Professional Experience

Tampa, FL

Executive Director & Lead Consultant

2015 - Current

Leverages expertise in college admissions, business operations, enrollment management, policy, and financial aid at colleges and universities to strategically guide students and families through the process of attending and paying for college

Works closely with a variety of public, private and homeschooled student populations and their families including: neurodiverse students, students in recovery, students with learning disabilities, transfer students, under-privileged students, adult learners, graduate students, performing arts students and every student in between

Serves as guest speaker at high school events, test prep agencies and other webinars

KENNEDY & COMPANY (Higher education consulting firm serving colleges and universities)

Independent Consultant and Manager, Strategy and Operations

2015-2016; 2021-Current

Leads project teams to provide market research, competitive analysis, problem solving and ultimately deliver timely customizable solutions for college and university clients
Serves as implementation lead for new company-wide project management software, Mavenlink
Effectively communicates with higher education clients and their stakeholders including delivering presentations about our project work
Project experience in new academic program development, tuition pricing, financial aid strategy, diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) work, strategic planning, CRM solutions, enrollment management including admissions retention and discounting
Works directly with college admissions officers to model prospective students’ propensity to enroll, set enrollment targets and goals for discount rate and monitor progress through the admissions cycle
Supervises, trains, and mentors several associates, analysts, and interns

Manager of Research and Policy Analysis

2010 – 2015

Served as project manager for the production and publication of highly visible NACUBO annual research studies
Managed product development for NACUBO annual publications including content, pricing, market research, long-term strategy, branding, marketing, and sponsorship
Led, coordinated, and managed an advisory committee of business officers and other higher education leaders
Authored the Tuition Discounting Study, the Student Financial Services Benchmarking Study as well as other internal research reports
Designed, built, administered, and managed online surveys
Collected and analyzed large datasets, and built professionally formatted charts and tables for annual reports, member use, and presentations
Organized webcasts including developing the content, recruiting speakers, managing production, and serving as moderator
Communicated with college and university business officers through writing Business Officer Magazine articles, bi-weekly newsletters, and mass emails
Prepared and delivered presentations on NACUBO research at professional conferences including invited speaking engagements

Graduate Research Assistant

January-September 2010

Assisted in responding to congressional and other inquiries utilizing the National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) surveys and Data Analysis System (DAS)
Co-authored College Graduation Rates: Behind the Numbers publication
Assisted with production of the bi-annual publication, Minorities in Higher Education: Twenty-Fourth Status Report

P-20 Program Specialist, Academic Affairs

2009 – 2010

Served as assistant project manager – project point of contact, managed communication to constituents in all four strands of the project, Chancellor’s STEM Initiative, Math-Science Partnership, Minority-Student Pipeline, (MSP)2 Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Acted as internal evaluator – survey data entry, data analysis, wrote internal program evaluation reports and assisted in the official annual evaluation report to NSF

Classroom Teacher at Jasper High School and Wyatt Elementary

2006 – 2009

Wyatt Elementary Beginning Teacher of the Year Award 2007-2008
Developed and delivered curriculum and employed effective teaching methods
Managed students, classroom, materials and daily schedule
Communicated with constituents and built relationships with families and community
Collaborated with other teachers and staff for attainment of shared goals

Education and Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, March 2013, Project Management Institute, License No. 1588929
Certificate in Project Management, August 2012, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Advanced Graduate Specialist Certificate in Higher Education, 2012, University of Maryland, CollegePark, MD. The AGS Certificate requires 60 credit hours of graduate level coursework.
Master of Education, 2006, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Bachelor of Arts in Education, Magna Cum Laude, 2005, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Davis, N.P. (2014, July). The 2013 Tuition discounting study. Washington, DC: NACUBO.
Davis, N. P. (2013, June). Demand drives discount rates. Business Officer Magazine Washington, DC: NACUBO.
Davis, N. P. (2013). The 2012 Tuition discounting study. Washington, DC: NACUBO.
Pullaro, N. (2012, June). Enrollment calculus. Business Officer Magazine Washington, DC: NACUBO.
NACUBO. (2011). The 2011 Tuition discounting study. Washington, DC: NACUBO.
NACUBO. (2011). The 2011 Student financial services benchmarking report. Washington, DC: NACUBO.
Pullaro, N. (2011, June). Signs of recovery for net tuition revenue. Business Officer Magazine, Business Officer Plus. Washington, DC: NACUBO.
NACUBO. (2011). The 2010 Student financial services benchmarking report. Washington, DC: NACUBO.
Cook, B. & Pullaro, N. (2010). College graduation rates: Behind the numbers. Washington D.C.: American Council on Education.

June 2013. Invited Speaker with President Jim Doti, Chapman University, The Enrollment Calculus:Results of the 2012 Tuition Discounting Study. WACUBO Annual Meeting, Anchorage, AK.
June 2012. Association of Institutional Research Annual Forum. Results of the 2010 Tuition Discounting Study. New Orleans, LA.
May 2012. Invited speaker for the Connecticut Committee of Independent Colleges Board Meeting, St. Joseph’s University, West Hartford, CT
May 2012. Moderator and Speaker for the NACUBO webcast: Net Tuition Revenue: How Can Your Institution Achieve Balance? Washington, DC.
October 2011. Maryland Association of Institutional Research, Findings from the 2010 Tuition Discounting Study. Hood College, Frederick, MD.

Vice President and Treasurer for the Water's Edge at Woods Landing Home Owners Association, Annapolis MD, 2013 - 2015
Served on the Common Data Set Advisory Committee, 2010 – 2015
Chair of Tuition Discounting Study Advisory Committee, 2010 – 2015
2010 Fellow for the National Summer Data Policy Institute, Association for Institutional Research and National Center for Education Statistics.
Beginning Teacher of the Year Award, Wyatt Elementary, Plano Independent School District, 2007
Magna Cum Laude, 2005
College of Education Cohort Representative and PROteach Student Advisory Board, 2004– 2006