College Coach of Get Ahead of the Class, where she partners with parents to put their kids throug

The Second Pedro – Pedro Sanchez
May 04, 2022

The guest of episode seven features Mr. Pedro Sanchez, Director of Financial Aid at Wheeling University. Pedro is student and family focused, and to top it off he knows financial aid and leads the lea

Where is your post education home? – Jermaine Williams
March 15, 2022

For the premier of the Future College Parent Podcast, I was honored to be joined by Dr. Jermaine Williams, president of Montgomery College and a first-generation student himself.   He’s one of the sma

Walton, NY 13856 – Mike MacDonald
March 15, 2022

I concluded the 6 episode release by speaking with Dr. Mike McDonald, superintendent of my high school alma mater, Walton Central School! Mike began as the superintendent of WCS in the summer of 2020.

Grants, loans, and scholarships…OH MY! – Deb Sutliff & Sue Tripp
March 15, 2022

In todays episode, I had the honor to interview Ms. Susan Tripp, Director of Financial Aid emeritus from Herkimer College. Also appearing on the episode is Ms. Deb Sutliff, Bursar Emeritus at Herkime

Not your momma’s CTE program! – Michelle Freidman
March 15, 2022

For the second episode of the Future College Parent Podcast, I was excited to speak with Ms. Michelle Freidman, Director of Career and Technical Education at CVES BOCES. Michelle lives and breathes Ca