Advisory Board

Anthony Uva

Chairman and Advisory Board Member

Anthony started his professional career at a broadcasting company. He then took that business experience to work at a college recruiting services organization that became the #1 recruiting service in the USA during the 1990’s. He has over 30 years in the college media and recruiting field.

In 2013, Anthony created a college information talk show, which he called Secrets of College Planning. Now after many years and over 200 shows later, and building a following that has grown to over 1 million around the world.

In 2016, Anthony started developing University Seekers which helps high school students navigate their way through the college process in both admissions and athletics. University Seekers have begun to rank in the college recruiting field.

In 2023, Anthony wrote a book called Secrets of College Planning for student athletes, How to play your sport at the school of your dreams. It sells on Amazon today.

Sean Hanrahan

Advisory Board Member

Sean is an entrepreneurial senior executive with over 20 years of success at ESPN. Innovative change agent and creative marketer with a successful history of new product and service launches. Created and launched ESPN Creative Works, the first ever creative agency within a media company while also negotiating Marketing, Sales, and Sponsorship agreements of major media rights deals including the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB and F1. Valued c-suite advisor adept at collaborating on long-term business planning, developing high-performance teams and delivering results that meet enterprise needs.

Chris Webb

Advisory Board Member

A native of Maine, Chris Webb’s career started in higher education as a college admissions counselor for his alma mater, Marist College (Poughkeepsie, NY). In addition to extensive recruitment travel and public presentations promoting the school, he served as the NCAA recruiting liaison for all of the college’s Div. 1 athletic programs. This entailed working with and supporting each of the school’s athletic programs with all recruiting activities for prospective student-athletes. In addition to his admissions counseling work, Chris also served as the volunteer assistant baseball coach for Marist, helping build and guide a team that would make an NCAA Regional Tournament.

Chris moved to Boston and migrated from higher ed into the corporate world for several years. He worked as an executive recruiter focused on supporting companies in the technology / software sector.

After a brief stint as a high school science teacher in Boston, Chris moved back to his home state of Maine and began his career in the independent school world, which he has been in for nearly 25 years. In his various roles in independent schools, he has served a program instructor, coach, director of admissions & financial aid, dorm family member, student advisor, engagement and advancement officer, and senior administrator.

Chris has worked at all-boys schools that have a strong history with prospective college athletes. He has worked with student-athletes at all levels of college athletics from club sports, to the three NCAA divisions (I,II, III). A number of his former students have also gone on to play professional sports.

Chris has presented at the local, state, and national level on topics that include college athletics, NCAA recruiting & eligibility, boys education, and the postgraduate (PG) year. He has served on re-accrediting teams for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), the Board of Directors of the Independent Schools of Northern New England (ISANNE), and he’s been active in his local area, serving on several community-based Boards.

Chris currently works at Avon Old Farms School where serves as the chief advancement officer and is a member of the senior administrative team. Chris lives on campus with his wife, Becci; their three children, Acadia, Anya, and Tiernan; and their Great Pyrenees, Nya.

Sean Kaylor

Advisory Board Member

Following his graduation from Marist in 1990, Sean began his career in The Office of Undergraduate Admission as an Assistant Director and worked his way up to Vice President for Admissions and Enrollment Planning in 1998. He now serves as Vice President of Enrollment Management and oversees Undergraduate and Graduate Admission, Enrollment Services, and Student Financial Services for both the main campus in Poughkeepsie, New York, and the campus in Florence, Italy.

Sean recently served on the Strategic Plan Steering Committee that produced Marist 100, a bold plan that will carry Marist through and beyond its upcoming centennial celebration in 2029. Additionally, he serves on The Board of Directors at St. Bernard School in Connecticut and is a Past President of the New York State Association for College Admission Counseling (NYSACAC).

Over the last three decades, he has presented and moderated at regional and national conferences on all topics related to enrollment management. Sean lives in Poughkeepsie, New York, with his wife and two daughters."

Education: BS, Marist: Business with a minor in Psychology

Steven Kass

Advisory Board Member

Shelbey Hanrahan

Advisory Board Member

After winning 4 AA State Championships and being named Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year in high school, Shelbey completed her volleyball career at Division I, Seton Hall University. On the court, Shelbey was the first player in Seton Hall history to earn postseason All-BIG EAST honors for all four seasons. She was also named BIG EAST Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Nationally, Shelbey was a 2014 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America Honorable Mention and led the nation in triple-doubles with 10 in 2013 and eight in 2012; she finished her career with 25. Regionally, she was a 2014 AVCA All-Region First Team member.

While pursuing her Master of Arts in Teaching: Elementary Education, Shelbey was a volleyball graduate assistant at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham.

Shelbey has experience coaching at the club, high school, and college levels.

Shelbey currently works as an elementary teacher in Secaucus, NJ.