College Admissions in a Time of Change with Dr. Angel Perez

Will Geiger is the co-founder of Scholarships360 and has a decade of experience in college admissions and financial aid. He is a former Senior Assistant Director of Admissions at Kenyon College where he personally reviewed 10,000 admissions applications and essays. Will also managed the Kenyon College merit scholarship program and served on the financial aid appeals committee. He has also worked as an Associate Director of College Counseling at a high school in New Haven, Connecticut.Will earned his master’s in education from the University of Pennsylvania and received his undergraduate degree in history from Wake Forest University.

Angel B. Pérez, Ph.D., is a globally recognized leader in higher education and the CEO of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), representing more than 28,000 admission and counseling professionals worldwide. Since his appointment in 2020, he has led a bold transformation of the organization—doubling membership, modernizing governance, elevating federal policy and research impact, securing record philanthropic investments, and launching new initiatives such as the Center for Innovation in College Admission. Grounded in the belief that institutions thrive when people do, Pérez has embedded wellness, mindfulness, and human-centered leadership into NACAC’s culture, themes he explores in his book “The Hottest Seat on Campus” and his forthcoming podcast, “Leaders Are Human”. A sought-after speaker and policy advisor, his insights have been featured by major national media outlets, and he has advised the Biden-Harris administration while serving on influential national and regional education boards. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in poverty in the South Bronx as a first-generation college graduate, Pérez’s leadership is driven by a lifelong commitment to expanding educational access and helping educators and students build purposeful, flourishing lives.