Our Team

MUFFY FOX

Day and Boarding Schools Admissions

Muffy graduated from Greenwich Country Day and Choate Rosemary Hall. She received a BS in elementary education from Skidmore College and holds a Master's Degree in elementary education from Bank Street College of Education. Muffy taught at the Brearley, Buckley and Nightingale-Bamford Schools in New York City, and also assisted with the kindergarten admissions testing at Nightingale-Bamford. She also taught third grade at the Latin School of Chicago and Greenwich Country Day School. Muffy was a senior editor at Greenwich Magazine.

Prior to joining WEG, Muffy worked as an educational consultant at Greenwich Education Group. Muffy is also a professional member of the Independent Education Consultants Association. Muffy advises families from nursery to PG on suitable match schools for their child and is professional member of the IECA.

MARIE DOLAN

College Admissions and Transfers

Marie Dolan has experience helping students and families successfully navigate the college admissions process to find schools that will meet each student’s individual needs and goals.

Marie works with students to create applications that reflect their strengths, interests and goals. She stays current on educational trends and campuses by visiting more than forty schools a year. Marie earned a College Counseling Certificate with Distinction from UCLA and has also completed college advising coursework at Columbia University Teachers College and Rice University.

Marie is an Associate Member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association and attended IECA’s Summer Training Institute. She is a graduate of Lafayette College, with a dual degree in English and Government.

JOAN BOWEN

Graduate Admissions

Joan Bowen helps Graduate School applicants successfully navigate the admissions process.
Joan has an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an undergraduate degree in English from Lafayette College.

Joan has 20 years of marketing and strategy experience at Citibank, Mastercard, Pepsi and GE Capital. She actively uses her business expertise to help applicants develop targeted career goals, focused communications, effective interviews, and successful applications.

Joan has worked on both the east and west coasts of the United States, as well as in Asia. Joan is involved in her community, where she has been a Library Trustee and is
on the Board of the League of Women Voters and the Adult School.

CAROLINE GILPIN

Writing Specialist

Caroline Crosson Gilpin is a writing consultant with extensive experience guiding students through the essay process. She has a passion for helping students brainstorm, draft and refine winning personal statements that are uniquely their own. She is a former editor of The New York Times Learning Network and a former reporter and education editor of The Scarsdale Inquirer, where she covered local and national education issues. Caroline is also the author of four award-winning nonfiction children’s books for National Geographic Kids. 

She has a master’s degree in Teaching of English from Columbia University Teachers College; a master’s degree in journalism from Temple University; and an undergraduate degree in English from Connecticut College. She currently teaches at a private, international school in New York City.